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Rockies’ Peter Lambert tops players for Thursday, June 6; Twins’ Kepler tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 7, 2019

Rockies pitcher Peter Lambert is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day in his Major League debut.

Lambert struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 3-1 win over the Cubs.

Brewers’ Freddy Peralta tops players for Wednesday, April 3; Blue Jays’ Shoemaker rises to lead player rankings

Shawn Plank April 4, 2019

Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Blue Jays pitcher Matt Shoemaker rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Acuña, Ohtani, voted Rookies of the Year by baseball writers

Shawn Plank November 13, 2018

Box-Toppers top-ranked rookies, Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, were voted 2018 Rookies of the Year Monday.

The honors for the 2018 season were awarded Monday by the Baseball Writers Association of America. The Internet Baseball Writers Association of America also named both as top rookies for 2018 on Monday.

Dodgers’ Rich Hill, Red Sox’ Jackie Bradley Jr. top players in Tuesday's LCS games

Shawn Plank October 17, 2018

Dodgers pitcher Rich Hill and Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Red Sox are Tuesday’s Box-Toppers top players in a pair of League Championship Series games.

Cleveland Indians had most players—seven—among Box-Toppers’ top 100 at the All-Star break

Shawn Plank July 24, 2018

The Cleveland Indians had the most players—seven–among the top 100 in Box-Toppers’ 2018 player rankings at the All-Star break.

Five teams were tied for the second-most players with six players each among the top 100—the Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies and Seattle Mariners.

Brewers’ Freddy Peralta tops players for Tuesday, June 26; Severino, Paxton, Morton rise in player rankings top 10

Shawn Plank June 27, 2018

Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, three players in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 earned Player of the Game honors—Yankees pitcher Luis Severino, Mariners pitcher James Paxton and Astros pitcher Charlie Morton.

Yankees’ Domingo German tops players for Tuesday, June 19; Twins’ Berrios maintains 3rd place in player rankings

Shawn Plank June 20, 2018

Yankees pitcher Domingo German is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Twins pitcher Jose Berrios maintains his third-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Brewers' Freddy Peralta tops players for Sunday, May 13; Astros' Keuchel tops AL players

Shawn Plank May 14, 2018

Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, making his Major League debut.

Peralta struck out 13 over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 7-3 win over the Rockies.

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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.