Who Owned Baseball September 1, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Luis Castillo struck out 11 Cardinals over 6 2/3 shutout innings, giving up 2 hits as the Reds won, 4-0.

Dansby Swanson doubled and then in the comeback rally hit a key 8th inning homer to propel the Braves past Pittsburgh, 5-3.

Masahiro Tanaka allowed 1 run over 7 innings and worked out of some tight jams to earn the 2-1 decision for the Yankees over Detroit.

Brett Phillips homered, walked, doubled, stole a bag and was on base when the Royals walked off against the Orioles with a homer to a 5-4 final.

They all owned baseball on September 1, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Chris Archer struck out 5 Braves over 6 innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 run. He did not get the decision as the Pirates bullpen blew the lead and the game, 5-3.

Hunter Renfroe homered twice in the Padres 4-2 loss to Colorado.

Felix Pena threw 7 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 6. The Angels bullpen allowed the Astros to come back and win, 7-3.

Tim Beckham went 4 for 4 with a homer but the Orioles dropped the 5-4 game to Kansas City in the ninth.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 6

Khris Davis, – 6

Mookie Betts, – 5 1/2

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Jose Ramirez, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5 (AL ONLY)

Miguel Andujar, – 4

Xander Bogaerts, – 4

Nicholas Castellanos, – 4

Nelson Cruz, – 4

Ryon Healy, – 4

Aaron Hicks, – 4

Manny Machado, – 4 (AL ONLY)

Andrew Benintendi, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Evan Gattis, – 3 1/2

Mitch Haniger, – 3 1/2

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Matt Chapman, – 3

Shin-Soo Choo, – 3

Jed Lowrie, – 3

Josh Reddick, – 3

Yonder Alonso, – 2 1/2

Didi Gregorius, – 2 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

Denard Span, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Jose Abreu, – 2

Jose Altuve, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

Victor Martinez, – 2

Whit Merrifield, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Shohei Ohtani, – 2 (As Hitter),

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 2

Giancarlo Stanton, – 2

Gleyber Torres, – 2

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2

Edwin Encarnacion, – 1 1/2

Adam Engel, – 1 1/2

Joey Gallo, – 1 1/2

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2

Randal Grichuk, – 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Joe Mauer, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Salvador Perez, – 1 1/2

Jonathan Schoop, – 1 1/2

Marcus Semien, – 1 1/2

Mark Trumbo, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Javier Baez – 7 1/2

Bryce Harper – 6 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 6

Scooter Gennett – 5 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 4 1/2

Matt Kemp – 4

Brandon Nimmo, – 4

David Peralta, – 4

Ronald Acuña – 3 1/2

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Lorenzo Cain, – 3 1/2

Nick Markakis – 3 1/2

Jose Peraza, – 3 1/2

J. T. Realmuto, – 3 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 3 1/2

Christian Yelich, – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

Yadier Molina, – 3

Anthony Rendon, – 3

Hunter Renfroe, – 3

Mark Reynolds – 3

Scott Schebler, – 3

Johan Camargo, – 2 1/2

Starlin Castro, – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 2 1/2

Yasmani Grandal, – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

JT Riddle, – 2 1/2

Juan Soto, – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed, – 2

Nolan Arenado, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Corey Dickerson, – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Rhys Hoskins, – 2

DJ LeMahieu, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Yasiel Puig, – 2

Trevor Story, – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Christian Villanueva, – 2

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2

Josh Bell, – 1 1/2

Francisco Cervelli, – 1 1/2

Michael Conforto – 1 1/2

Charlie Culberson – 1 1/2

Adam Duvall – 1 1/2

Todd Frazier, – 1 1/2

David Freese, – 1 1/2

Eric Hosmer, – 1 1/2

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2 (NL Only)

Starling Marte, – 1 1/2

Devin Mesoraco – 1 1/2

Gregory Polanco, – 1 1/2

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2

Amed Rosario, – 1 1/2

Pablo Sandoval, – 1 1/2

Kolten Wong, – 1 1/2

Ryan Zimmerman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Chris Sale, – 8

Carlos Carrasco – 7 1/2

Corey Kluber, – 7

Charlie Morton, – 7

José Berríos, – 6

Dallas Keuchel – 5 1/2

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Justin Verlander, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Rick Porcello, – 5

Blake Snell, – 5

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

David Price, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 3 1/2

Lucas Giolito, – 3 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 3 1/2

Mike Leake, – 3 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2

Daniel Mengden, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Mike Fiers, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 3

Masahiro Tanaka, – 3

Trevor Cahill, – 2 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 2 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Domingo German, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Lance Lynn, – 2 1/2

Carlos Rodon, – 2 1/2

James Shields, – 2 1/2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2

Matthew Boyd, – 2

Alex Cobb, – 2

Bartolo Colon, – 2

Heath Fillmyer, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

J. A. Happ, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Wade LeBlanc, – 2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 2

Jordan Zimmermann, 2

Brett Anderson, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2

Mike Minor, – 1 1/2

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2

Jake Odorizzi, – 1 1/2

Felix Pena, – 1 1/2

Adam Putko, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Marcus Stroman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 10

Jacob deGrom, – 9

Aaron Nola, – 8

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 5 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Madison Bumgarner, – 4

Patrick Corbin, – 4

Zack Wheeler, – 4

Trevor Williams, – 4

Chase Anderson, – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 3 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 3 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 3 1/2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 3 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 3 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 3 1/2

Chris Stratton, – 3 1/2

Jhoulys Chacin, – 3

Gio Gonzalez, – 3

Jon Gray, – 3

Rich Hill, – 3

Steven Matz, – 3

Freddy Peralta, – 3

Clayton Richard, – 3

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 3

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Jameson Taillon, – 3

Jose Urena, – 3

Vince Velasquez, – 3

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 2 1/2

Clayton Kershaw, – 2 1/2

Jon Lester, – 2 1/2

German Marquez, – 2 1/2

Sean Newcomb, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Tyson Ross, – 2 1/2

Anibal Sanchez, – 2 1/2

Dan Straily, – 2 1/2

Andrew Suarez, – 2 1/2

Eric Lauer, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Ivan Nova, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Homer Bailey, – 1 1/2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Shane Carle, – 1 1/2

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2

John Gant, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Nick Kingham, – 1 1/2

Pablo Lopez, – 1 1/2

Wade Miley, – 1 1/2

Mike Montgomery, – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove, – 1 1/2

Nick Pivetta, – 1 1/2

Dereck Rodriguez, – 1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha, – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB Total

Shohei Ohtani, – 3 (2 as Hitter, 1 as Pitcher)

Players Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Manny Machado, – 5 1/2 (4 with AL, 1 1/2 with NL)

Mike Moustakas, – 2 (1 1/2 with AL, 1/2 with NL)

Pitchers Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Kevin Gausman, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with AL, 1 with NL)

Cole Hamels, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with AL, 1 with NL)

Tyler Glasnow, – 1 1/2 (1 with NL, 1/2 with AL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Ehire Adrianza, Greg Allen, Brian Anderson, Tyler Austin, Franklin Barreto, Shane Bieber, Greg Bird, Ryan Boruki, Justin Bour, Clay Buchholz, Jeimer Candelario, Andrew Cashner, Luis Castillo, Welington Castillo, Wei-Yin Chen, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Dylan Covey, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Anthony DeSclafani, Rafael Devers, Yandy Diaz, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Marco Estrada, Doug Fister, Logan Forsythe, Freddy Galvis, Avisail Garcia, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mitch Garver, Kevin Gausman (NL Only), Craig Gentry, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow (NL Only), Austin Gomber, Yan Gomes, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Sonny Gray, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Ronald Guzman, Cole Hamels (NL Only), Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Nick Hundley, Chris Ianetta, Edwin Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Areil Jurado, Brad Keller, Jason Kipnis, Chad Kuhl, Ramon Laureano, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Martin Maldonado, Trey Mancini, Manuel Margot, Carlos Martinez, Tommy Milone, Frankie Montas, Kendrys Morales, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Daniel Murphy, Omar Navarez, Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, Marcell Ozuna, Joe Panik, Thomas Pannone, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Martin Perez, Tommy Pham, Brett Phillips, Jurickson Profar, Albert Pujols, Wilson Ramos, Trevor Richards, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Ronny Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, CC Sabathia, Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Antonio Senzatela, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Will Smith, Jorge Soler, Michael Soroka, Dansby Swanson, Noah Syndergaard, Chris Tillman, Blake Treinen, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Trea Turner, Luis Valbuena, Luke Voit, Joey Votto, Tyler White, Nick Williams,

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

Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., Chris Archer, Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Chris Bassitt, Jose Bautista, Jalen Beeks, Tim Beckham, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Charlie Blackmon, Matthew Boyd, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Lewis Brinson, Curt Casali, Yoenis Cespedes, Yonny Chirinos, Taylor Cole, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, David Fletcher, Wilmer Flores, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Evan Gattis, Sam Gaviglio, Tyler Glasnow (AL Only), Carlos Gomez, Alex Gordon, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Blaine Hardy, Cesar Hernandez, David Hernandez, Elieser Hernandez, David Hess, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Jon Jay, Brian Johnson, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, Howie Kendrick, Ian Kennedy, Max Kepler, Scott Kingery, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Evan Longoria, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Ketel Marte, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, Adalberto Mondesi, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, Mike Moustakas (NL ONLY), Gabriel Moya, Cedric Mullins, John Ryan Murphy, Hunter Pence, Hernan Perez, Yusmeiro Petit, Kevin Pillar, Daniel Poncedeleon, Austin Pruitt, Robbie Ray, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Luis Santos, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Cory Spangenberg, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Ross Stripling, Kurt Suzuki, Eric Thames, Devon Travis, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Drew VerHagen, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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