Yu Darvish dazzled in his Los Angeles debut. He struck out 10 Mets over 7 innings of 3 hit shutout ball and got the 6-0 decision.

Justin Verlander pitched 7 innings, allowing 2 runs and striking out 10 Orioles to get the Tigers 5-2 win.

Daniel Murphy got 3 hits including 2 homers, driving in 3 to help Washington top the Cubs, 4-2.

Tyler White amassed 11 total bases including 2 homers over his 4 hits, driving in 5 and leading Houston to a 16-7 slugfest over Toronto.

 

They all owned baseball on August 4, 2017

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Ian Kinsler, – 2,

Jason Kipnis, – 2,

Whit Merrifield, – 2,

Logan Morrison, – 2,

Brandon Moss, – 2,

Gary Sanchez, – 2,

Justin Smoak, – 2,

Justin Upton, – 2,

Mike Zunino, – 2,

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2,

Tim Beckham, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Bonifacio,- 1 1/2

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis, – 1 1/2,

Clint Frazier, – 1 1/2,

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2,

Chase Headley, – 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday, – 1 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, – 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, – 1 1/2,

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, – 1 1/2,

Bradley Zimmer, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Nolan Arenado, – 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, – 5,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Corey Seager, – 3 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 3 1/2,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, -2 1/2,

Brandon Drury, – 2 1/2,

Wilmer Flores, – 2 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Tommy Pham, – 2 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Ender Inciarte, -2,

Yadier Molina, – 2,

Daniel Murphy, – 2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Eric Thames, – 2,

Neil Walker, -2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2,

Justin Bour, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Braun, – 1 1/2,

Kris Bryant, – 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Wilson Contreras, – 1 1/2,

Paul DeJong, – 1 1/2,

Aledmys Diaz, – 1 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, – 1 1/2,

Brian Goodwin,- 1 1/2,

Austin Hedges, -1 1/2,

Tommy Joseph, – 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, – 1 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 1 1/2,

Eugenio Suarez, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Christian Yelich, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 7 1/2,

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Chris Sale – 6 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Jose Berrios, – 4 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, – 4 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 4 1/2,

Sonny Gray – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Luis Severino, – 4,

Justin Verlander, – 4,

Chris Archer, – 3 1/2,

Michael Fulmer, – 3 1/2,

Kevin Gausman, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Marco Estrada, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Jake Odorizzi, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Carlos Carrasco, – 2,

Mike Fiers, – 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, – 1 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, – 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, – 1 1/2,

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, Jr., – 1 1/2,

Jordan Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Carlos Martinez, – 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 5,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Zach Davies,- 3 1/2,

Zack Greinke, – 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, – 3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, – 3 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner (1/2 WOB as hitter), – 3,

Patrick Corbin – 3,

Lance Lynn, – 3,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Matt Moore, – 3,

Ivan Nova, -3,

Jeff Samardzija, – 3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

Jake Arrieta, – 2 1/2,

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 2 1/2,

Alex Wood, – 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2,

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Taijuan Walker, – 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,’

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 1 1/2,

Luis Perdomo,- 1 1/2,

Jose Quintana (CUBS ONLY), – 1 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

Jose Quintana, – 4 1/2 (3 with White Sox, 1 1/2 with Cubs)

Yu Darvish – 4 (3 with Rangers, 1 with Dodgers).

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Yonder Alonso, Tim Anderson, Alec Asher, Austin Barnes, Trevor Bauer, Jose Bautista, Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Joe Biagini, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Dylan Bundy, Melky Cabrera, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Nicholas Castellanos, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Jesse Chavez , Robinson Chirinos, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Adam Conley,  Brandon Crawford, Yu Darvish (DODGERS ONLY),  Ian Desmond, Corey Dickerson, Lucas Duda, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Ben Gamel, Brett Gardner, Evan Gattis, Chris Gimenez, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Mitch Haniger, Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Adam Jones, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick,   Dinelson Lamet, Jed Lowrie, Starling Marte, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara,Collin McHugh, Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Rafael Montero, Tyler Moore, Vance Morely, Mike Moustakas, Wil Myers, Eduardo Nunez, Matt Olson, Brad Peacock, Brandon Phillips, Nick Pivetta,  David Price, Yasiel Puig, J.T. Realmuto, Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, Clayton Richard, JT Riddle, Tanner Roark, Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, Danny Salazar, Scott Schebler, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Steven Souza Jr., Brent Suter, Kurt Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Michael Taylor, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom Trea Turner, Julio Urias, Pat Valaika, Danny Valencia, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Tyler White, Matt Wieters,

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2017 MLB,

Nick Ahmed, Tyler Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Homer Bailey, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, Zach Eflin, A. J. Ellis, Eduardo Escobar, Yunel Escobar, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, J. A. Happ, Cesar Hernandez, Jon Jay, Caleb Joseph, Kevin Kiermaier, John Lackey, Juan Lagares, Ben Lively, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, Joe Mauer, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Jordy Mercer, Wade Miley, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Daniel Nava, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, Rougned Odor, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce, David Peralta, Jose Pirela, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly, Albert Pujols, Colby Rasmus, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, Miguel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Santana, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Andrelton Simmons, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Yangervis Solarte, Cory Spangenberg,  Jameson Taillon, Troy Tulowitzki, Jose Urena, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Trevor Williams, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, 

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