Who Owned Baseball September 2, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Jon Lester took a no hitter into the 7th and went the distance, allowing 3 hits and 1 run over 9 to seal the 2-1 Cubs victory over San Francisco.

Carlos Carrasco pitched into the 8th, allowing no runs over 7 1/3 innings, striking out 11 Miami batters and earning the 6-2 decision for Cleveland.

Matt Kemp went 3 for 5 with a homer and 4 RBI to spark the Braves 8-4 final over the Phillies.

Miguel Cabrera collected 3 hits and drove in 4, including a 2 run come from behind single in the 9th inning to give the Tigers a wild 7-6 win over Kansas City.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Noah Syndergaard threw 7 strong innings, allowing just 3 hits and 2 runs. The Mets bats were silent as the Nationals took the game, 4-1.

J. T Realmuto homered and collected 2 more hits in the Marlins 6-2 loss to Cleveland.

Mike Trout reached base 3 times, including a 3 run homer, in the Angels 11-8 beating by Seattle.

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitters,

Nolan Arenado, 7 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, 7 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 7,

Kris Bryant, 6,

Gregory Polanco, 5,

Matt Carpenter, 4 1/2,

Trevor Story, 4 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 4,

Chris Carter, 4,

Andrew McCutchen, 4,

Yasmany Tomas, 4,

Melvin Upton Jr., 4,

Brandon Crawford, 3 1/2,

Starling Marte, 3 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 3 1/2,

Chase Utley, 3 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, 3,

Jay Bruce, 3,

Aledmys Diaz, 3,

Matt Kemp, 3,

DJ LeMahieu, 3,

Nick Markakis, 3,

Wil Myers, 3,

Wilson Ramos, 3,

Yangervis Solarte, 3,

Ichiro Suzuki, 3,

Neil Walker, 3,

Christian Yelich, 3,

Michael Bourn, 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun, 2 1/2,

Maikel Franco, 2 1/2,

Curtis Granderson, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

Welington Castillo, 2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 2,

Adonis Garcia, 2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 2,

Cesar Hernandez, 2,

Odubel Herrera, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

Tommy Joseph, 2,

Jake Lamb, 2,

Joe Panik, 2,

Hernan Perez, 2,

Jean Segura, 2,

Justin Turner, 2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Brandon Moss, 1 1/2,

Tommy Pham, 1 1/2,

Martin Prado, 1 1/2,

Mark Reynolds, 1 1/2,

Corey Seager,1 1/2,

Dernard Span, 1 1/2,

Joey Votto, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jose Fernandez, 8 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 8 1/2,

Jon Lester, 8,

Jake Arrieta, 7 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 7,

Clayton Kershaw, 7,

Stephen Strasburg, 6,

Johnny Cueto, 5,

Jacob deGrom, 5,

Noah Syndergaard, 5, (1 as hitter)

Steven Matz, 4 1/2,

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

Tanner Roark, 4 1/2,

Bartolo Colon, 4,

Jeremy Hellickson, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

Kyle Hendricks, 3 1/2,

Carlos Martinez, 3 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, 3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 3,

Jon Gray, 3,

Zack Greinke, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3, (NL ONLY)

Kenta Maeda, 3,

Adam Conley, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Brandon Finnegan, 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,

Robbie Ray, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 2,

Zach Eflin, 2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 2,

Junior Guerra, 2,

Jason Hammel, 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Aaron Nola, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Braden Shipley, 2,

Michael Wacha, 2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 1 1/2,

Matt Garza, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

Jameson Taillon, 1 1/2,

Jose Urena, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 7,

Miguel Cabrera, 6 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 6,

Manny Machado, 6,

Mike Trout, 6,

Robinson Cano, 5,

Rougned Odor, 5,

George Springer, 5,

Khris Davis, 4 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 4 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 4,

Victor Martinez, 4,

Michael Saunders, 3,

Justin Upton, 3,

Xander Bogaerts, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 2 1/2,

Chris Davis, 2 1/2,

Brian Dozier, 2 1/2,

Adam Eaton, 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,

Jose Ramirez, 2 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, 2 1/2,

Devon Travis, 2 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 2,

Adrian Beltre, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Rajai Davis, 2,

Yunel Escobar, 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Max Kepler, 2,

Jason Kipnis,2,

Gary Sanchez, 2,

Jonathan Schoop, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Mark Trumbo , 2,

Danny Valencia, 2,

Jose Abreu, 1 1/2,

Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Cheslor Cuthbert, 1 1/2,

Jarrod Dyson, 1 1/2,

Todd Frazier, 1 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 1 1/2,

Kevin Kiermaier, 1 1/2,

Brett Lawrie, 1 1/2,

Adam Lind, 1 1/2,

Brad Miller, 1 1/2,

Kendrys Morales, 1 1/2,

Trevor Plouffe, 1 1/2,

Hanley Ramirez, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Stephen Vogt, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Corey Kluber 11,

Chris Sale, 6 1/2,

Danny Duffy, 5 1/2,

Jose Quintana, 5 1/2,

Carlos Carrasco, 5,

David Price, 5,

Hector Santiago, 5,

Michael Fulmer, 4 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 4 1/2,

Cole Hamels, 4,

Rich Hill , 4,

Dallas Keuchel, 4,

Colby Lewis, 4,

Aaron Sanchez, 4,

Ervin Santana, 4,

Steven Wright, 4,

Kendall Graveman, 3 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, 3 1/2,

Matt Shoemaker, 3 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 3 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 3,

Doug Fister, 3,

Kevin Gausm an, 3,

J.A. Happ, 3,

Ricky Nolasco, 3,

Danny Salazar, 3,

Yordano Ventura, 3,

Matt Boyd, 2 1/2,

Marco Estrada, 2 1/2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2 1/2,

Sean Manaea, 2 1/2,

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

Masahiro Tanaka, 2 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 2 1/2,

Chris Archer, 2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Collin McHugh, 2,

Wade Miley, 2,

James Paxton, 2,

Drew Smyly, 2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 2,

Ross Detwiler, 1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, 1 1/2,

Rick Porcello, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Taijuan Walker, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Have Multi League WOBs,

Francisco Liriano 3 1/2 (Pirates 1, Blue Jays 1/2)

Matt Moore, 3 1/2, (Rays 2 1/2, Giants 1)

James Shields 2 (Padres 1, White Sox 1)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

(Pedro Alvarez, Chase Anderson, Matt Andriese, Elvis Andrus, Oswaldo Arcia, Erick Aybar, Javier Baez, Homer Bailey, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Dylan Bundy, Byron Buxton, Nick Castellanos, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Hank Conger, C.J. Cron, Jorge De La Rosa, Tyler Duffey, Adam Duval, Carl Edwards Jr., Jacoby Ellsbury, Danny Espinosa, Wilmer Flores, Christian Friedrich, Evan Gattis, Dillon Gee, Kyle Gibson, Conor Gillaspie, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Adrian Gonzalez, Miguel Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Chad Green, Didi Gregorius, A.J. Griffin, Jedd Gyorko, Jesse Hahn, J. J. Hardy, Will Harris, Chase Headley, Adeiny Hechavarria, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Brock Holt, Phil Hughes, Edwin Jackson, Jon Jay, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Aaron Judge, Mat Latos, Wade LeBlanc, Dae-Ho Lee, Francisco Lindor, Reynaldo Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Lucroy (AL ONLY), Russell Martin, J.D. Martin ez, Joe Mauer, Nomar Mazara, Brian McCann, Brandon McCarthy, Lance McCullers, Jordy Mercer, Matt Moore (NL ONLY), Charlie Morton, Mike Napoli, Tyler Naquin, Bud Norris, Chris Parmelee, Jake Peavy, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Michael Pineda, Albert Pujols, Alexei Ramirez, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Eddie Rosario, Ryan Rua, Cameron Rupp, Anibal Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Ryan Schimpf, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields (AL ONLY), James Shields (NL ONLY), Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Blake Snell, Eugenio Suarez, Matt Szczur, Chris Taylor, Andrew Toles, Troy Tulowitzki, Luis Valbuena, Vincent Velasquez, Jered Weaver, Jayson Werth, Rob Whalen, Tyler White , Matt Wieters, Alex Wood, David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist, )

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

( Matt Adams, Tyler Anderson, Cody Asche, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Chad Bettis, Peter Bourjos, Clay Buchholz, Nick Buss, Marlon Byrd, Matt Cain, Kole Calhoun, Stephen Cardullo, 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, Logan Forsythe, Dexter Fowler, Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Scooter Gennett, Johnny Giavotella Gio Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Billy Hamilton, Mitch Haniger, Josh Harrison, Matt Harvey, Kenley Jansen, Ubaldo Jimenez, Tony Kemp, Hyun Soo Kim, Francisco Liriano (AL ONLY), Jake Marisnick, Ketel Marte, Michael Martinez, James McCann, Kris Medlen, Taylor Motter, Logan Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Ivan Nova, Eduardo Nunez, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Jarrett Parker, Gerardo Parra, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Wily Peralta, Brandon Phillips, Stephen Piscotty, Buster Posey, Alex Presley, Anthony Ranaudo, Jose Reyes, Matt Reynolds, Clayton Richard, Carlos Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez, Justin Ruggiano, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, Luis Sardinas, Kyle Seager, Mallex Smith, Dan Straily, Michael Taylor, Josh Tomlin, Andrew Triggs, Nick Tropeano, Cesar Vargas, Kennys Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, Ryan Vogelsong, Adam Warren, Matt Wisler, )

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