Cole Hamels settled down after a shaky first inning to throw a complete game, allowing 3 hits and 2 runs, striking out 8 and topped the Angels, 9-2 to clinch the AL West title for the Texas Rangers.

Chris Davis homered twice and reached base 4 times altogether, driving in 4 and helping the Orioles beat the Yankees, 9-4.

Shelby Miller finally recorded another win, throwing 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and 7 strikeouts, as Atlanta was victorious over St. Louis, 6-0.

A. J. Pollock went 3 for 5, homering and driving in a pair to have the Diamondbacks crush Houston’s hopes to host the Wild Card Game with a 5-3 final.

They all owned baseball on October 4, 2015

Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.

 

Rick Porcello allowed 2 earned runs and 1 unearned run over 7 innings but was saddled with the 3-1 Red Sox loss in Cleveland.

Jose Altuve went 3 for 5 with a triple and two runs scored. His Astros would fall just short to Arizona, 5-3.

Tanner Roark threw 6 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 walk. He would not factor into the decision as the Nationals lost to the Mets, 1-0.

Dee Gordon captured the NL Batting Title with a single, double and homer, scoring both Marlins runs along the way but Philadelphia won, 7-2.

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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,

Paul Goldschmidt, 7,

Andrew McCutchen, 7,

Todd Frazier, 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 6 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Lucas Duda, 5,

Carlos Gonzalez, 5,

Matt Kemp, 5,

Andre Ethier, 4 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, 4 1/2,

Justin Upton, 4 1/2,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Buster Posey, 4,

Yasiel Puig, 4,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Kris Bryant, 3 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, 3 1/2,

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

Starlin Castro, 3,

Khris Davis, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Adrian Gonzalez, 3,

Daniel Murphy, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Brandon Phillips, 3,

Scott Van Slyke, 3,

Neil Walker, 3,

Jay Bruce, 2 1/2,

Welington Castillo, 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 2 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Martin Maldonado, 2 1/2,

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 2 1/2,

Addison Russell, 2 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 2 1/2,

Cody Asche, 2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

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

Yoenis Cespedes, 2 [METS ONLY],

Brandon Crawford, 2,

Wilmer Flores, 2

Maikel Franco, 2,

Scooter Gennett, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Odubel Herrera, 2,

Ryan Howard, 2

A. J. Pollock, 2,

J. T. Realmuto, 2,

Jayson Werth, 2,

Christian Yelich, 2,

Ryan Zimmerman, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, 1 1/2,

Chris Coghlan, 1 1/2,

Matt den Dekker, 1 1/2,

Yunel Escobar, 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Cole Gillespie, 1 1/2,

Joe Panik, 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, 13 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, 12,

Zack Greinke, 9 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 8,

Matt Harvey, 7 1/2,

Shelby Miller, 7 1/2,

Mike Leake, 7, (5 with REDS, 2 with GIANTS)

Max Scherzer, 7,

John Lackey, 6 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 6,

Madison Bumgarner, 5 1/2,

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

Stephen Strasburg, 5 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 5,

Chris Heston, 5,

Jon Lester, 5,

Gerrit Cole, 4 1/2,

Chase Anderson, 4,

Andrew Cashner, 4,

Francisco Liriano, 4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Tyson Ross, 4,

Jaime Garcia, 3 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3, [PHILLIES ONLY]

Jason Hammel, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Julio Teheran, 3,

Michael Wacha, 3,

Jordan Zimmermann, 3,

Chad Bettis, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 2 1/2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Patrick Corbin, 2,

Jorge De La Rosa, 2,

Gio Gonzalez, 2,

J. A. Happ, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

Steven Matz, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff , 1 1/2,

Raisel Iglesias, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 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 1/2,

Chris Davis, 6 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 6 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 6,

Jose Bautista, 5 1/2,

Adam Jones, 5 1/2

Manny Machado, 5,

Alex Rodriguez, 5,

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Jose Abreu, 4 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 4 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 4 1/2,

Albert Pujols, 4 1/2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 4,

Robinson Cano, 4,

Eric Hosmer, 4,

Mike Moustakas, 4,

David Ortiz, 4,

Jose Altuve, 3 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 3 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, 3 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 3 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 3 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 3,

Carlos Correa, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Alex Gordon, 3,

Kendrys Morales, 3,

Mitch Moreland, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Brian Dozier, 2 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Escobar, 2 1/2,

Prince Fielder, 2 1/2,

Brett Gardner, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 2 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 2 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 2,

Adrian Beltre, 2,

Curt Casali, 2

Nick Castellanos, 2,

Stephen Drew, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brett Lawrie, 2,

Russell Martin, 2,

J. D. Martinez, 2,

Stephen Piscotty, 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,

Josh Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Aaron Hicks, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Kevin Kiermaier, 1 1/2,

James Loney, 1 1/2,

Brad Miller, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

Steve Pearce, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Josh Reddick, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Luis Valbuena, 1 1/2,

Danny Valencia, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Dallas Keuchel, 10,

Sonny Gray, 9 1/2,

Chris Sale, 9 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 9,

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

Chris Archer, 6 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 5 1/2,

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

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,

Marco Estrada, 3 1/2,

Kevin Gausman, 3 1/2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 3 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 3 1/2,

Carlos Rodon, 3 1/2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 3 [RANGERS ONLY],

Jake Odorizzi, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Erasmo Ramirez, 3,

Matt Shoemaker, 3,

Justin Verlander, 3,

Cody Anderson, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Jose Quintana, 2 1/2,

Garrett Richards, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Rodriguez, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Aaron Brooks, 2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Rich Hill, 2,

Derek Holland, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Ervin Santana, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 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,

Collin McHugh, 1 1/2,

Vidal Nuno, 1 1/2,

Martín Pérez, 1 1/2,

Rick Porcello, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Drew Smyly, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Josh Tomlin, 1 1/2,

Adam Warren, 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, Mike Aviles, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, Socrates Brito, A.J. Burnett, Byron Buxton, Chris Carter, Daniel Castro, Rusney Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes [TIGERS ONLY], Adam Conley, Zach Davies ,Alejandro De Aza, Ian Desmond, Corey Dickerson, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Scott Feldman, Mike Fiers, Yohan Flande, Yan Gomes, Hector Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Ryan Goins, Didi Gregorius, Franklin Gutierrez, Brad Hand, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Ender Inciarte, Travis Ishikawa, Taylor Jungmann, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, John Mayberry Jr., James McCann, Michael McKenry, Kris Medlen, Wade Miley, Tommy Milone, Yadier Molina, Miguel Montero, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Wil Myers, Rougned Odor, Shawn O’Malley, Henry Owens, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Jarrett Parker, Manny Parra,  Jace Peterson, Tommy Pham,  Aramis Ramirez, Ben Revere [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [ROCKIES ONLY], Clint Robinson, Kyle Ryan,  Domingo Santana,  Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Luis Severino, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Marcus Stroman, Kurt Suzuki, Blake Swihart, Kelby Tomlinson, Nick Tropeano, Troy Tulowitzki, Dan Uggla, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, David Wright, Steven Wright, Chris Young,

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

Aaron Altherr, Alexi Amarista, Alec Asher, Scott Baker, Chris Bassitt, Jason Bourgeois, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Asdrubel Cabrera, Melky 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, 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, Brandon Guyer, Jedd Gyorko, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Nick Hundley, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Adam LaRoche, Francisco Lindor, Jonathan LuCroy, John Lamb, Mikie Mahtook, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Bryan Mitchell, Matt Moore, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Tom Murphy, Daniel Nava, Dioner Navarro, Daniel Norris, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Williams Perez, Kevin Pillar, Martin Prado, Alexei Ramirez, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Mark Reynolds, Tanner Roark, Jason Rogers, Andrew Romine, Wilin Rosario, David Ross, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Eugenio Suarez, Nick Swisher, Ruben Tejada, Mark Trumbo, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Jonathan Villar, Yordano Ventura, Ryan Weber, Randy Wolf, Mike Wright,

2015 WOB Totals for Players Who Changed Leagues,.

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

Cole Hamels, 6, [3 – Phillies / 3 – Rangers]

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

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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