Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Dexter Fowler went 3 for 5 with a homer in the Cubs 5-3 loss in San Francisco.

Brad Miller doubled and tripled in the Rays 5-4 defeat by the Tigers.

Alex Wood struck out 13 Padres and walked just one over six innings. The bullpen would blow his lead and the Dodgers fell in 11 innings, 3-2.

Matt Shoemaker threw 7 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 12 and allowing just 3 hits. The Angels bullpen would melt down and the Orioles won 3-1 in the 9th.

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Chris Carter, 3,

Trevor Story, 3,

Brandon Belt, 2 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Nick Markakis, 2,

Starling Marte,  2,

Marcus Stroman, 2,

Melvin Upton Jr., 2,

Jay Bruce, 1 1/2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 1 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jake Arrieta, 4,

Clayton Kershaw, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Jeremy Hellickson, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 2 1/2, (1 as hitter)

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Johnny Cueto, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Stephen Strasburg, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

John Lackey, 1 1 /2,

Mike Leake, 1 1/2,

Jeff Locke,  1 1/2,

Kenta Maeda,  1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

Michael Wacha, 1 1/2,

Matt Wisler, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 3 1/2,

Robinson Cano,  3,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Manny Machado, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 1 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Khris Davis, 1 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 1 1/2,

Brandon Guyer, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Chris Sale, 4,

Corey Kluber, 3,

Felix Hernandez, 2 1/2,

Jose Quintana, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Cole Hamels, 2,

Rich Hill, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Colby Lewis,  2,

David Price, 2,

Aaron Sanchez, 2,

Hector Santiago, 2,

Danny Salazar,  2,

Jordan Zimmermann, 2,

Dallas Keuchel, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Steven Wright, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Chase Anderson, Matt Andriese, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Kris Bryant, Madison Bumgarner, Carlos Carrasco, Nick Castellanos, Tyler Chatwood, Gerrit Cole, Brandon Crawford, Chris Davis, Rajai Davis,  Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Jose Fernandez, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Ryan Goins, Curtis Granderson, Jon Gray, Sonny Gray, A.J. Griffin, J.A. Happ, Bryce Harper, Chase Headley, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Aaron Hill, Derek Holland, Brock Holt,  Eric Hosmer, Phil Hughes, Matt Joyce, Matt Kemp, Jake Lamb, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Jon Lester,  Jed Lowrie, Sean Manaea,   Carlos Martinez, J.D. Martinez , Victor Martinez, Steven Matz,  Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Charlie Morton, Eduardo Nunez, David Ortiz, Joe Panik, Joc Pederson, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz,  Jose Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Robbie Ray, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Rua,  Michael Saunders, Jonathan Schoop, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Justin Smoak, George Springer, Ichiro Suzuki, Julio Teheran, Trayce Thompson, Mark Teixeira, Chris Tillman, Mark Trumbo, Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Danny Valencia, Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, Neil Walker, Tyler White, Alex Wood,  David Wright, Ben Zobrist,  )

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2016 MLB,

( Pedro Alvarez, Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Melky Cabrera,  Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Ivan De Jesus,  Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Jarrod Dyson, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, Dexter Fowler, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton,  Kevin Kiermaier, Jason Kipnis, Adam Lind, Evan Longoria,  Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Matt Moore, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez, Danny Santana, Mallex, Smith, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Cesar Vargas, Jonathan Villar, Ryan Zimmerman )

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