Giants' Madison Bumgarner tops players for Sunday, July 10, rising to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank July 11, 2016

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, earning the season’s second-highest Box-Toppers game score and rising to sixth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5
6	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0
7	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
9	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4

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Bumgarner pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out 14 and walking one in the 4-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season, rising to sixth in player rankings and fifth among National League pitchers.

He had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +21.0, the second-highest of the season, behind only the +22.0 score earned April 14 by Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez. (See chart below for the 12 highest Box-Toppers game score earned by Players of the Games in 2016.)

Also Sunday, Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda had the 11th-highest Box-Toppers game score of the season, +16.0, but since he was beaten out by NL pitcher Bumgarner for Player of the Day, he only earns Player of the Game honors and 1.0 Box-Toppers point. Maeda was Player of the Game in the 3-1 win over the Padres (7IP 2H R 0BB 13K W).

Bumgarner also now has 103.7 career Box-Toppers points and rises to 62nd place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Sunday, he passes four players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Beltran (101.9), Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2), Miguel Tejada (102.3) and Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (103.4). He now trails 61st-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0).

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher David Price pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing four hits and two walks, in the 4-0 win over the Rays.

Price earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and now has 102.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 65th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes five players on the “all-time” list—Paul Konerko (100.7), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4), Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (101.9) and Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2). Price trails 64th-ranked player Miguel Tejada (102.3).

American League Batter of the Day—Kennys Vargas of the Twins homered and went 1-for-2, scoring three times, in the 15-5 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Cameron Rupp of the Phillies homered and went 4-for-5, driving in four runs, in the 10-3 win over the Rockies.

Scoring—Bumgarner 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. Vargas and Rupp 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.

About Box-Toppers—Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/10
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    21.0
    SF 4/ARI 0
    Madison Bumgarner (W,10-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    14
  

    
    16.0
    LAD 3/SD 1
    Kenta Maeda (W,8-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    13
  

    AL
    13.0
    BOS 4/TB 0
    David Price (W,9-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    
    12.0
    ATL 2/CHW 0
    Mike Foltynewicz (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    10
  

    
    9.0
    STL 5/MIL 1
    Mike Leake (W,6-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    10
  

    
    4.1
    `DC 3/NYM 2
    Tanner Roark
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    4.0
    PHI 10/COL 3
    Cameron Rupp, C
    5
    1
    4
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `HOU 2/OAK 1
    Dallas Keuchel
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    3.1
    NYY 11/CLE 7
    Nathan Eovaldi (W,7-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.1
    1
    0
    0
    3
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIN 15/TEX 5
    Kennys Vargas, 1B
    2
    3
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    TOR 6/DET 1
    R.A. Dickey (W,7-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    2.1
    SEA 8/KC 5
    Mike Montgomery (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    5
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 4/LAA 2
    J.J. Hardy, SS
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIA 7/CIN 3
    Mike Dunn (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    CHC 6/PIT 5
    Hector Rondon (S,14)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

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

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

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0	28.0	98.0	103.7	-6.0
Price, David 2593	pi sp	bos al	8.4	29.5	85.5	102.2	-12.7
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	7.7	8.7	23.7	23.7	6.7
Eovaldi, Nathan 2928	pi sp	nyy al	6.7	8.7	25.8	25.8	4.7
Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp	lad nl	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.0	26.4	40.8	40.8	-16.4
Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	tor al	5.0	10.0	54.2	75.9	0.0
Rondon, Hector 3201	pi cp	chi nl	4.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	2.0
Rupp, Cameron 3556	ca	phi nl	3.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	2.5
Leake, Mike 2709	pi sp	stl nl	3.0	13.0	38.1	42.6	-7.0
Montgomery, Mike 3513	pi cp mr sp	sea al	3.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	-1.0
Foltynewicz, Mike 3455	pi sp	atl nl	3.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	0.3
Hardy, J.J. 2071	ss	bal al	2.7	2.7	24.1	51.3	2.7
Vargas, Kennys 3511	1b	min al	2.5	4.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Dunn, Michael 2867	pi mr cp	fla nl	1.0	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.0

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Highest Box-Toppers game scores of 2016
Here are the highest Box-Toppers game scores earned by Players of the Games in 2016. Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez had the highest score of +22.0 on April 14 when he was Player of the Day (earning 2.0 Box-Toppers points). All but two players among the top 12 here earned Player of the Day honors. Cardinals pitcher Jamie Garcia and Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda earned Player of the Game honors (worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point) because they finished behind that day’s overall top player—Garcia finished behind Velasquez on April 14 and Garcia finished behind Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner on July 10.
 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    

    Date
    Bonus
    Score
    Team
    Players
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    1
    4/14
    MLB
    22.0
    Phillies
    Vince Velasquez (W,2-0)
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    16
  

    2
    7/10
    MLB
    21.0
    Giants
    Madison Bumgarner (W,10-4)
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    14
  

    3
    5/1
    MLB
    20.0
    Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw (W,3-1)
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    14
  

    4
    4/14
    
    20.0
    Cardinals
    Jaime Garcia (W,1-0)
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    13
  

    5
    5/11
    MLB
    19.0
    Nationals
    Max Scherzer (W,4-2)
    9.0
    6
    2
    2
    0
    20
  

    6
    5/12
    MLB
    18.0
    Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw (W,5-1)
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    13
  

    7
    4/23
    MLB
    17.0
    Nationals
    Tanner Roark (W,2-2)
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    15
  

    8
    6/5
    MLB
    17.0
    Marlins
    Jose Fernandez (W,9-2)
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    14
  

    9
    4/15
    MLB
    16.0
    White Sox
    Chris Sale (W,3-0)
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    10
    6/8
    MLB
    16.0
    Mariners
    Taijuan Walker (W,3-6)
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    11
  

    11
    7/10
    
    16.0
    Dodgers
    Kenta Maeda (W,8-6)
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    13
  

    12
    4/19
    MLB
    16.0
    `Rays
    Drew Smyly
    8.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    11
  

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

Royals' Kendrys Morales tops players for Saturday, June 18; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 19, 2016

Kendrys Morales of the Royals is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 18:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8

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Also Saturday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning NL Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Morales hit two doubles, going 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in five runs, in the 16-5 win over the Tigers.

Morales had a Box-Toppers game score of +8.0, tied with Greinke, who was Player of the Game in the Diamondbacks’ 4-1 win over the Phillies. But when batters and pitchers have the same Box-Toppers game score, batters win the tiebreaker, giving Morales overall Player of the Day honors.

National League Player of the Day—Greinke allowed one run and three hits over eight innings, striking out six and walking one, in the 4-1 win over the Phillies.

Greinke earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 9.7 for the season, rising to seventh among all player and among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now has 156.1 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 15th place in career points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Saturday, Greinke passes Mike Mussina (155.6) and now trails 14th-ranked player Tim Hudson (157.0).

All-time leaders

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	182.0
6	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	177.3
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	176.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
10	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	164.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	156.1
16	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

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

National League Batter of the Day—J.T. Realmuto of the Marlins hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 4-for-5, in the 9-6 win over the Rockies.

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

Notable—Carlos Beltran of the Yankees rises to 64th place in Box-Toppers among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Beltran (HR 3-5 2R 2BI in the 7-6 win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 101.9 for his career. With his point Saturday, he passes four players on the “all-time” list—Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4), Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (101.4) and Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (101.7). Beltran now trails 63rd-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Beltran has 3.0 Box-Toppers points on the season.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debuts Saturday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Tyler Naquin of the Indians (HR 3B 3-3 R 4BI in the 13-2 win over the White Sox) made his Major League debut April 5 and was playing in his 41st career game. He is the 3,662nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Braves pitcher Dario Alvarez (0.2IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 4-3 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut Sept. 3, 2014, and was playing in his 12th career game. He is the 3,663rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

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

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/18
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    8.0
    KC 16/DET 5
    Kendrys Morales, DH
    5
    4
    4
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    8.0
    ARI 4/PHI 1
    Zack Greinke (W,10-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    5.0
    CLE 13/CHW 2
    Tyler Naquin, CF
    3
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    SD 7/DC 3
    Wil Myers, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `HOU 5/CIN 4
    Dallas Keuchel
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    6
  

    
    3.2
    `TEX 4/STL 3
    Cesar Ramos
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIA 9/COL 6
    J.T. Realmuto, C
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 4/TOR 2
    Jonathan Schoop, 2B
    4
    3
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 10/MIL 6
    Justin Turner, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 4/PIT 3
    David Ross, C
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 7/MIN 6
    Carlos Beltran, RF
    5
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SF 6/TB 4
    Joe Panik, 2B
    4
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    ATL 4/NYM 3
    Dario Alvarez (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    LAA 7/OAK 1
    Mike Trout, CF
    5
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    BOS 6/SEA 2
    Christian Vazquez, C
    3
    1
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7	30.4	95.5	156.1	-11.0
Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	5.5	17.5	42.0	42.0	-6.5
Panik, Joe 3401	2b	sf nl	4.0	8.0	9.0	9.0	0.0
Myers, Wil 3228	1b	sd nl	4.0	7.0	12.5	12.5	1.0
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	3.0	24.4	38.8	38.8	-18.4
Beltran, Carlos 1194	rf dh	nyy al	3.0	6.5	23.9	101.9	-0.5
Realmuto, J.T. 3491	ca	fla nl	2.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	-2.5
Schoop, Jonathan 3307	2b	bal al	2.5	5.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Ross, David 1729	ca	chi nl	2.5	2.5	11.0	27.1	2.5
Morales, Kendrys 2142	dh	kc al	2.0	6.7	16.7	32.7	-2.7
Ramos, Cesar 3168	pi sp mr	tex al	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
Turner, Justin 2865	3b 2b	lad nl	1.0	5.0	10.5	10.5	-3.0
Vazquez, Christian 3380	ca	bos al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Alvarez, Dario 3663	pi mr	atl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Naquin, Tyler 3662	cf	cle al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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

Shawn Plank June 15, 2016

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

Top 10 players

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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Dodgers' Kazmir tops players for Tuesday, May 31; Marlins' Fernandez rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank June 1, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and becomes the 70th player since 1995 to earn 100 or more career Box-Toppers points.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 31:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

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Also Tuesday, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rose to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out seven, in the 5-0 win over the Cubs. Kazmir did not earn the win, picking up a no decision because the game was tied when he exited.

Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 101.4 career Box-Toppers points. He becomes the 70th player with 100 or more points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he rises to 64th place on Box-Toppers “all-time” list, passing seven players—Red Sox pitcher David Price (99.5), Larry Walker (100.1), Jeff Bagwell (100.4), Paul Konerko (100.7), Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (100.9), Jason Schmidt (101.2) and Tim Wakefield (101.4). Kazmir trails 63rd-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Kazmir has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 15th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Mookie Betts of the Red Sox hit three home runs, going 3-for-5 and driving in five runs, in the 6-2 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—DJ LeMahieu of the Rockies homered and hit two doubles, going 4-for-4, scoring four times and driving in two runs, in the 17-4 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the AL Player of the Day is a batter, Mookie Betts.

Rankings—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rose to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Fernandez (7IP 3H 0R 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season, rising to second in season player rankings, trailing only Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (14.0).

Notable—Giants pitcher Jake Peavy rises to 24th place among all players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Peavy (7IP H 0R 3K W in the 4-0 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 138.8 career points, passing Andy Pettitte (138.5) on the “all-time” list. He now trails 23rd-ranked player David Ortiz of the Red Sox (141.4). Peavy has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

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

Tyler Saladino of the White Sox (HR 2-2 2R 2BI in the 6-4 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut July 10, 2015, and was playing in his 93rd career game. He is the 3,645th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Blue Jays pitcher Joe Biagini (1IP H 0R 2K W in the 4-1 win over the Yankees) made his Major League debut April 8 and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,646th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Betts 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 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/31
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    `LAD 5/CHC 0
    Scott Kazmir
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    
    10.0
    MIA 3/PIT 1
    Jose Fernandez (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    9.0
    SF 4/ATL 0
    Jake Peavy (W,2-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    AL
    6.0
    BOS 6/BAL 2
    Mookie Betts, RF
    5
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    6.0
    COL 17/CIN 4
    DJ LeMahieu, 2B
    4
    4
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    STL 10/MIL 3
    Matt Carpenter, 3B
    5
    4
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    SEA 16/SD 4
    Kyle Seager, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 8/ARI 5
    George Springer, RF
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    LAA 11/DET 9
    C.J. Cron, DH
    4
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    DC 5/PHI 1
    Joe Ross (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    KC 10/TB 5
    Lorenzo Cain, CF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHW 6/NYM 4
    Tyler Saladino, SS
    2
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 7/CLE 3
    Colby Lewis (W,5-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 7/MIN 4
    Danny Valencia, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TOR 4/NYY 1
    Joe Biagini (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

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

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	9.7	14.4	40.4	40.4	5.0
Lewis, Colby 1567	pi sp	tex al	5.7	13.4	31.6	43.0	-2.0
Kazmir, Scott 1947	pi sp	lad nl	5.0	17.7	45.6	101.4	-7.7
Cain, Lorenzo 3171	cf	kc al	5.0	13.2	19.2	19.2	-3.2
Ross, Joe 3499	pi sp	dc nl	4.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	-0.3
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	4.7	7.7	9.7	9.7	1.7
Valencia, Danny 2772	3b	oak al	4.5	8.0	10.0	13.0	1.0
LeMahieu, DJ 3091	2b	col nl	3.5	10.5	16.5	16.5	-3.5
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b 1b	stl nl	3.5	9.0	23.5	23.5	-2.0
Seager, Kyle 3031	3b	sea al	3.5	8.5	22.5	22.5	-1.5
Springer, George 3337	rf	hou al	3.5	4.5	7.5	7.5	2.5
Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	sf nl	2.0	7.0	35.1	138.8	-3.0
Cron, C.J. 3338	dh 1b	ana al	1.0	7.0	8.0	8.0	-5.0
Biagini, Joe 3646	pi mr	tor al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Saladino, Tyler 3645	ss	chi al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Phillies' Eickhoff tops players for Thursday, Oct. 1; Rangers' Beltre rises to top AL batters in Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank October 2, 2015

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

Also, Adrian Beltre of the Rangers, earning Player of the Game honors for the third straight day, rises to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers points with three days to go in the season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Oct. 1.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	27.1
2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	24.7
3	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	21.4
4	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	21.4
5	Price, David 2593	pi sp	tor al	21.1
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	19.7
7	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	19.4
8	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	19.0
9	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	19.0
10	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	18.0

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Player of the Day—Eickhoff pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing four hits, in the 3-0 win over the Mets.

American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi struck out seven over seven innings, allowing four hits and one unearned run, in the 4-1 win over the Marlins.

American League Batter of the Day—Manny Machado of the Orioles homered twice and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 6-4 win over the Blue Jays.

National League Batter of the Day—Socrates Brito of the Diamondbacks tripled and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in one run, in the 8-6 win over the Rockies.

This was Brito’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Brito made his Major League debut Sept. 8 and was playing in his 15th career game. He is the 3,606th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Rankings—Adrian Beltre of the Rangers rose to first place among AL batters in Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday for the third straight day.

Beltre (2B 2-3 R 3BI in the 5-3 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.5 for the season. He passes Mike Trout of the Angels (12.0) to lead AL batters.

A week ago, Beltre ranked sixth among AL batters with 9.5 Box-Toppers points. He’s earned Player of the Game honors Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to rise to the AL lead and ranks 24th among all players.

If Beltre’s lead holds through the final three days of the season, his 12.5 Box-Toppers points would be tied for the lowest point total to lead AL batters in a single season. In 2008, Aubrey Huff of the Orioles led AL batters with 12.5 points. In 2012, Beltre led AL batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, his best season. He had 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2014. While in 2014, Beltre had batting numbers similar to or better than this year, the Rangers did not win as many games.

Beltre also rises to 62nd place among players in Box-Toppers points since 1995 (when record keeping began). Beltre has 101.8 career Box-Toppers points and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4) and Adam Wainwright (101.8). He trails 61st-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

It should be noted that Wakefield and Griffey both began their careers before the advent of Box-Toppers and would likely have higher point totals if their entire career were tracked. Wakefield started in 1992 and would likely have about 110 Box-Toppers points, according to rough projections. Griffey started in 1989 and would likely have about 140. Schmidt debuted in 1995 and Wainwright in 2005, so their entire careers have been tracked by Box-Toppers.

Notable—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rose to 10th place among NL pitchers in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Strasburg (6IP 6H 0R 7K W in the 3-0 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.0 for the season. He ranks 17th among all players.

Reports—Our usual Friday reports on team and player rankings will be delayed until after the season’s final games Sunday. Here are last week’s penultimate (and also next-to-last) team rankings and player rankings reports of the season.

Scoring—Eickhoff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Odorizzi earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Machado and Brito each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    10/1
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    Phillies
    Jerad Eickhoff (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    
    10.0
    Padres
    Ian Kennedy (W,9-15)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    11
  

    AL
    7.0
    Rays
    Jake Odorizzi (W,9-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    0
    2
    7
  

    
    6.0
    Nationals
    Stephen Strasburg (W,11-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    5.0
    Orioles
    Manny Machado, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    Cubs
    Jason Hammel (W,10-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    4.0
    `Yankees
    Adam Warren (MR)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Dbacks
    Socrates Brito, PH-LF
    3
    2
    3
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Rangers
    Adrian Beltre, 3B
    3
    1
    2
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    Dodgers
    Brett Anderson (W,10-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    2
    2
    0
    3
  

    
    2.0
    Royals
    Jonny Gomes, RF
    2
    0
    1
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Twins
    Kevin Jepsen (S,15)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

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

Red Sox' Hill tops players for Sunday, Sept. 13; Dodgers' Greinke rises to 4th in player rankings

Shawn Plank September 14, 2015

Red Sox pitcher Rich Hill is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, marking the first time he’s earned Box-Toppers points in more than six years.

Also Sunday, Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke rose to fourth place in Box-Toppers player rankings and Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rose to 10th.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Sept. 13.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	22.1
2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	21.7
3	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	20.4
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	19.7
5	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	19.4
6	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	19.4
7	Price, David 2593	pi sp	tor al	19.1
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	17.1
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	17.0
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	17.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Hill pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out 10, in the 2-0, 13-inning win over the Rays. Hill did not pick up the win, earning a no-decision, because he exited with the game in a scoreless tie.

This was the first time Hill has earned Player of the Game honors since June 1, 2009, with the Orioles, when he was Player of the Day. Hill’s best season was 2007 with the Cubs when he had 11.7 Box-Toppers points.

National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out 10, in the 4-3 win over the Diamondbacks.

Greinke earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 19.7 for the season and rising to fourth place in player rankings. He also ranks fourth place among NL pitchers.

Greinke now also has 145.4 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 21st place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. He trails 20th-place player Jim Thome (146.7).

American League Batter of the Day—Adrian Beltre of the Rangers hit two homers and drove in five runs in the 12-4 win over the Athletics.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Adams of the Cardinals hit a two-run, pinch-hit home run in the 9-2 win over the Reds.

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rose to 10th place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. Scherzer (8IP 5H 0R 6K W in the 5-0 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 17.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Scherzer also rises to 61st place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. With his point Sunday, Scherzer now has 102.0 career Box-Toppers points and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4) and Adam Wainwright (101.8). He trails 60th-place player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Debut—Dixon Machado of the Tigers made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Machado (2B 2-3 2R 2BI in the 9-2 win over the Indians) made his Major League debut May 25 and was playing in his ninth career game. He is the 3,590th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Hill earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Greinke earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Beltre and Adams each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    9/13
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    `Red Sox
    Rich Hill
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    NL
    11.0
    Dodgers
    Zack Greinke (W,17-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    10.0
    Yankees
    Masahiro Tanaka (W,12-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    9.0
    Nationals
    Max Scherzer (W,12-11)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    8.2
    Twins
    Kyle Gibson (W,10-10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Rangers
    Adrian Beltre, 3B
    5
    2
    2
    5
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Astros
    Jed Lowrie, DH
    1
    1
    1
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Orioles
    Jonathan Schoop, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Tigers
    Dixon Machado, SS
    3
    2
    2
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Cardinals
    Matt Adams, PH-1B
    1
    1
    1
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Giants
    Angel Pagan, CF
    4
    3
    2
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Mets
    Curtis Granderson, RF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Phillies
    Ryan Howard, 1B
    3
    1
    1
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Pirates
    Pedro Alvarez, 1B
    2
    2
    1
    1
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Rockies
    John Axford (S,23)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.0
    Indians
    Chris Johnson, 1B
    4
    0
    3
    2
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

Tigers' Price tops players for Friday, June 12, rises to 5th in player rankings; Kershaw debuts in top 10

Shawn Plank June 13, 2015

Tigers pitcher David Price is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in player rankings.

Also Friday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rose to 10th place in player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 12.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	12.4
2	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	11.0
3	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	11.0
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.4
5	Price, David 2593	pi sp	det al	10.1
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	9.7
7	Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	9.7
8	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	9.0
9	Heston, Chris 3437	pi sp	sf nl	8.7
10	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Price pitched a complete game shutout, striking out eight and allowing seven hits, in the 4-0 win over the Indians.

Price earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.1 points for the season and rises to fifth place in season player rankings, fourth among American League pitchers. He is the fifth player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points.

Price had a Box-Toppers game score of 10, tied with Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia (Player of the Game in the win over the Royals), but Price won overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker because he had more innings pitched—nine vs. eight.

National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and striking out six, in the 4-0 win over the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day—Aramis Ramirez of the Brewers drove in five runs on three doubles in the 8-4 win over the Nationals.

Ramirez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day and rises to 57th place among all players since 1995 when Box-Toppers record keeping began. Ramirez now has 102.3 career Box-Toppers points and with his points Friday, passes six players on Box-Toppers “all-time” list:

Jason Schmidt 101.2
Tim Wakefield 101.4
Adam Wainwright 101.8
John Lackey 101.8
Ken Griffey Jr. 102.2
Miguel Tejada 102.3

Ramirez, who has 2.5 Box-Toppers points on the season, now trails 56th-place player Jamie Moyer (104.0 Box-Toppers points).

American League Batter of the Day—Chris Davis of the Orioles hit a three-run home run and went 3-for-5, driving in four total runs, in the 11-3 win over the Yankees.

Rankings—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rose to 10th place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. Kershaw (6.2IP 4H R 11K ND in the 4-3 win over the Padres) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.0 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.

Kershaw led all players in Box-Toppers points with 31.5, the fourth-highest single-season total since record keeping began in 1995. While Kershaw is just now making his debut in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings, he is actually just ahead of his pace for 2014. At this point in 2014, Kershaw had 7.7 Box-Toppers points.

With his point Friday, Kershaw now has 141.6 career Box-Toppers points and remains in 20th place among all players since record keeping began in 1995. He ranks 14th among all pitchers on that list.

Notable—Box-Toppers points leader for 2015 Felix Hernandez had a very un-Box-Toppers points leader kind of day Friday.

Hernandez allowed eight runs and five hits in only one-third of an inning in the 10-0 loss to the Astros. Astros pitcher Brett Oberholtzer (8IP 3H 0R 5K W) was Player of the Game.

Hernandez leads players in Box-Toppers points this season with 12.4.

Debut—Pirates pitcher Arquimedes Caminero made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Caminero (1IP 0H 0R 2K ND in the 1-0 win over the Phillies) made his Major League debut Aug. 16, 2013, and was playing in his 60th career game. He is the 3,498th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Price earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Garcia earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Ramirez and Davis each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    10.0
    Tigers
    David Price (W, 6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    7
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    NL
    10.0
    Cardinals
    Jaime Garcia (W, 2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    8.2
    `Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    4
    1
    1
    3
    11
  

    
    8.0
    Astros
    Brett Oberholtzer (W, 1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    
    7.0
    Dbacks
    Chase Anderson (W, 2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    4.2
    `Rangers
    Wandy Rodriguez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    3
    1
    1
    3
    6
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Brewers
    Aramis Ramirez   3B
    4
    0
    3
    5
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Mets
    John Mayberry Jr.   LF
    2
    2
    2
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    Orioles
    Chris Davis   1B
    5
    1
    3
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Blue Jays
    Justin Smoak   1B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Angels
    Mike Trout   CF
    3
    2
    3
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Rays
    Jake McGee (S, 2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    `Pirates
    Arquimedes Caminero
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    Reds
    Todd Frazier   3B
    5
    3
    2
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Marlins
    J.T. Realmuto   C
    4
    1
    1
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

Mariners' Walker tops players for Friday, May 29; Athletics' Gray rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank May 30, 2015

Mariners pitcher Taijuan Walker is Friday’s Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray rose to seventh place in Box-Toppers player rankings. Plus, three pitchers with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Friday—Tim Hudson of the Giants, Dan Haren of the Marlins and John Lackey of the Cardinals.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of May 29.


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	11.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	9.0
3	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	9.0
4	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	7.0
5	Miller, Shelby 3134	pi sp	atl nl	7.0
6	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	6.7
7	Gray, Sonny 3259	pi sp	oak al	6.7
8	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	6.7
9	Heston, Chris 3437	pi sp	sf nl	6.7
10	Fielder, Prince 2029	dh	tex al	6.5

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Walker pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits, in the 2-1 win over the Indians.

National League Player of the Day—Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing two hits, in the 4-1 win over the Phillies. Bettis had a perfect game into the seventh inning and a no-hitter into the eighth inning, before giving up a one-out single.

This was Bettis’ Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. He made his Major League debut Aug. 1, 2013, and was playing in his 41st career game. He is the 3,481st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Hamilton of the Rangers hit two home runs and scored three total runs in the 7-4 win over the Red Sox. It was Hamilton’s first Player of the Game honor of the season and the first since his return to the Rangers after two seasons with the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Friday because no NL batters earned Player of the Game honors.

Rankings—Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray rose to seventh place in Box-Toppers player rankings for the season after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. Gray (8IP 4H 2R 5K W in the 6-2 win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.7 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

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

Giants pitcher Tim Hudson rose to 13th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when record keeping began. Hudson earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game in the 4-2 win over the Braves (7IP 5H R 4K W), giving him 155.0 career Box-Toppers points. Hudson passes Felix Hernandez (154.7) on that list and trails 12th-place player, Mike Mussina (155.6). Hudson has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.
Marlins pitcher Dan Haren rose to 48th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when record keeping began. Haren earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game in the 4-3 win over the Mets (7IP 4H 2R 4K W), giving him 111.2 career Box-Toppers points. Haren passes Jon Lester (111.1) and Tom Glavine (110.6) on that list and trails 47th-place player Torii Hunter (111.4). Haren has 3.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.
Cardinals pitcher John Lackey rose to 59th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when record keeping began. Lackey earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game in the 3-0 win over the Dodgers (7IP 5H 0R 9K W), giving him 101.8 career Box-Toppers points. Lackey passes Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4) and Adam Wainwright (101.8) on that list and trails Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2). Lackey has 3.7 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Scoring—Walker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bettis earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Hamilton earns 1.5 Box-Toppers 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/29
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    Mariners
    Taijuan Walker (W, 2-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    NL
    13.0
    Rockies
    Chad Bettis (W, 2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    10.0
    Cardinals
    John Lackey (W, 3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    9
  

    
    9.0
    `Orioles
    Miguel Gonzalez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    8.1
    Angels
    Hector Santiago (W, 4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    3
    0
    0
    3
    7
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Rangers
    Josh Hamilton   LF
    3
    3
    2
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Giants
    Tim Hudson (W, 3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    4
  

    
    3.0
    White Sox
    Geovany Soto   C
    1
    1
    1
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Athletics
    Sonny Gray (W, 6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    2
    2
    2
    5
  

    
    3.0
    Padres
    Craig Kimbrel (W, 1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.2
    Dbacks
    Addison Reed (W, 2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    Royals
    Lorenzo Cain   CF
    4
    2
    3
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Marlins
    Dan Haren (W, 5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    4
  

    
    2.0
    Reds
    Aroldis Chapman (S, 8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    1.0
    Blue Jays
    Josh Donaldson   3B
    5
    1
    2
    3
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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

Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers' short- and long-term leader boards

Shawn Plank January 16, 2014

Clayton Kershaw, who Wednesday agreed to the richest-ever contract for a pitcher, was not only the best player of 2013, he was the best player the past two seasons and has been the most reliable and consistent player for the past six seasons.

Kershaw, 25, and the Dodgers agreed on a seven-year, $215 million deal Wednesday. He will make the highest average annual salary in baseball history at $30.7 million.

The Dodgers pitcher sits atop three of Box-Toppers’ four leader boards at the end of the 2013 season:

• He led all players in the 2013 season with 21.7 Box-Toppers points.

• He led all players for the combined 2012 and 2013 seasons with 42.5 Box-Toppers points.

• He led all players over the period from 2008 to 2013 with 102.1 Box-Toppers points.

Clayton Kershaw

Here are Kershaw's career Box-Toppers statistics. He made his debut as a starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008. The middle column shows his Box-Toppers points (BTP) for each season. The next column shows his rank among all players for that season. The final column shows his rank among all NL pitchers for the season.

Kershaw has been top overall player in Box-Toppers points in 2011 and 2013 and was top NL pitcher in 2012.

Year	Pos	Team	BTP	Rank	NL pitcher rank
2008	pi sp	lad nl	4.0	276	73
2009	pi sp	lad nl	13.1	22	8
2010	pi sp	lad nl	16.1	12	8
2011	pi sp	lad nl	26.1	1	1
2012	pi sp	lad nl	20.8	2	1
2013	pi sp	lad nl	21.7	1	1
Career			102.1	54	34*
2008-13			102.1	1	1
2012-13			42.5	1	1

BTP: Box-Toppers points

* Kershaw ranked 34th among all pitchers on the "all-time" Box-Toppers points list, 1995-2013.

In fact, the only Box-Toppers leader board in which Kershaw fails to prevail is the “all-time” list, topped by retired pitcher Randy Johnson with 278.8 points. In this leader board, which tracks all games since Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995, Kershaw ranks 54th. Kershaw, who made his Major League debut in 2008, has 102.1 career Box-Toppers points, just behind Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2) and just ahead of Tim Wakefield (101.4).

During the 2013 season, Kershaw passed more than 40 players on the all-time list. At the end of 2012, he was in 98th place with 80.4 Box-Toppers points and rose to 54th after 2013. His strong 2013 season also helped him rise to the top of both the two-year and six-year leader boards.

At the end of the 2012 season, Kershaw was in second place in the two-season leader board. He had 46.9 Box-Toppers points over 2011-2012, behind leader Justin Verlander with 49.2 points. Verlander, the Tigers pitcher, fell to third place in the two-season leader board after 2013—he had 34.8 Box-Toppers points over 2012-2013. (See charts at the bottom of this post for comparisons of leader boards from the end of 2012 and the end of 2013.)

Kershaw made a big jump in the six-season leader board from 2012 to 2013. At the end of 2012, Kershaw was in ninth place with 80.4 Box-Toppers points from 2007 to 2012. Yankees pitcher C.C. Sabathia topped the list with 102.0 points. Sabathia fell behind Kershaw to second place in the six-season list after 2013—he had 93.6 points from 2008-2013.

Some other observations from the newly posted updated leader board lists:

• Kershaw tops all National League pitchers in the six-year leader board (2008-2013) with 102.1 Box-Toppers points. He was in fourth place in the six-year leader board after 2012, with 80.4 Box-Toppers points over the 2007-2012 period, behind leader Roy Halladay with 97.7 points. Halladay fell to fifth among NL pitchers in the six-year leader board after last season, with 87.3 points.

• Sabathia remains the leader among American League pitchers in the six-year leader board (2008-2013), though his point total decreased. From 2007-2012, he had 102.0 Box-Toppers points and from 2008-2013, he had 93.6 points. While he still leads among AL pitchers, his lead narrowed over the second-place pitcher, Justin Verlander. Verlander had 93.5 Box-Toppers points from 2007-2012, trailing Sabathia by 8.5. But after 2013, Verlander was only 0.5 behind Sabathia in the six-year leader board from 2008-2013, with 93.1 Box-Toppers points.

• Albert Pujols maintained his lead among American League batters in the six-year leader board, though his point total decreased from last season. From 2007-2012, Pujols had 73.5 Box-Toppers points and from 2008-2013, he had 69.8. Like Sabathia, Pujols’ lead in this category also narrowed over the second-place AL batter, Miguel Cabrera. After 2012, Cabrera, with 67.8 Box-Toppers points, trailed Pujols by 5.7. But after 2013, Cabrera closed the gap to 0.1—he had 69.7 Box-Toppers points from 2008-2013.

• Ryan Braun still leads among National League batters in the six-year leader board and though his point total is down and he was inactive with injury and drug suspension most of 2013, his lead in the category has actually increased since last season. Braun had 64.7 Box-Toppers points from 2007-2012 and 63.0 points from 2008-2013. In second place in the category after 2012 was Ryan Howard with 60.5 points. Howard remains in second after 2013, but with 52.8. So Braun, despite earning only 3.5 Box-Toppers points in 2013, went from having a 4.2-point lead after 2012 to a 7.7-point lead after 2013.

• Max Scherzer of the Tigers supplants teammate Justin Verlander atop the leader board for AL pitchers for the past two seasons. Scherzer has 35.1 Box-Toppers points over 2012 and 2013, narrowly beating Verlander in second place with 34.8. Verlander led AL pitchers over the 2011-2012 period with 49.2 Box-Toppers points. Scherzer was in 10th place on that list with 24.4.

• Miguel Cabrera supplants Prince Fielder atop the leader board for AL batters for the past two seasons. Cabrera has 28.6 Box-Toppers points over 2012 and 2013, while Fielder is in 10th place on that list with 15.0. However, Fielder led the two-year AL batter list over 2011-2012 with 22.2 Box-Toppers points—Cabrera was in third place on that list with 19.2.

• Carlos Gonzalez supplants Ryan Braun atop the leader board for NL batters for the past two seasons. Gonzalez has 20.2 Box-Toppers points over 2012 and 2013, while Braun is in fifth place with 16.0. But Braun led the two-year NL batter list over 2011-2012 with 23.0 Box-Toppers points—Gonzalez was in eighth place with 16.2.

Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Top players from the winning team of each game are determined by a formula using standard box score statistics. The player on the winning team with the highest Box-Toppers game score is Player of the Game and receives 1.0 Box-Toppers point. The Player of the Game with the highest overall Box-Toppers game score for all the games played that day is Player of the Day and earns a total of 2.0 Box-Toppers points. The top player of the day in the opposite league receives a total of 1.7 Box-Toppers points. If both the day’s top overall player and top player in the opposite league are pitchers, then the top American League and top National League batter of the day receive a total of 1.5 Box-Toppers points each.

Single season leaders comparison, 2012 vs. 2013

Here is a comparison of single season leaders in Box-Toppers points for 2012 (left) and 2013 (right):

	2012 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	2013 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	24.8	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	21.7
2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.8	Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	20.2
3	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	20.4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	19.4
4	Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	nym nl	19.1	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	19
5	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	18.7	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	18.1
6	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	17.7	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	17.4
7	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	17.7	Sanchez, Anibal 2187	pi sp	det al	17.1
8	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	17.7	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	16.9
9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	17	Liriano, Francisco 2104	pi sp	pit nl	16.7
10	Medlen, Kris 2596	pi sp mr cp	atl nl	17	Masterson, Justin 2462	pi sp	cle al	16.4

	TOP AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	24.8	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	18.1
2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	18.7	Sanchez, Anibal 2187	pi sp	det al	17.1
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	17	Masterson, Justin 2462	pi sp	cle al	16.4
4	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	16.8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	16.1
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	15.7	Moore, Matt 2975	pi sp	tb al	16.1
6	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	15.4	Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048	pi sp	sea al	16.1
7	Kuroda, Hiroki 2401	pi sp	nyy al	15.4	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	16
8	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	15.1	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	14.8
9	Shields, James 2157	pi sp	tb al	14.7	Jimenez, Ubaldo 2349	pi sp	cle al	14.5
10	Price, David 2593	pi sp	tb al	14.1	Colon, Bartolo	pi sp	oak al	13.1

	TOP AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Beltre, Adrian 1141	3b	tex al	13.5	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	16.9
2	Davis, Chris 2478	1b lf dh rf	bal al	12	Soriano, Alfonso 1445	lf	nyy al	12.9
3	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	11.7	Davis, Chris 2478	1b	bal al	12.7
4	Hamilton, Josh 2332	cf lf	tex al	11.5	Cano, Robinson 2092	2b	nyy al	12.5
5	Trout, Mike 2949	cf rf lf	ana al	11	Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	12.4
6	Rios, Alex 1989	rf	chi al	9.9	Raburn, Ryan 2340	rf dh lf ph	cle al	9.5
7	Butler, Billy 2330	dh	kc al	9.7	Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	oak al	9.5
8	Mauer, Joe 1869	ca dh 1b	min al	9	Butler, Billy 2330	dh	kc al	9
9	Granderson, Curtis 2051	cf	nyy al	8.7	Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	1b dh	tor al	8.7
10	Trumbo, Mark 2851	lf 1b rf dh	ana al	8.7	Fielder, Prince 2029	1b	det al	8.5

	TOP NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.8	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	21.7
2	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	20.4	Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	20.2
3	Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	nym nl	19.1	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	19.4
4	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	17.7	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	19
5	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	17.7	Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp	ari nl	17.4
6	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	17.7	Liriano, Francisco 2104	pi sp	pit nl	16.7
7	Medlen, Kris 2596	pi sp mr cp	atl nl	17	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	16.1
8	Latos, Mat 2644	pi sp	cin nl	15.4	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	15.7
9	Kimbrel, Craig 2825	pi cp	atl nl	15	Miller, Shelby 3134	pi sp	stl nl	15.4
10	Cain, Matt 2081	pi sp	sf nl	14.7	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	15

	TOP NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	12.5	Goldschmidt, Paul 2935	1b	ari nl	13.7
2	Holliday, Matt 1836	lf	stl nl	11.7	Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	11.5
3	Kemp, Matt 2151	cf	lad nl	10	Cuddyer, Michael 1826	rf	col nl	11.5
4	Freese, David 2710	3b	stl nl	9.7	Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	lf	col nl	11
5	Uggla, Dan 2158	2b	atl nl	9.5	Harper, Bryce 3011	lf	dc nl	9.4
6	Wright, David 1911	3b	nym nl	9.5	Zimmerman, Ryan 2180	3b	dc nl	9.2
7	Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	cin nl	9.5	Venable, Will 2621	rf cf	sd nl	9
8	Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	lf	col nl	9.2	Murphy, Daniel 2589	2b	nym nl	8.5
9	Hill, Aaron 2056	2b	ari nl	9	Alvarez, Pedro 2817	3b	pit nl	7.7
10	LaRoche, Adam 1910	1b	dc nl	9	Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	cin nl	7.5

BTP: Box-Toppers points
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Two-season leaders comparison, 2012 vs. 2013

Here is a comparison of two-season leaders in Box-Toppers points. At left are the leaders in Box-Toppers points for the combined 2011 and 2012 seasons. At right are the points leaders in the combined 2012 and 2013 seasons:

	2011-12 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	2012-13 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	49.2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	42.5
2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	46.9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	35.1
3	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	38.2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	34.8
4	Shields, James 2157	pi sp	tb al	34.8	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	33.8
5	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	33.4	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	33.5
6	Gallardo, Yovani 2333	pi sp	mil nl	32.9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	33.4
7	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	32.8	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	32.8
8	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	31.7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	32.1
9	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	30.8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	31.8
10	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	30.4	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	30.4

	TOP AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	49.2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	35.1
2	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	38.2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	34.8
3	Shields, Jamie (James) 2157	pi sp	tb al	34.8	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	33.5
4	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	30.4	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	32.8
5	Price, David 2593	pi sp	tb al	29.2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	31.8
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ana al	29.2	Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	tor al	27.5
7	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	29.1	Kuroda, Hiroki 2401	pi sp	nyy al	25.8
8	Morrow, Brandon 2264	pi sp	tor al	25.7	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	25.1
9	Kuroda, Hiroki 2401	pi sp	nyy al	25.1	Shields, James 2157	pi sp	kc al	24.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	24.4	Masterson, Justin 2462	pi sp	cle al	24.1

	TOP AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Fielder, Prince 2029	1b	det al	22.2	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	28.6
2	Granderson, Curtis 2051	cf	nyy al	21.4	Davis, Chris 2478	1b	bal al	24.7
3	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	19.2	Beltre, Adrian 1141	3b	tex al	21.4
4	Hamilton, Josh 2332	cf lf	tex al	19	Butler, Billy 2330	dh	kc al	18.7
5	Pujols, Albert 1438	1b	ana al	18.5	Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	17.4
6	Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362	ss	cle al	18.2	Soriano, Alfonso 1445	lf	nyy al	17.1
7	Beltre, Adrian 1141	3b	tex al	18	Cano, Robinson 2092	2b	nyy al	16.5
8	Teixeira, Mark 1738	1b	nyy al	17.2	Rios, Alex 1989	rf	tex al	15.9
9	Napoli, Mike 2161	ca	tex al	17.2	Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	1b dh	tor al	15.2
10	Reynolds, Mark 2297	1b 3b	bal al	15.2	Fielder, Prince 2029	1b	det al	15

	TOP NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	46.9	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	42.5
2	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	33.4	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	stl nl	33.8
3	Gallardo, Yovani 2333	pi sp	mil nl	32.9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	33.4
4	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	32.8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	32.1
5	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	31.7	Gonzalez, Gio 2626	pi sp	dc nl	30.4
6	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	30.8	Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	29.4
7	Kennedy, Ian 2723	pi sp	ari nl	29.1	Latos, Mat 2644	pi sp	cin nl	28.8
8	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	phi nl	28.8	Zimmermann, Jordan 2612	pi sp	dc nl	28.4
9	Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	nym nl	28.1	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	28.4
10	Lincecum, Tim 2288	pi sp	sf nl	27.1	Medlen, Kris 2596	pi sp	atl nl	28

	TOP NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	23	Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	lf	col nl	20.2
2	Uggla, Dan 2158	2b	atl nl	21	Goldschmidt, Paul 2935	1b	ari nl	18.2
3	Wright, David 1911	3b	nym nl	19.5	Holliday, Matt 1836	lf	stl nl	18.2
4	McCutchen, Andrew 2637	cf	pit nl	18.2	Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	cin nl	17
5	Kemp, Matt 2151	cf	lad nl	17	Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	16
6	Tulowitzki, Troy 2308	ss	col nl	16.5	Harper, Bryce 3011	lf	dc nl	15.4
7	Holliday, Matt 1836	lf	stl nl	16.2	Freese, David 2710	3b	stl nl	15.2
8	Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	lf	col nl	16.2	Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	15
9	Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	cin nl	16	McCutchen, Andrew 2637	cf	pit nl	14.5
10	Gonzalez, Adrian 2193	1b	lad nl	14.5	Zimmerman, Ryan 2180	3b	dc nl	13.2

BTP: Box-Toppers points
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Six-season leaders comparison, 2012 vs. 2013

Here is a comparison of six-season leaders in Box-Toppers points. At left are the leaders in Box-Toppers points over the period from 2007 to 2012. At right are the points leaders over the period from 2008 to 2013 seasons:

	2007-12 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	2008-13 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	102	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	102.1
2	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	97.7	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	93.6
3	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	93.5	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	93.1
4	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	90.3	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	92.6
5	Lincecum, Tim 2288	pi sp	sf nl	90.2	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	92.1
6	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	87	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	91
7	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	83.9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	90.8
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ana al	81.1	Lincecum, Tim 2288	pi sp	sf nl	89.9
9	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	80.4	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	bos al	88.7
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	phi nl	78	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	87.3

	TOP AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP AL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	102	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	93.6
2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	93.5	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	93.1
3	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	90.3	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	92.1
4	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	87	Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	91
5	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ana al	81.1	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	bos al	88.7
6	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	bos al	78	Shields, James 2157	pi sp	kc al	64.6
7	Haren, Danny 1787	pi sp	ana al	67	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	det al	62.9
8	Shields, James 2157	pi sp	tb al	61.6	Kuroda, Hiroki 2401	pi sp	nyy al	61.5
9	Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	chi al	61.5	Jimenez, Ubaldo 2349	pi sp	cle al	57.7
10	Dempster, Ryan 1109	pi sp	tex al	53.8	Garza, Matt 2343	pi sp	tex al	57.4

	TOP AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP AL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Pujols, Albert 1438	1b	ana al	73.5	Pujols, Albert 1438	dh 1b	ana al	69.8
2	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	67.8	Cabrera, Miguel 1776	3b	det al	69.7
3	Rodriguez, Alex	3b dh	nyy al	59.9	Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	52.9
4	Fielder, Prince 2029	1b	det al	51.9	Fielder, Prince 2029	1b	det al	51.9
5	Teixeira, Mark 1738	1b	nyy al	49.7	Rodriguez, Alex	3b dh	nyy al	44
6	Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	49	Teixeira, Mark 1738	1b	nyy al	43.7
7	Hunter, Torii 1190	rf	ana al	47.4	Mauer, Joe 1869	ca	min al	43.2
8	Granderson, Curtis 2051	cf	nyy al	45.8	Hunter, Torii 1190	rf	det al	41.9
9	Mauer, Joe 1869	ca dh 1b	min al	45.1	Hamilton, Josh 2332	dh cf lf	ana al	41.7
10	Pena, Carlos 1550	1b ph	tb al	44.9	Lind, Adam 2238	1b	tor al	41.6

	TOP NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP NL PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	97.7	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	102.1
2	Lincecum, Tim 2288	pi sp	sf nl	90.2	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	92.6
3	Lee, Cliff 1798	pi sp	phi nl	83.9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	90.8
4	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	80.4	Lincecum, Tim 2288	pi sp	sf nl	89.9
5	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	phi nl	78	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	87.3
6	Cain, Matt 2081	pi sp	sf nl	68	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	phi nl	77.3
7	Santana, Johan 1448	pi sp	nym nl	67.6	Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	70.1
8	Rodriguez, Wandy 2117	pi sp	hou nl	65.6	Cain, Matt 2081	pi sp	sf nl	68
9	Gallardo, Yovani 2333	pi sp	mil nl	64.3	Gallardo, Yovani 2333	pi sp	mil nl	66.7
10	Beckett, Josh 1544	pi sp	lad nl	58.7	Haren, Danny 1787	pi sp	dc nl	65

	TOP NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP NL BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	64.7	Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	63
2	Howard, Ryan 2040	1b	phi nl	60.5	Howard, Ryan 2040	1b	phi nl	52.8
3	Holliday, Matt 1836	lf	stl nl	52.9	Votto, Joey 2366	1b	cin nl	46.2
4	Uggla, Dan 2158	2b	atl nl	45.7	Holliday, Matt 1836	lf	stl nl	43.2
5	Wright, David 1911	3b	nym nl	45.7	Gonzalez, Adrian 2193	1b	lad nl	42.5
6	Votto, Joey 2366	1b	cin nl	44.2	Wright, David 1911	3b	nym nl	42.2
7	Gonzalez, Adrian 2193	1b	lad nl	43.2	Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	cin nl	41.6
8	Kubel, Jason 2177	lf	ari nl	40.1	Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	lf	col nl	40.2
9	Ramirez, Aramis 1364	3b	mil nl	39.5	Tulowitzki, Troy 2308	ss	col nl	39.2
10	Ramirez, Hanley 2119	3b	lad nl	38.6	Phillips, Brandon 1691	2b	cin nl	38

BTP: Box-Toppers points
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"All-time" Box-Toppers leader comparison

Here is a comparison of the "all-time" Box-Toppers leaders from the end of 2012 (left) to the end of 2013 (right). There was not much movement by players in this leader board covering the 19 seasons since Box-Toppers record keeping began. Note: This leader board does not divide players by league since many players spent their careers in both the American and National Leagues.

	1995-12 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	1995-13 LEADERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Johnson, randy	pi sp		278.8	Johnson, randy	pi sp		278.8
2	Martinez, Pedro J.	pi sp		244.8	Martinez, Pedro J.	pi sp		244.8
3	schilling, curt	pi sp		194.1	schilling, curt	pi sp		194.1
4	Rodriguez, Alex	3b dh	nyy al	176.3	Rodriguez, Alex	3b dh	nyy al	179.3
5	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	169.7	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	172.3
6	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	167.6	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	170.7
7	Ramirez, manny	lf dh	free agent	167.2	Ramirez, manny	lf dh		167.2
8	Santana, Johan 1448	pi sp	nym nl	166.6	Santana, Johan 1448	pi sp	nym nl	166.6
9	clemens, roger	pi sp	indy	164.8	clemens, roger	pi sp		164.8
10	smoltz, john	pi sp		160.9	smoltz, john	pi sp		160.9

	TOP PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP PITCHERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Johnson, randy	pi sp		278.8	Johnson, randy	pi sp		278.8
2	Martinez, Pedro J.	pi sp		244.8	Martinez, Pedro J.	pi sp		244.8
3	schilling, curt	pi sp		194.1	schilling, curt	pi sp		194.1
4	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	169.7	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	172.3
5	Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	167.6	Halladay, Roy 1178	pi sp	phi nl	170.7
6	Santana, Johan 1448	pi sp	nym nl	166.6	Santana, Johan 1448	pi sp	nym nl	166.6
7	clemens, roger	pi sp	indy	164.8	clemens, roger	pi sp		164.8
8	smoltz, john	pi sp		160.9	smoltz, john	pi sp		160.9
9	mussina, Mike	pi sp		155.6	mussina, Mike	pi sp		155.6
10	maddux, greg	pi sp		151.7	maddux, greg	pi sp		151.7

	TOP BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP	TOP BATTERS	POS	TEAM	BTP
1	Rodriguez, Alex	3b dh	nyy al	176.3	Rodriguez, Alex	3b dh	nyy al	179.3
2	Ramirez, manny	lf dh	free agent	167.2	Ramirez, manny	lf dh		167.2
3	Pujols, Albert 1438	1b	ana al	155.8	Pujols, Albert 1438	dh 1b	ana al	159.8
4	bonds, barry	lf		153.2	bonds, barry	lf		153.2
5	jones, chipper	3b	atl nl	149	jones, chipper	3b	retired	149
6	thome, jim	dh	bal al	146.7	thome, jim	dh	free agent	146.7
7	giambi, jason	dh 1b ph	col nl	129.9	giambi, jason	dh ph	cle al	133.4
8	Guerrero, Vladimir	dh		128.3	Guerrero, Vladimir	rf dh	retired	128.3
9	sheffield, gary	lf		124.1	Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	126.4
10	Delgado, Carlos	1b		117.7	sheffield, gary	lf		124.1

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