Who Owned Baseball August 6, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Jake Arrieta threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 Oakland hits and earned the 4-0 decision for the Cubs.

Ryan Braun reached base 4 times, homered twice, stole a base and drove in 7 as the Brewers outslugged Arizona, 15-6.

Corey Kluber allowed 2 runs and 5 hits over 8 strong innings and won the 5-2 Cleveland final over the Yankees.

Jonathan Lucroy homered twice in the Rangers 3-2 win over Houston.

They All Owned Baseball on August 6, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Brandon Phillips homered twice in the Reds 5-3 defeat in Pittsburgh.

Doug Fister allowed just 1 run over 6 innings, escaping trouble while scattering 9 hits and 2 walks. He would not get the decision as the Astros fell to Texas, 3-2.

Mike Trout walked, tripled and homered, driving in 4. But the Angels bullpen collapsed and Seattle won on Griffey’s night, 8-6.

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitters,

Freddie Freeman, 6 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 6 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 5,

Trevor Story, 4 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 4,

Kris Bryant, 4,

Chris Carter, 4,

Gregory Polanco, 4,

Melvin Upton Jr., 4,

Starling Marte, 3 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 3 1/2,

Jay Bruce, 3,

Matt Carpenter, 3,

Aledmys Diaz, 3,

DJ LeMahieu, 3,

Nick Markakis, 3,

Andrew McCutchen, 3,

Wil Myers, 3,

Wilson Ramos, 3,

Yangervis Solarte, 3,

Yasmany Tomas, 3,

Brandon Crawford, 2 1/2,

Maikel Franco, 2 1/2,

Chase Utley, 2 1/2,

Neil Walker, 2 1/2,

Adonis Garcia, 2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 2,

Cesar Hernandez, 2,

Odubel Herrera, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

Tommy Joseph, 2,

Matt Kemp, 2,

Jake Lamb, 2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2,

Ichiro Suzuki, 2,

Justin Turner, 2,

Michael Bourn, 1 1/2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Curtis Granderson, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Hernan Perez,1 1/2,

Tommy Pham, 1 1/2,

Martin Prado, 1 1/2,

Mark Reynolds, 1 1/2,

Corey Seager,1 1/2,

Jean Segura, 1 1/2,

Christian Yelich, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jose Fernandez, 7,

Clayton Kershaw, 7,

Max Scherzer, 7,

Jake Arrieta, 6 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 6,

Madison Bumgarner, 5 1/2,

Jon Lester, 5 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 5,

Drew Pomeranz, 4 1/2, (NL ONLY)

Jeremy Hellickson, 4,

Bartolo Colon, 3 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 3 1/2,

Steven Matz, 3 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 3 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 3 1/2, (1 as hitter)

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Kenta Maeda, 3,

Jeff Samardzija, 3,

Adam Conley, 2 1/2,

Jon Gray, 2 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 2 1/2,

John Lackey, 2 1 /2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,

Carlos Martinez, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 2,

Zach Eflin, 2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 2,

Junior Guerra, 2,

Kyle Hendricks, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Aaron Nola, 2,

Michael Wacha, 2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 1 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 1 1/2,

Brandon Finnegan, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Robbie Ray, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Jose Altuve, 5,

Mookie Betts, 5,

Miguel Cabrera, 5,

Khris Davis, 4 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 4,

Rougned Odor, 4,

George Springer, 4,

Manny Machado, 3 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 3 1/2,

Mike Trout, 3 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 3,

Victor Martinez, 3,

Nelson Cruz, 2 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 2 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, 2 1/2,

Ian Kinsler, 2 1/2,

Evan Longoria , 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Michael Saunders, 2 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, 2 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Max Kepler, 2,

Jason Kipnis,2,

Jose Ramirez, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Mark Trumbo , 2,

Justin Upton, 2,

Danny Valencia, 2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Cheslor Cuthbert, 1 1/2,

Rajai Davis, 1 1/2,

Brian Dozier, 1 1/2,

Jarrod Dyson, 1 1/2,

Yunel Escobar, 1 1/2,

Todd Frazier, 1 1/2,

Brett Lawrie, 1 1/2,

Adam Lind, 1 1/2,

Kendrys Morales, 1 1/2,

Trevor Plouffe, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Jonathan Schoop, 1 1/2,

Devon Travis, 1 1/2,

Stephen Vogt, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Corey Kluber 11,

David Price, 5,

Chris Sale, 5,

Hector Santiago, 4 1/2,

Rich Hill , 4,

Colby Lewis, 4,

Jose Quintana, 4,

Aaron Sanchez, 4,

Steven Wright, 4,

Danny Duffy, 3 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, 3 1/2,

Matt Shoemaker, 3 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 3 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 3,

Carlos Carrasco, 3,

Doug Fister, 3,

Michael Fulmer, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3,

J.A. Happ, 3,

Dallas Keuchel, 3,

Danny Salazar, 3,

Ervin Santana, 3,

Marcus Stroman, 3,

Matt Moore, 2 1/2, (AL ONLY)

Edinson Volquez, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Kevin Gausm an, 2,

Kendall Graveman, 2,

Wade Miley, 2,

Ricky Nolasco, 2,

Drew Smyly, 2,

Yordano Ventura, 2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 2,

Matt Boyd, 1 1/2,

Marco Estrada, 1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 1 1/2,

Sean Manaea, 1 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 1 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Have Multi League WOBs,

James Shields 2 (Padres 1, White Sox 1)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

(Jose Abreu, Pedro Alvarez, Chase Anderson, Matt Andriese, Elvis Andrus, Chris Archer, Javier Baez, Adrian Beltre, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Dylan Bundy, Nick Castellanos, Welington Castillo, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Hank Conger, C.J. Cron, Jorge De La Rosa, Tyler Duffey, Adam Duval, Adam Eaton, Carl Edwards Jr., Jacoby Ellsbury, Danny Espinosa, Wilmer Flores, Evan Gattis, Kyle Gibson, Conor Gillaspie, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Miguel Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, A.J. Griffin, Jedd Gyorko, Jesse Hahn, Jason Hammel, Bryce Harper, Will Harris, Chase Headley, Adeiny Hechavarria, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Brock Holt, Phil Hughes, Jon Jay, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Mat Latos, Wade LeBlanc, Dae-Ho Lee, Francisco Lindor, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Lucroy (AL ONLY), Russell Martin, J.D. Martin ez, Joe Mauer, Nomar Mazara, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Lance McCullers, Collin McHugh, Jordy Mercer, Brad Miller, Charlie Morton, Brandon Moss,Mike Napoli, Tyler Naquin, Bud Norris, Joe Panik, Chris Parmelee, James Paxton, Jake Peavy, Joc Pederson, David Phelps, Michael Pineda, Albert Pujols, Alexei Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Eddie Rosario, Ryan Rua, Cameron Rupp, Carlos Santana, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields (AL ONLY), James Shields (NL ONLY), Braden Shipley, Tyler Skaggs, Blake Snell, Dernard Span, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Chris Taylor, Troy Tulowitzki, Luis Valbuena, Vincent Velasquez, Taijuan Walker, Jered Weaver, Jayson Werth, Tyler White , Matt Wieters, Alex Wood, David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist, )

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

( Matt Adams, Oswaldo Arcia, Cody Asche, Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Chad Bettis, Peter Bourjos, Marlon Byrd, Matt Cain, Kole Calhoun, Francisco Cervelli, Robinson Chirinos, Ji-Man Choi, Coco Crisp, Zach Davies, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, R.A. Dickey, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Brett Eibner, Eduardo Escobar, Scott Feldman, Mike Foltynewicz, Dexter Fowler, Christian Friedrich, Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Matt Garza, Scooter Gennett, Johnny Giavotella Gio Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Didi Gregorius, Billy Hamilton, Matt Harvey, Kenley Jansen, Kevin Kiermaier, Hyun Soo Kim, Jake Marisnick, Ketel Marte, Michael Martinez, Kris Medlen, Taylor Motter, Logan Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Ivan Nova, Eduardo Nunez, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Jarrett Parker, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Brandon Phillips, Stephen Piscotty, Buster Posey, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Anthony Ranaudo, J.T. Realmuto, Jose Reyes, Matt Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, Kyle Seager, Mallex Smith, Dan Straily, Michael Taylor, Nick Tropeano, Jose Urena, Cesar Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, Ryan Vogelsong, Joey Votto, Adam Warren, Matt Wisler, )

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