Padres' Pomeranz tops players for Wednesday, April 20; D-Backs' Greinke rises to 19th on Box-Toppers ‘all-time' list

Shawn Plank April 21, 2016

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

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 20:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Velasquez, Vince 3611	pi sp	phi nl	4.0
2	Latos, Mat 2644	pi sp	chi al	3.7
3	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	3.4
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	3.0
5	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	3.0
6	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	3.0
7	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	3.0
8	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	phi nl	3.0
9	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	2.7
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	2.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Pomeranz struck out 10 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run and four hits, in the 8-2 win over the Pirates.

American League Player of the Day—Mariners pitcher Taijuan Walker struck out six over six innings, allowing one run and three hits, in the 2-1 win over the Indians.

American League Batter of the Day—Mookie Betts of the Red Sox homered and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 7-3 win over the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day—Ryan Braun of the Brewers went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 10-5 win over the Twins.

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

White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rose to sixth place (7IP 2H R 3K W in the 2-1 win over the Angels), earning 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.0 for the season.
Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels rose to 10th place (6.2IP 5H R 7K W in the 2-1 win over the Astros), earning 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.7 for the season. In addition, Hamels now has 128.9 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 29th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Wednesday, Hamels passes Vladimir Guerrero (128.3) on the “all-time” list and trails 28th-place player Trevor Hoffman (129.4).

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	179.0
6	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	174.3
7	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
8	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
9	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
10	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
11	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	162.7
12	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	162.3
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
17	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
18	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
19	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	148.4
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

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

Notable—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to 19th place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Greinke (6.2IP 6H R 7K W in the 2-1 win over the Giants) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 148.4 career points. He passes Javier Vazquez (148.3) on the “all-time” list (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995) and trails 18th-place player Chipper Jones (149.0). Greinke has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

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

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

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    4/20
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    8.2
    Padres
    Drew Pomeranz (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    4
    1
    0
    3
    10
  

    AL
    8.0
    Mariners
    Taijuan Walker (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    7.0
    White Sox
    Chris Sale (W,4-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    6.2
    `Phillies
    Hector Neris
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    6.1
    Athletics
    Kendall Graveman (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    3
    1
    1
    3
    8
  

    
    6.1
    Tigers
    Jordan Zimmermann (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    7
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    4.2
    Dbacks
    Zack Greinke (W,1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    6
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    4.0
    Red Sox
    Mookie Betts, RF
    3
    3
    2
    2
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Cardinals
    Carlos Martinez (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    3
    5
  

    
    3.2
    `Reds
    Raisel Iglesias
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    6
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    3.2
    Rangers
    Cole Hamels (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    1
    1
    3
    7
  

    
    3.0
    Nationals
    Yusmeiro Petit (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    2.1
    `Dodgers
    Chris Hatcher
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    BAT
    2.0
    Brewers
    Ryan Braun, LF
    3
    2
    2
    1
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Orioles
    Manny Machado, 3B
    3
    1
    2
    1
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `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	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	3.0	21.8	74.0	76.0	-15.8
Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	2.7	18.1	69.7	128.9	-12.7
Machado, Manny 3087	3b	bal al	2.5	10.0	13.5	13.5	-5.0
Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	2.5	7.5	38.5	80.2	-2.5
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	2.0	22.7	87.8	148.4	-18.7
Zimmermann, Jordan 2612	pi sp	det al	2.0	9.0	58.4	59.4	-5.0
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp mr	sd nl	2.0	5.0	13.0	13.0	-1.0
Iglesias, Raisel 3467	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	4.7	4.7	4.7	-0.7
Walker, Taijuan 3453	pi sp	sea al	1.7	15.4	15.4	15.4	-12.0
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	1.5	4.5	6.5	6.5	-1.5
Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	1.0	14.7	15.7	15.7	-12.7
Graveman, Kendall 3444	pi sp	oak al	1.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	-3.7
Hatcher, Chris 3420	pi mr	lad nl	1.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	0.0
Neris, Hector 3553	pi mr	phi nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Petit, Yusmeiro 2337	pi mr sp	dc nl	1.0	1.0	8.0	17.7	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

White Sox' Sale tops players for Friday, April 15; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 20th on 'all-time' list

Shawn Plank April 16, 2016

White Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Velasquez, Vince 3611	pi sp	phi nl	4.0
2	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	3.4
3	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	3.0
4	Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	kc al	2.7
5	Bettis, Chad 3481	pi sp	col nl	2.7
6	Ross, Joe 3499	pi sp	dc nl	2.7
7	Latos, Mat 2644	pi sp	chi al	2.7
8	Davis, Chris 2478	1b	bal al	2.5
9	Brown, Trevor 3610	ca	sf nl	2.5
10	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	2.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Sale pitched a two-hit shutout, allowing no walks and striking out nine, in the 1-0 win over the Rays. Sale earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first of the season, and now ranks 10th in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Joe Ross pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out five, in the 9-1 win over the Phillies. Ross earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season and rises to sixth in season player rankings.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Holliday of the Cardinals hit two home runs, going 2-for-2 and driving in four runs, in the 4-3 win over the Reds.

Holliday has now earned Box-Toppers points in 13 straight seasons. He earned his first points in 2004 with the Rockies and has 93.3 career points, ranked 88th among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began) and second among active NL batters (behind Ryan Howard of the Phillies who has 96.7). Holliday’s best season was 2007 with the Rockies when he had 16.2 Box-Toppers points to lead NL batters. In 2015, he had 1.5 points with the Cardinals.

American League Batter of the Day—Mark Trumbo of the Orioles hit two seventh-inning home runs, going 2-for-4 and driving in five runs, in the 11-5 win over the Rangers.

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	179.0
6	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	174.3
7	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
8	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
9	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
10	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
11	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	162.7
12	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	162.3
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
17	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
18	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
19	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3
20	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	147.4

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

Notable—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to 20th place on Box-Toppers “all-time” player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. He also extended his streak of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points to 10.

Greinke (7.1IP 6H 2R 5K ND in the 3-2 win over the Padres) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 147.4 for his career, rising to 20th among all players since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began. Greinke passes Jim Thome (146.7) and now trails 19th-place player Javier Vazquez (148.3).

Greinke has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons. He earned his first points in 2004 with the Royals but his current 10-year streak did not begin until 2007, when he was also with the Royals (he earned no points in 2006). His best year was 2009 with the Royals when he had 21.5 points to lead NL pitchers. In 2015, he had 20.7 points with the Dodgers, fifth among NL pitchers.

Streak—Ryan Braun of the Brewers has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. Braun (2HR 3-5 2R 4BI in the 8-4 win over the Pirates) earned his first points in 2007 with the Brewers and has 78.7 career points, third among active NL batters. His best year was 2012 with the Brewers when he had 12.5 Box-Toppers points to lead NL batters. He had 5.0 points in 2015.

Debut—Adonis Garcia of the Braves made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Garcia (2B 2-4 3BI in the 6-3 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut May 19, 2015, and was playing in his 68th career game. He is the 3,613th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Rankings—Rockies pitcher Chad Bettis rose to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday. Bettis (6IP 3H 0R 4 W in the 6-1 win over the Cubs) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.7 for the season.

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

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    4/15
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

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

    NL
    7.2
    Nationals
    Joe Ross (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    3
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    BAT
    6.0
    Cardinals
    Matt Holliday, 1B
    2
    2
    2
    4
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    Astros
    Dallas Keuchel (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    5.1
    Red Sox
    Rick Porcello (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    2
    3
    3
    1
    8
  

    BAT
    5.0
    Orioles
    Mark Trumbo, DH
    4
    2
    2
    5
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Brewers
    Ryan Braun, LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Dodgers
    Enrique Hernandez, LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Mariners
    Chris Iannetta, C
    3
    1
    3
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    Rockies
    Chad Bettis (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    4
  

    
    3.0
    Twins
    Eduardo Nunez, 2B
    3
    2
    3
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Royals
    Wade Davis (S,5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.1
    `Dbacks
    Zack Greinke
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    6
    2
    2
    1
    5
  

    
    1.0
    Mets
    Yoenis Cespedes, DH
    5
    1
    3
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    Braves
    Adonis Garcia, 3B
    4
    0
    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.
  

Box-Toppers' Franchise Four

Shawn Plank January 14, 2016

Who are each franchise's top 4 players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995?

Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops players for Saturday, Aug. 1, rises to 4th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank August 2, 2015

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth in season player rankings.

Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rises to sixth in Box-Toppers player rankings and Ryan Howard of the Phillies earns Player of the Game honors for the second straight day.

Top 10 players

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	16.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	16.0
3	Hernandez, Felix 2064	pi sp	sea al	15.4
4	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	15.0
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	14.4
6	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	13.7
7	Price, David 2593	pi sp	tor al	13.1
8	Gray, Sonny 3259	pi sp	oak al	13.1
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	lad nl	13.0
10	Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	13.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Kershaw pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out seven, in the 3-1 win over the Angels.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 15.0 for the season, rising to fourth place among all players and third among National League pitchers, behind overall leader Jacob deGrom of the Mets (16.4) and Max Scherzer of the Nationals (16.0). Kershaw led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2014 with 31.5.

Kershaw also rises to 18th place in Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when record keeping began. Kershaw has 148.6 career Box-Toppers points and with his points Saturday passes two players on the “all-time” list—Jim Thome (146.7) and Javier Vazquez (148.3). He trails 17th-place player, Chipper Jones (149.0).

American League Player of the Day—Travis Shaw of the Red Sox hit two home runs, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring five times and driving in three runs, in the 11-7 win over the Rays.

This was Shaw’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. He made his Major League debut May 8 and was playing in his 10th career game. He is the 3,544th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Batter of the Day—Lucas Duda of the Mets homered twice, doubled and went 3-for-3, driving in three runs, in the 3-2 win over the Nationals.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day Saturday because the overall AL Player of the Day is a batter (Travis Shaw).

Rankings—Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rose to sixth place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday. Keuchel (6IP 2H 2R 8K W in the 9-2 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.7 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

Notable—Ryan Howard of the Phillies earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Saturday. Howard (2B 3-4 2R BI in the 12-2 win over the Braves) was also NL Batter of the Day Friday. Howard has 4.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, 17th among NL batters. He has 95.7 for his career, 74th among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers record keeping began) and first among active NL first basemen.

Debuts—In addition to Shaw, three other players made their Box-Toppers debut Saturday, earning their first career Player of the Game honors:

Athletics pitcher Aaron Brooks (7.1IP 5H R 5K W in the 5-1 win over the Indians) made his Major League debut May 3, 2014, and was playing in his fifth career game. He is the 3,545th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Giants pitcher Hunter Strickland (2IP 0H 0R K W in the 9-7 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut Sept. 1, 2014, and was playing in his 37th career game. He is the 3,546th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Ben Paulsen of the Rockies (HR 2B 2-5 R 3BI in the 6-2 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut July 21, 2014, and was playing in his 95th career game. He is the 3,547th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    8/1
    Score
    Team
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    BB
    K
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw (W,9-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    AL
    8.0
    Red Sox
    Travis Shaw, 3B
    4
    5
    4
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.1
    Athletics
    Aaron Brooks (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    5
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    BAT
    5.0
    Mets
    Lucas Duda, 1B
    3
    2
    3
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    Orioles
    Kevin Gausman (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    0
    6
  

    
    5.0
    Cubs
    Kyle Hendricks (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    5.0
    Astros
    Dallas Keuchel (W,13-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    2
    2
    3
    8
  

    
    4.2
    White Sox
    John Danks (W,6-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    3
    1
    1
    4
    8
  

    
    4.0
    Royals
    Ben Zobrist, LF
    4
    3
    3
    2
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    Giants
    Hunter Strickland (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    Phillies
    Ryan Howard, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Reds
    Eugenio Suarez, SS
    2
    0
    1
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Padres
    Craig Kimbrel (S,31)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    Twins
    Trevor May (W,7-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Rockies
    Ben Paulsen, 1B
    5
    1
    2
    3
    0
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

Giants' Tim Hudson rises onto Box-Toppers 'all-time' top 10 pitchers list

Shawn Plank July 15, 2014

Giants pitcher Tim Hudson has moved into Box-Toppers ‘all-time’ top 10 pitchers list, passing Hall-of-Famer Greg Maddux.

Top 10 pitchers 'all-time'
Here are Box-Toppers' Top 10 'all-time' pitchers (record keeping began in 1995). The column BTP shows the number of Box-Toppers points players have accumulated since 1995.





  
    

    Player
    Pos
    Team
    BTP
  

    1
    Johnson, Randy
    pi sp
    retired
    278.8
  

    2
    Martinez, Pedro J.
    pi sp
    retired
    244.8
  

    3
    Schilling, Curt
    pi sp
    retired
    194.1
  

    4
    Sabathia, C.C. 1492
    pi sp
    nyy al
    173.3
  

    5
    Halladay, Roy 1178
    pi sp
    retired
    170.7
  

    6
    Santana, Johan 1448
    pi sp
    bal al
    166.6
  

    7
    Clemens, Roger
    pi sp
    retired
    164.8
  

    8
    Smoltz, John
    pi sp
    retired
    160.9
  

    9
    Mussina, Mike
    pi sp
    retired
    155.6
  

    10
    Hudson, Tim 1231
    pi sp
    sf nl
    152.0
  

BTP: Box-Toppers points

Hudson, who earned Player of the Game honors July 5, now has 152.0 career Box-Toppers points (including 7.7 this season) and passes Maddux, who had 151.7.

However, Box-Toppers record keeping did not begin until 1995 and so some of Maddux’s most productive years—1986 to 1994, in which he won 15 or more games per season seven times—are not recorded. Meanwhile, Hudson’s entire career, beginning in 1999, has been recorded.

Hudson has scored at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point in each of his 16 seasons. He has scored 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points in a season six times. His best season was in 2001 with the Oakland Athletics, when he earned 18.8 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 14th among all players in ‘all-time’ Box-Toppers points, just behind Barry Bonds (153.2).

Hudson turned 39 Monday.

The top 10 ‘all-time’ pitchers list does not change that often. The last time there was any change in the standings was June 2013, when Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia passed Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay to move into fourth place overall. Sabathia has since scored only 1.0 additional Box-Toppers point and now has 173.3 for his career.

The last time there was any change in membership in the ‘all-time’ top 10 pitcher list was September 2010, when Sabathia rose onto the list with 137.5 Box-Toppers points, passing then-Yankees pitcher Javier Vazquez, with 135.6.

While there are three active pitchers on the top 10 list—Sabathia, Johan Santana of the Orioles and Hudson—Hudson is the only pitcher who is both active and not on the disabled list. Sabathia and Santana are both likely out for the season.

Randy Johnson leads the list with 278.8 Box-Toppers points and is the overall ‘all-time’ Box-Toppers leader (again, since 1995, when record keeping began).

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.

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Astros' McHugh, Giants' Hudson top players for Tuesday, May 27; Tigers' Cabrera leads AL batters in Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank May 28, 2014

Astros pitcher Collin McHugh is Tuesday’s Player of the Day. McHugh pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out nine in the 3-0 win over the Royals.

Giants pitcher Tim Hudson is National League Player of the Day. Hudson pitched seven scoreless innings in the 4-0 win over the Cubs.

Hudson earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season and 149.0 for his career (1999-present). He moves into 15th place on the all-time list (Box-Toppers record keeping began in 1995), passing Chipper Jones (149.0) and Javier Vazquez (148.3) and just behind Greg Maddux (151.7).

Hudson is in fifth place among active players, behind CC Sabathia (179.3), Manny Ramirez (167.2), Johan Santana (166.6) and Albert Pujols (161.3).

Matt Holliday of the Cardinals is NL Batter of the Day. Holliday homered and went 3-for-3 in the 6-0 win over the Yankees. Holliday beat out teammate and pitcher Lance Lynn, who pitched a complete game shutout, for Player of the Game. Both Holliday and Lynn had Box-Toppers game scores of +3.0, but in case of game score ties, batters beat pitchers, giving Holliday the edge.

Adam Lind of the Blue Jays is American League Batter of the Day. Lind homered, went 3-for-5 and drove in two runs in the 9-6 win over the Rays.

Notables: Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings. Greinke (7.2IP 3R 11K W in the 6-3 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 7.4 for the season. He is in fourth place among NL pitchers in Box-Toppers points. (See the updated top 10 list on the home page.)

Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers rises to first place among AL batters in Box-Toppers points. Cabrera (HR 2-4 2R 2RBI in the 6-5 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 5.5 for the season. He passes previous AL batting leader Alexei Ramirez of the White Sox—both Ramirez and Cabrera have 5.5 Box-Toppers points but Cabrera has the edge because he has more combined points over 2013-14 (22.4 vs. 6.5). Cabrera now ranks 19th among all players in Box-Toppers points. Cabrera led AL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2013 with 16.9.

McHugh receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Hudson receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Holliday and Lind each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

527ScoreTeamPlayerABRHBIBBKIPHRERBBK
MLB11.0AstrosCollin McHugh (W, 3-3)------7.050009
NL6.0GiantsTim Hudson (W, 5-2)------7.060005
6.0`White SoxChris Sale------3.000014
4.2DodgersZack Greinke (W, 8-1)------7.2833011
BAT3.0CardinalsMatt Holliday   LF323110------
3.0Red SoxKoji Uehara (S, 11)------1.000002
BAT2.0Blue JaysAdam Lind   1B523200------
2.0PadresTommy Medica   1B413201------
2.0TigersMiguel Cabrera   1B422201------
2.0AngelsC.J. Cron   DH422202------
2.0MetsRuben Tejada   SS222020------
1.0TwinsOswaldo Arcia   RF422101------
1.0BrewersMark Reynolds   3B, 1B422110------
1.0RockiesWilin Rosario   C411300------

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

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