Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to ninth in player rankings.
Harvey pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing four hits, in the 3-2 win over the Blue Jays. Harvey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.7 for the season. He ranks fifth among NL pitchers.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 16.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 12.4 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 12.0 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.0 |
| 4 | Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 11.0 |
| 5 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.4 |
| 6 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 10.1 |
| 7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.7 |
| 8 | Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 9.7 |
| 9 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.7 |
| 10 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 9.4 |
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits, in the 6-0 win over the Cubs.
American League Batter of the Day—Manny Machado of the Orioles hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 19-3 win over the Phillies.
National League Batter of the Day—Clint Robinson of the Nationals homered and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 16-4 win over the Rays.
Debut—Matt Duffy of the Giants made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Duffy (HR 3-4 2R 3BI in the 6-2 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut Aug. 1, 2014, and was playing in his 87th career game. He is the 3,504th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Harvey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bauer earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Machado and Robinson each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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
| 6/16 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 9.0 | Mets | Matt Harvey (W, 7-4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| AL | 7.0 | Indians | Trevor Bauer (W, 6-3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| BAT | 5.0 | Orioles | Manny Machado 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5.0 | Astros | Luis Valbuena 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5.0 | Pirates | Charlie Morton (W, 5-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 5.0 | Royals | Chris Young (W, 6-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | Nationals | Clint Robinson 1B, RF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | Giants | Matt Duffy 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | Athletics | Tyler Clippard (S, 10) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.1 | Red Sox | Wade Miley (W, 6-6) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3.1 | Cardinals | Michael Wacha (W, 9-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3.0 | Marlins | Giancarlo Stanton RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | Angels | Garrett Richards (W, 7-4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 3.0 | Reds | Aroldis Chapman (S, 14) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0.0 | Rangers | Robinson Chirinos C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |