Box-Toppers 2013-18 All-Star teams

The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2013-18 consist of the best players over the past six seasons, which includes 11 of the 27 players who are also on Box-Toppers 2017-18 All-Star teams.

Also, among the 27 players on the teams, there are five players who are on Box-Toppers 2018 All-Star teams and four who are on All-Star teams over all three time spans—for 2018, for 2017-18 and for 2013-18.

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Royals’ Brad Keller tops players for Saturday, July 13; Mets’ Syndergaard tops NL players

Royals pitcher Brad Keller is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester earned Player of the Game honors for batting and rises to 12th place on Box-Toppers “all-time” career points list.

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Angels’ Pena, part of combined no-hitter, tops players for Friday, July 12; Nationals’ Strasburg rises to 10th in player rankings

Angels pitcher Felix Pena, who completed a combined no-hitter, is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg tops players for Wednesday, July 3, rises to 10th in player rankings

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Also Wednesday, Mike Trout of the Angels rises to lead American League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points after earning AL Batter of the Day honors.

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Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg tops players for Sunday, April 21, rises to 10th in season player rankings

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Strasburg struck out 11 over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 5-0 win over the Marlins.

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Box-Toppers top pitchers and batters by team, 2017

Three of the four players who won Cy Young or Most Valuable Player awards in 2017 also led their teams in Box-Toppers points for the season.

The only exception: American League Most Valuable Player Jose Altuve did not lead Astros batters in Box-Toppers points. In fact, with only 2.5 Box-Toppers points, he finished 11th among Astros batters and 21st among all Astros players.

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Meanwhile Saturday, the Los Angeles Dodgers maintained their narrow lead in Box-Toppers season team rankings, just 0.2 Box-Toppers points ahead of the Cleveland Indians. Both teams won Saturday. The Dodgers beat the third-ranked Washington Nationals, who are now 2.0 points behind.

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Reds' Luis Castillo tops players for Saturday, July 8; Dodgers' Bellinger rises to lead NL batters in '17 Box-Toppers points

Reds pitcher Luis Castillo is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers rises to lead National League batters in 2017 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of July 8:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.1
2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 17.0
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 13.1
4 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 12.4
5 Wood, Alex 3246 pi sp lad nl 12.0
6 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 11.4
7 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 11.4
8 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 10.4
9 Ray, Robbie 3502 pi sp ari nl 10.0
10 McCullers, Lance 3488 pi sp hou al 9.4
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Player of the Day—Castillo struck out eight over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 7-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Alex Cobb pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out three, in the 1-0 win over the Red Sox.

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-1, scoring twice, in the 7-2 win over the Astros.

National League Batter of the Day—Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers homered, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-4, 10-inning win over the Royals.

Bellinger earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, rising to first among NL batters this season, passing previous leader Jay Bruce of the Mets (7.0).

Bellinger’s 7.7 Box-Toppers points is the most among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday. He ranks 22nd among all players.

Notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright rises to 42nd place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Wainwright (6.2IP 5H R 0BB 7K W in the 4-1 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 117.5 career points. He passes two players on the “all-time” list—Mark Buehrle (116.7) and Barry Zito (117.4) and now trails 41st-ranked player Carlos Delgado (117.7). Wainwright has 5.5 Box-Toppers points this season, 23rd among NL pitchers.

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

  • Clint Frazier of the Yankees (HR 3B 3-4 R 4BI in the 5-3 win over the Brewers) made his Major League debut July 1 and was playing in his sixth career game. He is the 3,847th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
  • Drew Robinson of the Rangers (HR 1-2 R 2BI in the 5-2 win over the Angels) made his Major League debut April 5 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,848th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Castillo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cobb earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Donaldson and Bellinger each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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

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Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 

7/8 Score Game Player of the Game AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB 10.2 CIN 7, ARI 0 Luis Castillo (W, 1-1) - - - - 6.2 3 0 0 1 8
AL 7.2 TB 1, BOS 0 Alex Cobb (W, 7-6) - - - - 7.2 2 0 0 1 3
6.2 STL 4, NYM 1 Adam Wainwright (W, 10-5) - - - - 6.2 5 1 1 0 7
6.0 ATL 13, WSH 0 Julio Teheran (W, 7-6) - - - - 7.0 4 0 0 2 5
5.1 SD 2, PHI 1 Jhoulys Chacin (W, 8-7) - - - - 6.1 3 1 1 2 6
BAT 5.0 TOR 7, HOU 2 Josh Donaldson (3B) 1 2 1 3 - - - - - -
5.0 CLE 4, DET 0 Mike Clevinger (W, 5-3) - - - - 6.0 3 0 0 2 4
4.2 PIT 4, CHC 2 Ivan Nova (W, 9-6) - - - - 6.2 3 2 2 1 6
4.0 NYY 5, MIL 3 Clint Frazier (LF) 4 1 3 4 - - - - - -
BAT 3.0 LAD 5, KC 4 (F/10) Cody Bellinger (1B-RF) 3 2 2 2 - - - - - -
3.0 CHW 5, COL 4 David Robertson (S, 13) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
2.0 TEX 5, LAA 2 Drew Robinson (LF) 2 1 1 2 - - - - - -
2.0 OAK 4, SEA 3 Sean Doolittle (W, 1-0) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
1.0 BAL 5, MIN 1 Manny Machado (3B) 4 2 2 1 - - - - - -
0.0 MIA 5, SF 4 Marcell Ozuna (LF) 4 0 2 2 - - - - - -
MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.

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

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

Player of the Game Pos Team ’17 ’16-17 ’12-17 Career +/-
Bellinger, Cody 3781 1b rf lf lad nl 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.7
Nova, Ivan 2796 pi sp pit nl 7.0 15.0 30.7 38.1 -1.0
Chacin, Jhoulys 2711 pi sp sd nl 6.7 12.4 19.1 34.5 1.0
Wainwright, Adam 2150 pi sp stl nl 5.5 15.7 66.8 117.5 -4.7
Cobb, Alex 2916 pi sp tb al 4.4 4.4 34.8 35.8 4.4
Robertson, David 2774 pi cp chi al 4.0 9.0 26.0 30.0 -1.0
Ozuna, Marcell 3190 lf fla nl 3.7 8.7 22.2 22.2 -1.3
Clevinger, Mike 3707 pi sp cle al 3.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 0.7
Machado, Manny 3087 3b bal al 3.5 16.2 27.2 27.2 -9.2
Teheran, Julio 3176 pi sp atl nl 3.0 13.7 49.5 49.5 -7.7
Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 pi sp cin nl 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Doolittle, Sean 3052 pi cp oak al 2.0 3.0 15.0 15.0 1.0
Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 1.5 11.2 41.1 41.1 -8.2
Frazier, Clint 3847 lf nyy al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Robinson, Drew 3848 lf tex al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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Blue Jays' Estrada, Indians' Miller top players in pair of opening ALDS games for Thursday, Oct. 6

Marco Estrada of the Blue Jays and Andrew Miller of the Indians are Box-Toppers Players of the Game in Thursday’s pair of American League Division Series openers.

Estrada allowed one run over 8 1/3 innings, allowing four hits, no walks and striking out six, in the 10-1 win over the Rangers. The Blue Jays now lead the Rangers 1-0 in the best-of-five series.

Estrada had 11.0 Box-Toppers points during the regular season, 37th among all players and 15th among AL pitchers.

Estrada had a Box-Toppers game score Thursday of +8.1. Blue Jays’ top batter in the game was third baseman Josh Donaldson (two doubles, 4-4 2R 2BI) with a Box-Toppers game score of +4.0. Rangers starting pitcher Cole Hamels had a bad day (3.1IP 6H 7R 3BB K L), earning a Box-Toppers game score of −17.9. During the regular year, Hamels had 15.4 Box-Toppers points, sixth among all players and second among AL pitchers.

Indians 5, Red Sox 4—In the other ALDS Game 1, Indians pitcher Andrew Miller earned Player of the Game, allowing no runs over two innings of middle relief. He allowed one hit, one walk and struck out four.

During the regular season, Miller had 8.0 Box-Toppers points as a closer and middle reliever. He earned 4.0 points for the Yankees before his midseason trade to the Indians. He ranks 92nd among all players in Box-Toppers points, 32nd among AL pitchers, third among AL closing pitchers and first among AL middle relievers.

Indians’ top batter Thursday was second baseman Jason Kipnis (HR 3-4 R 2BI) with a Box-Toppers game score of +2.0.

Neither starting pitcher fared particularly well. Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello (4.1IP 6H 5R 0BB 6K L) had a Box-Toppers game score of −5.9. Indians starter Trevor Bauer (4.2IP 6H 3R 0BB 6K ND) had a game score of −1.8.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

BTG Game Player of Game AB R H BI BB K IP H R ER BB K
8.1 TOR 10, TEX 1 Marco Estrada (W,1-0) - - - - - - 8.1 4 1 1 0 6
4.0 CLE 5, BOS 4 Andrew Miller (W,1-0) - - - - - - 2.0 1 0 0 1 4
BTG: Box-Toppers game score

AL Division Series Game 2, Blue Jays lead Rangers, 1-0

The pitching matchup Friday:

Blue Jays—J.A. Happ, 14.7 Box-Toppers points, 11th among all players, third among AL pitchers.

Rangers—Yu Darvish, 10.4 Box-Toppers points, 51st among all players, 21st among AL pitchers.

See the season Box-Toppers point totals of all Blue Jays and Rangers players who earned Player of the Game honors in 2016.

AL Division Series Game 2, Indians lead Red Sox, 1-0

The pitching matchup Friday:

Red Sox—David Price, 12.4 Box-Toppers points, 27th among all players, ninth among AL pitchers.

Indians—Corey Kluber, 21.2 Box-Toppers points, fifth among all players, first among AL pitchers.

Price and Kluber are the top two AL pitchers over the past two seasons. Over 2015 and 2016, Kluber ranks first among AL pitchers with 34.6 Box-Toppers points; Price ranks second with 33.5.

See the season Box-Toppers point totals of all Red Sox and Indians players who earned Player of the Game honors in 2016.

NL Division Series Game 1, Dodgers at Nationals

Though the Washington Nationals have the better winning percentage (.586 vs. .562), the Los Angeles Dodgers rank higher in Box-Toppers team rankings. Dodgers players have accumulated 125.2 Box-Toppers points, third-most among all teams, while the Nationals have 116.1, ranked eighth.

The pitching matchup Friday features the season’s top two players in Box-Toppers player rankings:

Dodgers—Clayton Kershaw, 24.4 Box-Toppers points, ranked second among all players, ranked second among NL pitchers. 

Nationals—Max Scherzer, 25.7 Box-Toppers points, ranked first among all players, ranked first among NL pitchers.

Kershaw led in Box-Toppers points much of the season and had earned 20.0 Box-Toppers points before the end of June, on pace to shatter the single-season Box-Toppers point record of 33.7. But then in late June, he went on the disabled list for two months. Despite his time away, Kershaw did not slip much down Box-Toppers rankings and was only passed by Scherzer in late August.

Kershaw and Scherzer are also the top two NL pitchers over the past two seasons. Over 2015 and 2016, Kershaw ranks first with 50.1 Box-Toppers points and Scherzer ranks second with 46.7. They are also the top two NL pitchers over the past six seasons. From 2011 to the present, Kershaw ranks first with 150.2 points and Scherzer ranks second with 111.3.

In addition to Kershaw, the Dodgers have one other player in a season’s top 10 Box-Toppers category list: Rich Hill with 14.4 Box-Toppers points ranks eighth among NL pitchers.

In addition to Scherzer, the Nationals have one other player a season’s top 10 Box-Toppers category list: Stephen Strasburg with 15.1 Box-Toppers points ranks 10th among all players and seventh among NL pitchers.

Dodgers vs. Nationals

Here are players for both teams in the NL Divisional Series beginning Friday. Players are listed for both teams ranked by Box-Toppers points earned in 2016. All players listed were on active Major or Minor League rosters at the end of the season—not necessarily all of them will be included on postseason rosters.  

Los Angeles Dodgers Washington Nationals
Player Pos BTP Player Pos BTP
Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp 24.4 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp 25.7
Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp 14.4 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp 15.1
Maeda, Kenta 3609 pi sp 10.0 Roark, Tanner 3261 pi sp 12.7
Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp 8.7 Murphy, Daniel 2589 2b 7.5
Grandal, Yasmani 3058 ca 7.2 Gonzalez, Gio 2626 pi sp 6.0
Jansen, Kenley 2871 pi cp 6.0 Werth, Jayson 1664 lf 6.0
Gonzalez, Adrian 2193 1b 5.7 Ross, Joe 3499 pi sp 5.7
Urias, Julio 3652 pi sp 5.7 Rendon, Anthony 3258 3b 5.5
Stripling, Ross 3629 pi sp 4.7 Latos, Mat 2644 pi sp 3.7
Kendrick, Howie 2191 2b lf 1b 4.0 Espinosa, Danny 2804 ss 2b 3.2
Seager, Corey 3587 ss 4.0 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf 3.0
Pederson, Joc 3621 cf 4.0 Melancon, Mark 2792 pi cp 3.0
Toles, Andrew 3692 rf lf cf ph 4.0 Turner, Trea 3730 2b cf 2.5
Reddick, Josh 2936 rf 3.5 Petit, Yusmeiro 2337 pi mr sp 2.0
Puig, Yasiel 3193 rf 3.5 Lopez, Reynaldo 3712 pi sp mr 2.0
McCarthy, Brandon 2082 pi sp 2.7 Solis, Sammy 3651 pi mr 2.0
Turner, Justin 2865 3b 2b 2.5 Zimmerman, Ryan 2180 1b 3b 1.5
Howell, J.P. 2016 pi mr 2.0 Ramos, Wilson 2904 ca 1.5
Stewart, Brock 3722 pi sp 1.7 den Dekker, Matt 3534 lf ph 1.5
Taylor, Chris 3684 2b 1.5 Taylor, Michael 3447 cf 1.0
Wood, Alex 3246 pi sp 1.0 Robinson, Clint 3475 1b 1.0
Hatcher, Chris 3420 pi mr 1.0 Kelley, Shawn 2630 pi cp mr 1.0
Hernandez, Enrique 3541 lf 1.0 Revere, Ben 2886 cf 1.0
Utley, Chase 1861 2b 1.0 Lobaton, Jose 3216 ca 1.0
Baez, Pedro 3678 pi mr 1.0 Cole, A.J. 3727 pi sp 1.0
Totals 125.2 Totals 116.1
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NL Division Series Game 1, Giants at Cubs

The Cubs are the runaway leader in Box-Toppers team rankings, leading nearly all the season with 139.5 Box-Toppers points. The Giants are the lowest-ranking team to qualify for the postseason, ranked 10th with 112.7. 

But the Giants have won the World Series each of the past three even-numbered years (2010, 2012 and 2014)—2016 is an even-numbered year. The Cubs last won the World Series in an even-numbered year, but that year was 1908, 106 years ago.

The pitching matchup Friday:

Giants—Johnny Cueto, 16.4 Box-Toppers points, ranked eighth among all players, fifth among NL pitchers.

Cubs—Jon Lester, 22.1 Box-Toppers points, ranked fourth among all players, third among NL pitchers.

Cueto is the only Giants players in the top 10 in a Box-Toppers category.

The Cubs have four other players in season top 10 lists:

  • Jake Arrieta, 15.7 Box-Toppers points, ranks ninth among all players and sixth among NL pitchers. (Arrieta led all players in 2015 with 29.1 Box-Toppers points).
  • John Lackey, 13.4 Box-Toppers points, ranks ninth among NL pitchers.
  • Kyle Hendricks, 13.4 Box-Toppers points, ranks 10th among NL pitchers.
  • Kris Bryant, 10.5 Box-Toppers points, ranks second among NL batters.

Giants vs. Cubs

Here are players for both teams in the NL Divisional Series beginning Friday. Players are listed for both teams ranked by Box-Toppers points earned in 2016. All players listed were on active Major or Minor League rosters at the end of the season—not necessarily all of them will be included on postseason rosters.  

San Francisco Giants Chicago Cubs
Player Pos BTP Player Pos BTP
Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp 16.4 Lester, Jon 2173 pi sp 22.1
Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp 13.0 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp 15.7
Moore, Matt 2975 pi sp 12.4 Lackey, John 1640 pi sp 13.4
Samardzija, Jeff 2495 pi sp 10.7 Hendricks, Kyle 3386 pi sp 13.4
Belt, Brandon 2943 1b 7.0 Hammel, Jason 2235 pi sp 13.0
Panik, Joe 3401 2b 5.5 Bryant, Kris 3465 lf 3b rf 10.5
Nunez, Eduardo 2795 3b 2b ss 5.5 Chapman, Aroldis 2826 pi cp 7.4
Peavy, Jake 1635 pi sp 5.0 Montgomery, Mike 3513 pi cp mr sp 5.0
Posey, Buster 2745 ca 1b 3.5 Rondon, Hector 3201 pi cp 5.0
Pence, Hunter 2287 rf 3.5 Zobrist, Ben 2216 2b rf lf 4.0
Casilla, Santiago 2301 pi cp 3.0 Russell, Addison 3559 ss 3.5
Kontos, George 3106 pi cp mr 3.0 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b 3.0
Span, Denard 2502 cf 3.0 Cahill, Trevor 2658 pi mr sp 3.0
Tomlinson, Kelby 3619 2b ph 3.0 Soler, Jorge 3403 lf 2.5
Cain, Matt 2081 pi sp 2.7 Coghlan, Chris 2610 3b rf ph 2.5
Brown, Trevor 3610 ca 2.5 Ross, David 1729 ca 2.5
Crawford, Brandon 2878 ss 2.0 Montero, Miguel 2304 ca ph 2.0
Gillaspie, Conor 3218 3b ph 2.0 Smith, Joe 2388 pi cp mr 2.0
Blach, Ty 3754 pi sp 2.0 Baez, Javier 3395 2b ss 2.0
Law, Derek 3657 pi sp mr 2.0 LaStella, Tommy 3367 3b 2b 2.0
Pagan, Angel 2184 lf 1.0 Fowler, Dexter 2698 cf 1.5
Beckham, Gordon 2620 2b 1.0 Szczur, Matt 3704 cf 1.5
Strickland, Hunter 3546 pi mr 1.0 Wood, Travis 2777 pi mr sp 1.0
Okert, Steven 3745 pi mr 1.0 Heyward, Jason 2695 rf 1.0
Osich, Josh 3677 pi mr 1.0
Totals 112.7 Totals 139.5
What are those numbers after players' names?

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

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