Zack Greinke helped strengthen his Cy Young case by pitching a shutout into the 8th and finishing with 1 run over 7 1/3 innings and earning the critical 2-1 victory for the Dodgers over rival San Francisco.

Darin Ruf went 3 for 5 with a homer and 6 RBI to lead the Phillies past the Mets, 14-8.

Drew Smyly pitched 7 innings of shutout ball, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk and striking out 10 Orioles to earn the 11-2 decision for Tampa Bay.

J. P. Arencibia got 3 hits, including a 2 run homer, and drove in 6 as the Rays thrashed the Orioles, 11-2.

They all owned baseball on September 1, 2015

Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.

Madison Bumgarner pitched well, striking out 8, walking 1 and allowing just 2 runs in 7 innings. He would be the hard luck loser as the Giants fell to LA, 2-1.

Rick Porcello allowed 1 earned run, 1 walk and 5 hits over 8 innings, striking out 13 Yankees along the way. 2 unearned runs would be his undoing as the Red Sox lost, 3-1.

Matt Kemp reached base 4 times, including a double and a homer, driving in 4. His Padres fell short against Texas, 8-6.

Yan Gomes hit a pair of homers, including a game tying shot in the 9th inning. The Indians would lose 5-3 as the Blue Jays walked off in 10.

 

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So Let’s factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Joey Votto, 7 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 7,

Paul Goldschmidt, 6 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Todd Frazier, 5 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 4 1/2,

Matt Kemp, 4 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 4,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Yasiel Puig, 4,

Justin Upton, 4,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Lucas Duda, 3 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 3 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 3 1/2, [Brewers Only]

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Khris Davis, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Freddie Freeman, 3,

Adrian Gonzalez, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Anthony Rizzo, 3,

Kris Bryant, 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Brandon Phillips, 2 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Jay Bruce, 2,

Marlon Byrd, 2, [1 1/2 with PHILLIES, 1/2 with GIANTS]

Starlin Castro, 2,

Wilmer Flores, 2

Maikel Franco, 2,

Scooter Gennett, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Ryan Howard, 2

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Daniel Murphy, 2,

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 1 1/2,

Cole Gillespie, 1 1/2,

Joe Panik, 1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Ben Revere, 1 1/2, [PHILLIES ONLY]

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Darin Ruf, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Yasmany Tomas, 1 1/2,

Justin Turner, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 10 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 8,

Zack Greinke, 7 1/2,

Matt Harvey, 7 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, 7,

Shelby Miller, 6 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 5 1/2, (REDS ONLY)

Mike Leake, 5 1/2, (5 with REDS, 1/2 with GIANTS)

Noah Syndergaard, 5 1/2,

Chris Heston, 5,

Max Scherzer, 5,

Madison Bumgarner, 4,

Andrew Cashner, 4,

Bartolo Colon, 4,

John Lackey, 4,

Jon Lester, 4,

Lance Lynn, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Chase Anderson, 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 3 1/2,

Anthony DeSclafani, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3, [PHILLIES ONLY]

Jason Hammel, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Michael Wacha, 3,

Jordan Zimmermann, 3,

Gerrit Cole, 2 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Welington Castillo, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Gio Gonzalez, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

Raisel Iglesias, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Joe Ross, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 9,

Josh Donaldson, 6 1/2,

Miguel Cabrera, 6,

Adam Jones, 5 1/2

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Edwin Encarnacion, 4 1/2,

Alex Rodriguez, 4 1/2,

Manny Machado, 4,

Albert Pujols, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

Michael Brantley, 3 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 3 1/2,

Chris Davis, 3 1/2,

David Ortiz, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Eric Hosmer, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Mitch Moreland, 3,

Mike Moustakas, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Jose Abreu, 2 1/2,

Brian Dozier, 2 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 2 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Escobar, 2 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2

Curt Casali, 2

Shin-Soo Choo, 2,

Carlos Correa, 2,

Stephen Drew, 2,

Brett Gardner, 2

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brett Lawrie, 2,

J. D. Martinez, 2,

Trevor Plouffe, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 1 1/2,

Nick Castellanos, 1 1/2,

Aaron Hicks, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 9 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 8 1/2,

Corey Kluber, 8,

David Price, 8, (6 with Tigers. 2 with Blue Jays)

Chris Sale, 7 1/2,

Chris Archer, 6 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2, (5 1/2 with Athletics. 1 with Astros.)

Edinson Volquez, 4 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 4,

Mark Buehrle, 4,

Masahiro Tanaka, 4,

Carlos Carrasco, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, 3 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Hector Santiago, 3,

Matt Shoemaker, 3

Taijuan Walker, 3,

Kevin Gausman, 2 1/2,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Garrett Richards, 2 1/2,

Carlos Rodon, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Rodriguez, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 2,

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Justin Verlander, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Cody Anderson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Brooks, 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez, 1 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 1 1/2, (ROYALS ONLY)

John Danks, 1 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 1 1/2,

Kendall Graveman, 1 1/2,

Phil Hughes, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Abraham Almonte, Yonder Alonso, Pedro Alvarez, Nori Aoki, J. P. Arencibia, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Billy Butler, Chris Carter, Rusney Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes [TIGERS ONLY], Yoenis Cespedes [METS ONLY], Chris Coghlan, Patrick Corbin, C. J. Cron, Alejandro De Aza, Jorge De La Rosa, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Prince Fielder, Mike Fiers, Yohan Flande, Evan Gattis, Yan Gomes,  Hector Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Didi Gregorius, Cole Hamels [RANGERS ONLY], Josh Hamilton, Brad Hand, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Derek Holland, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Travis Ishikawa, Taylor Jungmann, Kevin Kiermaier, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Russell Martin, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Yadier Molina, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Wil Myers, Aaron Nola, Rougned Odor, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra, Steve Pearce, Martín Pérez, Jace Peterson, Stephen Piscotty, A. J. Pollock, Rick Porcello, Aramis Ramirez, Erasmo Ramirez, J. T. Realmuto, Ben Revere [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Jose Reyes [ROCKIES ONLY], Clint Robinson, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Luis Severino, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Drew Smyly, Kurt Suzuki, Kelby Tomlinson, Troy Tulowitzki, Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, Jayson Werth, David Wright, Steven Wright, Christian Yelich, Chris Young, Ryan Zimmerman,

Guys Who Owned Baseball 1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,

Aaron Altherr, Alexi Amarista, Scott Baker, Chris Bassitt, Jason Bourgeois, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Mark Canha, Ezequiel Carrera, Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Coco Crisp. Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Ian Desmond, Odrisamer Despaigne, Yunel Escobar, Ryan Flaherty, Jeff Francoeur, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis,Adonis Garcia, Avisail Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Carlos Gomez [Astros Only], Jon Gray, Jeremy Guthrie, Franklin Gutierrez, Jedd Gyorko, J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Nick Hundley, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Adam LaRoche, Francisco Lindor, Jonathan LuCroy, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Collin McHugh, Bryan Mitchell, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Nava, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Williams Perez, Martin Prado, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Mark Reynolds, David Ross, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Nick Swisher, Ruben Tejada, Mark Trumbo, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Randy Wolf, Mike Wright, Alex Wood, 

2015 WOB Totals for Players Who Changed Leagues,.

Johnny Cueto, 7, [5 1/2- Reds / 1 1/2 Royals]

Carlos Gomez, 4, [3 1/2 – Brewers / 1/2 Astros]

Cole Hamels, 4, [3 – Phillies / 1 – Rangers]

Ben Revere, 2 1/2 [ 1 1/2 – Phillies / 1 – Blue Jays]

Yoenis Cespedes, 2 [1 – Tigers / 1 – Mets ]

Jose Reyes, 2, [1 Blue Jays / 1 Rockies]

 

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