Mets' Syndergaard tops players for Wednesday, June 15; Kershaw extends dominant season Box-Toppers lead

Shawn Plank June 16, 2016

Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 15:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
5	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
6	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
7	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
9	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
10	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7

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Also Wednesday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his dominant lead in season player rankings and Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rose to fourth in player rankings.

Player of the Day—Syndergaard struck out 11 over 8 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, five hits and no walks, in the 11-2 win over the Pirates.

Syndergaard earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season, becoming the fourth player this season with 10 or more points. It is the second straight year Syndergaard has reached 10 points—in 2015, he had 10.4.

American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Drew Smyly struck out 12 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, four hits and no walks, in the 3-2, 13-inning win over the Mariners. Smyly did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.

National League Batter of the Day—Melvin Upton of the Padres homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 6-3 win over the Marlins.

Upton had a Box-Toppers game score of +4, the same as DJ LeMahieu of the Rockies, who was Player of the Game in the 6-3 win over the Yankees. While both players also had similar batting lines (3-3 2R 2BI), Upton won NL Batter of the Day honors on a tiebreaker because he hit a home run.

American League Batter of the Day—Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox hit a three-run homer, going 2-for-3 and scoring twice, in the 6-4 win over the Orioles.

Kershaw—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extends his dominant lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Kershaw (7.1IP 5H 2R BB 11K W in the 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 18.0 for the season. He now leads second-place player, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (11.7) by 6.3 points, meaning Fernandez would need at least four starts to have a chance of catching Kershaw.

Kershaw also now has 177.3 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of sixth place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began (see homepage for updated list of “all-time” top 20 players in career points). Kershaw trails fifth-ranked player, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (182.0).

Rankings—Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Cueto (7IP 7H R BB 9K W in the 10-1 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.0 for the season. He becomes the fifth player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points. It is the fifth season Cueto has reached 10 points, the third straight season.

Notable—With the rise of Syndergaard and Cueto in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings, the only batter—Manny Machado of the Orioles—has slipped off the top 10 list. Machado, who leads AL batters with 8.7 Box-Toppers points, now ranks 11th among all players. Machado had been in the top 10 overall rankings since May 8.

The top NL batter, Eugenio Suarez of the Reds (7.0), ranks 20th among all players.

Also, with Machado sliding out of the top 10, eight of the top 10 players are now from the NL. The only two from the AL are Indians pitcher Danny Salazar (8.8 points, eighth place) and White Sox pitcher Chris Sale (8.7 points, 10th place).

Debut—Tim Anderson of the White Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Anderson (3B 3-5 3R in the 5-3 win over the Tigers) made his Major League debut June 10 and was playing in his sixth career game. He is the 3,659th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Syndergaard earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Smyly earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Upton and Ramirez each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

About Box-Toppers—Box-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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

6/15

Score

Game

Player of Game

AB

R

H

BI

IP

H

R

ER

BB

K

MLB

11.1

NYM 11/PIT 2

Noah Syndergaard (W,7-2)

-

-

-

-

8.1

5

2

1

0

11

AL

10.2

`TB 3/SEA 2

Drew Smyly

-

-

-

-

6.2

4

2

2

0

12

8.1

LAD 3/ARI 2

Clayton Kershaw (W,10-1)

-

-

-

-

7.1

5

2

2

1

11

6.0

SF 10/MIL 1

Johnny Cueto (W,10-1)

-

-

-

-

7.0

7

1

1

1

9

6.0

`DC 5/CHC 4

Stephen Strasburg

-

-

-

-

7.0

6

1

1

1

8

5.0

LAA 10/MIN 2

Hector Santiago (W,4-4)

-

-

-

-

6.0

2

1

1

2

5

BAT

4.0

SD 6/MIA 3

Melvin Upton, LF

3

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

COL 6/NYY 3

DJ LeMahieu, 2B

3

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

BAT

4.0

BOS 6/BAL 4

Hanley Ramirez, 1B

3

2

2

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.0

TEX 7/OAK 5

Rougned Odor, 2B

4

2

2

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.2

TOR 7/PHI 2

Marco Estrada (W,5-2)

-

-

-

-

6.2

4

2

2

1

5

1.2

`HOU 4/STL 1

Collin McHugh

-

-

-

-

6.2

7

1

1

2

6

1.0

CHW 5/DET 3

Tim Anderson, SS

5

3

3

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.0

KC 9/CLE 4

Eric Hosmer, 1B

5

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.0

`ATL 9/CIN 8

Bud Norris

-

-

-

-

5.0

3

3

3

2

7

`Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0	43.7	143.8	177.3	-7.7
Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0	22.8	74.0	93.4	-2.8
Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0	20.4	20.4	20.4	-0.4
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	8.4	22.4	68.5	76.2	-5.6
Santiago, Hector 3109	pi sp	ana al	6.4	14.4	26.8	26.8	-1.6
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	6.0	14.0	38.1	38.1	-2.0
Smyly, Drew 3009	pi sp	tb al	4.7	10.7	32.8	32.8	-1.3
LeMahieu, DJ 3091	2b	col nl	4.5	11.5	17.5	17.5	-2.5
McHugh, Collin 3316	pi sp	hou al	3.0	12.7	24.5	24.5	-6.7
Hosmer, Eric 2886	1b	kc al	3.0	12.0	25.5	25.5	-6.0
Odor, Rougned 3336	2b	tex al	3.0	6.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi sp	atl nl	2.0	3.0	33.4	42.4	1.0
Ramirez, Hanley 2119	1b ss	bos al	1.5	1.5	24.2	52.1	1.5
Upton, Melvin 1922	lf	sd nl	1.5	1.5	14.5	36.2	1.5
Anderson, Tim 3659	ss	chi al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Pirates' Jameson Taillon tops players for Tuesday, June 14; Lackey, Bumgarner rise in Box-Toppers top 10 rankings

Shawn Plank June 15, 2016

Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 14:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
5	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
6	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
7	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
8	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
10	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7

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Also Tuesday, Cubs pitcher John Lackey and Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner rise in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Taillon pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out five, in the 4-0 win over the Mets.

This was Taillon’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Taillon made his Major League debut June 8 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,658th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Player of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays hit a grand slam and two doubles, going 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five total runs, in the 11-3 win over the Phillies.

Donaldson earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.2 for the season, rising to second place among AL batters, trailing only Manny Machado of the Orioles (8.7 Box-Toppers points). Donaldson ranks 19th among all players.

National League Batter of the Day—Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies homered and doubled, going 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 13-10 win over the Yankees.

Gonzalez, who led NL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2015 with 11.5, has 2.5 points in 2016.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Josh Donaldson.

Rankings—Two players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday:

Cubs pitcher John Lackey rises to fourth place in season rankings with 9.4 Box-Toppers points. Lackey (6IP 4H 2R 7K ND in the 4-3 win over the Nationals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point Tuesday and now has 117.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 41st place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes two players on the “all-time” list—Todd Helton (116.4) and Mark Buehrle (116.7). Lackey now trails 40th-ranked player Barry Zito (117.4).
Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner rises to fifth place in season rankings with 9.0 Box-Toppers points. Bumgarner (8IP 4H 2R 8K W in the 3-2 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point Tuesday and now has 101.7 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 64th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes four players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (100.9), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4) and Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (101.4). Bumgarner now trails 63rd-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Scoring—Taillon earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Donaldson earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Gonzalez earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/14
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    PIT 4/NYM 0
    Jameson Taillon (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    AL
    7.0
    TOR 11/PHI 3
    Josh Donaldson, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    SF 3/MIL 2
    Madison Bumgarner (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    5.0
    BAL 3/BOS 2
    Chris Tillman (W,9-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    BAT
    4.0
    COL 13/NYY 10
    Carlos Gonzalez, RF
    5
    3
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TB 8/SEA 7
    Corey Dickerson, LF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    DET 11/CHW 8
    Justin Upton, LF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 10/OAK 6
    Ryan Rua, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    LAD 7/ARI 4
    Kenley Jansen (S,18)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.1
    HOU 5/STL 2
    Doug Fister (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    5
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 5/SD 2
    Jeff Mathis, C
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `CHC 4/DC 3
    John Lackey
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    2
    7
  

    
    2.0
    LAA 5/MIN 4
    Kole Calhoun, RF
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 3/ATL 1
    Brandon Finnegan (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    3
    5
  

    
    1.2
    KC 3/CLE 2
    Joakim Soria (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4	19.1	38.8	117.2	-0.3
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0	26.0	96.0	101.7	-8.0
Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	tor al	7.2	17.1	37.1	37.1	-2.7
Tillman, Chris 2754	pi sp	bal al	6.0	10.7	39.8	41.8	1.3
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	4.0	7.2	14.7	14.7	0.8
Rua, Ryan 3631	1b lf	tex al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	rf	col nl	2.5	14.0	42.7	55.7	-9.0
Upton, Justin 2411	lf	det al	2.0	11.0	37.9	46.4	-7.0
Jansen, Kenley 2871	pi cp	lad nl	2.0	6.0	32.4	32.4	-2.0
Dickerson, Corey 3222	lf	tb al	2.0	5.0	14.0	14.0	-1.0
Finnegan, Brandon 3535	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	-1.0
Taillon, Jameson 3658	pi sp	pit nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Soria, Joakim 2258	pi cp	kc al	1.0	6.7	13.7	45.7	-4.7
Fister, Doug 2688	pi sp	hou al	1.0	3.0	48.5	52.2	-1.0
Mathis, Jeff 2412	ca	fla nl	1.0	1.0	6.0	11.5	1.0

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Nationals' Max Scherzer tops players for Monday, June 13, rising to 3rd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank June 14, 2016

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 13:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
5	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
8	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
9	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
10	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4

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Scherzer struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Cubs.

Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season. He becomes the third player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points. It is the sixth season—and fifth straight season—Scherzer has had 10 or more points in a season.

Scherzer also rises to 44th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Monday, Scherzer now has 116.0 career Box-Toppers points and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Josh Beckett (114.9), Angels pitcher Tim Lincecum (115.0) and Torii Hunter (115.9). Scherzer trails 43rd-ranked player, Cubs pitcher John Lackey (116.2).

American League Player of the Day—Khris Davis of the Athletics hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 14-5 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Martin Prado of the Marlins hit a two-run homer and went 3-for-3, driving in three total runs, in the 13-4 win over the Padres.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Khris Davis.

Debut—Giants pitcher Derek Law made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Law (1.1IP H 0R 2K Sv in the 3-2 win over the the Dodgers) made his Major League debut April 15 and was playing in his 22nd career game. He is the 3,657th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Davis earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Prado earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/13
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    DC 4/CHC 1
    Max Scherzer (W,8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    11
  

    AL
    6.0
    OAK 14/TEX 5
    Khris Davis, LF
    4
    3
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    MIA 13/SD 4
    Martin Prado, 3B
    3
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    KC 2/CIN 1
    Edinson Volquez (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    4
    3
  

    
    4.0
    PHI 7/TOR 0
    Jerad Eickhoff (W,4-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    4
    5
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 10/DET 9
    Adam Eaton, CF
    5
    2
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    ARI 3/LAD 2
    Brad Ziegler (S,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.1
    SF 11/MIL 5
    Derek Law (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 9/LAA 4
    Robbie Grossman, LF
    4
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    CIN 9/ATL 8
    Adam Duvall, LF
    4
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0	31.0	95.6	116.0	-11.0
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	6.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	1.0
Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	kc al	5.4	12.4	37.1	63.2	-1.6
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	4.5	6.0	6.0	6.0	3.0
Davis, Khris 3242	lf	oak al	3.2	7.2	13.2	13.2	-0.8
Eaton, Adam 3253	rf cf	chi al	2.0	7.5	10.0	10.0	-3.5
Prado, Martin 2511	3b	fla nl	1.5	7.5	21.0	27.5	-4.5
Ziegler, Brad 2504	pi cp	ari nl	1.0	4.0	10.0	13.0	-2.0
Grossman, Robbie 3267	lf	min al	1.0	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
Law, Derek 3657	pi sp	sf nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Rays' Moore tops players for Sunday, June 12; Indians' Salazar rises to lead AL pitchers in Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank June 13, 2016

Rays pitcher Matt Moore is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Indians pitcher Danny Salazar rises to lead American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 12:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
5	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
6	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
7	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
8	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
9	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
10	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4

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Player of the Day—Moore pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing two hits, in the 5-0 win over the Astros.

National League Player of the Day—Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing three hits, in the 6-0 win over the Marlins.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Holliday of the Cardinals homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 8-3 win over the Pirates.

Sunday was the second straight day Holliday earned NL Batter of the Day honors. He has 6.0 Box-Toppers points on the season (3.0 earned in two days) and ranks third among NL batters.

American League Batter of the Day—Russell Martin of the Blue Jays hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-5, scoring twice, in the 10-9 win over the Orioles.

Rankings—Indians pitcher Danny Salazar rises to lead AL pitchers in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Salazar (5.2IP 3H R 8K W in the 8-3 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.8 for the season. He passes White Sox pitcher Chris Sale (8.7) for the lead among AL pitchers. Salazar now ranks fourth among all players.

Notable—Three players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Sunday:

Giants pitcher Jake Peavy (6IP 4H 0R 3K W in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers) now has 139.8 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 24th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 23rd-ranked player David Ortiz of the Red Sox (141.4). Peavy has 3.0 Box-Toppers points this season.
Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels (7IP 4H R 5K W in the 6-4 win over the Mariners) now has 133.6 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 27th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Jason Giambi (133.4) on the “all-time” list and now trails 26th-ranked player Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (136.9). Hamels has 7.4 Box-Toppers points this season, fifth among AL pitchers.
Cubs pitcher Jon Lester (7IP 5H R 7K W in the 13-2 win over the Braves) now has 129.1 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 30th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Vladimir Guerrero (128.3) on the “all-time” list and now trails 29th-ranked player Trevor Hoffman (129.4). Lester has 8.0 Box-Toppers points this season, 10th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Rockies pitcher Tyler Anderson made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Anderson (6.1IP 6H R 6K ND in the 2-1 win over the Padres) was also making his Major League debut. He is the 3,656th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Moore earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Ray earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Holliday and Martin each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/12
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    TB 5/HOU 0
    Matt Moore (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    NL
    9.2
    ARI 6/MIA 0
    Robbie Ray (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    3
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    9.0
    KC 3/CHW 1
    Yordano Ventura (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    
    8.0
    CHC 13/ATL 2
    Jon Lester (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    7.0
    MIL 5/NYM 3
    Zach Davies (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    
    4.2
    CLE 8/LAA 3
    Danny Salazar (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    3
    1
    1
    4
    8
  

    
    4.1
    `COL 2/SD 1
    Tyler Anderson
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    4.0
    `DC 5/PHI 4
    Joe Ross
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    3
    3
    0
    8
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 6/SEA 4
    Cole Hamels (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    DET 4/NYY 1
    Michael Fulmer (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    3
  

    
    4.0
    SF 2/LAD 1
    Jake Peavy (W,3-6) 
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    STL 8/PIT 3
    Matt Holliday, LF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    TOR 10/BAL 9
    Russell Martin, C
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    OAK 6/CIN 1
    Fernando Rodriguez (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 7/BOS 4
    Michael Tonkin (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8	22.2	31.6	31.6	-4.6
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	8.0	20.0	66.2	129.1	-4.0
Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	7.4	22.8	74.4	133.6	-8.0
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Holliday, Matt 1836	1b lf dh	stl nl	6.0	7.5	37.7	97.8	4.5
Ross, Joe 3499	pi sp	dc nl	5.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	0.7
Martin, Russell 2202	ca	tor al	5.0	10.0	26.5	47.5	0.0
Moore, Matt 2975	pi sp	tb al	4.7	4.7	30.2	30.2	4.7
Davies, Zach 3581	pi sp	mil nl	4.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	1.0
Ventura, Yordano 3294	pi sp	kc al	3.0	14.7	24.4	24.4	-8.7
Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	sf nl	3.0	8.0	36.1	139.8	-2.0
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	2.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	-1.3
Rodriguez, Fernando 3537	pi mr	oak al	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Tonkin, Michael 3615	pi cp	min al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Anderson, Tyler 3656	pi sp	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Angels' Shoemaker tops players for Saturday, June 11; Nationals' Roark tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 12, 2016

Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 11:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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Shoemaker pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing three hits and one walk, in the 4-3 win over the Indians. Shoemaker did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Angels lost the lead after he exited when the Indians tied the game 3-3 in the ninth inning.

National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven, in the 8-0 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Edwin Encarnacion of the Blue Jays hit two homers, a double and went 3-for-3, driving in five runs, in the 11-6 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Holliday of the Cardinals hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4 in the 5-1 win over the Pirates.

Notable—Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of Saturday’s 15 Players of the Games.

Lewis (8IP 3H R 3K ND in the 2-1 win over the Mariners) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.7 for the season. He ranks 19th among all players and fifth among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Shoemaker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Roark earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Encarnacion and Holliday each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/11
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    `LAA 4/CLE 3
    Matt Shoemaker
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    11
  

    
    10.0
    KC 4/CHW 1
    Danny Duffy (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    10
  

    BAT
    7.0
    TOR 11/BAL 6
    Edwin Encarnacion, DH
    3
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    7.0
    DC 8/PHI 0
    Tanner Roark (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    
    6.0
    BOS 15/MIN 4
    Xander Bogaerts, SS
    5
    4
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    `TEX 2/SEA 1
    Colby Lewis
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    DET 6/NYY 1
    Ian Kinsler, 2B
    4
    1
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    STL 5/PIT 1
    Matt Holliday, LF
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    COL 5/SD 3
    Carlos Gonzalez, RF
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 7/NYM 4
    Ryan Braun, LF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 2/OAK 1
    Jay Bruce, RF
    2
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    CHC 8/ATL 2
    Jason Heyward, RF
    5
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    SF 5/LAD 4
    Joe Panik, 2B
    5
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    HOU 4/TB 3
    Marwin Gonzalez, SS
    4
    1
    3
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    ARI 5/MIA 3
    Michael Bourn, CF
    3
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lewis, Colby 1567	pi sp	tex al	6.7	14.4	32.6	44.0	-1.0
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	5.7	6.7	21.7	21.7	4.7
Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	4.5	9.5	40.5	82.2	-0.5
Holliday, Matt 1836	1b dh lf	stl nl	4.5	6.0	36.2	96.3	3.0
Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	dh	tor al	4.0	14.4	42.6	63.1	-6.4
Shoemaker, Matt 3290	pi sp	ana al	4.0	9.7	22.4	22.4	-1.7
Kinsler, Ian 2144	2b	det al	3.5	10.0	29.2	59.6	-3.0
Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	cin nl	3.5	6.7	26.7	53.8	0.3
Duffy, Danny 2915	pi sp	kc al	3.0	7.0	22.0	22.0	-1.0
Panik, Joe 3401	2b	sf nl	3.0	7.0	8.0	8.0	-1.0
Bourn, Michael 2505	rf cf	ari nl	2.0	4.5	6.5	13.0	-0.5
Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	rf	col nl	1.0	12.5	41.2	54.2	-10.5
Bogaerts, Xander 3383	ss	bos al	1.0	2.5	6.5	6.5	-0.5
Heyward, Jason 2695	rf	chi nl	1.0	1.0	12.5	18.5	1.0
Gonzalez, Marwin 3078	ss	hou al	1.0	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops players for Friday, June 10, extends lead in '16 points, rises to 6th in all-time rankings

Shawn Plank June 12, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings and rising to sixth place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 10:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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Kershaw struck out 13 over eight innings, allowing two runs and five hits, in the 3-2 win over the Giants.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 17.0 for the season, extending his dominant lead in player rankings; second-place player, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (11.7 points) is 5.3 points behind. Kershaw has more than doubled the season Box-Toppers point totals of all but six other players.

Kershaw also rises in the rankings of career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Friday, Kershaw rises to sixth place, passing Albert Pujols of the Angels (176.3). (While both Kershaw and Pujols have 176.3 career points, Kershaw ranks ahead on a tiebreaker because he has more points in 2016—17.0 vs. 2.0).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	182.0
6	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	176.3
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	176.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
10	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	164.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	154.4
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

List of top 100 players since 1995 (through the 2015 season)

Kershaw becomes the third-ranked active player in career Box-Toppers points behind only Alex Rodriguez (187.0) and CC Sabathia (182.0), both of the Yankees. Kershaw now trails fifth-ranked Sabathia (who also earned Player of the Game honors Friday) by 5.7 points.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber pitched a complete game, striking out eight and allowing two runs and three hits, in the 6-2 win over the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—Justin Bour of the Marlins hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the 8-6 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—Dae-Ho Lee of the Mariners hit two home runs, going 2-for-4 and driving in four runs, in the 7-5 win over the Rangers.

Notable—Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, the fifth-ranked player in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, earned Player of the Game honors Friday.

Sabathia (7IP 5H 0R 4K W in the 4-0 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 182.0 for his career, maintaining his rank of fifth place. He trails fourth-place player, teammate Alex Rodriguez (187.0).

Sabathia has 3.0 Box-Toppers points this season.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kluber earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bour and Lee each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/10
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    LAD 3/SF 2
    Clayton Kershaw (W,9-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    13
  

    AL
    9.0
    CLE 6/LAA 2
    Corey Kluber (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    8.0
    `NYM 2/MIL 1
    Matt Harvey
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    7.0
    ATL 5/CHC 1
    Bud Norris (W,2-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    MIA 8/ARI 6
    Justin Bour, PH
    1
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    SEA 7/TEX 5
    Dae-Ho Lee, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 4/DET 0
    CC Sabathia (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    3.1
    BOS 8/MIN 1
    Steven Wright (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    7
    1
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    STL 9/PIT 3
    Matt Carpenter, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 7/KC 5
    Alex Avila, C
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SD 7/COL 5
    Wil Myers, 1B
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DC 9/PHI 6
    Stephen Strasburg (W,10-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    4
    4
    1
    10
  

    
    3.0
    CIN 2/OAK 1
    Blake Wood (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    1.0
    TB 4/HOU 3
    Steve Pearce, 1B
    4
    0
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    TOR 4/BAL 3
    Russell Martin, C
    1
    0
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0	42.7	142.8	176.3	-8.7
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	7.8	21.2	52.0	52.0	-5.6
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4	21.4	67.5	75.2	-6.6
Lee, Dae-Ho 3627	1b ph	sea al	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b	stl nl	5.5	11.0	25.5	25.5	0.0
Wright, Steven 3224	pi sp	bos al	5.0	8.7	9.7	9.7	1.3
Martin, Russell 2202	ca	tor al	3.5	8.5	25.0	46.0	-1.5
Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	3.0	18.4	36.4	36.4	-12.4
Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	3.0	8.7	43.5	182.0	-2.7
Myers, Wil 3228	1b	sd nl	3.0	6.0	11.5	11.5	0.0
Pearce, Steve 2371	1b	tb al	2.0	4.5	14.0	16.0	-0.5
Bour, Justin 3433	1b ph	fla nl	1.5	10.0	11.5	11.5	-7.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	2.0	32.4	41.4	0.0
Avila, Alex 2642	ca	chi al	1.0	1.0	12.5	17.0	1.0
Wood, Blake 2850	pi mr	cin nl	1.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw continues leading Box-Toppers All-Stars over 2016 and combined 2015-16 seasons

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

A look at Box-Toppers points leaders by position over the 2016 season so far and the combined 2015 and 2016 seasons.

Dodgers' Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 5th week; Reds' Suarez rises to lead NL batters

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

Eugenio Suarez of the Reds passes Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets to lead NL batters in Box-Toppers points. The 3 other category leaders stay the same—Kershaw, Sale and Machado.

Chicago Cubs, week's hottest team, extend lead in Box-Toppers team rankings

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

Cubs hot week fueled by starters & acquisitions. Rangers pass Red Sox to top AL team rankings.

Rockies' De La Rosa tops players for Thursday, June 9; White Sox' Gonzalez tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

Rockies pitcher Jorge De La Rosa is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 9:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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De La Rosa pitched four scoreless innings of middle relief, allowing no hits and striking out five, in the 11-5 win over the Pirates.

American League Player of the Day—White Sox pitcher Miguel Gonzalez allowed one run over six innings, striking out five, in the 3-1 win over the Nationals.

National League Batter of the Day—Marcell Ozuna of the Marlins doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 10-3 win over the Twins.

American League Batter of the Day—Mitch Moreland of the Rangers doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in one run, in the 5-3 win over the Astros.

Notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright now has 105.3 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Wainwright (6IP 2H 2R 9K ND in the 3-2 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point and maintains his rank of 60th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 59th-ranked player Aramis Ramirez (105.8).

Wainwright has 3.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, 33rd among NL pitchers.

Debut—Orioles pitcher Dylan Bundy made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Bundy (2.1IP H 0R 3K W in the 6-5 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut Sept. 23, 2012, and was playing in his 19th career game. He is the 3,655th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—De La Rosa earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gonzalez earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Ozuna and Moreland each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/8
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    COL 11/PIT 5
    Jorge De La Rosa (W,2-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    8.0
    `STL 3/CIN 2
    Adam Wainwright
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    AL
    6.0
    CHW 3/DC 1
    Miguel Gonzalez (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    
    3.1
    BAL 6/TOR 5
    Dylan Bundy (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.1
    1
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIA 10/MIN 3
    Marcell Ozuna, CF
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 5/MIL 2
    Jeurys Familia (S,20)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 6/LAA 3
    Aroldis Chapman (S,11)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.1
    CLE 5/SEA 3
    Cody Allen (S,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    0.0
    TEX 5/HOU 3
    Mitch Moreland, 1B
    4
    1
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	3.5	6.5	54.6	105.3	0.5
Allen, Cody 3265	pi mr cp	cle al	3.0	7.0	12.0	12.0	-1.0
Ozuna, Marcell 3190	cf	fla nl	3.0	6.0	16.5	16.5	0.0
Moreland, Mitch 2799	1b	tex al	2.5	8.7	16.7	17.7	-3.7
Chapman, Aroldis 2826	pi cp	nyy al	2.0	10.0	40.0	41.0	-6.0
Familia, Jeurys 3446	pi cp	nym nl	2.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	-6.0
De La Rosa, Jorge 1970	pi sp mr	col nl	2.0	8.0	21.8	48.6	-4.0
Gonzalez, Miguel 3062	pi sp	chi al	1.7	8.4	30.5	30.5	-5.0
Bundy, Dylan 3655	pi mr	bal al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Mariners' Walker tops players for Wednesday, June 8; Lackey, Scherzer rise into Box-Toppers top 10

Shawn Plank June 9, 2016

Mariners pitcher Taijuan Walker is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 8:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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Also Wednesday, Cubs pitcher John Lackey and Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer both rose into Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner became the 71st player since 1995 with 100 or more career Box-Toppers points.

Player of the Day—Walker pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing three hits, in the 5-0 win over the Indians.

National League Player of the Day—Cubs pitcher John Lackey pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing three hits, in the 8-1 win over the Phillies.

Lackey earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season and rising to eighth in season player rankings. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Lackey also rises to 43rd place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. Lackey now has 116.2 career Box-Toppers points and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Josh Beckett (114.9), Angels pitcher Tim Lincecum (115.0) and Torii Hunter (115.9). Lackey now trails 42nd-ranked player Todd Helton (116.4).

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays homered, tripled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-2 win over the Tigers.

National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Moss of the Cardinals hit two homers and went 2-for-5, driving in three runs, in the 12-7 win over the Reds.

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Scherzer (7IP 5H 0R 6K W in the 11-4 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks seventh among NL pitchers.

Scherzer also rises to 47th place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Wednesday, Scherzer has 114.0 for his career and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Sammy Sosa (113.2), Dan Haren (113.2) and Chris Carpenter (113.3). Scherzer now trails 46th-ranked player Josh Beckett (114.9).

Notable—Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner becomes the 71st player with 100 or more career Box-Toppers points (since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Bumgarner (6IP 4H R 5K ND in the 2-1 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 100.7 for his career. He rises to 68th place among all players since 1995, passing three players on the “all-time” list—Larry Walker (100.1), Jeff Bagwell (100.4) and Paul Konerko (100.7). Bumgarner now trails 67th-ranked player Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (100.9).

Bumgarner also has 8.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 12th among all players and ninth among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Walker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lackey earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Donaldson and Moss each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/8
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    16.0
    SEA 5/CLE 0
    Taijuan Walker (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    11
  

    NL
    12.0
    CHC 8/PHI 1
    John Lackey (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    
    8.2
    MIL 4/OAK 0
    Chase Anderson (W,4-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    8.1
    BAL 4/KC 0
    Chris Tillman (W,8-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    8
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    
    7.0
    DC 11/CHW 4
    Max Scherzer (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    6.0
    ATL 4/SD 2
    Julio Teheran (W,2-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TOR 7/DET 2
    Josh Donaldson, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    COL 1/LAD 0
    Chris Rusin (W,2-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 12/LAA 6
    Chris Parmelee, 1B
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `SF 2/BOS 1
    Madison Bumgarner
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    3.0
    TB 6/ARI 3
    Corey Dickerson, LF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIN 7/MIA 5
    Trevor Plouffe, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    STL 12/CIN 7
    Brandon Moss, LF-1B
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 6/PIT 5
    Michael Conforto, LF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    HOU 3/TEX 1
    Jose Altuve, 2B
    3
    0
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4	18.1	37.8	116.2	-1.3
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0	29.0	93.6	114.0	-13.0
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	8.0	25.0	95.0	100.7	-9.0
Altuve, Jose 3007	2b	hou al	6.0	13.0	22.5	22.5	-1.0
Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	tor al	5.5	15.4	35.4	35.4	-4.4
Tillman, Chris 2754	pi sp	bal al	5.0	9.7	38.8	40.8	0.3
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	5.0	9.0	14.0	14.0	1.0
Conforto, Michael 3622	lf	nym nl	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Walker, Taijuan 3453	pi sp	sea al	4.7	18.4	18.4	18.4	-9.0
Teheran, Julio 3176	pi sp	atl nl	3.0	10.7	38.8	38.8	-4.7
Rusin, Chris 3236	pi sp	col nl	2.7	3.7	5.7	5.7	1.7
Plouffe, Trevor 2869	3b	min al	2.5	5.5	21.5	21.5	-0.5
Moss, Brandon 2520	rf lf	stl nl	1.5	6.5	22.5	24.5	-3.5
Dickerson, Corey 3222	lf	tb al	1.0	4.0	13.0	13.0	-2.0
Parmelee, Chris 2996	1b	nyy al	1.0	3.0	6.5	6.5	-1.0

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Phillies' Eickhoff tops players for Tuesday, June 7; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 9th in Box-Toppers '16 rankings

Shawn Plank June 8, 2016

Phillies pitcher Jerad Eickhoff is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 7:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0

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Also Tuesday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Eickhoff struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run and two hits, in the 3-2 win over the Cubs.

American League Player of the Day—Mark Trumbo of the Orioles homered, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-1 win over the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Carter of the Brewers hit two homers and went 2-for-4, driving in five runs, in the 5-4 win over the Athletics.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Mark Trumbo.

Rankings—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Grienke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Greinke (CG 3H 0R 2K in the 5-0 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now has 154.4 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 16th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. (See list of Box-Toppers’ updated top 20 players since 1995.) Greinke trails 15th-ranked player, Mike Mussina (155.6).

Debut—Three players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias (4IP 3H R 7K ND in the 5-3 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut May 27 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,652nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Twins pitcher Fernando Abad (1IP H 0R 3K ND in the 6-4 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut July 28, 2010, and was playing in his 284th career game. He is the 3,653rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Reds pitcher John Lamb (7.1IP 4H 3R 5K ND in the 7-6 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Aug. 14, 2015, and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,654th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Eickhoff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Trumbo earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Carter earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/7
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    PHI 3/CHC 2
    Jerad Eickhoff (W,3-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    6.0
    ARI 5/TB 0
    Zack Greinke (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    BAT
    5.0
    MIL 5/OAK 4
    Chris Carter, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    PIT 3/NYM 1
    Juan Nicasio (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    
    5.0
    `LAD 5/COL 3
    Julio Urias
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    AL
    4.0
    BAL 9/KC 1
    Mark Trumbo, RF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    SEA 7/CLE 1
    Nelson Cruz, RF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DC 10/CHW 5
    Anthony Rendon, 3B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 3/NYM 1
    Jonathon Niese (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    
    3.0
    `MIN 6/MIA 4
    Fernando Abad
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    2.1
    `CIN 7/STL 6
    John Lamb
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    4
    3
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    2.0
    TEX 4/HOU 3
    Jake Diekman (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    2.0
    DET 3/TOR 2
    Justin Wilson (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 5/SF 3
    Junichi Tazawa (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    NYY 6/LAA 3
    Starlin Castro, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    SD 4/ATL 3
    Matt Thornton (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.0	28.7	93.8	154.4	-12.7
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	5.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	0.0
Carter, Chris 2828	1b	mil nl	5.0	6.0	23.9	24.9	4.0
Nicasio, Juan 2888	pi sp	pit nl	5.0	6.0	21.4	21.4	4.0
Trumbo, Mark 2851	rf dh	bal al	4.2	6.7	29.9	29.9	1.7
Castro, Starlin 2767	ss 2b	nyy al	3.0	7.5	20.5	21.5	-1.5
Cruz, Nelson 2224	dh rf	sea al	3.0	5.0	30.7	50.2	1.0
Niese, Jonathon 2531	pi sp	pit nl	2.0	8.0	23.7	30.7	-4.0
Rendon, Anthony 3258	3b	dc nl	1.0	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Tazawa, Junichi 3151	pi mr	bos al	1.0	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.0
Wilson, Justin 3140	pi cp	det al	1.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Diekman, Jake 3266	pi mr	tex al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Thornton, Matt 1928	pi cp mr	sd nl	1.0	1.0	4.7	26.4	1.0
Abad, Fernando 3653	pi mr	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Lamb, John 3654	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Urias, Julio 3652	pi sp	lad nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cubs' Lester tops players for Monday, June 6; Indians' Bauer tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 7, 2016

Cubs pitcher Jon Lester is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lester pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out nine and allowing four hits, in the 6-4 win over the Phillies.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 6:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Lester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 128.1 for his career, rising to 31st among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Monday, he passes four players on Box-Toppers “all-time” list—Mariano Rivera (126.4), Roy Oswalt (127.2), Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (127.6) and A.J. Burnett (127.8). Lester now trails 30th-ranked player Vladimir Guerrero (128.3).

Lester ranks 12th among all active players in career Box-Toppers points.

Lester has 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, ranked 14th among all players and 10th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer struck out 10 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits, in the 3-1 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Kemp of the Padres doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-2 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Nomar Mazara of the Rangers went 4-for-4, scoring twice, in the 6-5 win over the Astros.

Scoring—Lester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bauer earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Kemp and Mazara each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/6
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    CHC 6/PHI 4
    Jon Lester (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    AL
    9.2
    CLE 3/SEA 1
    Trevor Bauer (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    
    6.0
    COL 6/LAD 1
    Tyler Chatwood (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    1
    1
    1
    4
    5
  

    
    6.0
    DET 11/TOR 0
    Michael Fulmer (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    4.0
    TB 6/ARI 4
    Chris Archer (W,4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    3
    3
    3
    12
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 5/LAA 2
    Andrew Miller (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SD 7/ATL 2
    Matt Kemp, RF
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 4/KC 1
    Mike Wright (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    0
    2
    4
  

    BAT
    2.0
    TEX 6/HOU 5
    Nomar Mazara, RF
    4
    2
    4
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	7.0	19.0	65.2	128.1	-5.0
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	col nl	5.0	5.0	14.7	14.7	5.0
Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	4.0	20.0	44.1	44.1	-12.0
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	3.7	13.1	21.8	21.8	-5.7
Kemp, Matt 2151	rf	sd nl	3.0	8.5	33.0	54.6	-2.5
Miller, Andrew 2436	pi cp mr	nyy al	3.0	7.0	11.0	18.0	-1.0
Mazara, Nomar 3614	rf	tex al	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Wright, Mike 3471	pi sp	bal al	1.0	2.7	2.7	2.7	-0.7

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Marlins' Fernandez tops players for Sunday, June 5, ranks 2nd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 6, 2016

Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, maintaining his spot in second place in season player rankings.

Fernandez struck out 14 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, in the 1-0 win over the Mets.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 5:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.7 for the season. He becomes the second player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points and trails only season leader Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (15.0 Box-Toppers points).

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six, in the 7-0 win over the Royals.

American League Batter of the Day—Evan Longoria of the Rays hit two homers and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-5 win over the Twins.

National League Batter of the Day—Corey Seager of the Dodgers hit two home runs and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-6 win over the Braves.

Notable—Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander rose to 32nd place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

Verlander was Player of the Game Sunday in the 5-2 win over the White Sox (7IP 5H 2R 8K W). He earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 127.6 for his career. With his point Sunday, he passes Roy Oswalt (127.2) on the “all-time” list and now trails 31st-ranked player, A.J. Burnett (127.8).

Debut—Nationals pitcher Sammy Solis made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Solis (3IP H 0R 6K W in the 10-9 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut April 30, 2015, and was playing in his 31st career game. He is the 3,651st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kluber earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Longoria and Seager each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/5
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    17.0
    MIA 1/NYM 0
    Jose Fernandez (W,9-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    14
  

    
    9.0
    COL 10/SD 3	
    Jon Gray (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    12
  

    AL
    8.0
    CLE 7/KC 0
    Corey Kluber (W,5-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    7.0
    DC 10/CIN 9
    Sammy Solis (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TB 7/MIN 5
    Evan Longoria, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    DET 5/CHW 2
    Justin Verlander (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    5.0
    PHI 8/MIL 1
    Aaron Nola (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    8
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    
    4.2
    LAA 5/PIT 4
    Deolis Guerra (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    4.0
    LAD 12/ATL 6
    Corey Seager, SS
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TOR 5/BOS 4
    Marco Estrada (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    2
    2
    3
    5
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 3/SEA 2
    Derek Holland (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 3/CHC 2
    Patrick Corbin (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    5
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 3/NYY 1
    Matt Wieters, C
    1
    0
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    HOU 5/OAK 2
    Will Harris (S, 1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    STL 6/SF 3
    Matt Carpenter, 3B
    4
    1
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7	16.4	42.4	42.4	7.0
Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	6.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	4.7
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	6.1	19.5	50.3	50.3	-7.3
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	5.0	13.0	37.1	37.1	-3.0
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b	stl nl	4.5	10.0	24.5	24.5	-1.0
Wieters, Matt 2643	ca	bal al	4.5	5.5	23.5	29.2	3.5
Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	3.0	9.4	72.6	127.6	-3.4
Holland, Derek 2634	pi sp	tex al	3.0	5.7	37.8	44.8	0.3
Seager, Corey 3587	ss	lad nl	3.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.5
Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	2.0	7.4	30.8	30.8	-3.4
Gray, Jon 3634	pi sp	col nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Longoria, Evan 2423	3b	tb al	1.5	4.5	21.0	42.0	-1.5
Harris, Will 3093	pi cp mr	hou al	1.0	4.7	6.7	6.7	-2.7
Guerra, Deolis 3521	pi mr cp	ana al	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Solis, Sammy 3651	pi mr	dc nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cubs' Hammel tops players for Saturday, June 4; Dodgers' Kershaw extends dominant Box-Toppers points lead

Shawn Plank June 5, 2016

Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 4:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Also Saturday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extends his dominant lead in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Hammel struck out six over seven innings, allowing two runs and one hit, in the 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Player of the Day—Elvis Andrus of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, scoring three times, in the 10-4 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Adam Duvall of the Reds hit a three-run homer in the 6-3 win over the Nationals.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Elvis Andrus.

Rankings—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his dominant lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Kershaw (6IP 3H 0R 4K W in the 4-0 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 15.0 for the season. He leads second-place player Jose Fernandez of the Marlins (9.7) by 5.3 Box-Toppers points, meaning Fernandez would need to earn Player of the Day honors three times to pass Kershaw.

Kershaw also now has 174.3 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of seventh place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails sixth-place player Albert Pujols of the Angels (176.3). (See home page for updated Box-Toppers “All-time” top 20 player rankings.)

Kershaw had a Box-Toppers game score Saturday of +6.0, the same as Player of the Day Jason Hammel. But Hammel won Player of the Day over Kershaw on a tiebreaker—he had more innings pitched (7 vs. 6).

Debut—Matt Reynolds of the Mets made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Reynolds (PH 1-1 BI in the 6-4 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut May 17 and was playing in his ninth career game. He is the 3,650th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Reynolds now ranks second in career Box-Toppers points among all players named Matt Reynolds. The other Matt Reynolds, a middle relief pitcher, has 2.0 Box-Toppers points earned in 2010 and 2011, while playing for the Rockies. Prior to the start of the 2016 season, Reynolds (the middle reliever) was released by the Diamondbacks.

Scoring—Hammel earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Andrus earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Duvall earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/4
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    6.0
    CHC 5/ARI 3
    Jason Hammel (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    6.0
    LAD 4/ATL 0
    Clayton Kershaw (W,8-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    AL
    4.0
    TEX 10/SEA 4
    Elvis Andrus, SS
    4
    3
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    DET 7/CHW 4
    J.D. Martinez, RF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.1
    SD 4/COL 3
    Kevin Quackenbush (H,6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    3.0
    STL 7/SF 4
    Trevor Rosenthal (S,9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    CLE 7/KC 1
    Francisco Lindor, SS
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TB 7/MIN 4
    Steven Souza Jr., RF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    CIN 6/DC 3
    Adam Duvall, LF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 6/TOR 4
    Blake Swihart, LF
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    MIL 6/PHI 3
    Jonathan Villar, SS
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    HOU 6/OAK 5
    Carlos Correa, SS
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    NYY 8/BAL 6
    Starlin Castro, 2B
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    PIT 8/LAA 7
    Josh Harrison, 2B
    5
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    NYM 6/MIA 4
    Matt Reynolds, PH
    1
    0
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0	40.7	140.8	174.3	-10.7
Hammel, Jason 2235	pi sp	chi nl	5.0	14.7	38.1	51.2	-4.7
Souza, Steven Jr. 3461	rf	tb al	3.7	9.2	9.2	9.2	-1.8
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	3.5	10.7	10.7	10.7	-3.7
Martinez, J.D. 2922	rf	det al	3.5	5.2	15.2	15.2	1.8
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	3.5	5.0	5.0	5.0	2.0
Andrus, Elvis 2582	ss	tex al	2.7	2.7	10.2	13.2	2.7
Lindor, Francisco 3586	ss	cle al	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.5
Rosenthal, Trevor 3124	pi cp	stl nl	2.0	8.0	20.0	20.0	-4.0
Castro, Starlin 2767	ss	nyy al	2.0	6.5	19.5	20.5	-2.5
Harrison, Josh 2947	2b 3b	pit nl	2.0	3.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
Villar, Jonathan 3233	ss	mil nl	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
Swihart, Blake 3565	lf ca	bos al	1.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	-2.0
Quackenbush, Kevin 3462	pi mr	sd nl	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Reynolds, Matt 3650	ph	nym nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Padres' Pomeranz tops players for Friday, June 3; Syndergaard, Salazar rise into Box-Toppers top 10

Shawn Plank June 4, 2016

Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 3:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8

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Also Friday, two players rose into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list—Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard and Indians pitcher Danny Salazar. Plus, Eugenio Suarez of the Reds earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day to take the season Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters, passing Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets.

Player of the Day—Pomeranz pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits, in the 4-0 win over the Rockies.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Danny Salazar struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run and three hits, in the 6-1 win over the Royals.

Salazar earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.8 for the season, rising to 10th place in season player rankings, third among AL pitchers.

National League Batter of the Day—Corey Seager of the Dodgers hit three home runs, going 3-for-4, in the 4-2 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Adrian Beltre of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 2-for-3 and driving in five total runs, in the 7-3 win over the Mariners.

Beltre earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 105.8 for his career, rising to 58th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Aramis Ramirez (105.8) on the “all-time” list and now trails 57th-ranked player Frank Thomas (106.2). Beltre ranks fifth in career Box-Toppers points among active AL batters.

Rankings—Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Syndergaard (7IP 6H 2R 9K W in the 6-2 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Suarez—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Friday and takes the Box-Toppers points lead among NL batters, passing Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets.

Suarez (HR 3-4 2R 2BI in the 7-2 win over the Nationals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season, passing previous NL batting leader, Cespedes (6.0). Suarez ranks 14th among all players.

Suarez also earned NL Batter of the Day honors Thursday.

Notable—Cubs pitcher John Lackey now has 114.5 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Lackey (6.2IP 5H 0R 9K W in the 6-0 win over the Diamondbacks) maintains his rank of 46th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 45th-ranked player Josh Beckett (114.9). Lackey has 6.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, 10th-most among NL pitchers.

Debut—James McCann of the Tigers made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

McCann (HR 3B 3-4 2R 2BI in the 10-3 win over the White Sox) made his Major League debut Sept. 1, 2014, and was playing in his 149th career game. He is the 3,649th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Pomeranz earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Salazar earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Seager and Beltre each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    SD 4/COL 0
    Drew Pomeranz (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    8.2
    CHC 6/ARI 0
    John Lackey (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    AL
    7.0
    CLE 6/KC 1
    Danny Salazar (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    5
    9
  

    BAT
    5.0
    LAD 4/ATL 2
    Corey Seager, SS
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TEX 7/SEA 3
    Adrian Beltre, 3B
    3
    1
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    NYM 6/MIA 2
    Noah Syndergaard (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    
    4.0
    HOU 12/OAK 2
    Evan Gattis, C
    5
    1
    4
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DET 10/CHW 3
    James McCann, C
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CIN 7/DC 2
    Eugenio Suarez, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PHI 6/MIL 3
    Cameron Rupp, C
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    TOR 5/BOS 2
    R.A. Dickey (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    2
    1
    0
    5
    4
  

    
    2.0
    LAA 9/PIT 2
    Kole Calhoun, RF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.1
    BAL 6/NYY 5
    Mychal Givens (W,5-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    1.0
    SF 5/STL 1
    Kelby Tomlinson, PH
    0
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    TB 4/MIN 2
    Erasmo Ramirez (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	8.0	18.4	18.4	18.4	-2.4
Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	7.8	21.2	30.6	30.6	-5.6
Suarez, Eugenio 3355	3b	cin nl	7.0	10.0	12.5	12.5	4.0
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	6.7	16.4	36.1	114.5	-3.0
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp mr	sd nl	6.0	9.0	17.0	17.0	3.0
Beltre, Adrian 1141	3b	tex al	4.0	16.5	42.4	105.8	-8.5
Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	tor al	3.0	8.0	52.2	73.9	-2.0
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	3.0	6.2	13.7	13.7	-0.2
Ramirez, Erasmo 1786	pi sp mr	tb al	2.7	9.7	11.7	13.7	-4.3
Tomlinson, Kelby 3619	ph	sf nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Seager, Corey 3587	ss	lad nl	1.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Gattis, Evan 3179	ca dh	hou al	1.0	5.0	7.0	7.0	-3.0
Givens, Mychal 3599	pi mr	bal al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Rupp, Cameron 3556	ca	phi nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
McCann, James 3649	ca	det al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw leads All-Stars in Box-Toppers points over both 2016 and 2015-16

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Kershaw passes Jake Arrieta of the Cubs as Box-Toppers points leader over both 2015-2016, 39.7-37.8. Kershaw also leads players for 2016.

Dodgers' Kershaw maintains Box-Toppers player rankings lead for 4th straight week

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Kershaw maintains overall Box-Toppers points lead. Sale leads AL pitchers, Machado leads AL batters, Cespedes leads NL batters.

Chicago Cubs, hottest team of week, remain atop Box-Toppers team rankings for 7th week

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Cubs continue reign among teams, picking up 7.0 Box-Toppers points in past week. Red Sox remain top AL team for second week.

Diamondbacks' Greinke tops players for Thursday, June 2, rises to 10th in season player rankings, 16th in all-time rankings

Shawn Plank June 3, 2016

Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to 10th place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 2:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc al	7.0
10	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.0

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Greinke also rises two spots to 16th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

Greinke pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing four hits, in the 3-0 win over the Astros.

Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points, giving him 7.0 for the season, rising to 10th in season player rankings, seventh among National League pitchers.

Greinke also now has 153.4 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 16th in “all-time” rankings, passing two players—Greg Maddux (151.7) and Barry Bonds (153.2). (It should be noted that both Bonds and Maddux began their careers before 1995 when tracking began and so both would likely have many more Box-Toppers points if their entire careers were tracked.) Greinke now trails 15th-ranked player Mike Mussina (155.6).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	181.0
6	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	176.3
7	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	173.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
10	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	164.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	153.4
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

List of top 100 players since 1995 (through the 2015 season)

American League Player of the Day—Dae-Ho Lee of the Mariners homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 16-13 win over the Padres.

National League Batter of the Day—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds hit two homers, including a three-run shot, in the 11-4 win over the Rockies. Suarez also doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four total runs.

Suarez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season and now ranks second among NL batters in season Box-Toppers points.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the AL Player of the Day was batter Dae-Ho Lee.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:

Marlins pitcher Nick Wittgren (3IP 0H 0R 3K W in the 4-3 win over the Pirates) made his Major League debut April 19 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,647th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Twins pitcher Taylor Rogers (2IP 0H 0R 2K W in the 6-4 win over the Rays) made his Major League debut April 14 and was playing in his ninth career game. He is the 3,648th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lee earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Suarez earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/2
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    ARI 3/HOU 0
    Zack Greinke (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    11
  

    
    12.2
    SF 6/ATL 0
    Madison Bumgarner (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    0
    0
    2
    11
  

    
    6.2
    MIL 4/PHI 1
    Chase Anderson (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    3
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    AL
    6.0
    SEA 16/SD 13
    Dae-Ho Lee, PH-1B
    3
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    CHC 7/LAD 2
    Kyle Hendricks (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    6.0
    MIA 4/PIT 3
    Nick Wittgren (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    5.0
    CIN 11/COL 4
    Eugenio Suarez, 3B
    5
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.2
    `NYY 5/DET 4
    Michael Pineda
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    7
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    4.0
    MIN 6/TB 4
    Taylor Rogers (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 12/BOS 7
    Mark Trumbo, RF
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    CLE 5/KC 4
    Tommy Hunter (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.0	27.7	92.8	153.4	-13.7
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	7.0	24.0	94.0	99.7	-10.0
Suarez, Eugenio 3355	3b	cin nl	6.0	9.0	11.5	11.5	3.0
Lee, Dae-Ho 3627	1b ph	sea al	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	4.0	13.7	18.7	18.7	-5.7
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	4.0	8.0	13.0	13.0	0.0
Trumbo, Mark 2851	dh rf	bal al	2.5	5.0	28.2	28.2	0.0
Pineda, Michael 2841	pi sp	nyy al	1.0	11.7	29.1	29.1	-9.7
Hunter, Tommy 2623	pi cp	cle al	1.0	2.0	9.0	16.0	0.0
Rogers, Taylor 3648	pi mr	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wittgren, Nick 3647	pi cp	fla nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.