Marlins' Jose Fernandez tops players for Friday, Sept. 9, rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.

Also Friday, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester maintained his spot in fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Mark Teixeira of the Yankees reached 100 career Box-Toppers points after earning American League Batter of the Day honors Friday.

Top 10 players

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

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	22.7
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	20.4
3	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
4	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	18.2
5	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	18.1
6	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	16.8
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	15.1
8	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	14.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	14.0
10	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	13.7

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Player of the Day—Fernandez pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 14 and allowing three hits and three walks, in the 4-1 win over the Dodgers.

Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 20.4 for the season and rising to second place in season player rankings.

Fernandez passed Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0) in the rankings, who just happened to be making his return from more than two months on the disabled list in the same game. Kershaw (3IP 5H 2R 0BB 5K L) had a Box-Toppers game score of −1.0 in his return. Kershaw, who led Box-Toppers season rankings from May 7 to Aug. 24, now falls to third place.

Fernandez becomes the third player with 20.0 or more Box-Toppers points this season and now trails overall season leader, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (22.7). This is now Fernandez’s best season; his previous best year was his rookie year of 2013, when he had 19.0 Box-Toppers points.

American League Player of the Day—Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish struck out nine over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Angels. Darvish did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.

American League Batter of the Day—Mark Teixeira of the Yankees hit a grand slam and went 2-for-3, scoring twice, in the 7-5 win over the Rays.

Teixeira earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 100.3 points over his 14-year career. Teixeira, who has announced his retirement at the end of the season, becomes the 74th player and 27th batter with 100 or more career points since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. Teixeira now ranks 73rd on the “all-time” list, just ahead of Larry Walker (100.1) and just behind Jeff Bagwell (100.4).

Teixeira earned his first points in 2003 with the Rangers. His best season was 2009 with the Yankees when he had 11.5 points, ranked sixth among AL batters. He had 7.5 points in 2015 with the Yankees, 17th among AL batters. He has 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2016.

National League Batter of the Day—Curtis Granderson of the Mets homered and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-4 win over the Braves.

Rankings—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester bolstered his fifth-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Lester (7IP 7H 0R 0BB 7K W in the 2-0 win over the Astros) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 18.1 for the season. He ranks fourth among NL pitchers.

Lester now has 139.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 27th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Friday, he passes Andy Pettitte (138.5) on the “all-time” list and now trails 26th-ranked player, Giants pitcher Jake Peavy (141.8).

Notable—Two other players with more than 10 Box-Toppers points for the season earned Player of the Game honors Friday:

• Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark (6IP 6H R 2BB 8K ND in the 5-4 win over the Phillies) now has 11.7 Box-Toppers points, 24th among all players and 15th among NL pitchers.
• Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer (7IP 3H 2R BB 5K ND in the 4-3 win over the Orioles) now has 11.7 Box-Toppers points, 25th among all players and eighth among AL pitchers.

Also notable—Tim Adleman of the Reds (2B 2-2 R BI in the 4-3 win over the Pirates) became the sixth pitcher this season to earn Player of the Game honors for batting. Pitchers have earned Player of the Game honors seven times in 2016—Adam Wainwright of the Cardinals did it twice.

Scoring—Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Darvish earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Teixeira and Granderson 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.

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

9/9	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	15.0	MIA 4, LAD 1	Jose Fernandez (W,14-8)	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	0	0	3	14
AL	9.2	`TEX 2, LAA 1	Yu Darvish	-	-	-	-		6.2	3	1	1	1	9
	7.0	CHC 2, HOU 0	Jon Lester (W,16-4)	-	-	-	-		7.0	7	0	0	0	7
BAT	5.0	NYY 7, TB 5	Mark Teixeira, 1B	3	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	5.0	NYM 6, ATL 4	Curtis Granderson, CF	2	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	BOS 13, TOR 3	Dustin Pedroia, 2B	4	1	3	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	`DET 4, BAL 3	Michael Fulmer	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	2	2	1	5
	4.0	CHW 7, KC 2	Carlos Rodon (W,7-8)	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	2	1	2	9
	4.0	`WSH 5, PHI 4	Tanner Roark	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	1	1	2	8
	3.0	SF 7, ARI 6 (12)	Hunter Pence, RF	5	4	4	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	CLE 5, MIN 4	Cody Allen (S,27)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	`STL 4, MIL 3	Kevin Siegrist (H,15)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	`SEA 3, OAK 2	Steve Cishek (H,4)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	COL 4, SD 1	Adam Ottavino (S,3)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	CIN 4, PIT 3	Tim Adleman, P	2	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

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	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	20.4	25.1	51.1	51.1	15.7
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	18.1	30.1	76.3	139.2	6.1
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	11.7	12.7	27.7	27.7	10.7
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Allen, Cody 3265	pi cp mr	cle al	7.0	11.0	16.0	16.0	3.0
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	6.4	6.4	51.6	51.6	6.4
Rodon, Carlos 3494	pi sp	chi al	5.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	-3.1
Cishek, Steve 2997	pi cp	sea al	5.0	6.0	25.0	25.0	4.0
Granderson, Curtis 2051	rf cf ph	nym nl	4.5	8.5	33.4	65.8	0.5
Siegrist, Kevin 3260	pi mr cp	stl nl	4.0	8.0	10.0	10.0	0.0
Pedroia, Dustin 2320	2b	bos al	4.0	4.0	24.4	36.5	4.0
Teixeira, Mark 1738	1b	nyy al	3.0	10.5	31.2	100.3	-4.5
Pence, Hunter 2287	rf	sf nl	2.0	4.0	23.0	50.7	0.0
Ottavino, Adam 3054	pi cp	col nl	2.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	0.0
Adleman, Tim 3625	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0

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Nationals' Max Scherzer tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 30, extending his season Box-Toppers points lead

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and extends his lead in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of Aug. 30:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	22.7
2	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	18.4
4	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	17.2
5	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	16.8
6	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	15.4
7	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	14.4
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	14.1
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	14.0
10	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	13.7

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Scherzer struck out 11 over eight innings, allowing two runs, three hits and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the Phillies.

Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 22.7 for the season. Scherzer took the Box-Toppers points lead in his last start Aug. 25, passing previous leader Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0 Box-Toppers points).

Scherzer’s 22.7 points is now his single-season career high, passing his 2014 point total of 22.1 he earned with the Tigers.

Scherzer also now has 128.7 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 32nd place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he passes three players on the “all-time” list—Roy Oswalt (127.2), A.J. Burnett (127.8) and Vladimir Guerrero (128.3). Scherzer now trails 31st-ranked player Trevor Hoffman (129.4).

American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Collin McHugh pitched six scoreless innings, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out five, in the 3-1 win over the Athletics.

National League Batter of the Day—Curtis Granderson of the Mets hit two homers and went 2-for-2, driving in three runs, in the 7-4 win over the Marlins.

American League Batter of the Day—Adrian Beltre of the Rangers homered and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 8-7 win over the Mariners.

Beltre earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 111.3 career points, rising to 52nd place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he passes Tom Glavine (110.6) on the “all-time” list and now trails 51st-ranked player Kevin Brown (112.8).

Beltre has 9.5 Box-Toppers points on the season, fifth among AL batters.

Notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright now has 110.0 career Box-Toppers points—54th-most among players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995—after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Wainwright (7IP 3H R 0BB 7K ND in the 3-1, 10-inning win over the Brewers) passes Jeff Kent (109.7) on the “all-time” list and now trails 53rd-ranked player Tom Glavine (110.6).

Wainwright has 8.2 Box-Toppers points on the season, 21st among NL pitchers.

Also notable—Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks has 11.7 Box-Toppers points on the season after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Hendricks (7IP 3H 0R BB 4K W in the 3-0 win over the Pirates) ranks 18th among all players and 12th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Rays pitcher Enny Romero made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Romero (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 4-3 win over the Red Sox) made his Major League debut Sept. 22, 2013, and was playing in his 68th career game. He is the 3,726th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

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

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

8/30	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	11.0	WSH 3, PHI 2	Max Scherzer (W,15-7)	-	-	-	-		8.0	3	2	2	1	11
	9.0	`STL 2, MIL 1 (10)	Adam Wainwright	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	1	1	0	7
	7.0	CHC 3, PIT 0	Kyle Hendricks (W,13-7)	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	0	0	1	4
AL	6.0	HOU 3, OAK 1	Collin McHugh (W,9-10)	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	0	0	1	5
	5.2	CLE 5, MIN 4	Dan Otero (W,4-1)	-	-	-	-		2.2	0	0	0	0	3
BAT	5.0	NYM 7, MIA 4	Curtis Granderson, PH-RF	2	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	5.0	ATL 7, SD 3	Julio Teheran (W,4-9)	-	-	-	-		7.0	6	2	2	0	8
BAT	4.0	TEX 8, SEA 7	Adrian Beltre, 3B	5	3	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	NYY 5, KC 4 (10)	Dellin Betances (W,3-4; BS,4)	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	LAA 4, CIN 2	C.J. Cron, 1B	4	2	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	DET 8, CHW 4	J.D. Martinez, RF	3	2	3	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	TB 4, BOS 3	Enny Romero (W,2-0)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.1	BAL 5, TOR 3	Brad Brach (W,8-2)	-	-	-	-		1.1	1	0	0	0	2
	0.0	ARI 4, SF 3	Welington Castillo, C	4	0	2	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
		`Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

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

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	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	22.7	43.7	108.3	128.7	1.7
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	11.7	21.4	26.4	26.4	2.0
Beltre, Adrian 1141	3b	tex al	9.5	22.0	47.9	111.3	-3.0
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	8.2	11.2	59.3	110.0	5.2
Teheran, Julio 3176	pi sp	atl nl	7.0	14.7	42.8	42.8	-0.7
McHugh, Collin 3316	pi sp	hou al	6.7	16.4	28.2	28.2	-3.0
Castillo, Wellington 3251	ca	ari nl	5.0	8.5	11.5	11.5	1.5
Martinez, J.D. 2922	rf	det al	4.5	6.2	16.2	16.2	2.8
Cron, C.J. 3338	1b dh	ana al	3.7	9.7	10.7	10.7	-2.3
Betances, Dellin 3333	pi mr cp	nyy al	3.0	7.0	11.7	11.7	-1.0
Granderson, Curtis 2051	rf ph	nym nl	3.0	7.0	31.9	64.3	-1.0
Brach, Brad 3374	pi mr	bal al	3.0	6.0	7.0	7.0	0.0
Otero, Dan 3365	pi mr	cle al	3.0	4.7	5.7	5.7	1.3
Romero, Enny 3726	pi mr	tb al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Royals' Young tops players for Friday, April 22; Phillies' Nola tops NL players

Royals pitcher Chris Young 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 22:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	5.0
2	Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	kc al	4.4
3	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	4.0
4	Velasquez, Vince 3611	pi sp	phi nl	4.0
5	Latos, Mat 2644	pi sp	chi al	3.7
6	Cano, Robinson 2092	2b	sea al	3.5
7	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	3.4
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	3.0
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	3.0
10	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	phi nl	3.0

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Young struck out 10 over six innings, allowing two runs and four hits, in the 4-2 win over the Orioles.

National League Player of the Day—Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola struck out seven over seven innings, allowing one run and four hits, in the 5-2 win over the Brewers.

National League Batter of the Day—Curtis Granderson of the Mets hit two homers, including a grand slam, and went 3-for-5, in the 6-3 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Mookie Betts of the Red Sox tripled, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in a run, in the 6-2 win over the Astros. Betts earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, most of any of Friday’s Players of the Games. He ranks second among AL batters in season rankings, behind Robinson Cano of the Mariners (3.5). He ranks 11th among all players.

Notable—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester rises to 36th place in Box-Toppers “all-time” player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Lester (7IP 5H R 4K W in the 8-1 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 123.1 career points. Lester rises to 36th place among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began), passing Angels pitcher Jered Weaver (123.1), beating him on a tiebreaker. He trails 35th-ranked player Gary Sheffield (124.1). Lester now has 2.0 Box-Toppers points this season.

Scoring—Young earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Nola earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Granderson and Betts 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.

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

4/22	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	7.0	Royals	Chris Young (W,1-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	4	2	2	1	10
NL	6.0	Phillies	Aaron Nola (W,1-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	1	1	2	7
BAT	5.0	Mets	Curtis Granderson, RF	5	2	3	5	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	5.0	White Sox	Jose Quintana (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	2	4
	4.2	Giants	Jeff Samardzija (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.2	6	1	1	0	5
	4.1	Yankees	Ivan Nova (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.1	0	0	0	0	2
	4.0	Padres	Wil Myers, 1B	3	1	3	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.2	Indians	Josh Tomlin (W,2-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.2	4	1	1	1	4
BAT	3.0	Red Sox	Mookie Betts, RF	5	3	4	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Nationals	Jose Lobaton, C	3	1	2	3	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Rockies	Nolan Arenado, 3B	3	3	2	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Cubs	Jon Lester (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	1	1	1	4
	2.0	Pirates	Jordy Mercer, SS	4	2	3	1	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Athletics	Chris Coghlan, 3B	4	2	1	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Mariners	Joel Peralta (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1

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	+/-
Betts, Mookie 3404	rf	bos al	3.0	6.0	8.0	8.0	0.0
Arenado, Nolan 3306	3b	col nl	2.5	11.0	12.5	12.5	-6.0
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	2.0	14.0	60.2	123.1	-10.0
Young, Chris R. 1933	pi sp	kc al	2.0	10.0	26.1	76.1	-6.0
Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi al	2.0	8.0	26.8	26.8	-4.0
Tomlin, Josh 2771	pi sp	cle al	2.0	6.7	19.4	21.4	-2.7
Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	1.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	-0.3
Granderson, Curtis 2051	rf	nym nl	1.5	5.5	30.4	62.8	-2.5
Samardzija, Jeff 2495	pi sp	sf nl	1.0	10.4	39.1	40.1	-8.4
Myers, Wil 3228	1b cf	sd nl	1.0	4.0	9.5	9.5	-2.0
Coghlan, Chris 2610	3b lf	oak al	1.0	2.0	8.5	15.0	0.0
Lobaton, Jose 3216	ca	dc nl	1.0	2.0	6.5	6.5	0.0
Nova, Ivan 2796	pi mr sp	nyy al	1.0	2.0	23.1	24.1	0.0
Mercer, Jordy 3206	ss	pit nl	1.0	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.0
Peralta, Joel 2292	pi mr	sea al	1.0	1.0	10.0	11.0	1.0

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Kelvin Herrera tops players as Royals defeat Mets in World Series in 5 games

Kelvin Herrera pitched three scoreless innings—the seventh, eighth and ninth—to earn Player of the Game honors as the Kansas City Royals won the 2015 World Series Sunday.

The Royals again came from behind in Game 5, scoring two runs in the top of the ninth to tie the game 2-2 and scoring five in the top of the 12th inning to defeat the Mets, 7-2 in the 12-inning game and 4-1 in the best-of-seven series.

Herrera kept the Mets off the board for three innings, giving up one hit and striking out three. He had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0, highest among Royals players. While he did not earn the win or the save, picking up a no-decision, he did pitch the requisite three innings required to be eligible to earn Player of the Game honors. He is the only pitcher this postseason to earn Player of the Game honors without earning a win or a save.

Had Herrera not pitched three innings, Player of the Game honors would have gone to Royals top batter, pinch hitter Christian Colon, who hit the go-ahead 12th-inning single (1-1 R BI). Colon had a Box-Toppers game score of +2.0.

Closing pitcher Wade Davis had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0 (1IP H 0R 3K), but was not eligible to earn Player of the Game honors because he pitched fewer than three innings and did not pick up the win or the save. Davis was not eligible to earn the save because the Royals led by more than three runs when he entered.

Herrera, during the regular season, had no Box-Toppers points. In both 2013 and 2014, Herrera had 2.0 points each season. It is the third straight World Series game in which the Player of the Game had zero regular season Box-Toppers points:

• Game 3—David Wright of the Mets.
• Game 4—Ryan Madson of the Royals.

Royals starting pitcher Edinson Volquez had a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0 (6IP 2H 2R 5K ND). Mets starting pitcher Matt Harvey had a Box-Toppers game score of +6.0 (8IP 5H 2R 2BB 9K ND), highest among all players Sunday.

Mets pitcher Jeurys Familia, who had a blown save pitching in the ninth and 10th innings, had the Mets second-highest Box-Toppers game score of +4.0 (2IP 0H 0R 2K). Curtis Granderson had the highest Box-Toppers game score among Mets batters of 0.0 (HR 1-4 2R BI). Addison Reed, who picked up the loss for the Mets, had the lowest Box-Toppers game score of all players of −5.9 (0.1IP 3H 5R BB 0K).

Royals catcher Salvador Perez was named World Series Most Valuable Player. He did not earn Player of the Game honors in any World Series game and had a positive Box-Toppers game score in only one game the Royals won—in Game 4, he had a score of +1.0, highest among Royals batters.

Game 5 narrative via Box-Toppers Twitter feed

Mets pitcher Matt Harvey had complete control of World Series Game 5—until he didn't. Here are real-time tweets from @BoxToppers as the game progressed, complete with real-time statistical errors:

#WorldSeries Gm 5 #Royals Edinson Volquez (7.0 Box-Toppers pts, ranked 105th) #Mets Matt Harvey (15.4 B-T pts, 16th) https://t.co/oIAGjoxNUz

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Curtis Granderson #Mets takes early lead as Box-Toppers Player of Game w/solo HR in #WorldSeries Game 5, B-T game score +2. NY 1-KC 0 B1

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets takes lead as Box-Toppers Player of Game in #WorldSeries Game 5 vs. #Royals (3IP 2H 0R 2K, B-T gm score +3). NY 1-KC 0 E3

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets extends lead as Box-Toppers Player of Game in #WorldSeries Gm 5 vs. #Royals (4IP 2H 0R 5K, B-T gm score +7). NY 1-KC 0 M4

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets extends lead as Box-Toppers Player of Gm in #WorldSeries Gm 5 v. #Royals (5IP 2H 0R BB 8K, B-T gm score +10). NY 1-KC 0 M5

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets extends lead as Box-Toppers Player of Gm in #WorldSeries Gm5 v. #Royals (6IP 3H 0R 1BB 9K, B-T gm score +11). NY 1-KC 0 M5

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets still leads as Box-Toppers Player of Gm in #WorldSeries Gm5 v. #Royals (7IP 4H 0R 1BB 9K, B-T gm score +11). NY 2-KC 0 M7

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Edinson Volquez #Royals exits #WorldSeries Game 5 vs. #Mets (6IP 2H 2R 5BB 5K, B-T gm score +1) on hook for L. NY 2-KC 0 E7.

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets extends lead as Box-Toppers Player of Gm in #WorldSeries Gm5 v. #Royals (8IP 4H 0R 1BB 9K, B-T gm score +12). NY 2-KC 0 M8

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Matt Harvey #Mets exits #WorldSeries Gm5 w/lead as Box-Toppers Player of Gm (8+IP 5H R 3BB 9K, B-T gm score +8). NY 2-KC 1 T9.

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

#Royals tie #Mets in #WorldSeries Game 5, 2-2 B9 Herrera leads KC as Player of Game (2IP H 0R 3K), Harvey leads NY (8IP 5H 2R 2BB 9K).

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

In T10, #Royals, #Mets tied 2-2 in #WorldSeries Game 5. Box-Toppers Player of Game leaders: KC-Herrera B-T gm score +5 NY-Harvey +6

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

As #Royals take 3-2 lead over #Mets in #WorldSeries Gm5 in T12, Herrera leads as Box-Toppers Player of Game (3IP H 0R 3K, B-T gm score +5).

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

#WorldSeries MVP? #Royals Game 2 CG winner Johnny Cueto? https://t.co/NpJxBiVnT1

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

Kelvin Herrera #Royals (3IP H 0R 3K ND) is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in #WorldSeries Game 5 win, 7-2, as KC beats #Mets in series, 4-1.

— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) November 2, 2015

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 Royals in World Series Game 5

Here are the Box-Toppers game scores of all Royals who played in World Series Game 5 listed from highest-to-lowest Box-Toppers game score (pitchers are listed twice—once for batting and once for pitching). Kelvin Herrera is Player of the Game (POG).

11/1	Score	Team	Players	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
POG	5.0	`Royals	Kelvin Herrera	-	-	-	-	-	-		3.0	1	0	0	0	3
	3.0	Royals	Wade Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	1	0	0	0	3
	2.0	Royals	Christian Colon, PH	1	1	1	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Royals	Lorenzo Cain, CF	5	1	2	3	1	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Royals	Jarrod Dyson, PR	0	1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Royals	Edinson Volquez	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	2	2	1	5	5
	1.0	Royals	Luke Hochevar (W,2-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	1	0
	0.0	Royals	Drew Butera, C	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Royals	Kelvin Herrera, P	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Royals	Luke Hochevar, P	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Royals	Wade Davis, P	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-1.0	Royals	Edinson Volquez, P	2	0	1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-1.0	Royals	Kendrys Morales, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-2.0	Royals	Eric Hosmer, 1B	6	1	2	1	0	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-2.0	Royals	Paulo Orlando, RF	3	1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-3.0	Royals	Alcides Escobar, SS	6	1	1	1	0	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-3.0	Royals	Salvador Perez, C	5	0	1	1	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-3.0	Royals	Ben Zobrist, 2B	5	1	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-3.0	Royals	Alex Rios, RF	3	0	0	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-4.0	Royals	Alex Gordon, LF	4	0	0	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-5.0	Royals	Mike Moustakas, 3B	6	0	1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
		`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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Mets' David Wright (HR 2-5 4BI) tops players in World Series Game 3, Friday, Oct. 30

David Wright hit a two-run homer and drove in four total runs as the New York Mets won Game 3 of the World Series Friday, beating the Kansas City Royals, 9-3.

Wright, who also had two hits, is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Game as the Royals now lead the Mets 2-1 in the best-of-seven games series.

Wright had a Box-Toppers game score Friday of +2.0, tied for the highest among Mets players with two other batters, Curtis Granderson (HR 2-3 3R 2BI) and Juan Uribe (1-1 R BI). But Wright beat both his teammates on tiebreakers—Wright beat Granderson because he had more runs batted in (4 vs. 2) and he beat Uribe because he had more at bats (5 vs. 1).

Pitcher Jeurys Familia also had a Box-Toppers game score of +2.0. But in cases of Box-Toppers game score ties, batters hold the tiebreaker over pitchers under Box-Toppers rules. Also, Familia did not qualify to earn Player of the Game because he did not have at least three innings pitched and did not earn the win or save.

Wright, during the regular season had 0.0 Box-Toppers points, playing in only 38 games due to injury. It is the first time this postseason he has earned Player of the Game honors. In fact, it is the first time he has earned Player of the Game honors since July 11, 2014. That was the only time during the 2014 season that Wright earned Player of the Game honors, giving him 1.5 Box-Toppers points for 2014. Wright does have 74.1 career Box-Toppers points, second among active National League third basemen, and had regular season Box-Toppers points for 11 straight seasons from 2004 to 2014.

Mets starting pitcher Noah Syndergaard picked up the win but had the second-lowest Box-Toppers game score Friday of all Mets players of −3.0 (6IP 7H 3R 2BB 6K). However, Syndergaard had a higher Box-Toppers game score for batting of 0.0 (1-2 R).

Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura picked up the loss and had the lowest Box-Toppers game score among all players Friday of −12.9 (3.1IP 7H 5R BB 2K). Alex Rios had the highest Box-Toppers game score among Royals players eligible to earn Player of the Game honors of 0.0 (1-3 R BI).

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 Mets in World Series Game 3

Here are the Box-Toppers game score of all Mets who played in World Series Game 3 listed from highest-to-lowest Box-Toppers game score (pitchers are listed twice—once for batting and once for pitching). David Wright is Player of the Game (POG).

10/30	Score	Team	Players	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
POG	2.0	Mets	David Wright, 3B	5	1	2	4	0	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Mets	Curtis Granderson, RF	5	3	2	2	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Mets	Juan Uribe, PH	1	1	1	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Mets	Jeurys Familia	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Mets	Addison Reed	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	0
	1.0	Mets	Tyler Clippard	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	0
	0.0	Mets	Michael Conforto, LF	2	0	1	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Mets	Juan Lagares, PH-CF	2	1	1	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Mets	Noah Syndergaard, P	2	1	1	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Mets	Addison Reed, P	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Mets	Tyler Clippard, P	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	0.0	Mets	Jeurys Familia, P	0	0	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	0
	-1.0	Mets	Yoenis Cespedes, CF-LF	3	0	1	1	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-1.0	Mets	Kirk Nieuwenhuis, PH	1	0	0	0	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-2.0	Mets	Travis d'Arnaud, C	4	0	2	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-2.0	Mets	Lucas Duda, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-2.0	Mets	Wilmer Flores, SS	3	1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	-3.0	Mets	Noah Syndergaard (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	7	3	3	2	6
	-4.0	Mets	Daniel Murphy, 2B	4	0	0	0	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-

Coming Saturday in New York:

World Series Game 4, Royals lead Mets, 2-1

The pitching match-up Saturday:

Royals—Chris Young, 8.0 Box-Toppers points, 78th among all players, 29th among AL pitchers. Young was Player of the Game in World Series Game 1.

Mets—Steven Matz, 3.5 Box-Toppers points, 298th among all players, 76th among NL pitchers.

World Series preview (Corrected 10/31: Previously, David Wright’s 2015 Box-Toppers point total was listed as 1.5, which was his total during 2014. Wright actually had 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2015)

Box-Toppers season-end player rankings report

Box-Toppers point totals of all Royals players active at season's end

Box-Toppers point totals of all Mets players active at season's end

Rays' David Price (CG 1R 12K) tops players for Tuesday, May 13

Rays pitcher David Price is Tuesday’s Player of the Day. Price pitched a complete game, giving up one run and striking out 12, in the 2-1 win over the Mariners.

Price earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 points for the season and is in 16th place in Box-Toppers player rankings for 2014.

Braves pitcher Mike Minor is National League Player of the Day. Minor pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and struck out six in the 5-0 win over the Giants.

Curtis Granderson of the Mets is National League Batter of the Day. Granderson hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3 in the 12-7 win over the Yankees.

Chris Parmelee of the Twins is AL Batter of the Day. Parmelee hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the 8-6 win over the Red Sox. Parmelee went 3-for-4 in the game.

Notable: Greg Garcia of the Cardinals earned Player of the Game honors with an extra-inning, walk-off, pinch-hit hit-by-pitch in his only plate appearance. The Cardinals beat the Cubs 4-3 in 12 innings. Garcia was hit on a 1-2 pitch with the bases loaded to drive in the winning run, giving him a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0, enough to be the top player on the winning team.

Price receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Minor receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Granderson and Parmelee 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.

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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

513	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	13.0	Rays	David Price (W, 4-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	6	1	1	0	12
	9.0	Astros	Dallas Keuchel (W, 4-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	7	0	0	0	7
	8.0	Royals	James Shields (W, 5-3)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	1	1	0	8
	8.0	Athletics	Drew Pomeranz (W, 3-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		5.0	3	0	0	2	8
NL	7.2	Braves	Mike Minor (W, 1-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.2	3	0	0	2	6
	6.0	Dbacks	Bronson Arroyo (W, 4-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		9.0	7	1	1	1	7
	4.1	Dodgers	Josh Beckett (W, 1-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.1	4	1	0	3	6
BAT	4.0	Mets	Curtis Granderson RF	3	2	2	3	2	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Brewers	Marco Estrada (W, 3-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	6	1	1	2	8
	4.0	`Tigers	Drew Smyly	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.0	5	1	1	2	7
BAT	3.0	Twins	Chris Parmelee RF	4	2	3	2	1	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	Padres	Huston Street (S, 12)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Blue Jays	Juan Francisco 3B	3	1	2	2	1	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	`Angels	Joe Smith (H, 5)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Cardinals	Greg Garcia PH	0	0	0	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-

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