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Francisco Lindor, Javier Baez and Willson Contreras are among the players rising onto Box-Toppers’ All-Star teams in the past week.
With Major League All-Star voting coming to a close today (Thursday, July 5), here is a look at who is leading at Box-Toppers points at each position in both leagues.
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With Major League All-Star voting underway, here is a look at who is leading at Box-Toppers points at each position in both leagues.
Read MoreMike Trout, Kyle Schwarber and Craig Kimbrel are among the players rising into Box-Toppers’ All-Star teams in the past week.
With Major League All-Star voting underway, here is a look at who is leading at Box-Toppers points at each position in both leagues.
Read MoreDidi Gregorius of the Yankees is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gregorius hit a pair of three-run homers and doubled in the 11-4 win over the Rays. Gregorius also went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in eight runs.
Read MoreHere are Box-Toppers points leaders at each position over a variety of time frames.
For example, the all-time leader, Randy Johnson leads with 278.8 career Box-Toppers points (earned since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began). Johnson also leads in Box-Toppers points among all pitchers since 1995. Chris Sale leads over past season, Max Scherzer leads over past two seasons and Clayton Kershaw leads over past six seasons and also leads all active players in career Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreTrevor Hoffman has the most Box-Toppers points of any closing pitcher since tracking began in 1995, more even than Mariano Rivera, considered by many to be the greatest closer of all time.
Craig Kimbrel leads active closers in career Box-Toppers points. Other leaders include Edwin Diaz, Greg Holland and Kenley Jansen.
Read MoreNationals pitcher Max Scherzer, who led all National League players in 2017 Box-Toppers points, was voted NL Cy Young Award winner Wednesday.
However, Box-Toppers overall top player, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale, finished second in voting for the American League Cy Young Award. He lost to Indians pitcher Corey Kluber, who ranked second among AL pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings, fifth overall.
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Phillies pitcher Jeremy Hellickson is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 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 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.0 |
| 10 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
Hellickson struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Marlins.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit, two walks and striking out six, in the 11-4 win over the Royals.
Carrasco earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season, most of any of the 16 who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday. Carrasco ranks 26th in Box-Toppers season player rankings, 10th among AL pitchers.
Both Hellickson and Carrasco had Box-Toppers game scores Wednesday of +9.0, but Hellickson won overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker because he had more innings pitched—eight vs. six.
American League Batter of the Day—Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox hit three home runs and went 3-for-4, driving in six runs, in the 11-7 win over the Giants.
National League Batter of the Day—Jedd Gyorko of the Cardinals hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, in the 3-2 win over the Padres.
Debüts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:
Scoring—Hellickson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Carrasco earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Ramirez and Gyorko 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.
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 7/20 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 9.0 | PHI 4, MIA 1 | Jeremy Hellickson (W,7-7) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| AL | 9.0 | CLE 11, KC 4 | Carlos Carrasco (W,7-3) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| BAT | 8.0 | BOS 11, SF 7 | Hanley Ramirez, 1B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7.0 | TB 11, COL 3 | Chris Archer (W,5-13) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 7.0 | NYY 5, BAL 0 | Michael Pineda (W,4-9) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6.0 | HOU 7, OAK 0 | Doug Fister (W,10-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | CHC 6, NYM 2 | Kyle Hendricks (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5.0 | WSH 8, LAD 1 | Gio Gonzalez (W,6-8) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | STL 3, SD 2 | Jedd Gyorko, 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | TOR 10, ARI 4 | Marcus Stroman (W,8-4) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4.0 | `SEA 6, CHW 5 (11) | Edwin Diaz | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.0 | STL 4, SD 2 | Carlos Martinez (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2.0 | MIL 9, PIT 5 | Jonathan Lucroy, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | LAA 7, TEX 4 | Jefry Marte, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | CIN 6, ATL 3 | Jose Peraza, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | MIN 4, DET 1 | Danny Santana, DH | 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. | ||||||||||||||
| Player of Game | Pos | Team | 16 | 15-16 | 11-16 | Career | +/- |
| Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 8.4 | 26.4 | 42.5 | 42.5 | -9.6 |
| Hellickson, Jeremy 2778 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.4 | 12.4 | 36.1 | 39.1 | 2.4 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 7.0 | 16.7 | 21.7 | 21.7 | -2.7 |
| Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 5.7 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | -8.0 |
| Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 21.0 | 45.1 | 45.1 | -11.0 |
| Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | tor al | 4.7 | 7.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 2.0 |
| Pineda, Michael 2841 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.0 | 14.7 | 32.1 | 32.1 | -6.7 |
| Gonzalez, Gio 2626 | pi sp | dc nl | 3.0 | 12.7 | 69.8 | 83.5 | -6.7 |
| Lucroy, Jonathan 2744 | ca | mil nl | 3.0 | 4.7 | 23.6 | 24.6 | 1.3 |
| Ramirez, Hanley 2119 | 1b ss | bos al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 25.7 | 53.6 | 3.0 |
| Fister, Doug 2688 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 49.5 | 53.2 | 0.0 |
| Gyorko, Jedd 3164 | 3b 2b | stl nl | 1.5 | 5.0 | 14.2 | 14.2 | -2.0 |
| Marte, Jefry 3529 | 1b | ana al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Santana, Danny 3350 | dh cf | min al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| Diaz, Edwin 3690 | pi mr | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Peraza, Jose 3691 | lf | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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.