Who Owned Baseball September 23, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Cole Hamels threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 7 Oakland batters and earned the 3-0 decision as the Texas Rangers clinched the American League Western Division title.

Jake Arrieta struck out 10 Cardinals and dominated over 7 shutout innings as the Cubs blanked their rivals, 5-0.

Nelson Cruz kept Seattle’s post season hopes alive with a pair of hits, including a mammoth homer, and 4 RBI in the 10-1 thrashing of the lowly Twins.

Michael Conforto got two hits including a game breaking 3 run home run that put the Mets at the top of the Wild Card with a 10-5 pounding of the Phillies.

They all owned baseball on September 23, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Kendall Graveman was perfect for 6 innings but the Rangers caught up with him in the 7th, scoring 3 runs and making him the tough luck losers as the A’s fell in the Texas clincher, 3-0.

Shelby Miller kept the Orioles from scoring for 6 innings. But Arizona’s bullpen faltered, giving the O’s a much needed 3-2 extra inning win.

Melky Cabrera reached base 3 times, including a homer, driving in a pair but his White Sox were thumped by Cleveland, 10-4.

Jose Peraza went 2 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI as the Reds were edged by Milwaukee, 5-4.

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitters,

Freddie Freeman, 8 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 7 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 7,

Kris Bryant, 6,

Andrew McCutchen, 5,

Gregory Polanco, 5,

Yasmany Tomas, 5,

Matt Carpenter, 4 1/2,

Trevor Story, 4 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 4,

Chris Carter, 4,

Starling Marte, 4,

Melvin Upton Jr., 4,

Chase Utley, 4,

Charlie Blackmon, 3 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 3 1/2,

Nick Markakis, 3 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 3 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, 3 1/2,

Joey Votto, 3 1/2,

Jay Bruce, 3,

Aledmys Diaz, 3,

Adonis Garcia, 3,

Paul Goldschmidt, 3,

Odubel Herrera, 3,

Matt Kemp, 3,

DJ LeMahieu, 3,

Wil Myers, 3,

Hernan Perez, 3,

Wilson Ramos, 3,

Jean Segura, 3,

Ichiro Suzuki, 3,

Neil Walker, 3,

Christian Yelich, 3,

Michael Bourn, 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun, 2 1/2,

Welington Castillo, 2 1/2,

Michael Conforto, 2 1/2,

Maikel Franco, 2 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 2 1/2,

Curtis Granderson, 2 1/2,

Corey Seager, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 2,

Cesar Hernandez, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

Tommy Joseph, 2,

Jake Lamb, 2,

Joe Panik, 2,

Justin Turner, 2,

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Brandon Moss, 1 1/2,

Hunter Pence, 1 1/2,

Tommy Pham, 1 1/2,

Martin Prado, 1 1/2,

Mark Reynolds, 1 1/2,

Cameron Rupp, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Dernard Span, 1 1/2,

Jonathan Villar, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jose Fernandez, 10 1/2,

Jon Lester, 9,

Jake Arrieta, 8 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 8 1/2,

Clayton Kershaw, 8,

Madison Bumgarner, 7 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 6 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 6,

Noah Syndergaard, 6, (1 as hitter)

Bartolo Colon, 5 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, 5 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 5,

Kyle Hendricks, 5,

Tanner Roark, 5,

Steven Matz, 4 1/2,

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

Julio Teheran, 4 1/2,

Jeremy Hellickson, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

Carlos Martinez, 3 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 3,

Jon Gray, 3,

Zack Greinke, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3, (NL ONLY)

Kenta Maeda, 3,

Robbie Ray, 3,

Adam Conley, 2 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 2 1/2,

Brandon Finnegan, 2 1/2,

Matt Garza, 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Jose Urena, 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 2,

Zach Eflin, 2,

Junior Guerra, 2,

Jason Hammel, 2,

Rich Hill (NL ONLY), 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Aaron Nola, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Braden Shipley, 2,

Michael Wacha, 2,

Adam Wainwright, 2,

Chad Bettis, 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 1 1/2,

Christian Friedrich, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Ivan Nova, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

Jameson Taillon, 1 1/2,

Vincent Velasquez, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Miguel Cabrera, 7 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 7,

Mike Trout, 7,

Jose Altuve, 6 1/2,

Manny Machado, 6,

Rougned Odor, 6,

Robinson Cano, 5,

George Springer, 5,

Nelson Cruz, 4 1/2,

Khris Davis, 4 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 4 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 4 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, 4,

Victor Martinez, 4,

Brian Dozier, 3 1/2,

Ian Kinsler, 3 1/2,

Hanley Ramirez, 3 1/2,

Justin Upton, 3 1/2,

Jose Abreu, 3,

Elvis Andrus, 3,

Gary Sanchez, 3,

Michael Saunders, 3,

Xander Bogaerts, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2 1/2,

Chris Davis, 2 1/2,

Adam Eaton, 2 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 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,

Melky Cabrera, 2,

Rajai Davis, 2,

Yunel Escobar, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Max Kepler, 2,

Kevin Kiermaier, 2,

Jason Kipnis,2,

Brian McCann, 2,

Brad Miller, 2,

Kendrys Morales, 2,

Mike Napoli, 2,

Carlos Santana, 2,

Jonathan Schoop, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Mark Trumbo , 2,

Danny Valencia, 2,

Matt Wieters, 2,

Byron Buxton, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Cheslor Cuthbert, 1 1/2,

Jarrod Dyson, 1 1/2,

Evan Gattis, 1 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 1 1/2,

Brett Lawrie, 1 1/2,

Trevor Plouffe, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Stephen Vogt, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Corey Kluber 12,

Chris Sale, 7 1/2,

Danny Duffy, 6

David Price, 6,

Jose Quintana, 5 1/2,

Carlos Carrasco, 5,

Kendall Graveman, 5,

Cole Hamels, 5,

Hector Santiago, 5,

Michael Fulmer, 4 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, 4 1/2,

Aaron Sanchez, 4 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 4 1/2,

Kevin Gausm an, 4,

Rich Hill , 4, (AL Only)

Dallas Keuchel, 4,

Colby Lewis, 4,

Ervin Santana, 4,

Masahiro Tanaka, 4,

Steven Wright, 4,

Matt Boyd, 3 1/2,

Marco Estrada, 3 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, 3 1/2,

Matt Shoemaker, 3 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 3 1/2,

Chris Archer, 3,

Trevor Bauer, 3,

Doug Fister, 3,

J.A. Happ, 3,

Collin McHugh, 3,

Rick Porcello, 3,

Danny Salazar, 3,

Yordano Ventura, 3,

Edinson Volquez, 3,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2 1/2,

Sean Manaea, 2 1/2,

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

Taijuan Walker, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, 2,

Wade Miley, 2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2,

James Paxton, 2,

Drew Smyly, 2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 2,

Jharel Cotton, 1 1/2,

Ross Detwiler, 1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 1 1/2,

Tyler Skaggs, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Have Multi League WOBs,

Rich Hill , 6, (Athletics 4, Dodgers 2)

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, Oswaldo Arcia, Erick Aybar, Javier Baez, Homer Bailey, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Dylan Bundy, Nick Castellanos, Starlin Castro, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Hank Conger, C.J. Cron, Yu Darvish, Jorge De La Rosa, Tyler Duffey, Adam Duval, Carl Edwards Jr., Jacoby Ellsbury, Danny Espinosa, Wilmer Flores, Dillon Gee, Scooter Gennett, Kyle Gibson, Conor Gillaspie, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Adrian 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, Felix Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Brock Holt, Phil Hughes, Edwin Jackson, Jon Jay, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Aaron Judge, Jung Ho Kang, Chad Kuhl, 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, Brandon McCarthy, Lance McCullers, Daniel Mengden, Jordy Mercer, Ariel Miranda, Yadier Molina, Matt Moore (NL ONLY), Logan Morrison, Charlie Morton, Tyler Naquin, Bud Norris, Chris Parmelee, Jake Peavy, Joc Pederson, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Michael Pineda, Jorge Polanco, Albert Pujols, Alexei Ramirez, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Colin Rea, Alex Reyes, Anthony Rizzo, T. J. Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Eduardo Rodriguez, Eddie Rosario, Ryan Rua, Anibal Sanchez, Domingo Santana, Ryan Schimpf, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields (AL ONLY), James Shields (NL ONLY), Andrelton Simmons, Justin Smoak, Blake Snell, Eugenio Suarez, Matt Szczur, Chris Taylor, Mark Teixeira, Andrew Toles, Troy Tulowitzki, Trea Turner, Luis Valbuena, Nick Vincent, Jered Weaver, Jayson Werth, Rob Whalen, Tyler White , 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, 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 Fiers, Mike Foltynewicz, Logan Forsythe, Dexter Fowler, Freddy Galvis, Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Johnny Giavotella Gio Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Billy Hamilton, Mitch Haniger, Josh Harrison, Matt Harvey, Ryon Healy, Cesar Hernandez, Gorkys Hernandez, Kenley Jansen, Tony Kemp, Hyun Soo Kim, Francisco Liriano (AL ONLY), James Loney, Trey Mancini, Jake Marisnick, Ketel Marte, Michael Martinez, James McCann, Kris Medlen, Shelby Miller, Mike Montgomery, Taylor Motter, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Eduardo Nunez, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Jarrett Parker, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Wily Peralta, Brandon Phillips, Stephen Piscotty, Buster Posey, Alex Presley, Anthony Ranaudo, Jose Reyes, Matt Reynolds, Clayton Richard, Carlos Rodon, Justin Ruggiano, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, Luis Sardinas, Kyle Seager, Mallex Smith, Dan Straily, Dansby Swanson, Michael Taylor, Josh Tomlin, Andrew Triggs, Nick Tropeano, Cesar Vargas, Kennys Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Ryan Vogelsong, Adam Warren, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong )

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