Danny Valencia reached base 3 times including a pair of homers, the second one was a 2 run come from behind shot in the 8th that put Oakland up for good 4-3 in Houston.

Starlin Castro led the red hot Cubs by getting on base 4 times, homering twice and driving in 6 runs in the 8-3 victory over first place St. Louis.

Justin Verlander pitched 8 2/3 innings, allowing 5 hits, 2 runs and just 1 walk. He would not get the decision but the Tigers walked off 5-4 winners against the Royals in 12.

Zack Greinke pitched into the 8th, finishing with 7+ innings, 4 hits, 2 runs and only 2 walks, while creeping closer to a Cy Young and a division title for the Dodgers by beating Pittsburgh 6-2.

 

They all owned baseball on September 18, 2015

Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.

Steve Pearce hit 2 homers and drove in 3 runs in Baltimore’s 8-6 loss to Tampa Bay.

Jason Rogers got on base 3 times, homered and drove in a pair but the Brewers lost to the Reds, 5-3.

Masahiro Tanaka pitched well in the opening game of the Subway Series, giving the Yankkes 6 innings, no walks and 5 hits. But 2 of the hits were solo homers and led to the 2 runs he allowed in a 5-1 loss to the Mets.

Madison Bumgarner allowed 1 earned run and 1 unearned run over 8 strong innings but the Giants bats were dead and Arizona handed him a tough luck 2-0 loss.

 

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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,

Joey Votto, 7 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 7,

Todd Frazier, 6 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 6 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Carlos Gonzalez, 5,

Matt Kemp, 5,

Justin Upton, 4 1/2,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Buster Posey, 4,

Yasiel Puig, 4,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Lucas Duda, 3 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 3 1/2,

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

Anthony Rizzo, 3 1/2,

Starlin Castro, 3,

Khris Davis, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Freddie Freeman, 3,

Adrian Gonzalez, 3,

Daniel Murphy, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Brandon Phillips, 3,

Scott Van Slyke, 3,

Kris Bryant, 2 1/2,

Welington Castillo, 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Martin Maldonado, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Addison Russell, 2 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Jay Bruce, 2,

Marlon Byrd, 2, [1 1/2 with PHILLIES, 1/2 with GIANTS]

Yoenis Cespedes, 2 [METS ONLY],

Wilmer Flores, 2

Maikel Franco, 2,

Scooter Gennett, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Odubel Herrera, 2,

Ryan Howard, 2

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2,

J. T. Realmuto, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Jayson Werth, 2,

Ryan Zimmerman, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Chris Coghlan, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 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,

Darin Ruf, 1 1/2,

Corey Seager, 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, 12 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 9 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, 9,

Jacob deGrom, 8,

Matt Harvey, 7 1/2,

Shelby Miller, 6 1/2,

John Lackey, 6,

Mike Leake, 6, (5 with REDS, 1 with GIANTS)

Madison Bumgarner, 5 1/2,

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

Noah Syndergaard, 5 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 5,

Chris Heston, 5,

Max Scherzer, 5,

Jon Lester, 4 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 4 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, 4,

Francisco Liriano, 4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Chase Anderson, 3 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 3 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 3 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3, [PHILLIES ONLY]

Jason Hammel, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Michael Wacha, 3,

Jordan Zimmermann, 3,

Jaime Garcia, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Jorge De La Rosa, 2,

Gio Gonzalez, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Julio Teheran, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

J. A. Happ, 1 1/2,

Raisel Iglesias, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Joe Ross, 1 1/2,

Chris Rusin, 1 1/2,

Alex Wood, 1 1/2 [1 with DODGERS, 1/2 with BRAVES]

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 10,

Josh Donaldson, 6 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 6,

Jose Bautista, 5 1/2,

Chris Davis, 5 1/2,

Adam Jones, 5 1/2

Alex Rodriguez, 5,

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Jose Abreu, 4 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 4 1/2,

Manny Machado, 4,

Albert Pujols, 4,

Lorenzo Cain, 3 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 3 1/2,

David Ortiz, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Eric Hosmer, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 3,

Alex Gordon, 3,

Mitch Moreland, 3,

Mike Moustakas, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Brian Dozier, 2 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Escobar, 2 1/2,

Brett Gardner, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Adrian Beltre, 2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Curt Casali, 2

Nick Castellanos, 2,

Carlos Correa, 2,

Stephen Drew, 2,

Prince Fielder, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brett Lawrie, 2,

Russell Martin, 2,

J. D. Martinez, 2,

Kendrys Morales, 2,

Trevor Plouffe, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 1 1/2,

Billy Butler, 1 1/2,

C. J. Cron, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Aaron Hicks, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

James Loney, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

Steve Pearce, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Josh Reddick, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Danny Valencia, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 9 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 9,

Corey Kluber, 8,

David Price, 8, (6 with Tigers. 2 with Blue Jays)

Chris Sale, 8,

Chris Archer, 6 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2, (5 1/2 with Athletics. 1 with Astros.)

Trevor Bauer, 5,

Masahiro Tanaka, 5,

Felix Hernandez, 4 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 4 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 4 1/2,

Mark Buehrle, 4,

R.A. Dickey, 4,

Hector Santiago, 4,

Taijuan Walker, 4,

Carlos Carrasco, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3 1/2,

Carlos Rodon, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Matt Shoemaker, 3,

Justin Verlander, 3,

Cody Anderson, 2 1/2,

Kevin Gausman, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Garrett Richards, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Rodriguez, 2 1/2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Marco Estrada, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Derek Holland, 2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Ervin Santana, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 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,

Vidal Nuno, 1 1/2,

Erasmo Ramirez, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Drew Smyly, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Josh Tomlin, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Nick Ahmed, Abraham Almonte, Yonder Alonso, Pedro Alvarez, Nori Aoki, J. P. Arencibia, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Matt Carpenter, Chris Carter, Rusney Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes [TIGERS ONLY], Patrick Corbin, Zach Davies ,Alejandro De Aza, Ian Desmond, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Scott Feldman, Mike Fiers, Yohan Flande, Yan Gomes, Hector Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Didi Gregorius, Franklin Gutierrez, Cole Hamels [RANGERS ONLY], Josh Hamilton, Brad Hand, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Rich Hill, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Travis Ishikawa, Taylor Jungmann, Kevin Kiermaier, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Kris Medlen, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Yadier Molina, Miguel Montero, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Wil Myers, Aaron Nola, Rougned Odor, Shawn O’Malley, Henry Owens, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra,  Martín Pérez, Jace Peterson, Tommy Pham, Stephen Piscotty, A. J. Pollock, Rick Porcello, Aramis Ramirez, Ben Revere [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [ROCKIES ONLY], Clint Robinson, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Luis Severino, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Kurt Suzuki, Kelby Tomlinson, 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,

Aaron Altherr, Alexi Amarista, Scott Baker, Chris Bassitt, Jason Bourgeois, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Asdrubel Cabrera, Ramon Cabrera, Mark Canha, Ezequiel Carrera, Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Coco Crisp. Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Odrisamer Despaigne, Tyler Duffey, Yunel Escobar, Ryan Flaherty, Jeff Francoeur, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis, Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Greg Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Carlos Gomez [Astros Only], Jon Gray, Jeremy Guthrie, Jedd Gyorko, 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, Matt Moore, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Nava, Daniel Norris, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Williams Perez, Martin Prado, Alexei Ramirez, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Mark Reynolds, Jason Rogers, Andrew Romine, David Ross, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Domingo Santana, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Nick Swisher, Ruben Tejada, Mark Trumbo, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Randy Wolf, Mike Wright,

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]

Cole Hamels, 4, [3 – Phillies / 1 – Rangers]

Yoenis Cespedes, 3 [1 – Tigers / 2- Mets ]

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

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

 

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