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Marlins’ Luzardo tops players for Friday, March 31; Guardians’ Kwan top AL players

Shawn Plank April 1, 2023

Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Luzardo struck out five over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and four walks, in the 2-1 win over the Mets.

Dodgers’ May tops players in Sunday, March 12’s spring training games

Shawn Plank March 12, 2023

Dodgers pitcher Dustin May is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

May struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 8-1 win over the Reds.

Red Sox’ Whitlock tops players in Friday, March 19’s spring training games

Shawn Plank March 20, 2021

Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.

Whitlock struck out five over three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 11-7 win over the Rays.

Awards wrap-up: Box-Toppers points leaders win 2 of 6 major postseason awards in 2020

Shawn Plank November 17, 2020

Box-Toppers points leaders won two of the six major postseason awards for 2020.

Both Cy Young Award winners also led their league’s pitchers in Box-Toppers points in 2020—AL winner Shane Bieber of the Indians led AL pitchers with 11.4 and NL winner Trevor Bauer of the Reds led NL pitchers with 10.0. Bieber and Bauer also were Box-Toppers top two ranked players in 2020, the only two who earned 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points in the pandemic-shortened season.

Rookie of the Year: Short 2020 season limited opportunity to shine for newcomers

Shawn Plank November 10, 2020

Kyle Lewis of the Mariners and Devin Williams of the Brewers were voted 2020 Rookies of the Year by baseball writers.

Neither were among Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies in 2020. Plus, none of Box-Toppers’ top-ranked rookies even received votes from baseball writers for top rookie.

A look at 2020 baseball awards finalists and how they fared in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank November 4, 2020

Box-Toppers’ top two ranked pitchers are finalists for 2020 Cy Young Awards.

However, Box-Toppers’ top batters are not among the finalists for 2020 Most Valuable Player Awards.

Dodgers’ Walker Buehler tops players for Friday, Aug. 21; Tigers’ Schoop tops AL players

Shawn Plank August 22, 2020

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Buehler struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 5-1 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.