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White Sox pitcher Dane Dunning is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Dunning struck out seven over five scoreless and hitless innings, allowing one walk, in the 5-2, 10-inning win over the Royals. Dunning did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Royals tied the game after he exited.
Read MoreYankees pitcher J.A. Happ is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to second place overall and first among National League pitchers after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Kyle Tucker of the Astros rises to 10th place—the only batter among the overall top 10—and rises to first place among American League batters after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Corbin Barnes is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox rises to lead American League batters in 2020 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
Plus, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer Friday becomes the eighth player (since 1995, when tracking began) to reach 200 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the second week.
Meanwhile, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer continues to lead National League pitchers, Luke Voit of the Yankees continues to lead American League batters and Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers maintain their lead in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings for the second week.
Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays, the week’s hottest team, rise to lead American League teams.
Read MoreThursday was an unusual day in an unusual baseball season in an unusual year.
Only eight games were played and none of them lasted nine innings. All were part of pandemic-shortened, seven-inning doubleheaders and one went into “extra” innings, lasting eight innings.
It was a day in which seven games were postponed as teams protested for social justice in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis.
Read MoreMets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fifth place in season player rankings.
Also Wednesday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, pitching a no-hitter.
Giolito rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings. Also Tuesday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreCardinals pitcher Jack Flaherty is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors and Twins pitcher Kenta Maeda rises to sixth place after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreWhat would the 2019 baseball season have looked like if only the final 60 games were played?
In many ways, it would have looked exactly like the entire, overall 2019 season: From about July 25 on in 2019, the Houston Astros were Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team and Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole was Box-Toppers’ top-ranked player. Both also led for the overall 2019 season.
Read MoreMariners pitcher Justin Dunn is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreIndians pitcher Triston McKenzie, making his Major League debut, is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
McKenzie struck out 10 over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 6-1 win over the Tigers.
Read MoreDodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Buehler struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rockies.
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer rises to lead National League pitchers, rising to second place overall. Plus, Luke Voit of the Yankees rises to lead American League batters and Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings.
Meanwhile, the Oakland Athletics maintain their lead among American League teams and the Cleveland Indians are the week’s hottest team.
Read MoreWhite Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to ninth place in season player rankings.
Also Thursday, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber extended his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreReds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Bauer struck out nine in a scoreless seven-inning complete game, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 5-0, seven-inning win over the Royals.
Read MoreTwins pitcher Kenta Maeda is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Maeda struck out 12 over eight innings, allowing one run, one hit and two walks, in the 4-3, 12-inning win over the Brewers. Maeda took a no-hitter into the ninth inning before giving up a hit. He did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Brewers tied the game after he exited.
Read MoreDiamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Luke Voit of the Yankees rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, first among American League batters, after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreBraves pitcher Robbie Erlin is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Erlin struck out five over four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Marlins. Erlin did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he did not pitch the required five innings needed to earn the win. Also, the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Read MoreBox-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.