Washington Nationals remain Box-Toppers top-ranked team for 3rd straight week

Shawn Plank June 16, 2017

Washington Nationals have led Box-Toppers team rankings seven of the past nine weeks. Astros lead AL teams for fifth straight week.

Phillies' Nick Pivetta tops players for Thursday, June 15; Indians' Encarnacion tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 16, 2017

Phillies pitcher Nick Pivetta 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 2017 season as of June 15:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
6	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2
7	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	8.0
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
9	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
10	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5

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Pivetta struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks, in the 1-0 win over the Red Sox. Pivetta picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the game was tied 0-0 when he exited.

This was also Pivettta’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Pivetta made his Major League debut April 30 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,825th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Player of the Day—Edwin Encarnacion of the Indians homered and went 3-for-3, scoring four times, in the 12-5 win over the Dodgers.

Encarnacion earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, most of any of the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. Encarnacion ranks 39th among all players in season player rankings, sixth among AL batters.

National League Batter of the Day—DJ LeMahieu of the Rockies went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 10-9 win over the Giants.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Edwin Encarnacion.

Debut—Brewers closing pitcher Oliver Drake made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Drake (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv in the 6-4 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut May 23, 2015, and was playing in his 57th career game. He is the 3,826th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Pivetta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Encarnacion earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. LeMahieu 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.

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.

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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/15
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    `PHI 1, BOS 0
    Nick Pivetta
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    AL
    5.0
    CLE 12, LAD 5
    Edwin Encarnacion, DH
    3
    4
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    COL 10, SF 9
    DJ LeMahieu, 2B
    5
    3
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    MIN 6, SEA 2
    Chris Gimenez, C
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    WSH 8, NYM 3
    Gio Gonzalez (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    5
  

    
    3.0
    KC 7, LAA 2
    Matt Strahm (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    3.0
    MIL 6, STL 4
    Oliver Drake (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    DET 5, TB 3
    Justin Wilson (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.0
    CHW 5, BAL 2
    Matt Davidson, DH
    4
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    OAK 8, NYY 7 (F/10)
    Jed Lowrie, 2B
    5
    1
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  


MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	dh	cle al	4.7	12.7	47.8	71.8	-3.3
Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	2.0	8.0	59.1	88.5	-4.0
Lowrie, Jed 2437	2b ss	oak al	2.0	3.0	17.5	29.0	1.0
Davidson, Matt 3292	3b dh	chi al	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	phi nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
LeMahieu, DJ 3091	2b	col nl	1.5	9.5	22.5	22.5	-6.5
Wilson, Justin 3140	pi cp	det al	1.0	2.0	7.0	7.0	0.0
Gimenez, Chris 2870	ca	min al	1.0	2.0	4.0	5.0	0.0
Strahm, Matt 3724	pi sp	kc al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Drake, Oliver 3826	pi cp	mil nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Red Sox' Mookie Betts tops players for Wednesday, June 14; Mets' Blevins tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 15, 2017

Mookie Betts of the Red Sox is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Betts homered twice and doubled in the 7-3 win over the Phillies. Betts also went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in three runs.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 14:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
6	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2
7	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	8.0
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
9	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
10	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5

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National League Player of the Day—Mets pitcher Jerry Blevins pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless middle relief, striking out three, allowing no hits and no walks and earning the win in the 9-4 win over the Cubs.

National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Phillips of the Braves hit two doubles and went 4-for-6, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 13-2 win over the Nationals.

Phillips has now earned Box-Toppers points for 12 straight seasons with his first Player of the Game honor for 2017. He earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2002 with the Indians, but began his current 12-season streak in 2006 with the Reds. He has 65.6 career Box-Toppers points, fifth among all second basemen since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He ranks third in career points among active second basemen, behind Robinson Cano of the Mariners (78.4) and Chase Utley of the Dodgers (75.1).

Phillips’ best season was 2012 with the Reds when he had 9.5 Box-Toppers points, seventh among NL batters. He had 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2016 with the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Mookie Betts.

Notable—Trey Mancini of the Orioles has the most 2017 Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Mancini (2B 3-4 3R BI in the 10-6 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.2 for the season and ranks 30th among all players in 2017 season player rankings, fifth among AL batters.

Also notable—Blue Jays pitcher Francisco Liriano now has 105.2 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Liriano (7IP 5H 3R 2ER 2BB 9K ND in the 7-6 win over the Rays) rises to 65th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when tracking began. He passes Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (105.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 64th-ranked player Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (105.7).

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

Astros pitcher Francis Martes (5IP 3H R 2B 7K W in the 13-2 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut June 9 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,822nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Angels pitcher Blake Parker (1.1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 7-5 win over the Yankees) made his Major League debut May 17, 2012, and was playing in his 124th career game. He is the 3,823rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Raimel Tapia of the Rockies (2B 4-4 3R 0BI in the 5-1 win over the Pirates) made his Major League debut Sept. 2, 2016, and was playing in his 36th career game. He is the 3,824th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Betts earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Blevins earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Phillips earns 1.5 points for being NL 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    6.0
    BOS 7, PHI 3
    Mookie Betts, RF
    5
    4
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 13, TEX 2
    Francis Martes (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    NL
    4.1
    NYM 9, CHC 4
    Jerry Blevins (W,4-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    4.0
    ATL 13, WSH 2
    Brandon Phillips, 2B
    6
    3
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    ARI 2, DET 1
    Fernando Rodney (S,18)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    `TOR 7, TB 6
    Francisco Liriano
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    3
    2
    2
    9
  

    
    3.1
    LAA 7, NYY 5
    Blake Parker (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    COL 5, PIT 1
    Raimel Tapia, RF
    4
    3
    4
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    KC 7, SF 2
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 10, CHW 6
    Trey Mancini, 1B
    4
    3
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 7, STL 6
    Eric Thames, 1B
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIA 11, OAK 6
    Dee Gordon, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    LAD 6, CLE 4
    Enrique Hernandez, PH-2B
    2
    1
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SD 4, CIN 2
    Brandon Maurer (S,12)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.2
    `SEA 6, MIN 4
    James Pazos (H,5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Mancini, Trey 3766	lf 1b ph	bal al	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
Thames, Eric 2909	1b lf	mil nl	4.0	4.0	5.0	6.5	4.0
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	3.5	10.0	24.2	24.2	-3.0
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	3.5	9.7	14.7	14.7	-2.7
Rodney, Fernando 1803	pi cp	ari nl	3.0	8.0	26.0	38.0	-2.0
Liriano, Francisco 2104	pi sp	tor al	2.0	10.0	59.7	105.2	-6.0
Pazos, James 3786	pi mr	sea al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Blevins, Jerry 2788	pi mr	nym nl	1.7	1.7	6.7	7.7	1.7
Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	atl nl	1.5	3.5	25.2	65.6	-0.5
Maurer, Brandon 3157	pi cp	sd nl	1.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	-1.0
Hernandez, Enrique 3541	2b ph	lad nl	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Gordon, Dee 2990	2b	fla nl	1.0	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.0
Martes, Francis 3822	pi sp	hou al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Parker, Blake 3823	pi mr	ana al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Tapia, Raimel 3824	rf	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cubs' Jon Lester tops players for Tuesday, June 13; Royals' Vargas rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 14, 2017

Cubs pitcher Jon Lester 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 2017 season as of June 13:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
6	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2
7	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	8.0
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
9	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
10	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Tuesday, Royals pitcher Jason Vargas rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Lester struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 14-3 win over the Mets.

Lester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 147.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 22nd among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he passes three players on the “all-time” list—David Ortiz (145.9), Jim Thome (146.7) and Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (146.9). Lester now trails 21st-ranked player Javier Vazquez (148.3).

Lester also rises to seventh among active players in career Box-Toppers points, passing Cabrera. He trails sixth-ranked active player Braves pitcher Bartolo Colon (151.2). Lester has 4.0 Box-Toppers points on the season.

American League Player of the Day—Eddie Rosario of the Twins hit three home runs and went 4-for-5, driving in five runs, in the 20-7 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers hit two home runs, including a three-run homer, in the 7-5 win over the Indians. Bellinger also doubled and went 3-for-4, driving in four runs.

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 Eddie Rosario.

Rankings—Royals pitcher Jason Vargas rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Vargas (7IP 5H R BB 6K W in the 8-1 win over the Giants) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Ervin Santana of the Twins (11.4) and Chris Sale of the Red Sox (8.4).

Debut—Franchy Cordero of the Padres made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Cordero (2HR 3-5 3R 2BI in the 6-2 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut May 27 and was playing in his 16th career game. He is the 3,821st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Lester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Rosario earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bellinger 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.

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    9.0
    CHC 14, NYM 3
    Jon Lester (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    AL
    7.0
    MIN 20, SEA 7
    Eddie Rosario, LF
    5
    3
    4
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    STL 6, MIL 0
    Lance Lynn (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    0
    0
    4
    8
  

    
    5.1
    TB 8, TOR 1
    Jacob Faria (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    BAT
    5.0
    LAD 7, CLE 5
    Cody Bellinger, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    WSH 10, ATL 5
    Ryan Zimmerman, 1B
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    KC 8, SF 1
    Jason Vargas (W,9-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 4, HOU 2
    Rougned Odor, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    MIL 8, STL 5
    Keon Broxton, CF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    MIA 8, OAK 1
    Jose Urena (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 7, DET 6
    Brandon Drury, 2B
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SD 6, CIN 2
    Franchy Cordero, CF
    5
    3
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 5, COL 2
    Andrew McCutchen, CF
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CHW 6, BAL 1
    Matt Davidson, 3B
    4
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    `LAA 3, NYY 2 (F/11)
    JC Ramirez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    2
    2
    3
    7
  

    
    0.0
    BOS 4, PHI 3 (F/12)
    Andrew Benintendi, LF
    5
    0
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    Player of the Game
    Pos
    Team
    ’17
    ’16-17
    ’12-17
    Career
    +/-
  

    Vargas, Jason 2055
    pi sp
    kc al
    8.0
    9.0
    34.4
    55.2
    7.0
  

    Lynn, Lance 2992
    pi sp
    stl nl
    4.7
    4.7
    60.6
    60.6
    4.7
  

    Zimmerman, Ryan 2180
    1b
    dc nl
    4.5
    6.0
    25.7
    60.8
    3.0
  

    Lester, Jon 2173
    pi sp
    chi nl
    4.0
    26.1
    71.6
    147.2
    -18.1
  

    Ramirez, JC 3778
    pi sp
    ana al
    4.0
    4.0
    4.0
    4.0
    4.0
  

    Rosario, Eddie 3542
    lf
    min al
    3.7
    6.7
    8.2
    8.2
    0.7
  

    Bellinger, Cody 3781
    1b lf
    lad nl
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
  

    Broxton, Keon 3785
    cf
    mil nl
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
  

    McCutchen, Andrew 2637
    cf
    pit nl
    3.0
    10.0
    41.5
    56.9
    -4.0
  

    Benintendi, Andrew 3815
    lf
    bos al
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
    2.5
  

    Urena, Jose 3492
    pi sp
    fla nl
    2.0
    4.7
    5.7
    5.7
    -0.7
  

    Drury, Brandon 3744
    2b lf
    ari nl
    2.0
    3.5
    3.5
    3.5
    0.5
  

    Faria, Jacob 3816
    pi sp
    tb al
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
    2.0
  

    Odor, Rougned 3336
    2b
    tex al
    1.0
    7.5
    12.0
    12.0
    -5.5
  

    Davidson, Matt 3292
    3b
    chi al
    1.0
    1.0
    3.0
    3.0
    1.0
  

    Cordero, Franchy 3821
    cf
    sd nl
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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

Braves' Matt Adams tops players for Monday, June 12; White Sox' Petricka tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 13, 2017

Matt Adams of the Braves is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Adams homered twice and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 11-10 win over the Nationals.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 12:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
6	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
8	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5
10	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4

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American League Player of the Day—White Sox pitcher Jake Petricka pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless middle relief, allowing one hit, no walks and striking out four, in the 10-7 win over the Orioles.

American League Batter of the Day—Nelson Cruz of the Mariners doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-3 win over the Twins.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall Player of the Day is NL batter Matt Adams.

Notable—Rangers pitcher Yu Davish is Box-Toppers’ highest ranked player among the nine who earned Player of the Game honors Monday.

Darvish (7IP H R 3BB 4K W in the 6-1 win over the Astros) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season and ranks 21st among all players, ninth among AL pitchers.

Also notable—Jay Bruce of the Mets rises to lead NL batters in Box-Toppers points for the season after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Bruce (HR 2B 3-3 2R 2BI in the 6-1 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season. He passes Bryce Harper of the Nationals for the NL batting lead in Box-Toppers points. Though both Harper and Bruce have 6.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, Bruce ranks ahead because he has more 2016 Box-Toppers points—8.5 vs. 3.0. Bruce ranks 22nd among all players in Box-Toppers player rankings.

Scoring—Adams earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Petricka earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Cruz earns 1.5 points for being AL 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    6.0
    ATL 11, WSH 10
    Matt Adams, 1B
    4
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    AL
    5.1
    CHW 10, BAL 7
    Jake Petricka (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    BAT
    5.0
    SEA 14, MIN 3
    Nelson Cruz, DH
    3
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    TEX 6, HOU 1
    Yu Darvish (W,6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    1
    1
    3
    4
  

    
    4.2
    `NYY 5, LAA 3
    Masahiro Tanaka
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    4
    3
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    4.0
    NYM 6, CHC 1
    Jay Bruce, RF
    3
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    BOS 6, PHI 5 (F/11)
    Matt Barnes (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    3.0
    SD 9, CIN 3
    Austin Hedges, C
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 7, COL 2
    Jameson Taillon (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    5
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	6.0	16.4	61.6	61.6	-4.4
Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	nym nl	6.0	14.5	31.7	64.8	-2.5
Adams, Matt 3220	1b	atl nl	5.0	6.0	14.5	14.5	4.0
Cruz, Nelson 2224	dh rf	sea al	3.5	10.0	31.0	57.2	-3.0
Hedges, Austin 3790	ca	sd nl	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Tanaka, Masahiro 3305	pi sp	nyy al	2.7	16.8	37.5	37.5	-11.4
Barnes, Matt 3466	pi mr cp	bos al	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0
Petricka, Jake 3388	pi mr	chi al	1.7	1.7	3.7	3.7	1.7
Taillon, Jameson 3658	pi sp	pit nl	1.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	-4.0

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Dbacks' Robbie Ray tops players for Sunday, June 11; Yankees' Judge tops AL players, both rise in Box-Toppers' top 10 list

Shawn Plank June 12, 2017

Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and becomes the fourth player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 11:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
6	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
8	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
9	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5
10	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Sunday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—first among all batters—after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Ray struck out 12 over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and four walks, in the 11-1 win over the Brewers.

Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season, rising from fifth to fourth place in season player rankings. He ranks third among National League pitchers, behind overall leader Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (14.4) and Max Scherzer of the Nationals (12.0). This is Ray’s first season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points—in 2015 he had 4.0 and in 2016 he had 6.7.

American League Player of the Day—Aaron Judge of the Yankees hit two homers and doubled, going 4-for-4, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 14-3 win over the Orioles.

Judge earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 8.2 for the season, rising to sixth place in season player rankings, first among all batters and the only batter among the overall top 10 players. He passes previous AL batting leader Miguel Sano of the Twins (6.5).

National League Batter of the Day—Buster Posey of the Giants doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 13-8 win over the Twins.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Aaron Judge.

Streak—Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Happ (6IP 6H 0R BB 8K W in the 4-0 win over the Mariners) earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2008 with the Phillies and has 52.2 career points, 26th among active AL pitchers. His best season was 2016 with the Blue Jays when he had 14.7 Box-Toppers points, third among AL pitchers.

Debut—Rangers pitcher Austin Bibens-Dirkx made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Bibens-Dirkx (7IP 3H R BB 2K W in the 5-1 win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut May 17 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,820th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Judge earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Posey earns 1.5 points for being NL 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    11.2
    ARI 11, MIL 1
    Robbie Ray (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    3
    0
    0
    4
    12
  

    
    9.0
    PIT 3, MIA 1
    Ivan Nova (W,6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    AL
    7.0
    NYY 14, BAL 3
    Aaron Judge, RF
    4
    4
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    TOR 4, SEA 0
    J.A. Happ (W,1-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    4.2
    `CLE 4, CHW 2
    Andrew Miller
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    DET 8, BOS 3
    Justin Upton, LF
    5
    1
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    SF 13, MIN 8
    Buster Posey, 1B
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    KC 8, SD 3
    Mike Moustakas, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 12, HOU 6
    Eric Young Jr., LF
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 9, CIN 7
    Corey Seager, SS
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    TB 5, OAK 4
    Mallex Smith, CF
    3
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 2, ATL 1
    Seth Lugo (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    TEX 5, WSH 1
    Austin Bibens-Dirkx (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    2
  

    
    2.2
    CHC 7, COL 5
    Carl Edwards Jr. (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    STL 6, PHI 5
    Dexter Fowler, CF
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0	16.7	20.7	20.7	3.3
Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2	8.2
Nova, Ivan 2796	pi sp	pit nl	6.0	14.0	29.7	37.1	-2.0
Posey, Buster 2745	ca 1b	sf nl	4.5	8.0	33.0	37.5	1.0
Fowler, Dexter 2698	cf ph	stl nl	3.5	5.0	19.0	21.5	2.0
Miller, Andrew 2436	pi mr	cle al	3.0	11.0	18.0	26.0	-5.0
Upton, Justin 2411	lf	det al	3.0	9.7	35.9	54.1	-3.7
Edwards, Carl Jr. 3775	pi mr	chi nl	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Smith, Mallex 3819	cf	tb al	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Seager, Corey 3587	ss	lad nl	2.0	6.0	7.5	7.5	-2.0
Moustakas, Mike 2967	dh 3b	kc al	2.0	3.0	22.2	24.2	1.0
Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	1.0	15.7	41.2	52.2	-13.7
Lugo, Seth 3729	pi sp	nym nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Young, Eric Jr. 2941	lf	ana al	1.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	1.0
Bibens-Dirks, Austin 3820	pi sp	tex al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cardinals' Carlos Martinez tops players for Saturday, June 10, rises to 8th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 11, 2017

Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to eighth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 10:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
7	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
8	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5
9	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

Martinez pitched a complete-game, four-hit shutout, striking out 11 and walking one, in the 7-0 win over the Phillies.

Martinez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.5 for the season, rising to eighth place in season player rankings, fifth among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Mike Fiers struck out eight over 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run, two hits and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Angels.

American League Batter of the Day—Lorenzo Cain of the Royals hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in the 12-6 win over the Padres. Cain went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in five runs.

National League Batter of the Day—T.J. Rivera of the Mets hit a two-run, eighth-inning, pinch-hit home run, in the 8-1 win over the Braves.

Scoring—Martinez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Fiers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Cain and Rivera 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.

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


6/10	Score	Game	Player of the Game	AB	R	H	BI	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	15.0	STL 7, PHI 0	Carlos Martinez (W,5-5)	-	-	-	-	9.0	4	0	0	1	11
AL	10.1	HOU 3, LAA 1	Mike Fiers (W,4-2)	-	-	-	-	7.1	2	1	0	2	8
	9.0	NYY 16, BAL 3	Luis Severino (W,5-2)	-	-	-	-	7.0	2	1	1	2	8
	7.1	COL 9, CHC 1	Jeff Hoffman (W,4-0)	-	-	-	-	6.1	4	1	1	1	8
BAT	6.0	KC 12, SD 6	Lorenzo Cain, CF	5	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
	6.0	TEX 6, WSH 3 (F/11)	Keone Kela (W,3-1)	-	-	-	-	2.0	0	0	0	0	4
	5.2	NYM 6, ATL 1	Robert Gsellman (W,5-3)	-	-	-	-	6.2	3	0	0	2	4
	5.0	CHW 5, CLE 3	David Robertson (S,10)	-	-	-	-	2.0	0	0	0	1	4
	4.1	PIT 7, MIA 6	Felipe Rivero (S,1)	-	-	-	-	1.1	0	0	0	0	3
	4.0	BOS 11, DET 3	Mitch Moreland, 1B	3	2	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	TOR 4, SEA 2	Marcus Stroman (W,7-2)	-	-	-	-	7.0	6	2	1	0	6
	3.2	ARI 3, MIL 2	Zack Godley (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-	6.2	2	2	2	1	4
BAT	3.0	NYM 8, ATL 1	T.J. Rivera, PH	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	TB 6, OAK 5 (F/10)	Steven Souza Jr., DH	2	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	MIN 3, SF 2	Brandon Kintzler (S,17)	-	-	-	-	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	LAD 5, CIN 4	Kenley Jansen (W,4-0)	-	-	-	-	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	OAK 7, TB 2	Yonder Alonso, 1B	5	1	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-

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


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	7.5	19.9	34.6	34.6	-4.9
Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	6.7	8.7	11.7	11.7	4.7
Godley, Zack 3538	pi sp	ari nl	5.0	6.0	9.7	9.7	4.0
Kintzler, Brandon 3150	pi cp	min al	5.0	5.0	7.0	7.0	5.0
Hoffman, Jeff 3806	pi sp	col nl	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7
Jansen, Kenley 2871	pi cp mr	lad nl	3.0	9.0	34.7	39.4	-3.0
Souza, Steven Jr. 3461	rf dh	tb al	3.0	8.7	14.2	14.2	-2.7
Robertson, David 2774	pi cp	chi al	3.0	8.0	25.0	29.0	-2.0
Moreland, Mitch 2799	1b ph	bos al	3.0	6.5	19.7	21.7	-0.5
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	2.5	9.0	23.2	23.2	-4.0
Rivera, T.J. 3710	1b ph	nym nl	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.5
Stroman, Marcus 3327	pi sp	tor al	2.0	8.7	25.1	25.1	-4.7
Alonso, Yonder 2945	1b	oak al	2.0	4.0	13.5	15.0	0.0
Gsellman, Robert 3748	pi sp	nym nl	2.0	3.7	3.7	3.7	0.3
Kela, Keone 3789	pi cp	tex al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Fiers, Michael 3029	pi sp	hou al	1.7	6.7	27.8	27.8	-3.3
Rivero, Felipe 3579	pi cp	pit nl	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0

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Twins' Ervin Santana tops players for Friday, June 9, ranks 3rd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 10, 2017

Twins pitcher Ervin Santana is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, becoming the third player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 9:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
7	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
10	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0

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Santana pitched a four-hit, complete-game shutout, walking one and striking out five, in the 4-0 win over the Giants.

Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.4 for the season, maintaining his third-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings, first among American League pitchers. He trails Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (14.4) and Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (12.0).

This is the fifth time Santana has earned 10 or more Box-Toppers points in a season in the 13 seasons he has earned Box-Toppers points. He last did it in 2014 with the Braves, when he had 11.0 points for the season.

Santana also rises to 56th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Friday he now has 108.7 career Box-Toppers points, passing five players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Beltran of the Astros (107.6), Red Sox pitcher David Price (107.9), Lance Berkman (108.1), Kevin Millwood (108.3) and Billy Wagner (108.7). Santana now trails 55th-ranked player Jeff Kent (109.7).

National League Player of the Day—Tyler Moore of the Marlins hit two homers and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-7 win over the Pirates.

American League Batter of the Day—Mallex Smith of the Rays homered and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 13-4 win over the Athletics.

This was Smith’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Smith made his Major League debut April 11, 2016, and was playing in his 82nd career game. He is the 3,819th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Tyler Moore.

Scoring—Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Moore earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Smith earns 1.5 points for being AL 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/9
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    MIN 4, SF 0
    Ervin Santana (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    NL
    5.0
    MIA 12, PIT 7
    Tyler Moore, 1B-RF
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    NYY 8, BAL 2
    Jordan Montgomery (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    5.0
    LAD 7, CIN 2
    Kenta Maeda (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    4.1
    MIL 8, ARI 6
    Corey Knebel (S,8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    4.0
    TB 13, OAK 4
    Mallex Smith, CF
    3
    3
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    SD 6, KC 3
    Jhoulys Chacin (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    4.0
    `STL 3, PHI 2
    Matt Bowman (H,12)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    TEX 5, WSH 2
    Jonathan Lucroy, C
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 5, DET 3
    Mitch Moreland, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CLE 7, CHW 3
    Edwin Encarnacion, DH
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 9, HOU 4
    Cameron Maybin, CF
    4
    4
    3
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 4, TOR 2
    Edwin Diaz (S,10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 3, NYM 2
    Dansby Swanson, SS
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    COL 5, CHC 3
    Ryan Hanigan, C
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	11.4	15.4	48.2	108.7	7.4
Chacin, Jhoulys 2711	pi sp	sd nl	4.7	10.4	17.1	32.5	-1.0
Knebel, Corey 3757	pi cp	mil nl	4.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	3.0
Swanson, Dansby 3751	ss	atl nl	3.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	2.5
Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp cp	lad nl	3.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	-7.0
Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	dh 1b	cle al	3.0	11.0	46.1	70.1	-5.0
Diaz, Edwin 3690	pi cp	sea al	3.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	-4.0
Maybin, Cameron 2672	lf cf	ana al	3.0	6.0	11.5	18.5	0.0
Moore, Tyler 3045	1b rf ph	fla nl	2.7	2.7	7.2	7.2	2.7
Moreland, Mitch 2799	1b ph	bos al	2.0	5.5	18.7	20.7	-1.5
Bowman, Matt 3699	pi mr	stl nl	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Montgomery, Jordan 3814	pi sp	nyy al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Smith, Mallex 3819	cf	tb al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Lucroy, Jonathan 2744	ca	tex al	1.0	6.7	21.8	28.3	-4.7
Hanigan, Ryan 2708	ca	col nl	1.0	2.0	5.0	12.0	0.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers weekly player rankings for 5th straight week

Shawn Plank June 9, 2017

Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for fifth straight week. Miguel Sano retakes Box-Toppers points lead among AL batters. Santana leads AL pitchers, Harper leads NL batters.

Washington Nationals top Box-Toppers team rankings for 2nd straight week

Shawn Plank June 9, 2017

Nationals lead Box-Toppers rankings for 2nd straight week & 6th week of past 8. Astros lead AL teams in Box-Toppers rankings for 4th week. Mariners are hottest team of the week.

Nationals' Joe Ross tops players for Thursday, June 8; Astros' McCullers rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 9, 2017

Nationals pitcher Joe Ross 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 2017 season as of June 8:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
7	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
10	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0

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Also Thursday, Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Ross struck out 12 over 7 1/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Orioles.

American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. Struck out eight over seven innings, allowing two hits, one run and two walks, in the 6-1 win over the Royals. McCullers took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, but did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he exited with the score tied, 1-1.

McCullers earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, rising to seventh place in season player rankings. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Iannetta of the Diamondbacks homered, doubled twice and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in seven runs, in the 15-3 win over the Padres.

American League Batter of the Day—Derek Norris of the Rays hit two homers and went 2-for-3, driving in three runs, in the 7-5 win over the White Sox.

Debut—Austin Slater of the Giants made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Slater (HR 1-2 2R BI in the 9-5, 10-inning win over the Brewers) made his Major League debut June 2 and was playing in his fourth career game. He is the 3,818th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Ross earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCullers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Iannetta and Norris 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 the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.1
    WSH 6, BAL 1
    Joe Ross (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    4
    1
    1
    0
    12
  

    
    10.0
    MIA 7, PIT 1
    Edinson Volquez (W,3-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    10.0
    ATL 3, PHI 1
    R.A. Dickey (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    AL
    9.0
    `HOU 6, KC 1
    Lance McCullers Jr.
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    BAT
    8.0
    ARI 15, SD 3
    Chris Iannetta, C
    5
    3
    3
    7
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    8.0
    NYY 9, BOS 1
    Michael Pineda (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    7.0
    CIN 5, STL 2
    Scott Feldman (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    BAT
    4.0
    TB 7, CHW 5
    Derek Norris, C
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 11, DET 4
    Danny Espinosa, 2B
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIN 2, SEA 1
    Brandon Kintzler (S,16)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    SF 9, MIL 5 (F/10)
    Austin Slater, LF
    2
    2
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    COL 4, CHC 1
    Tyler Chatwood (W,6-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	7.7	13.8	20.5	20.5	1.6
Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	col nl	6.4	13.4	20.1	23.1	-0.6
Feldman, Scott 2632	pi sp	cin nl	5.0	5.0	21.7	29.7	5.0
Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	fla nl	4.0	10.4	40.1	68.2	-2.4
Pineda, Michael 2841	pi sp	nyy al	4.0	10.0	26.4	38.1	-2.0
Kintzler, Brandon 3150	pi cp	min al	4.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	4.0
Ross, Joe 3499	pi sp	dc nl	2.0	7.7	12.7	12.7	-3.7
Espinosa, Danny 2804	2b	ana al	2.0	5.2	11.7	18.9	-1.2
Norris, Derek 3198	ca	tb al	1.5	2.5	14.5	14.5	0.5
Iannetta, Chris 2239	ca	ari nl	1.5	2.5	9.5	20.0	0.5
Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	8.0	48.2	78.9	-6.0
Slater, Austin 3818	lf	sf nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Yankees' CC Sabathia tops players for Wednesday, June 7; Kershaw tops NL players, extends Box-Toppers points lead

Shawn Plank June 8, 2017

The top two active career leaders in Box-Toppers points were Wednesday’s Box-Toppers top two players.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 7:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
9	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
10	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0

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Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia—second in active career points—is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day. And Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw—first in active career points—is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers National League Player of the Day. Kershaw also extends his lead in season Box-Toppers player rankings.

Player of the Day—Sabathia pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing five hits, no walks and striking out five, in the 8-0 win over the Red Sox.

Sabathia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points, giving him 190.0 career points, fifth among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails fourth-ranked player Curt Schilling (194.1). Sabathia ranks second among active players in career points, trailing Kershaw (198.1). Sabathia has 5.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, 13th among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Kershaw struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and three walks, in the 2-1 win over the Nationals.

Kershaw earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 14.4 for the season, extending his lead in season player rankings ahead of second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (12.0).

Kershaw also now has 198.1 career Box-Toppers points, third among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails second-ranked player Pedro Martinez (244.8). Kershaw ranks first among active players in career points.

Kershaw had a Box-Toppers game score Wednesday of +8.0, same as Sabathia. But Sabathia beat Kershaw to earn Player of the Game honors because he had more innings pitched (8.0 vs. 7.0).

American League Batter of the Day—Trey Mancini of the Orioles hit two home runs and went 2-for-2, driving in five runs, in the 9-6, 11-inning win over the Pirates.

National League Batter of the Day—Dansby Swanson of the Braves hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 14-1 win over the Phillies.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debuts Wednesday with their first career Player of the Game honors:

Rays pitcher Jacob Faria (6.1IP 3H R 2BB 5K W in the 3-1 win over the White Sox) was also making his Major League debut Wednesday. He is the 3,816th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Patrick Kivlehan of the Reds (pinch-hit 3-R HR 1-1 R 3BI in the 6-4 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Aug. 20, 2016, and was playing in his 49th career game. He is the 3,817th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Sabathia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kershaw earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Mancini and Swanson 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    8.0
    NYY 8, BOS 0
    CC Sabathia (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    NL
    8.0
    LAD 2, WSH 1
    Clayton Kershaw (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    3
    9
  

    
    7.2
    DET 4, LAA 0
    Buck Farmer (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    3
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    BAT
    7.0
    BAL 9, PIT 6 (F/11)
    Trey Mancini, PH-LF
    2
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    5.0
    ATL 14, PHI 1
    Dansby Swanson, SS
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    SEA 6, MIN 5
    Mike Zunino, C
    3
    3
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.1
    TB 3, CHW 1
    Jacob Faria (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    3
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    CIN 6, STL 4
    Patrick Kivlehan, PH
    1
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.1
    COL 8, CLE 1
    Kyle Freeland (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 4, TEX 3
    Jay Bruce, DH
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 7, SD 4
    Jake Lamb, 3B
    2
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    KC 7, HOU 5
    Kelvin Herrera (S,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    MIL 6, SF 3
    Corey Knebel (S,7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    TOR 7, OAK 5 (F/10)
    Justin Smoak, 1B
    5
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.1
    MIA 6, CHC 5
    AJ Ramos (S,9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    1
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.4	38.8	138.5	198.1	-10.0
Smoak, Justin 2731	1b	tor al	5.5	9.0	22.2	28.4	2.0
Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	nym nl	5.0	13.5	30.7	63.8	-3.5
Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	5.0	11.0	37.5	190.0	-1.0
Mancini, Trey 3766	lf ph	bal al	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Freeland, Kyle 3763	pi sp	col nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Lamb, Jake 3517	3b	ari nl	3.5	7.5	8.5	8.5	-0.5
Ramos, A.J. 3210	pi cp	fla nl	3.0	5.0	15.0	15.0	1.0
Knebel, Corey 3757	pi cp mr	mil nl	3.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
Farmer, Buck 3809	pi sp	det al	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Swanson, Dansby 3751	ss	atl nl	2.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	1.5
Zunino, Mike 3390	ca	sea al	2.5	2.5	6.0	6.0	2.5
Herrera, Kelvin 3149	pi cp	kc al	1.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Faria, Jacob 3816	pi sp	tb al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Kivlehan, Patrick 3817	ph	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Nationals' Scherzer tops players for Tuesday, June 6; Reds' Gennett hits 4 homers

Shawn Plank June 7, 2017

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and maintains his second-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 6:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.7
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	8.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
9	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
10	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Tuesday, Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Plus, Scooter Gennett of the Reds on Tuesday became the 17th player in Major League history to hit four home runs in a game and earned what seems to the be the second-highest Box-Toppers game score for a batter since player tracking began in 1995. However, that game score was not high enough to be the highest of Tuesday’s Players of the Game. And it also was not high enough to be the highest game score by a batter this season.

Player of the Day—Scherzer struck out 14 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers.

Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.0 for the season, maintaining his second-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings, behind Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (12.7). Scherzer also ranks second among NL pitchers behind Kershaw.

Scherzer also rises to 27th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he now has 143.7 career points and passes two players on the “all-time” list—Jake Peavy (141.8) and Tigers pitcher and former teammate Justin Verlander (142.0). Scherzer now trails 26th-ranked player, Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels (144.0).

Scherzer rises to 10th in career points among active players, eighth among active pitchers.

It took Scherzer three fewer seasons than Verlander to rack up a comparable career Box-Toppers point total. Verlander was the 2,112nd player to debut in Box-Toppers, earning his first Player of the Game honor April 8, 2006. Scherzer was the 2,588th player to debut on May 26, 2009. Both Scherzer and Verlander have led their league’s pitchers in Box-Toppers points in past seasons. Verlander led American League pitchers in 2011 (24.4) and 2012 (24.8). Scherzer led AL pitchers in 2013 with the Tigers (18.1) and National League pitchers in 2016 (25.7).

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox closing pitcher Craig Kimbrel struck out five over 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one walk, in the 5-4 win over the Yankees.

National League Batter of the Day—Scooter Gennett of the Reds hit four home runs—only the 17th time in history that feat has been accomplished—in the 13-1 win over the Cardinals. Gennett went 5-for-5 and drove in 10 runs.

Gennett had a Box-Toppers game score Tuesday of +14.0, which appears to be the second-highest game score for a batter in the 23 seasons of Box-Toppers record keeping. The only batter to have a higher score happened earlier this season—Anthony Rendon of the Nationals on April 30 had a Box-Toppers game score of +15.0 (3HR 2B 6-6 5R 10BI in the 23-5 win over the Mets).

While Rendon earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points on April 30 for having the highest Box-Toppers game score of the day and earning overall Player of the Day honors, Gennett only earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for his high game score on Tuesday. Gennett’s +14.0 game score was second-best of Tuesday, behind Scherzer’s +15.0. That meant Gennett could not earn overall Player of the Day nor could he earn overall NL Player of the Day (worth 1.7). Tuesday’s AL Player of the Day Craig Kimbrel of the Red Sox earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points even though his Box-Toppers game score was far lower than Gennett’s (+5.1). Gennett easily beat out the next-highest NL batter who earned Player of the Game honors Tuesday, Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies, who had a game score of +6.0.

Batters have hit four home runs in a game 17 times in Major League history, including five times during the Box-Toppers era (since 1995). Gennett’s Box-Toppers game of +14.0 is the highest of all four-home-run hitters in the Box-Toppers era. The other four-home run games during the Box-Toppers era:

On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners (4HR 4-5 4R 4BI in the 15-4 win over the White Sox) had a Box-Toppers game score of +7.0.
On May 23, 2002, Shawn Green of the Dodgers (4HR 2B 6-6 6R 7BI in the 16-3 win over the Brewers) had a Box-Toppers game score of +13.0, apparently now the third-highest game score by a batter in the Box-Toppers era.
On Sept. 25, 2002, Carlos Delgado of the Blue Jays (4HR 4-4 4R 6BI in the 10-8 win over the Devil Rays) had a Box-Toppers game score of +10.0.
On May 8, 2012, Josh Hamilton of the Rangers (4HR 2B 5-5 4R 8BI in the 10-3 win over the Orioles) had a Box-Toppers game score of +12.0.

Gennett became the 14th player in Major League history to have a game with 10 runs batted in. That’s a club that’s even rarer than the four-home run club. During the Box-Toppers era (since 1995), there have been four other games in which a player has had 10 RBIs:

On May 10, 1999, Nomar Garciaparra of the Red Sox (3HR 3-4 3R 10BI in the 12-4 win over the Mariners) had a Box-Toppers game score of +12.0.
On April 26, 2005, Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees (3HR 4-5 3R 10BI in the 12-4 win over the Angels) had a Box-Toppers game score of +12.0.
On Aug. 21, 2007, Garret Anderson of the Angels (2HR 2-2B 4-6 3R 10BI in the 18-9 win over the Yankees) had a Box-Toppers game score of +11.0.
On April 30, 2017, Rendon had his 10 RBI game in which he had a +15.0 game score, apparently the highest for a batter in the Box-Toppers era.

While Gennett’s Box-Toppers game score is the second-highest for a batter this season, it is only the 14th-highest for a player this season. The highest score of +18.0 was by Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg on May 27 (7IP 3H 0R BB 15K W in the 3-0 win over the Padres). Scherzer’s +15.0 game score Tuesday is the 11th-highest of the season. Scherzer also has the 12th-highest score of the season (+14.2 on May 26).

National League Batter of the Day—Robinson Cano of the Mariners hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 12-3 win over the Twins.

Rankings—Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray rises from eighth to fifth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Ray (6.2IP 3H R 2BB 11K W in the 10-2 win over the Padres) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks third among NL pitchers, behind Kershaw (12.7) and Scherzer (12.0).

Streak—Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Tuesday.

Gonzalez (HR 2-2 4R 2BI in the 11-3 win over the Indians) earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2008 with the Athletics and has 59.7 career points, 12th among active NL batters, fifth among active NL outfielders. He has three seasons with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points. His best season was 2015 with the Rockies when he had 11.5 points, first among NL batters. In 2016, he had 5.5 points.

Scoring—Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kimbrel earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Gennett and Cano each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    15.0
    WSH 2, LAD 1
    Max Scherzer (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    0
    2
    14
  

    BAT
    14.0
    CIN 13, STL 1
    Scooter Gennett, LF
    5
    4
    5
    10
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    10.2
    ARI 10, SD 2
    Robbie Ray (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    3
    1
    1
    2
    11
  

    
    6.0
    COL 11, CLE 3
    Carlos Gonzalez, RF
    2
    4
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    PHI 3, ATL 1
    Aaron Nola (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    AL
    5.1
    BOS 5, NYY 4
    Craig Kimbrel (S,17)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    BAT
    5.0
    SEA 12, MIN 3
    Robinson Cano, 2B
    3
    3
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.2
    MIL 5, SF 2
    Chase Anderson (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    6
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    4.0
    KC 9, HOU 7
    Mike Moustakas, DH
    5
    2
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 10, MIA 2
    Anthony Rizzo, 1B
    5
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 6, PIT 5 (F/10)
    Jonathan Schoop, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 5, DET 3
    Kole Calhoun, RF
    2
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.1
    `CHW 4, TB 2
    Jose Quintana
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.1
    4
    1
    1
    4
    7
  

    
    2.1
    `OAK 4, TOR 1
    Ryan Madson (H,9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    2.0
    TEX 10, NYM 8
    Nomar Mazara, RF
    5
    1
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0	37.7	115.9	143.7	-13.7
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	8.0	14.7	18.7	18.7	1.3
Kimbrel, Craig 2825	pi cp	bos al	6.7	14.7	59.4	65.4	-1.3
Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi al	5.0	15.4	40.2	40.2	-5.4
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	4.7	11.7	20.7	20.7	-2.3
Rizzo, Anthony 3063	1b	chi nl	3.5	6.5	30.5	30.5	0.5
Cano, Robinson 2092	2b	sea al	3.0	11.0	40.5	78.4	-5.0
Mazara, Nomar 3614	rf	tex al	3.0	10.0	10.0	10.0	-4.0
Schoop, Jonathan 3307	2b	bal al	3.0	7.5	12.5	12.5	-1.5
Gennett, Scooter 3254	2b lf	cin nl	2.5	5.0	14.0	14.0	0.0
Madson, Ryan 1841	pi cp mr	oak al	2.0	5.0	5.0	25.7	-1.0
Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	1.0	7.7	9.7	9.7	-5.7
Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	rf	col nl	1.0	6.5	39.7	59.7	-4.5
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	1.0	6.0	16.7	16.7	-4.0
Moustakas, Mike 2967	dh 3b	kc al	1.0	2.0	21.2	23.2	0.0

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Giants' Jeff Samardzija tops players for Monday, June 5; Athletics' Healy tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 6, 2017

Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 5:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.7
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
7	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
8	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
9	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
10	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0

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Samardzija struck out 10 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing six hits, two runs and no walks, in the 7-2 win over the Brewers.

American League Player of the Day—Ryon Healy of the Athletics hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, driving in five runs, in the 5-3 win over the Blue Jays.

Healy earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 6.2 for the season, most of any of the seven who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Healy ranks 14th in Box-Toppers season player rankings, third among AL batters behind Miguel Sano of the Twins (6.5) and Aaron Judge of the Yankees (6.5).

National League Batter of the Day—Aaron Altherr of the Phillies homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 11-4 win over the Braves.

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 is batter Ryon Healy.

Scoring—Samardzija earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Healy earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Altherr 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    8.2
    SF 7, MIL 2
    Jeff Samardzija (W,2-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    6
    2
    1
    0
    10
  

    AL
    6.0
    OAK 5, TOR 3
    Ryon Healy, DH
    3
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    PHI 11, ATL 4
    Aaron Altherr, LF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.2
    CHC 3, MIA 1
    Eddie Butler (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    3
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    3.0
    HOU 7, KC 3
    Brian McCann, C
    4
    3
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CIN 4, STL 2
    Raisel Iglesias (S,10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    2.0
    WSH 4, LAD 2
    Anthony Rendon, 3B
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Healy, Ryon 3685	1b dh 3b	oak al	6.2	9.2	9.2	9.2	3.2
Samardzija, Jeff 2495	pi sp	sf nl	6.0	16.7	52.8	55.8	-4.7
Altherr, Aaron 3563	lf rf cf	phi nl	6.0	8.5	9.5	9.5	3.5
Rendon, Anthony 3258	3b	dc nl	4.5	10.0	16.5	16.5	-1.0
Butler, Eddie 3483	pi sp	chi nl	2.7	3.7	4.7	4.7	1.7
McCann, Brian 2179	ca	hou al	2.0	5.2	31.2	60.4	-1.2
Iglesias, Raisel 3467	pi cp	cin nl	1.0	4.0	6.7	6.7	-2.0

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Mariners' Ariel Miranda tops players for Sunday, June 4; Rockies' Hoffman tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 4, 2017

Mariners pitcher Ariel Miranda is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 4:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.7
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
7	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
8	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
9	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
10	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Miranda pitched a complete-game, four-hitter in the 7-1 win over the Rays. Miranda allowed one run and one walk.

National League Player of the Day—Rockies pitcher Jeff Hoffman struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 3-1 win over the Padres.

National League Batter of the Day—Ender Inciarte of the Braves homered and went 5-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 13-8 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—Andrew Benintendi of the Red Sox hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Orioles.

This was Benintendi’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Benintendi made his Major League debut Aug. 2, 2016, and was playing in his 87th career game. He is the 3,815th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Rankings—Miguel Sano of the Twins rises to lead all batters in season Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Sano (HR 2-4 R 2BI in the 3-2 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.5 for the season. He rises to 11th in season player rankings, first among all batters, passing previous leader Aaron Judge of the Yankees. Though Judge also has 6.5 points on the season, Sano ranks higher because he has more 2016 points—3.0 vs. 0.0.

Notable—Odubel Herrera of the Phillies has earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Sunday. Herrera (HR 2-2B 3-4 2R 3BI in the 9-7 win over the Giants) also was Player of the Game Saturday in the 5-3 win over the Giants. Herrera has 2.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, both earned over the weekend.

Scoring—Miranda earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Hoffman earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Inciarte and Benintendi 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    11.0
    SEA 7, TB 1
    Ariel Miranda (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    9
  

    NL
    11.0
    COL 3, SD 1
    Jeff Hoffman (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    9
  

    
    8.0
    MIL 3, LAD 0
    Zach Davies (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    7.0
    ATL 13, CIN 8
    Ender Inciarte, CF
    5
    2
    5
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    HOU 7, TEX 2
    Brad Peacock (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    
    6.0
    `DET 7, CHW 4
    Warwick Saupold
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    BAT
    5.0
    BOS 7, BAL 3
    Andrew Benintendi, LF
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    PIT 11, NYM 1
    Andrew McCutchen, CF
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    PHI 9, SF 7
    Odubel Herrera, CF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TOR 3, NYY 2
    Roberto Osuna (S,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    WSH 11, OAK 10
    Ryan Zimmerman, DH
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 7, STL 6
    Ian Happ, CF
    5
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CLE 8, KC 0
    Jason Kipnis, 2B
    2
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 6, ARI 5
    AJ Ramos (S,8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.0
    MIN 3, LAA 2
    Miguel Sano, 3B
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Sano, Miguel 3527	3b	min al	6.5	9.5	15.5	15.5	3.5
Miranda, Ariel 3738	pi sp	sea al	5.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	3.0
Inciarte, Ender 3360	cf	atl nl	4.5	6.5	10.5	10.5	2.5
Peacock, Brad 2968	pi sp	hou al	3.7	3.7	10.4	13.1	3.7
Zimmerman, Ryan 2180	1b dh	dc nl	3.5	5.0	24.7	59.8	2.0
Hoffman, Jeff 3806	pi sp	col nl	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Kipnis, Jason 2933	2b	cle al	2.5	2.5	21.5	24.5	2.5
McCutchen, Andrew 2637	cf	pit nl	2.0	9.0	40.5	55.9	-5.0
Herrera, Odubel 3449	cf	phi nl	2.0	5.5	9.5	9.5	-1.5
Ramos, A.J. 3210	pi cp	fla nl	2.0	4.0	14.0	14.0	0.0
Happ, Ian 3798	cf lf	chi nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Benintendi, Andrew 3815	lf	bos al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Davies, Zach 3581	pi sp	mil nl	1.0	7.0	10.0	10.0	-5.0
Osuna, Roberto 3512	pi cp	tor al	1.0	4.0	8.0	8.0	-2.0
Saupold, Warwick 3636	pi mr	det al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0

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Marlins' Edinson Volquez, pitching no-hitter, tops players for Saturday, June 3; Pujols hits 600th & earns Player of the Game

Shawn Plank June 4, 2017

Marlins pitcher Edison Volquez, pitching a no-hitter, 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 2017 season as of June 3:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.7
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
7	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
8	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
9	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
10	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0

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Also Saturday, Albert Pujols of the Angels hit his 600th career home run and also earned Player of the Game honors, bolstering his status as top active batter in career Box-Toppers points with 184.3.

Player of the Day—Volquez pitched a no-hitter in the 3-0 win over the Diamondbacks, allowing two walks and striking out 10.

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher David Price struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 5-2 win over the Orioles.

Price now has 107.9 career Box-Toppers points. With his points Saturday, he rises to 59th place among all players in career points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes two players on the “all-time” list—Twins pitcher Ervin Santana (106.7) and Carlos Beltran of the Astros (107.6). Price now trails 58th-ranked player Lance Berkman (108.1).

American League Batter of the Day—Mike Zunino of the Mariners hit a grand slam and doubled in the 9-2 win over the Rays. Zunino went 3-for-4 and drove in seven runs.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Taylor of the Dodgers hit a go-ahead, ninth-inning grand slam in the 10-8 win over the Brewers. Taylor also doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times.

Rankings—Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Chatwood (8IP 4H R BB 8K W in the 10-1 win over the Padres) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.4 for the season. He ranks 21st among all players and ninth among NL pitchers.

Notable—Albert Pujols of the Angels now has 184.3 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday, a game in which he hit his 600th career home run.

Pujols (GS 1-4 R 4BI in the 7-2 win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.0 for the season. His 184.3 career Box-Toppers points ranks seventh among all players since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began, trailing sixth-place player Alex Rodriguez (187.0). Pujols is second among all batters since 1995 in Box-Toppers points behind Rodriguez. He is also third among active players in career Box-Toppers points, behind Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (196.4) and Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (188.0).

Debut—Yankees pitcher Jordan Montgomery made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Montgomery (6IP 3H 0R 3BB 5K W in the 7-0 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut April 12 and was playing in his 10th career game. He is the 3,814th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Volquez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Price earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Zunino and Taylor 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/3
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    17.0
    MIA 3, ARI 0
    Edinson Volquez (W,2-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    0
    0
    0
    2
    10
  

    
    9.0
    COL 10, SD 1
    Tyler Chatwood (W,5-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    AL
    8.0
    BOS 5, BAL 2
    David Price (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    7.0
    SEA 9, TB 2
    Mike Zunino, C
    4
    1
    3
    7
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    6.0
    LAD 10, MIL 8
    Chris Taylor, CF
    4
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    OAK 10, WSH 4
    Ryon Healy, 3B
    4
    2
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    NYY 7, TOR 0
    Jordan Montgomery (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    4.0
    ATL 6, CIN 5 (F/12)
    Matt Adams, 1B
    6
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    KC 12, CLE 5
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    DET 10, CHW 1
    Jose Iglesias, SS
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.2
    HOU 6, TEX 5
    Chris Devenski (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 5, STL 3
    Kyle Schwarber, LF
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    LAA 7, MIN 2
    Albert Pujols, DH
    4
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 4, PIT 2
    Neil Walker, 2B
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    PHI 5, SF 3
    Odubel Herrera, CF
    4
    0
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	col nl	5.4	12.4	19.1	22.1	-1.6
Healy, Ryon 3685	1b 3b dh	oak al	4.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	1.5
Devenski, Chris 3702	pi mr	hou al	4.0	7.7	7.7	7.7	0.3
Iglesias, Jose 3532	ss	det al	3.5	3.5	4.5	4.5	3.5
Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	fla nl	3.0	9.4	39.1	67.2	-3.4
Adams, Matt 3220	1b ph	atl nl	3.0	4.0	12.5	12.5	2.0
Pujols, Albert 1438	dh 1b	ana al	2.0	10.0	34.5	184.3	-6.0
Schwarber, Kyle 3536	lf ca	chi nl	2.0	2.0	7.0	7.0	2.0
Price, David 2593	pi sp	bos al	1.7	14.1	76.1	107.9	-10.7
Taylor, Chris 3684	cf	lad nl	1.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Zunino, Mike 3390	ca	sea al	1.5	1.5	5.0	5.0	1.5
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	1.0	7.5	21.7	21.7	-5.5
Walker, Neil 2756	2b	nym nl	1.0	4.5	23.5	31.5	-2.5
Herrera, Odubel 3449	cf	phi nl	1.0	4.5	8.5	8.5	-2.5
Montgomery, Jordan 3814	pi sp	nyy al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops players for Friday, June 2, maintaining first place in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 3, 2017

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, maintaining his spot atop season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 2:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.7
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4
7	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4
8	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
9	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
10	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0

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Also Friday, three other players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg, Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel and Royals pitcher Jason Vargas.

Player of the Day—Kershaw struck out 14 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 2-1, 12-inning win over the Brewers. Kershaw did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Dodgers trailed 1-0 when he exited.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.7 for the season, maintaining his first place spot in season player rankings, ahead of second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (10.0).

Kershaw also now has 196.4 career Box-Toppers points, third among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails second-place player Pedro Martinez (244.8). Kershaw leads all active players in career points.

American League Player of the Day—Danny Valencia of the Mariners homered, doubled and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 12-4 win over the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day—Elias Diaz of the Pirates hit a three-run homer and doubled in the 12-7 win over the Mets. Diaz went 2-for-5, driving in six runs.

This was Diaz’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Diaz made his Major League debut Sept. 12, 2015, and was playing in his 10th career game. He is the 3,813rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Danny Valencia.

Rankings—Three other players who earned Player of the Game honors Friday rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings:

Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg (7IP 4H 2R 3BB 7K W in the 13-3 win over the Athletics) rises to sixth place (from ninth) with 7.4 season Box-Toppers points. He ranks fourth among NL pitchers.
Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel (6IP 3H 0R 2BB 7K W in the 7-1 win over the Rangers) rises to seventh place with 7.4 season Box-Toppers points. He ranks third among AL pitchers.
Royals pitcher Jason Vargas (CG 7H 0R BB 3K W in the 4-0 win over the Indians) rises to 10th place with 7.0 season Box-Toppers points. He ranks fourth among AL pitchers.

Notable—In addition to Kershaw, two other players with 100 or more career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Friday:

Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (2-2B 3-3 R 4BI in the 15-5 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 146.9 career points. Cabrera rises to 22nd place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, passing Jim Thome (146.7) on the “all-time” list. Cabrera now trails 21st-ranked player Javier Vazquez (148.3). Cabrera now rises to sixth place among all batters since 1995 in career Box-Toppers points. He has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.
Cubs pitcher John Lackey (7IP 4H 2R 2BB 6K ND in the 3-2 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 124.2 career points, rising to 38th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Friday, he passes Gary Sheffield (124.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 37th-ranked player Mariano Rivera (126.4). Lackey has 3.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Valencia earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Diaz earns 1.5 points for being NL 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    16.0
    `LAD 2, MIL 1 (F/12)
    Clayton Kershaw
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    1
    14
  

    AL
    8.0
    SEA 12, TB 4
    Danny Valencia, 1B
    3
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    8.0
    HOU 7, TEX 1
    Dallas Keuchel (W,9-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    7
  

    
    6.0
    SF 10, PHI 0
    Ty Blach (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    7
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    5.0
    DET 15, CHW 5
    Miguel Cabrera, 1B
    3
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.1
    BAL 3, BOS 2
    Alec Asher (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    3
    2
    2
    0
    5
  

    BAT
    4.0
    PIT 12, NYM 7
    Elias Diaz, C
    5
    1
    2
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TOR 7, NYY 5
    Justin Smoak, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    KC 4, CLE 0
    Jason Vargas (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    7
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    3.0
    MIN 11, LAA 5
    Joe Mauer, 1B
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 7, ARI 5
    Giancarlo Stanton, RF
    3
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    WSH 13, OAK 3
    Stephen Strasburg (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    3
    7
  

    
    3.0
    `CHC 3, STL 2
    John Lackey
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    2.0
    SD 8, COL 5
    Allen Cordoba, LF
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 3, ATL 2 (F/10)
    Devin Mesoraco, C
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	12.7	37.1	136.8	196.4	-11.7
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4	22.5	81.6	90.3	-7.7
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	7.4	14.4	50.2	50.2	0.4
Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	7.0	8.0	33.4	54.2	6.0
Smoak, Justin 2731	1b	tor al	5.5	9.0	22.2	28.4	2.0
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	3.0	16.4	42.8	124.2	-10.4
Cabrera, Miguel 1776	1b	det al	2.0	14.0	59.8	146.9	-10.0
Blach, Ty 3754	pi sp	sf nl	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0
Mauer, Joe 1869	1b	min al	2.0	3.5	25.0	72.6	0.5
Cordoba, Allen 3780	lf pr	sd nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Valencia, Danny 2772	1b 3b	sea al	1.7	6.2	10.7	14.7	-2.8
Diaz, Elias 3813	ca	pit nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Stanton, Giancarlo 2737	rf	fla nl	1.0	7.5	31.7	40.2	-5.5
Asher, Alec 3735	pi sp	bal al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Mesoraco, Devin 3037	ca	cin nl	1.0	1.0	13.5	13.5	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers player rankings for fourth straight week

Shawn Plank June 2, 2017

Kershaw leads players in Box-Toppers points for fourth week in a row. Aaron Judge of the Yankees regains player rankings lead among AL batters.

Washington Nationals, week's hottest team, regain top spot in Box-Toppers weekly team rankings

Shawn Plank June 2, 2017

After two-week absence, Nationals regain top spot in Box-Toppers team rankings and are hottest team of the week. Astros top AL teams for third week.

Indians' Corey Kluber tops players for Thursday, June 1; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 5th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 2, 2017

Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 1:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7
6	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
7	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
8	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	6.5
9	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	6.4
10	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	6.4

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Player of the Day—Kluber struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 8-0 win over the Athletics.

National League Player of the Day—Brewers pitcher Chase Anderson pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing three hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Mets.

American League Batter of the Day—Aaron Hicks of the Yankees hit three doubles and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in six runs, in the 12-2 win over the Blue Jays.

National League Batter of the Day—Gerardo Parra of the Rockies doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring once and driving in one run, in the 6-3 win over the Mariners.

Rankings—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Greinke (7IP 4H 2R 1ER 2BB 8K W in the 3-2 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.7 for the season, rising from seventh to fifth place among players for 2017. He ranks third among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now has 163.8 career Box-Toppers points, 13th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. Greinke trails 12th-ranked player Roger Clemens (164.8).

Notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright now has 115.5 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Wainwright (6IP 4H 0R 2BB 6K W in the 2-0 win over the Dodgers) rises to 46th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when player tracking began. With his 1.0 Box-Toppers point earned Thursday, Wainwright passes two players on the “all-time” list—Josh Beckett (114.9) and Tim Lincecum (115.0). He trails 45th-ranked player Torii Hunter (115.9).

Wainwright has 3.5 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Debut—Twins pitcher Adalberto Mejia made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Mejia (6IP 5H R 2BB 5K ND in the 4-2 win over the Angels) made his Major League debut Aug. 20, 2016, and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,812th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kluber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Anderson earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Hicks and Parra 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 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/1
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    CLE 8, OAK 0
    Corey Kluber (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    NL
    10.0
    MIL 2, NYM 1
    Chase Anderson (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    7.0
    NYY 12, TOR 2
    Aaron Hicks, CF
    5
    2
    4
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    ARI 3, MIA 2
    Zack Greinke (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    6.0
    STL 2, LAD 0
    Adam Wainwright (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    BAT
    2.0
    COL 6, SEA 3
    Gerardo Parra, LF
    4
    1
    4
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 7, BOS 5
    Mark Trumbo, RF
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `MIN 4, LAA 2
    Adalberto Mejia
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

` 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 the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	7.7	17.4	86.7	163.8	-2.0
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	4.0	25.2	69.4	69.4	-17.2
Parra, Gerardo 2746	rf lf	col nl	4.0	6.5	18.5	25.0	1.5
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	3.7	10.7	19.7	19.7	-3.3
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	3.5	13.7	64.8	115.5	-6.7
Hicks, Aaron 3170	cf	nyy al	3.0	4.0	8.0	8.0	2.0
Trumbo, Mark 2851	dh rf	bal al	2.0	10.2	29.9	35.9	-6.2
Mejia, Adalberto 3812	pi sp	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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