Who Owned Baseball September 24, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2018 #WOB

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Corey Kluber put together another dominating performance, striking out 11 White Sox in 7 scoreless innings for the 4-0 Cleveland shutout.

Mookie Betts collected a pair of hits, including a homer, driving in 2, scoring 2 and stealing a base to help lock down the Red Sox club record 106th victory with a 6-2 final over Baltimore.

Bryan Mitchell took a shutout into the 9th, finishing with 8 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out 7 as the Padres blanked the Giants, 5-0.

David Freese got 3 hits, including a game tying homer, to inch the Dodgers closer to an NL West title by beating the Diamondbacks, 7-4.

They all owned baseball on September 24, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Dylan Covey threw 6 shutout innings, striking out 7 Cleveland batters. He would not factor in the decision as the White Sox were blanked, 4-0.

Ronald Guzman doubled and homered but watched the Angels walk off against his Rangers, 5-4.

Cole Hamels struck out 7 Pirates in 6 innings, allowed 2 earned runs and 1 unearned run and hit a homer but lost the 5-1 game for the Cubs.

Ketel Marte went 3 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI in Arizona’s 7-4 loss to the Dodgers.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 10 1/2

Mookie Betts, – 8

Francisco Lindor, – 7

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

Tim Beckham, – 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

Ronald Guzman, – 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

Matt Kemp – 5

Ronald Acuña, Jr. – 4 1/2

Nick Markakis -4 1/2

David Peralta, – 4 1/2

Christian Yelich, – 4 1/2

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

David Freese, – 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

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

Corey Kluber, – 10

Justin Verlander, – 9 1/2

Carlos Carrasco – 9

Chris Sale, – 8

José Berríos, – 7

Charlie Morton, – 7

Blake Snell, – 6

Dallas Keuchel – 5 1/2

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Rick Porcello, – 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

Ryan Boruki, – 2

Matthew Boyd, – 2

Alex Cobb, – 2

Bartolo Colon, – 2

Dylan Covey, – 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

Jesse Chavez – 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, – 10

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

Miles Mikolas, – 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

Cole Hamels (NL Only), – 2

Eric Lauer, – 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

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 1/2 (2 1/2 with AL, 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, 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, Ketel Marte, Carlos Martinez, Andrew McCutchen (AL Only), Billy McKinney, Tommy Milone, Bryan Mitchell, 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, 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, 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, Victor Robles, 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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