WHO OWNS BASEBALL – The Final Tally for 2016

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That’s the season and the final tally. Who Owns Baseball is over for the year and these are the four who finished with the highest totals.

FREDDIE FREEMAN edged Nolan Arenado as the National League hitter.

JOSE FERNANDEZ posthumously owned as the National League pitcher, astonishingly 1/2 ahead of Clayton Kershaw.

MIGUEL CABRERA topped Betts and Trout to earn the top total for American League hitters.

COREY KLUBER ran away with the American League pitcher total with Chris Sale a distance second.

Phew. Another year of this tally. Until next year…

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2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitters,

Freddie Freeman, 8 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 7 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 7,

Kris Bryant, 6,

Brandon Belt, 5,

Andrew McCutchen, 5,

Gregory Polanco, 5,

Yasmany Tomas, 5,

Joey Votto, 5,

Matt Carpenter, 4 1/2,

Trevor Story, 4 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, 4,

Chris Carter, 4,

Starling Marte, 4,

Melvin Upton Jr., 4,

Chase Utley, 4,

Brandon Crawford, 3 1/2,

Nick Markakis, 3 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, 3 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, 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,

Dernard Span, 2 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, 2,

Cesar Hernandez, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

Tommy Joseph, 2,

Jake Lamb, 2,

Yadier Molina, 2,

Joe Panik, 2,

Justin Turner, 2,

Trea Turner, 2,

Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Jung Ho Kang, 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,

Jonathan Villar, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jose Fernandez, 10 1/2,

Clayton Kershaw, 10,

Jon Lester, 9,

Jake Arrieta, 8 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 8 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 7 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 7 1/2,

Jeff Samardzija, 6,

Stephen Strasburg, 6,

Noah Syndergaard, 6, (1 as hitter)

Bartolo Colon, 5 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 5 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 5,

Kyle Hendricks, 5,

Carlos Martinez, 5,

Tanner Roark, 5,

Steven Matz, 4 1/2,

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

Jeremy Hellickson, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

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,

Tyler Chatwood, 2,

Gerrit Cole, 2,

Zach Eflin, 2,

Junior Guerra, 2,

Jason Hammel, 2,

Rich Hill (NL ONLY), 2,

Scott Kazmir, 2,

Matt Moore (NL ONLY) 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, 9 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 7,

Mike Trout, 7,

Jose Altuve, 6 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 6 1/2,

Manny Machado, 6,

Rougned Odor, 6,

George Springer, 5 1/2,

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,

Matt Wieters, 3,

Xander Bogaerts, 2 1/2,

Byron Buxton, 2 1/2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2 1/2,

Chris Davis, 2 1/2,

Adam Eaton, 2 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Evan Longoria , 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Jose Ramirez, 2 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, 2 1/2,

Devon Travis, 2 1/2,

Jose Bautista, 2,

Carlos Beltran, 2,

Adrian Beltre, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Melky Cabrera, 2,

Rajai Davis, 2,

Yunel Escobar, 2,

Todd Frazier, 2,

Evan Gattis, 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Max Kepler, 2,

Kevin Kiermaier, 2,

Jason Kipnis,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,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Cheslor Cuthbert, 1 1/2,

Jarrod Dyson, 1 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 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,

Justin Verlander, 6,

Jose Quintana, 5 1/2,

Aaron Sanchez, 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,

Kevin Gausm an, 4,

Rich Hill , 4, (AL Only)

Dallas Keuchel, 4,

Colby Lewis, 4,

Collin McHugh, 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,

Miguel Gonzalez, 3,

J.A. Happ, 3,

Sean Manaea, 3,

Wade Miley, 3,

Rick Porcello, 3,

Danny Salazar, 3,

Yordano Ventura, 3,

Edinson Volquez, 3,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

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

Taijuan Walker, 2 1/2,

Yu Darvish, 2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 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,

Carlos Rodon, 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, 4 1/2, (Rays 2 1/2, Giants 2)

Josh Reddick 2 (Athletics 1, Dodgers 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, Ty Blach, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Clay Buchholz, Dylan Bundy, Nick Castellanos, Starlin Castro, Jhoulys Chacin, Hank Conger, C.J. Cron, Charlie Culberson, Jorge De La Rosa, Tyler Duffey, Adam Duval, Carl Edwards Jr., Jacoby Ellsbury, Eduardo Escobar, Danny Espinosa, Wilmer Flores, Dexter Fowler, Dillon Gee, Scooter Gennett, Kyle Gibson, Conor Gillaspie, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Yasmani Grandal, Chad Green, Didi Gregorius, A.J. Griffin, Robert Gsellman, 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, John Jaso, Jon Jay, Adam Jones, Matt Joyce, Aaron Judge, 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, Andrew Miller, Ariel Miranda, 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, Colin Rea, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick (AL ONLY), Josh Reddick (NL ONLY), Hunter Renfroe, Alex Reyes, Anthony Rizzo, T. J. Rivera, Alex Rodriguez, Eduardo Rodriguez, Eddie Rosario, Ryan Rua, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Domingo Santana, Luis Sardinas, 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, Luis Valbuena, Nick Vincent, Jered Weaver, Joey Wendle, 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, Tim Adleman, Tyler Anderson, Cody Asche, Darwin Barney, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Peter Bourjos, Nick Buss, Marlon Byrd, Matt Cain, Kole Calhoun, Stephen Cardullo, Francisco Cervelli, Robinson Chirinos, Ji-Man Choi, Paul Clemens, Coco Crisp, Zach Davies, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, R.A. Dickey, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Brett Eibner, Scott Feldman, Mike Fiers, Mike Foltynewicz, Logan Forsythe, Freddy Galvis, Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Gio Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Billy Hamilton, Mitch Haniger, Josh Harrison, Matt Harvey, Ryon Healy, Cesar Hernandez, Gorkys Hernandez, Ryan Howard, Kenley Jansen, Tony Kemp, Hyun Soo Kim, Francisco Liriano (AL ONLY), James Loney, Trey Mancini, Jake Marisnick, Ketel Marte, Michael Martinez, Cameron Maybin, James McCann, Kris Medlen, Shelby Miller, Mike Montgomery, Taylor Motter, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Eduardo Nunez, Paluo Orlando, 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, Justin Ruggiano, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, 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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