Athletics' Kendall Graveman tops players for Friday, Aug. 19; Rangers' Hamels rises to 5th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank August 20, 2016

Athletics pitcher Kendall Graveman is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels rises to fifth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of Aug. 19:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	18.7
3	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	17.2
4	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	16.4
5	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	15.1
6	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	14.4
7	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	14.4
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	14.1
9	Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	12.7
10	Altuve, Jose 3007	2b	hou al	12.5

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Player of the Day—Graveman pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out five and walking none, in the 9-0 win over the White Sox.

National League Player of the Day—Ryan Schimpf of the Padres hit a walk-off, three-run homer in the 7-4, 10-inning win over the Diamondbacks. Schimpf hit two homers in the game and also doubled twice, going 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in five runs.

American League Batter of the Day—Teoscar Hernandez of the Astros homered and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 15-8 win over the Orioles.

This was Hernandez’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Hernandez made his Major League debut Aug. 12 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,713rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall NL Player of the Day was batter Ryan Schimpf.

Rankings—Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels rises from seventh to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Hamels (7.1IP 3H R 2BB 10K W in the 6-2 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 15.1 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind Corey Kluber of the Indians (17.2).

Hamels also now has 141.3 career Box-Toppers points, ranked 26th since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 25th-ranked player, Giants pitcher Jake Peavy (141.8).

Notable—Two players became the 25th and 26th players this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points after they earned Player of the Game honors Friday:

Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (7.2IP 5H 0R 0BB 9K W in the 7-0 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season, becoming the 25th player with 10 or more points in 2016. Tanaka ranks 19th among all players and sixth among AL pitchers. It is his second season with 10 or more points; he had 12.7 points in 2014 with the Yankees.
Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer (8IP 5H 2R 2BB 13K ND in the 3-2 win over the Blue Jays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.4 for the season, becoming the 26th player with 10 or more points in 2016. Bauer ranks 23rd among all players and 10th among AL pitchers. This is Bauer's first season with 10 or more points.

Debut—David Dahl of the Rockies made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Dahl (HR 2-4 2R BI in the 7-6, 11-inning win over the Cubs) made his Major League debut July 25 and was playing in his 24th career game. He is the 3,714th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Graveman earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Schmipf earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Hernandez earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    8/19
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    OAK 9, CHW 0
    Kendall Graveman (W,9-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    11.2
    NYY 7, LAA 0
    Masahiro Tanaka (W,10-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    
    10.1
    TEX 6, TB 2
    Cole Hamels (W,13-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    3
    1
    1
    2
    10
  

    
    10.0
    `CLE 3, TOR 2
    Trevor Bauer
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    2
    13
  

    NL
    7.0
    SD 7, ARI 4 (10)
    Ryan Schimpf, 2B
    5
    3
    4
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    BOS 10, DET 2
    Rick Porcello (W,17-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    1
    2
    8
  

    BAT
    5.0
    HOU 15, BAL 8
    Teoscar Hernandez, CF
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    CIN 9, LAD 2
    Joey Votto, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 6, PIT 5
    J.T. Realmuto, C
    3
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SF 8, NYM 1
    Conor Gillaspie, PH
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    WSH 7, ATL 6
    Clint Robinson, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    STL 4, PHI 3 (11)
    Seung Hwan Oh (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    1.0
    COL 7, CHC 6 (11)
    David Dahl, CF
    4
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    SEA 7, MIL 6
    Adam Lind, PH-1B
    2
    1
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    KC 5, MIN 4 (11)
    Chien-Ming Wang (W,6-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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 (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	15.1	30.5	82.1	141.3	-0.3
Tanaka, Masahiro 3305	pi sp	nyy al	10.7	18.7	31.4	31.4	2.7
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	10.4	19.8	28.5	28.5	1.0
Votto, Joey 2366	1b	cin nl	8.5	13.5	30.2	62.2	3.5
Porcello, Rick 2573	pi sp	bos al	7.0	11.0	32.7	41.7	3.0
Realmuto, J.T. 3491	ca	fla nl	5.5	10.5	10.5	10.5	0.5
Graveman, Kendall 3444	pi sp	oak al	5.0	9.7	9.7	9.7	0.3
Schimpf, Ryan 3686	2b 3b	sd nl	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Oh, Seung Hwan 3693	pi cp	stl nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Lind, Adam 2238	1b ph	sea al	3.7	10.2	30.2	57.8	-2.8
Gillaspie, Conor 3218	3b ph	sf nl	2.0	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.0
Hernandez, Teoscar 3713	cf	hou al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Robinson, Clint 3475	1b	dc nl	1.0	4.5	4.5	4.5	-2.5
Wang, Chien-Ming 2023	pi cp	kc al	1.0	1.0	5.0	28.1	1.0
Dahl, David 3714	cf	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Reds' Homer Bailey tops players for Friday, Aug. 12; Rangers' Lucroy tops AL players

Shawn Plank August 13, 2016

Reds pitcher Homer Bailey is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of Aug. 12:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	18.7
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	16.4
4	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	16.2
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	14.4
6	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	14.1
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	14.1
8	Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	13.4
9	Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	12.7
10	Altuve, Jose 3007	2b	hou al	12.5

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Bailey struck out 11 over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 7-4 win over the Brewers.

American League Player of the Day—Jonathan Lucroy of the Rangers hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 8-5 win over the Tigers.

Lucroy earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, most among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Friday. Lucroy ranks 110th among all players, 20th among AL batters and third among AL catchers (behind Russell Martin of the Blue Jays and Matt Wieters of the Orioles, both of whom have 7.0 Box-Toppers points).

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Szczur of the Cubs hit two homers, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 13-2 win over the Cardinals.

This was Szczur’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Szczur made his Major League debut Aug. 17, 2014, and was playing in his 156th career game. He is the 3,704th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Jonathan Lucroy.

Notable—Four batters Friday had Box-Toppers game scores of +6.0—Lucroy, Szczur, Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox and Ryan Schimpf of the Padres.

Lucroy and Szczur ranked ahead of Ramirez and Schmipf because they both had three hits, while the other two had two hits. And Lucroy ranked ahead of Szczur because he had more RBIs—five vs. three.

Debut—Astros pitcher Joe Musgrove made his Box-Toppers debut Friday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Musgrove (7IP 6H 2R BB 7K W in the 5-3 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut Aug. 2 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,705th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

A-Rod—Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees played in the apparent final game of his career Friday, a 6-3 win over the Rays.

Rodriguez doubled and went 1-for-4, driving in a run, giving him a Box-Toppers game score of −2.0. Player of the Game for the Yankees was closer Delin Betances (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K Sv).

If that truly is the end for Rodriguez, 41, he exits with 187.0 career Box-Toppers points, which as of Friday, was the highest total for any active player, the most points earned by any batter since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began) and the fourth-highest total of any player since 1995.

However, Rodriguez did not earn any Box-Toppers points in 2016. He earned 7.7 points in 2015, the year after he returned from a 2014 yearlong suspension for violating baseball’s performance enhancing drug policy. More on Rodriguez’s career through a Box-Toppers perspective here.

Scoring—Bailey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lucroy earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Szczur earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    8/12
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    CIN 7, MIL 4
    Homer Bailey (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    11
  

    AL
    6.0
    TEX 8, DET 5
    Jonathan Lucroy, C
    4
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    6.0
    CHC 13, STL 2
    Matt Szczur, CF
    4
    4
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    BOS 9, ARI 4
    Hanley Ramirez, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    SD 8, NYM 6
    Ryan Schimpf, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    PHI 10, COL 6
    Ryan Howard, 1B
    5
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    CLE 13, LAA 3
    Brandon Guyer, LF
    4
    1
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    ATL 8, WSH 5
    Freddie Freeman, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    KC 7, MIN 3
    Yordano Ventura (W,8-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    3
    3
    1
    9
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 6, TB 3
    Dellin Betances (S,4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.1
    `CHW 4, MIA 2
    Nate Jones (H,23)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    HOU 5, TOR 3
    Joe Musgrove (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 5, SF 2
    Zach Britton (S,36)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    OAK 6, SEA 3
    Marcus Semien, SS
    4
    2
    4
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 5, LAD 1
    Andrew McCutchen, CF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lucroy, Jonathan 2744	ca	tex al	5.7	7.4	26.3	27.3	4.0
Ventura, Yordano 3294	pi sp	kc al	5.0	16.7	26.4	26.4	-6.7
Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	5.0	8.0	36.2	36.2	2.0
Ramirez, Hanley 2119	1b	bos al	5.0	5.0	27.7	55.6	5.0
Semien, Marcus 3302	ss	oak al	4.5	4.5	8.0	8.0	4.5
Britton, Zach 2835	pi cp	bal al	4.0	12.7	32.1	32.1	-4.7
Jones, Nate 3125	pi mr	chi al	4.0	5.0	12.0	12.0	3.0
McCutchen, Andrew 2637	cf	pit nl	3.5	14.0	44.7	50.4	-7.0
Schimpf, Ryan 3686	3b 2b	sd nl	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Howard, Ryan 2040	1b	phi nl	2.0	7.5	32.4	98.7	-3.5
Betances, Dellin 3333	pi mr cp	nyy al	2.0	6.0	10.7	10.7	-2.0
Bailey, Homer 2324	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	2.0	36.4	47.1	2.0
Szczur, Matt 3704	cf	chi nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Guyer, Brandon 3363	lf	cle al	1.0	2.0	4.5	4.5	0.0
Musgrove, Joe 3705	pi sp	hou al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Angels' Matt Shoemaker tops players for Saturday, July 16; Cardinals' Wainwright tops NL players

Shawn Plank July 17, 2016

Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 16:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	11.4
7	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0
8	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5

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Shoemaker pitched a complete-game shutout, striking out 13 and allowing six hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the White Sox.

National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, allowing two walks and striking out five, in the 5-0 win over the Marlins.

Wainwright earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 109.0 for his career, rising to 54th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Saturday, Wainwright passes three players on the “all-time” list—Lance Berkman (108.1), Kevin Millwood (108.3) and Billy Wagner (108.7). Wainwright now trails 53rd-place player Jeff Kent (109.7). Wainwright has 7.2 Box-Toppers points on the season, 14th among NL pitchers.

American League Batter of the Day—Sandy Leon of the Red Sox hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, driving in four runs, in the 5-2 win over the Yankees.

National League Batter of the Day—Ryan Schimpf of the Padres homered, tripled and went 2-for-3, driving in two runs, in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Giants.

This was Schimpf’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Schimpf made his Major League debut June 14 and was playing in his 23rd career game. He is the 3,686th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Notable—Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Roark (8IP 5H 0R BB 5K W in the 6-0 win over the Pirates) has 8.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, ranking 21st among all players, 13th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Ryon Healy of the Athletics made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday,the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Healy (three-run HR 2-3 3BI in the 5-4 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut July 15 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,685th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Shoemaker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wainwright earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Leon and Schimpf 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/16
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    16.0
    LAA 1/CHW 0
    Matt Shoemaker (W,5-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    6
    0
    0
    0
    13
  

    
    12.0
    SEA 1/HOU 0
    Hisashi Iwakuma (W,10-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    NL
    9.0
    STL 5/MIA 0
    Adam Wainwright (W,9-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    
    7.0
    DC 6/PIT 0
    Tanner Roark (W,9-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    
    7.0
    CHC 3/TEX 1
    Jason Hammel (W,8-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    
    6.0
    MIL 9/CIN 1
    Jimmy Nelson (W,6-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    2
    7
  

    BAT
    3.0
    BOS 5/NYY 2
    Sandy Leon, C
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 5/TOR 4
    Ryon Healy, 3B
    3
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 2/TB 1
    Zach Britton (S,29)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    SD 7/SF 6
    Ryan Schimpf, 2B
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `MIN 5/CLE 4
    Fernando Abad
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    PHI 4/NYM 2
    Jeanmar Gomez (S,25)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    COL 4/ATL 3
    Carlos Estevez (S,5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    `ARI 2/LAD 1
    Tyler Clippard
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    0.0
    KC 8/DET 4
    Eric Hosmer, 1B
    4
    1
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	8.7	9.7	24.7	24.7	7.7
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	7.2	10.2	58.3	109.0	4.2
Hammel, Jason 2235	pi sp	chi nl	6.0	15.7	39.1	52.2	-3.7
Shoemaker, Matt 3290	pi sp	ana al	6.0	11.7	24.4	24.4	0.3
Hosmer, Eric 2886	1b	kc al	4.0	13.0	26.5	26.5	-5.0
Nelson, Jimmy 3299	pi sp	mil nl	3.0	11.4	13.4	13.4	-5.4
Clippard, Tyler 2291	pi mr	ari nl	3.0	4.0	19.0	30.4	2.0
Gomez, Jeanmar 2759	pi cp	phi nl	3.0	3.0	8.0	10.0	3.0
Leon, Sandy 3676	ca	bos al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048	pi sp	sea al	2.0	15.1	50.2	50.2	-11.1
Britton, Zachary 2835	pi cp	bal al	2.0	10.7	30.1	30.1	-6.7
Abad, Fernando 3653	pi mr	min al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Estevez, Carlos 3641	pi mr cp	col nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Schimpf, Ryan 3686	3b	sd nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Healy, Ryon 3685	3b	oak al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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