Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Anibal Sanchez kept the A’s to 3 hits and 1 run over 6 strong innings but he took the hard luck 2-1 Detroit loss.

C. J. Cron singled and homered, driving in 2 but the Indians edged the Angels, 6-5.

Alex Wood did not walk a single Philadelphia batter over 6 innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 runs but the Dodgers bullpen lost the 7-5 game.

Hunter Renfroe hit 3 homers but the Padres dropped the 13-7 slugfest to Arizona.

Evan Longoria, – 2,

Jed Lowrie, – 2,

Joe Mauer, – 2,

Brandon Moss, – 2,

Rougned Odor, – 2,

Mike Zunino, – 2,

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2,

Tim Beckham, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Bonifacio,- 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, – 1 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2,

Nicholas Castellanos, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

C. J. Cron, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis, – 1 1/2,

Clint Frazier, – 1 1/2,

Ben Gamel, – 1 1/2,

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2,

Chase Headley, – 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday, – 1 1/2,

Kevin Kiermaier, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Matt Olson, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Polanco, – 1 1/2,

Josh Reddick,- 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Andrelton Simmons, – 1 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr.,- 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Bradley Zimmer, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Giancarlo Stanton, – 8 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, – 7 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 5,

Zack Cozart, -4 1/2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 4 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, – 4 1/2,

Ender Inciarte, -3 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 3 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, – 3 1/2,

Corey Seager, – 3 1/2,

Brandon Drury, – 3,

Wilmer Flores, – 3,

Dexter Fowler, – 3,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 3,

Tommy Pham, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Wil Myers, – 2 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 2 1/2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2 1/2,

Yasiel Puig, – 2 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 2 1/2,

Scott Schebler, – 2 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 2 1/2,

Eric Thames, – 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Willson Contreras, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Freddie Freeman, – 2,

Chris Gimenez, – 2,

Carlos Gonzalez, – 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Tommy Joseph, – 2,

Howie Kendrick, – 2,

Starling Marte, – 2,

Jose Martinez, -2,

Yadier Molina, – 2,

Daniel Murphy, – 2,

Joe Panik, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Cory Spangenberg, – 2,

Eugenio Suarez, – 2,

Chris Taylor, – 2,

Michael Taylor, – 2,

Trea Turner, – 2,

Neil Walker, -2,

Albert Almora Jr., – 1 1/2,

Tucker Barnhart, – 1 1/2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2,

Justin Bour, – 1 1/2,

Kris Bryant, – 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, – 1 1/2,

Paul DeJong, – 1 1/2,

Aledmys Diaz, – 1 1/2,

Brian Goodwin,- 1 1/2,

Austin Hedges, -1 1/2,

Rhys Hoskins, – 1 1/2,

Jon Jay, 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Brandon Nimmo, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

J.T. Realmuto, – 1 1/2,

Hunter Renfroe, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, – 1 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 13,

Chris Sale – 8 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, – 7.

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Luis Severino, – 7,

Jose Berrios, – 6 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 6 1/2,

Carlos Carrasco, – 6,

Kevin Gausman, – 6,

Justin Verlander, – 6,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Marco Estrada, – 4 1/2,

Sonny Gray – 4 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, – 4 1/2,

Chris Archer, – 4,

Michael Fulmer, – 4,

Cole Hamels, – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2,

Doug Fister, – 3 1/2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Dylan Bundy, – 3,

Mike Fiers, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Brad Peacock, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Matthew Boyd, – 2 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

CC Sabathia, – 2 1/2,

Danny Salazar, – 2 1/2,

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Wade Miley, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Trevor Bauer, – 1 1/2,

Joe Biagini, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez, – 1 1/2,

Carson Fulmer,- 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, – 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, – 1 1/2,

Jake Junis, – 1 1/2,

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, Jr., – 1 1/2,

Jordan Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, – 1 1/2,

Erasmo Ramirez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Carlos Martinez, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Zack Greinke, – 7 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 7,

Stephen Strasburg, – 7,

Patrick Corbin – 6,

Jimmy Nelson, – 6,

Zach Davies,- 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Julio Teheran, – 5 1/2,

Gio Gonzalez, – 5,

Jeff Samardzija, – 5,

Madison Bumgarner (1/2 WOB as hitter), – 4 1/2,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Lance Lynn, – 4 1/2,

Matt Moore, – 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

Zack Godley, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Alex Wood, – 4,

Jake Arrieta, – 3 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 3 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 3 1/2,

Ivan Nova, -3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Clayton Richard, – 3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

Taijuan Walker, – 3,

Luis Castillo, – 2 1/2,

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2 1/2

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Yu Darvish, – 2 (DODGERS ONLY),

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2 (BRAVES ONLY),

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Luis Perdomo,- 2,

Nick Pivetta, – 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Matt Cain, – 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,

Adam Conley, – 1 1/2,

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, – 1 1/2,

Dinelson Lamet, –  1 1/2,

Mark Leiter Jr., – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 1 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Jose Quintana (CUBS ONLY), – 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, – 1 1/2,

Chris Stratton, – 1 1/2,

Jameson Taillon, – 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

Yu Darvish – 5 (3 with Rangers, 2 with Dodgers).

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

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with Tigers, 1 with Diamondbacks),

Jaime Garcia, – 3 (2 with Braves, 1 with Yankees)

Norichika Aoki – 1 (1/2 with Blue Jays, 1/2 with Mets)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Jesus Aguilar, Yonder Alonso, Tim Anderson, Alec Asher, Homer Bailey, Austin Barnes, Jose Bautista, Josh Bell, Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Paul Blackburn, Xander Bogaerts, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Melky Cabrera, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Starlin Castro, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Robinson Chirinos, Dusty Coleman, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Nicky Delmonico, Ian Desmond, Yandy Diaz, Lucas Duda, Danny Duffy, Phillip Ervin, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Adam Frazier, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Brett Gardner, Jaime Garcia (YANKEES ONLY), Evan Gattis, Alex Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Max Kepler, John Lackey,  Ben Lively,  Seth Lugo, J. D. Martinez (DIAMONDBACKS ONLY), Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, Collin McHugh, Daniel Mengden, Jordy Mercer, Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Rafael Montero, Andrew Moore, Tyler Moore, Mitch Moreland, Vance Morely, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Nava, Eduardo Nunez, David Peralta, Martin Perez, Brandon Phillips, Jose Pirela, David Price, Albert Pujols, Mark Reynolds, JT Riddle, Sal Romano, Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, Carlos Santana, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Robert Stephenson, Trevor Story, Brent Suter, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom, Justin Turner, Jose Urena, Julio Urias, Pat Valaika, Danny Valencia, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Tyler White, Matt Wieters, Travis Wood,

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

Nick Ahmed, Pedro Alvarez, Brett Anderson, Tyler Anderson, Norichika Aoki (BLUE JAYS ONLY), Norichika Aoki (METS ONLY), Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Asdrubal Cabrera, Miguel Cabrera, A. J. Cole, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Alejandro de Aza, Daniel Descalso, Odrisamer Despaigne, Chris Devenski, Rafael Devers, Jarrod Dyson, A. J. Ellis, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Alen Hanson, Austin Hays, Kyle Hendricks, Cesar Hernandez, Caleb Joseph, Juan Lagares, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, German Marquez, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Steve Pearce, Dillon Peters, Yusmeiro Petit, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Alex Presley, Ryan Pressly, Austin Pruitt, Wilson Ramos, Colby Rasmus, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Anibal Sanchez, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Santana, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Jackson Stephens, Kelby Tomlinson, Carlos Torres, Troy Tulowitzki, Luis Valbuena, Kenny Vargas, Jered Weaver, Nick Williams, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, Jordan Zimmermann,

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