Who Owned Baseball September 22, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2018 #WOB

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Jose Altuve sparked a wild comeback with a walk and later in the same inning launched a homer, reaching base 4 times altogether in the wild 10-5 Astros win over the Angels.

Trea Turner got on base 3 times,homered and stole a base as the Nationals blanked the Mets, 6-0.

Justin Verlander threw 6 innings of 1 hit, shutout ball, striking out 11 Angels. He did not get the decision but he set up the 10 Houston victory.

Rich Hill struck out 7 Padres in 7 innings, allowing 1 run as the Dodgers held onto their Division Lead with a 7-2 final.

They all owned baseball on September 22, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Whit Merrifield reached base 4 times, drove in a run and scored a run but the Royals fell short to the Tigers, 5-4.

Aramis Garcia went 4 for 4 with 2 RBI in the Giants 5-4 extra innings loss to St. Louis.

Brian Johnson did not allow a hit over 3 shutout innings of relief but the Indians walked off in extra innings against the Red Sox, 5-4.

Enyel De Los Santos came out of the bullpen in the third and stopped the bleeding with 2 shutout, hitless innings to give the Phillies a chance. It was too little too late as the Braves clinched the East with a 5-3 win.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 10 1/2

Francisco Lindor, – 7

Mookie Betts, – 6 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 6

Khris Davis, – 6

Nelson Cruz, – 5 1/2

Jose Ramirez, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5 (AL ONLY)

Miguel Andujar, – 4 1/2

Nicholas Castellanos, – 4

Xander Bogaerts, – 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

Didi Gregorius, – 3 1/2

Mitch Haniger, – 3 1/2

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Jose Altuve – 3

Matt Chapman, – 3

Shin-Soo Choo, – 3

Randal Grichuk, – 3

Jed Lowrie, – 3

Shohei Ohtani, – 3 (As Hitter)

Daniel Palka, – 3

Josh Reddick, – 3

Gary Sanchez, – 3

Jose Abreu, – 2 1/2

Yonder Alonso, – 2 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 2 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

Joe Mauer, – 2 1/2

Whit Merrifield, – 2 1/2

Denard Span, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Yandy Diaz, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Joey Gallo, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

Ramon Laureano, – 2

Victor Martinez, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 2

Giancarlo Stanton, – 2

Gleyber Torres, – 2

Luke Voit, – 2

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2

Edwin Encarnacion, – 1 1/2

Adam Engel, – 1 1/2

Johnny Field, – 1 1/2

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2

Lourdes Gurriel Jr., – 1 1/2

Trey Mancini, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Omar Navarez, – 1 1/2

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2

Ryan O’Hearn, – 1 1/2

Salvador Perez, – 1 1/2

Tommy Pham, – 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 – 8 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 7 1/2

Bryce Harper – 6 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 6

Anthony Rendon, – 5 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 5

Ronald Acuña, Jr. – 4 1/2

Nick Markakis -4 1/2

David Peralta, – 4 1/2

Christian Yelich, – 4 1/2

Matt Kemp – 4

Brandon Nimmo, – 4

Jose Peraza, – 4

J. T. Realmuto, – 4

Anthony Rizzo – 4

Trevor Story, – 4

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Lorenzo Cain, – 3 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 3 1/2

Juan Soto, – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

DJ LeMahieu, – 3

Yadier Molina, – 3

Yasiel Puig, – 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

Corey Dickerson, – 2 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 2 1/2

Yasmani Grandal, – 2 1/2

Rhys Hoskins, – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2 (NL Only)

Devin Mesoraco – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Marcell Ozuna, – 2 1/2

JT Riddle, – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed, – 2

Nolan Arenado, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Daniel Murphy, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Amed Rosario, – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Justin Turner, – 2

Trea Turner, – 2

Christian Villanueva, – 2

Ryan Zimmerman, – 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

Freddy Galvis, – 1 1/2

Eric Hosmer, – 1 1/2

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2 (NL Only)

Starling Marte, – 1 1/2

Gregory Polanco, – 1 1/2

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2

Pablo Sandoval, – 1 1/2

Joey Votto, – 1 1/2

Kolten Wong, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Justin Verlander, – 9 1/2

Carlos Carrasco – 9

Corey Kluber, – 9

Chris Sale, – 8

José Berríos, – 7

Charlie Morton, – 7

Dallas Keuchel – 5 1/2

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Rick Porcello, – 5

Blake Snell, – 5

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 4 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 4 1/2

Mike Leake, – 4 1/2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

David Price, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2

Lucas Giolito, – 3 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2

Daniel Mengden, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Shane Bieber, – 3

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Mike Fiers, – 3

Jakob Junis, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Lance Lynn, – 3

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 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)

Wade LeBlanc, – 2 1/2

Jake Odorizzi, – 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

Edwin Jackson, – 2

Francisco Liriano, – 2

Aaron Sanchez, – 2

Jordan Zimmermann, 2

Brett Anderson, – 1 1/2

Ryan Boruki, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Dylan Covey, – 1 1/2

Tyler Glasnow, – 1 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2

Areil Jurado, – 1 1/2

Brad Keller, – 1 1/2

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2

Mike Minor, – 1 1/2

Felix Pena, – 1 1/2

Adam Putko, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 1 1/2

Marcus Stroman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 11 1/2

Jacob deGrom, – 11

Aaron Nola, – 9

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 5 1/2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 5

Kyle Freeland, – 5

Chris Stratton, – 5

Zack Wheeler, – 5

Jake Arrieta, – 4 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 4

Madison Bumgarner, – 4

Rich Hill, – 4

Jameson Taillon, – 4

Jose Urena, – 4

Trevor Williams, – 4

Chase Anderson, – 3 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 3 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 3 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 3 1/2

Jon Lester, – 3 1/2

German Marquez, – 3 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 3 1/2

Anibal Sanchez, – 3 1/2

Jhoulys Chacin, – 3

Gio Gonzalez, – 3

Jon Gray, – 3

Steven Matz, – 3

Freddy Peralta, – 3

Robbie Ray, – 3

Clayton Richard, – 3

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 3

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Vince Velasquez, – 3

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

John Gant, – 2 1/2

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2

Clayton Kershaw, – 2 1/2

Sean Newcomb, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Dereck Rodriguez, – 2 1/2

Tyson Ross, – 2 1/2

Dan Straily, – 2 1/2

Andrew Suarez, – 2 1/2

Eric Lauer, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Ivan Nova, – 2

Noah Syndergaard, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Sandy Alcantara, – 1 1/2

Homer Bailey, – 1 1/2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Clay Buchholz, – 1 1/2

Shane Carle, – 1 1/2

Luis Castillo, – 1 1/2

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Cole Hamels (NL Only), – 1 1/2

Derek Holland, – 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

Cody Reed, -1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha, – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB Total

Shohei Ohtani, – 4 (3 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)

Andrew McCutchen, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with NL, 1 with AL)

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

Pitchers Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Cole Hamels, – 4 (2 1/2 with AL, 1 1/2 with NL)

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

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

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Ehire Adrianza, Greg Allen, Aaron Altherr, Brian Anderson, Francisco Arcia, Willians Astudillo, Tyler Austin, Harrison Bader, Franklin Barreto, Greg Bird, Charlie Blackmon, Justin Bour, Jeimer Candelario, Andrew Cashner, Welington Castillo, Wei-Yin Chen, Yonny Chirinos, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Kaleb Cowart, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Anthony DeSclafani, Rafael Devers, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Phillip Ervin, Marco Estrada, Doug Fister, Logan Forsythe, 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, Ronald Guzman, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Cesar Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Nick Hundley, Chris Ianetta, Travis Jankowski, Brian Johnson, Jason Kipnis, Chad Kuhl, Jorge Lopez, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Martin Maldonado, Manuel Margot, Carlos Martinez, Andrew McCutchen (AL Only), Billy McKinney, Tommy Milone, Frankie Montas, Kendrys Morales, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, Joe Panik, Thomas Pannone, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Martin Perez, Brett Phillips, Jurickson Profar, Albert Pujols, Noé Ramirez, Wilson Ramos, Sean Reid-Foley, Victor Reyes, 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, Chris Tillman, Blake Treinen, Nick Tropeano, Luis Valbuena, Daniel Vogelbach, Adam Wainwright, Tyler White, Nick Williams,

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

Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., Chris Archer, Jaime Barria, Chris Bassitt, Jose Bautista, Jalen Beeks, Tim Beckham, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Matthew Boyd, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Lewis Brinson, Robinson Cano, Curt Casali, Jake Cave, Yoenis Cespedes, Taylor Cole, J. P. Crawford, Elias Diaz, Enyel De Los Santos, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Jacob Faria, David Fletcher, Wilmer Flores, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Aramis Garcia, Jaime Garcia, Evan Gattis, Sam Gaviglio, Sean Gilmartin, Carlos Gomez, Stephen Gonsalves, Alex Gordon, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Blaine Hardy, Matt Harvey, David Hernandez, Elieser Hernandez, David Hess, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Jared Hughes, Jon Jay, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, Howie Kendrick, Ian Kennedy, Max Kepler, Kevin Kiermaier, Scott Kingery, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Evan Longoria, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Ketel Marte, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, Ryan Meisinger, Adalberto Mondesi, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, Mike Moustakas (NL ONLY), Gabriel Moya, Cedric Mullins, John Ryan Murphy, Peter O’Brien, Hunter Pence, Hernan Perez, Yusmeiro Petit, Kevin Pillar, Daniel Poncedeleon, Austin Pruitt, 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, Chris Taylor, Rowdy Tellez, Eric Thames, Devon Travis, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Drew VerHagen, Jesse Winkler, Patrick Wisdom, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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