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Giants’ Junis tops players for Sunday, June 5; Guardians’ Plesac tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 6, 2022

Giants pitcher Jakob Junis is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Junis struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and two walks, in the 5-1 win over the Marlins.

Padres’ Snell tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 31; Brewers’ Woodruff rises to 3rd in player rankings

Shawn Plank September 1, 2021

Padres pitcher Blake Snell is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Padres’ Musgrove, pitching no-hitter, tops players for Friday, April 9, rises to lead player rankings

Shawn Plank April 10, 2021

Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove, pitching a no-hitter, is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Musgrove struck out 10 in a complete-game shutout, allowing no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Rangers. Musgrove faced 28 batters, one over the minimum, allowing only one baserunner on a hit by pitch.

Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks tops players for Friday, Sept. 18; Rays’ Glasnow rises to 10th in player rankings

Shawn Plank September 19, 2020

Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Phillies’ Aaron Nola tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 1, rising to 3rd in player rankings

Shawn Plank September 2, 2020

Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to third place in season player rankings.

Nola struck out nine over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks, in the 6-0 win over the Nationals.

Dodgers’ Walker Buehler tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 10, rises to 7th in player rankings

Shawn Plank September 11, 2019

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh place in season player rankings.

Buehler struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 7-3 win over the Orioles.

Marlins’ Jordan Yamamoto tops players for Tuesday, June 18; White Sox’ Jimenez rises to lead AL batters in Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank June 19, 2019

Marlins pitcher Jordan Yamamoto is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox rises to lead American League batters in 2019 Box-Toppers points 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.