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Orioles’ Kremer tops players for Friday, Sept. 23; Cardinals’ Quintana tops NL players

Shawn Plank September 24, 2022

Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Kremer pitched a couplete-game, four-hit shutout, striking out six and walking two, in the 6-0 win over the Astros.

Cardinals’ Quintana tops players for Saturday, Sept. 17; Angels’ Ohtani maintains 2nd

Shawn Plank September 18, 2022

Cardinals pitcher Jose Quintana is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani earns American League Player of the Day honors as a starting pitcher. He maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, but loses his status to rank among batters because he’s now earned the overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher. And because of this, he falls from first place among AL batters in 2022 Box-Toppers points, giving the lead to Aaron Judge of the Yankees.

Mets’ Walker tops players for Sunday, Sept. 11; Diamondbacks’ Gallen maintains 5th

Shawn Plank September 12, 2022

Mets pitcher Taijuan Walker is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen maintains fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Royals’ Singer tops players for Saturday, July 23; Verlander, Urias rise in top 10 rankings

Shawn Plank July 24, 2022

Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Justin Verlander maintains second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Also, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Royals’ Singer tops players for Tuesday, May 17; White Sox’ Cease rises to 3rd in player rankings

Shawn Plank May 18, 2022

Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to third place and Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan rises to ninth. Plus, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers rises to first place among National League batters in Box-Toppers points Tuesday.

A look at players who made biggest gains in Box-Toppers points from 2019 to 2020—Brewers’ Corbin Burnes leads list

Shawn Plank December 9, 2020

Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes had the biggest gain in Box-Toppers point totals from 2019 to 2020.

Burnes earned 7.7 Box-Toppers points in 2020 after earning no points in 2019. Burnes had earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in his 2018 rookie season.

Royals’ Singer tops players for Thursday, Sept. 10; Angels’ Bundy rises to 7th in player rankings

Shawn Plank September 11, 2020

Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, making his Box-Toppers debut.

Also Thursday, Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

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.