Astros pitcher Luis Garcia is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers are the top-ranked team in Box-Toppers’ 2021 preseason rankings. They also ended 2020 as Box-Toppers’ top-ranked team and World Series champions.
Meanwhile, the New York Mets made the biggest offseason improvement in players’ accumulated Box-Toppers points, while the Chicago Cubs saw the biggest decline.
Read MoreReds’ Trevor Bauer tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 19, rises to 2nd in season player rankings
Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Bauer struck out nine in a scoreless seven-inning complete game, allowing one hit and three walks, in the 5-0, seven-inning win over the Royals.
Read MoreCardinals’ Jack Flaherty, Nationals’ Anthony Rendon top players in Wednesday's NLDS deciding games
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Read MoreOrioles' Kevin Gausman (7.2IP 0R 5K ND) tops players for Monday, July 27
Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gausman pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and striking out five, in the 2-1, 11-inning win over the Braves. Gausman did not pick up the win and had a no-decision because when he exited, the score was tied 0-0.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.4 |
| 2 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 15.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 15.0 |
| 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 14.4 |
| 5 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 13.1 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.0 |
| 7 | Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 13.0 |
| 8 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 13.0 |
| 9 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 12.7 |
| 10 | Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 12.7 |
National League Player of the Day—Kolten Wong of the Cardinals hit a grand slam in the 4-1 win over the Reds.
American League Batter of the Day—Eric Hosmer of the Royals hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 9-4 win over the Indians.
Hosmer is the highest ranked of all nine who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Hosmer earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season. He ranks 51st among all players, sixth among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall NL Player of the Day was a batter (Kolten Wong).
Scoring—Gausman earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wong earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Hosmer earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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
| 7/27 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 5.2 | `Orioles | Kevin Gausman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| BAT | 5.0 | Royals | Eric Hosmer, 1B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | Yankees | Didi Gregorius, SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | Rays | Curt Casali, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NL | 3.0 | Cardinals | Kolten Wong, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | Giants | Brandon Crawford, SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | `Dbacks | Robbie Ray | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2.0 | Cubs | Kris Bryant, 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | White Sox | Jose Abreu, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. | ||||||||||||||||
Kansas City Royals rise to edge Cardinals in weekly Box-Toppers team rankings
Kansas City rises from third to first in rankings. Cardinals fall to second, but still lead NL. San Francisco Giants were the week's hot team.
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Read MoreAthletics' Sonny Gray, Reds' Johnny Cueto top players for Wednesday, April 22
Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray is Wednesday’s Player of the Day.
Gray struck out seven over seven innings and allowed one run on two hits in the 9-2 win over the Angels. Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season and rises to eighth in Box-Toppers player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of April 22.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 |
| 2 | Kazmir, Scott 1947 | pi sp | oak al | 3.7 |
| 3 | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | cin nl | 3.7 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 3.4 |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 3.0 |
| 6 | Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 3.0 |
| 7 | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 3.0 |
| 8 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 3.0 |
| 10 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cle al | 3.0 |
National League Player of the Day—Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto struck out eight over eight innings and allowed one run on five hits in the 2-1 win over the Brewers. Cueto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 3.4 for the season and rises to fourth in Box-Toppers player rankings.
National League Batter of the Day—Kolten Wong of the Cardinals homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, in the 7-5 win over the Nationals.
American League Batter of the Day—Gregorio Petit of the Yankees doubled, scored and drove in three runs in the 13-4 win over the Tigers. It is Petit’s first Box-Toppers point in nearly six years. He last earned Player of the Game honors May 2, 2009, as a member of the Athletics.
Notable—Jose Abreu of the White Sox, last season’s Box-Toppers points leader among AL batters, scored his first Box-Toppers point of the season. Abreu (HR 2B 2-4 R 3BI in the 6-0 win over the Indians) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game. In 2014, he had 15.5 Box-Toppers points.
Also notable—The NL’s top two Box-Toppers points leaders in 2014 faced off in a pitching duel Wednesday, but neither earned Player of the Game honors.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2014 with 31.5, faced Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, second among NL pitchers and third place overall in 2014 with 22.6 Box-Toppers points.
The Giants beat the Dodgers 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning on Joe Panik’s walk-off sacrifice fly. Panik earned Player of the Game honors with an Box-Toppers game score of +1.0, the highest of any Giants player.
Had the Dodgers prevailed, Kershaw (6IP 3H 2R 9K ND) likely would have been Player of the Game. He had a Box-Toppers game score of +7. But he exited the game after six innings with the Giants leading 2-0. Kershaw has 1.0 Box-Toppers point this season, earned April 17.
Bumgarner also earned a no decision in the game, leaving with the score tied 2-2. He had a Box-Toppers game score of +0.1 (6.1IP 6H 2R 6K), allowing Panik’s low game score of +1 to beat him for Player of the Game. Bumgarner has yet to earn Player of the Game honors this season and so has no Box-Toppers points for 2015.
Scoring—Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cueto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Wong and Petit each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers 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.
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 | 8.0 | Athletics | Sonny Gray (W, 2-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| NL | 7.0 | Reds | Johnny Cueto (W, 1-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 4.0 | Twins | Mike Pelfrey (W, 1-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 4.0 | Marlins | Jarred Cosart (W, 1-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 4.0 | Rays | Brad Boxberger (W, 1-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | Cardinals | Kolten Wong 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | Rockies | Corey Dickerson LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | Yankees | Gregorio Petit 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2.0 | Blue Jays | Devon Travis 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | White Sox | Jose Abreu 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | Dbacks | Chris Owings 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | Pirates | Tony Watson (S, 1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | Mets | Jeurys Familia (S, 7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.0 | Giants | Joe Panik PH, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 0.1 | Mariners | J.A. Happ (W, 1-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Box-Toppers' top rookies—Jose Abreu, Jacob deGrom—easily win 2014 Rookie of the Year Awards
Box-Toppers’ leading rookies easily won each league’s Rookie of the Year Award Monday.
First baseman Jose Abreu of the White Sox won the American League award unanimously and Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom won the National League award with 26 out of 30 first place votes.
Read MoreBox-Toppers' top-ranked rookies among finalists for Rookie of the Year Award
The rookies with the most Box-Toppers points in each league—Jose Abreu of the White Sox and Jacob deGrom of the Mets—are among the finalists for baseball’s Rookie of the Year honors.
Read MoreCardinals' Oscar Taveras tops players in NLCS Game 2, Sunday, Oct. 12
Oscar Taveras hit a pinch-hit, seventh-inning homer for the Cardinals to tie the National League Championship Series Game 2 against the Giants at 3-3 and is Box-Toppers.com Player of the Day for Sunday.
The Cardinals went on to win the game 5-4 on a walk-off homer by Kolten Wong in the bottom of the ninth, tying the best-of-seven game series with the Giants, 1-1.
Taveras hit the solo home run in his only at bat, going 1-for-1 with a run and an RBI, giving him a Box-Toppers game score of +2, the highest of any Cardinals player.
During the regular season he had 1.0 Box-Toppers point, ranking 719th among all players, 173rd among NL batters.
Wong, who hit the walk-off homer, had a Box-Toppers game score of 0—he went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
The series resumes Tuesday in San Francisco.
Coming Monday:
ALCS Game 3, Royals lead Orioles, 2-0
The pitching matchup Monday:
Orioles: Wei-Yin Chen, 6.7 Box-Toppers points, ranked 131st among all players, 50th among AL pitchers.
Royals: Jeremy Guthrie, 7.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked 113rd among all players, 40th among AL pitchers.
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
Players of the Game (POG) listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 1012 | Score | Team | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POG | 2.0 | Cardinals | Oscar Taveras PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nationals' Jordan Zimmermann (7IP 0R 8K) tops players for Saturday, Aug. 2
Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is Saturday’s Player of the Day. Zimmermann pitched seven shutout innings and struck out eight in the 11-0 win over the Phillies.
Zimmermann earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.0 for the season. He ranks 28th among all players and 14th among National League pitchers.
Tigers pitcher Rick Porcello is American League Player of the Day. Porcello struck out 10 over eight innings, allowing two runs, in the 11-5 win over the Rockies.
Chris Carter of the Astros is AL Batter of the Day. Carter homered and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 8-2 win over the Blue Jays.
Kolten Wong of the Cardinals is NL Batter of the Day. Wong homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-7 win over the Brewers.
Zimmermann receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Porcello receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Carter and Wong each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
Box-Toppers watches the daily performances of selected star players and Box-Toppers points leaders. To see how they performed Saturday, click here.
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
| 802 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 10.0 | Nationals | Jordan Zimmermann (W, 7-5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| AL | 7.0 | Tigers | Rick Porcello (W, 13-5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 7.0 | `Marlins | Nathan Eovaldi | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 7.0 | `Indians | T.J. House | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 5.1 | Mets | Jacob deGrom (W, 6-5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 4.1 | Yankees | Shawn Kelley (W, 2-3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | Astros | Chris Carter DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BAT | 3.0 | Cardinals | Kolten Wong 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | Dodgers | Hanley Ramirez SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | Pirates | Josh Harrison 2B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | Rays | Brandon Guyer LF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | `Padres | Ian Kennedy | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
| 2.2 | Mariners | Dominic Leone (W, 4-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | Twins | Trevor Plouffe 3B | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | Athletics | Jonny Gomes LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.