Justin Verlander went into the 9th with a chance at a third career no hitter. After a leadoff single, he finished with a complete game 1 hit shutout, walking 2 and striking out 9 Angels and earning the 5-0 victory in Detroit.

Evan Gattis homered twice in the Astros 6-2 win against the Yankees.

Bartolo Colon gave the Mets 7 shutout innings, striking out 8 and scattering 5 hits as the red hot Mets topped the Phillies 9-4.

Justin Upton hit a pair of homers, driving in 3 runs helping the Padres beat the Nationals, 6-5.

They all owned baseball on August 26, 2015

Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.

Chris Sale threw 7 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits and 7 strikeouts. He got a no decision as the White Sox fell to Boston, 3-0.

Shin-Soo Choo went 3 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI in the Rangers 12-4 loss to Toronto.

Patrick Corbin struck out 7 batters in 6 innings, allowing 1 run, 3 hits and 2 walks. He would not get a decision as the Diamondbacks bullpen fell to St. Louis, 3-1.

Adonis Garcia went 3 for 5 with a homer in Atlanta’s 6-3 loss to the Rockies.

 

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So Let’s factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 7,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6 1/2,

Joey Votto, 6 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Todd Frazier, 5 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 4 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 4,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Matt Kemp, 4,

Yasiel Puig, 4,

Justin Upton, 4,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Lucas Duda, 3 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 3 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 3 1/2, [Brewers Only]

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Khris Davis, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Freddie Freeman, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Anthony Rizzo, 3,

Kris Bryant, 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Brandon Phillips, 2 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Jay Bruce, 2,

Starlin Castro, 2,

Wilmer Flores, 2

Maikel Franco, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Ryan Howard, 2

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Marlon Byrd, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, 1 1/2,

Scooter Gennett, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 1 1/2,

Cole Gillespie, 1 1/2,

Joe Panik, 1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Ben Revere, 1 1/2, [PHILLIES ONLY]

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Yasmany Tomas, 1 1/2,

Justin Turner, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 9 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 7 1/2,

Matt Harvey, 7,

Jake Arrieta, 6,

Shelby Miller, 6,

Johnny Cueto, 5 1/2, (REDS ONLY)

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Mike Leake, 5 1/2, (5 with REDS, 1/2 with GIANTS)

Noah Syndergaard, 5 1/2,

Chris Heston, 5,

Max Scherzer, 5,

Andrew Cashner, 4,

Bartolo Colon, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

Jon Lester, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Chase Anderson, 3 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 3 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 3,

Jason Hammel, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Lance Lynn, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Michael Wacha, 3,

Jordan Zimmermann, 3,

Gerrit Cole, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Welington Castillo, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Gio Gonzalez, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

Raisel Iglesias, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Joe Ross, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 8 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 6 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 6,

Adam Jones, 5 1/2

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Alex Rodriguez, 4 1/2,

Manny Machado, 4,

Albert Pujols, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 3 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 3 1/2,

Chris Davis, 3 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Eric Hosmer, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Mitch Moreland, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Jose Abreu, 2 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 2 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2

Curt Casali, 2

Shin-Soo Choo, 2,

Carlos Correa, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Eduardo Escobar, 2,

Brett Gardner, 2

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brett Lawrie, 2,

J. D. Martinez, 2,

Mike Moustakas, 2,

Trevor Plouffe, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 1 1/2,

Nick Castellanos, 1 1/2,

Aaron Hicks, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 9 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 8,

Dallas Keuchel, 7 1/2,

David Price, 7 1/2, (6 with Tigers. 1 1/2 with Blue Jays)

Chris Sale, 7 1/2,

Chris Archer, 6 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2

Edinson Volquez, 4 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 4,

Mark Buehrle, 4,

Masahiro Tanaka, 4,

Carlos Carrasco, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, 3 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Hector Santiago, 3,

Taijuan Walker, 3,

Kevin Gausman, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Carlos Rodon, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Rodriguez, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Garrett Richards, 2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 2,

Matt Shoemaker, 2

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Justin Verlander,  2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Cody Anderson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Brooks, 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez, 1 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 1 1/2, (ROYALS ONLY)

John Danks, 1 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 1 1/2,

Kendall Graveman, 1 1/2,

Phil Hughes, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Abraham Almonte, Yonder Alonso, Pedro Alvarez, Nori Aoki, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Billy Butler, Chris Carter, Rusney Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes [TIGERS ONLY], Yoenis Cespedes [METS ONLY], Chris Coghlan, Patrick Corbin, C. J. Cron, Alejandro De Aza, Jorge De La Rosa, Stephen Drew, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Prince Fielder, Mike Fiers, Yohan Flande, Evan Gattis, Hector Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Brad Hand, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Travis Ishikawa, Taylor Jungmann, Kevin Kiermaier, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Russell Martin, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Yadier Molina, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Aaron Nola, Rougned Odor, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra, Steve Pearce, Martín Pérez, Jace Peterson, Stephen Piscotty, A. J. Pollock, Aramis Ramirez, Erasmo Ramirez, J. T. Realmuto, Ben Revere [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Clint Robinson, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Kurt Suzuki, Troy Tulowitzki, Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, David Wright, Steven Wright, Christian Yelich, Chris Young,

Guys Who Owned Baseball 1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,

Alexi Amarista, Scott Baker, Chris Bassitt, Jason Bourgeois, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Mark Canha, Ezequiel Carrera, Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Coco Crisp. Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Ian Desmond, Odrisamer Despaigne, Yunel Escobar, Ryan Flaherty, Jeff Francoeur, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis,Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Yan Gomes, Carlos Gomez [Astros Only], Jon Gray, Jeremy Guthrie, Franklin Gutierrez, Jedd Gyorko, J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Nick Hundley, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Adam LaRoche, Francisco Lindor, Jonathan LuCroy, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Collin McHugh, Bryan Mitchell, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Williams Perez, Martin Prado, Rick Porcello, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Jose Reyes [Rockies Only], Mark Reynolds, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Nick Swisher, Ruben Tejada, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Mike Wright, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman,

2015 WOB Totals for Players Who Changed Leagues,.

Johnny Cueto, 7, [5 1/2- Reds / 1 1/2 Royals]

Carlos Gomez, 4, [3 1/2 – Brewers / 1/2 Astros]

Ben Revere, 2 1/2 [ 1 1/2 – Phillies / 1 – Blue Jays]

Yoenis Cespedes, 2 [1 – Tigers / 1 – Mets ]

Jose Reyes, 1 1/2, [1 Blue Jays / 1/2 Rockies]

 

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