Nationals' Tanner Roark tops players for Monday, May 29; Indians' Carrasco rises to 9th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 29:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 10.7
2 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 9.4
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 8.4
4 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 8.0
5 Wood, Alex 3246 pi sp lad nl 7.0
6 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 6.7
7 Judge, Aaron 3767 rf nyy al 6.5
8 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 6.4
9 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 6.4
10 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 6.4
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Also Monday, Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Roark pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing six hits, in the 3-0 win over the Giants.

American League Player of the Day—Carlos Beltran of the Astros hit a three-run homer and went 4-for-5, scoring three times, in the 16-8 win over the Twins.

Beltran earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 107.6 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 59th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Monday, he passes three players on the “all-time” list—Frank Thomas (106.2), Red Sox pitcher David Price (106.2) and Twins pitcher Ervin Santana (106.7), who was the starting opposing pitcher in Beltran’s game Monday. Beltran ranks 19th among all batters in career points since 1995 and fourth among all active batters.

Beltran has 2.7 Box-Toppers points in 2017 and earlier this season tied the record for longest consecutive season streak earning Box-Toppers points at 19 (1999-2017).

Box-Toppers season streaks

Here are the players who have earned Box-Toppers points in the most consecutive seasons. Carlos Beltran has tied Jason Giambi for the longest streak—19 straight seasons. Beltran has earned points each season from 1999 to 2017; Giambi earned points each season from 1995 to 2013. (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.) Players are listed by length of their streak. Also shown is the duration of their streak and their career Box-Toppers point (BTP) total.



Streak

Player

Pos

Duration
Career
BTP
1 19 Jason Giambi 1b 1995-2013 133.4
1 19 Carlos Beltran* rf 1999-2017 107.6
3 18 Jim Thome 1b dh 1995-2012 146.7
3 18 Chipper Jones 3b 1995-2012 149.0
3 18 Johnny Damon lf 1995-2012 63.0
3 18 Alex Rodriguez 3b 1996-2013 187.0
7 17 Mariano Rivera pi cp 1995-2011 126.4
7 17 Derek Jeter ss 1996-2012 76.4
7 17 Paul Konerko 1b 1998-2014 100.7
7 17 Tim Hudson pi sp 1999-2015 157.0
7 17 Torii Hunter cf 1999-2015 115.9
7 17 David Ortiz dh 2000-2016 145.9
7 17 CC Sabathia* pi sp 2001-2017 188.0
14 16 Manny Ramirez lf 1995-2010 167.2
14 16 Andy Pettitte pi sp 1995-2010 138.5
14 16 Jamie Moyer pi sp 1995-2010 104.0
14 16 Scott Rolen 3b 1996-2011 97.6
14 16 Kevin Millwood pi sp 1997-2012 108.3
14 16 Derek Lowe pi sp 1998-2013 91.5
14 16 Aramis Ramirez 3b 2000-2015 105.8
14 16 Mark Buehrle pi sp 2000-2015 116.7
14 16 Albert Pujols* dh 1b 2001-2016 182.3
14 16 Ichiro Suzuki* rf 2001-2016 53.7
24 15 Randy Johnson pi sp 1995-2009 278.8
24 15 Garret Anderson lf 1995-2009 86.5
24 15 Ivan Rodriguez ca 1995-2009 79.0
24 15 Tony Clark 1b 1995-2009 63.8
24 15 Gary Sheffield lf 1995-2009 124.1
24 15 Jason Kendall ca 1996-2010 40.9
24 15 Vladimir Guerrero rf 1997-2011 128.3
24 15 Bobby Abreu rf 1997-2011 95.5
24 15 Mike Cameron cf 1997-2011 70.3
24 15 Miguel Tejada ss 1997-2011 102.3
24 15 Jorge Posada ca 1997-2011 79.5
24 15 Livan Hernandez pi sp 1997-2011 76.7
24 15 Kyle Lohse pi sp 2001-2015 89.0
24 15 Jake Peavy pi sp 2002-2016 141.8
24 15 Miguel Cabrera* 1b 2003-2017 145.9
BTP: Box-Toppers points
* Active streak of a player active in 2017
Updated Monday, May 29, 2017
Details

National League Batter of the Day—Hunter Renfroe of the Padres hit a grand slam, going 1-for-4, in the 5-2 win over the Cubs.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Carlos Beltran.

Rankings—Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Carrasco (7IP 4H 2R BB 7K W in the 5-3 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.4 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

Streaks—Two players extended streaks of 10 or more consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points after earning their first Player of the Game honors of the season Monday:

  • Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers has now earned Box-Toppers points for 15 straight seasons.
  • Marlins pitcher Edinson Volquez has now earned Box-Toppers points for 12 straight seasons.

Cabrera (2-3 R 3BI in the 10-7 win over the Royals) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2003 with the Marlins, making his 15-season streak tied (with 14 others) for the 24th-longest streak in Box-Toppers tracking history. It is the fifth-longest currently active streak.

Cabrera has 145.9 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 23rd place among all players since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Monday, he passes two players on the “all-time” list—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester (145.2) and David Ortiz (145.9). (While Cabrera and Ortiz both have the same career Box-Toppers point total, Cabrera ranks ahead because he has more 2017 points—1.0 vs. 0.0.) Cabrera now trails 22nd-ranked player Jim Thome (146.7).

Cabrera now has the seventh-most career Box-Toppers points among active players after passing Lester. And he has the seventh-most career points among all batters since 1995, passing Ortiz and trailing sixth-ranked Thome (146.7). Cabrera maintains his second-place rank in career points among active batters, trailing Albert Pujols of the Angels (182.3).

Cabrera’s best season was 2013 with the Tigers when he had 16.9 Box-Toppers points, first among AL batters and eighth among all players. Cabrera also led AL batters in 2009 with the Tigers with 16.5 points, ninth among all players that season. In 2016, Cabrera had 12.0 Box-Toppers points, fourth among AL batters.

Volquez (6IP 3H R 2BB 4K W in the 4-1 win over the Phillies) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2006 with the Rangers and has 65.2 career points, 19th among active NL pitchers. His best season was 2008 with the Reds when he had 15.1 Box-Toppers points, sixth among NL pitchers. In 2016, he had 6.4 points with the Royals.

Scoring—Roark earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Beltran earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Renfroe earns 1.5 points for being NL 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.

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Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 

5/29 Score Game Player of the Game AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB 6.0 WSH 3, SF 0 Tanner Roark (W,5-2) - - - - 7.0 6 0 0 1 6
AL 5.0 HOU 16, MIN 8 Carlos Beltran, DH 5 3 4 3 - - - - - -
5.0 TOR 17, CIN 2 Justin Smoak, 1B 5 3 3 4 - - - - - -
5.0 CLE 5, OAK 3 Carlos Carrasco (W,5-2) - - - - 7.0 4 2 2 1 7
4.0 NYM 4, MIL 2 Robert Gsellman (W,3-3) - - - - 7.0 3 2 1 2 5
4.0 TB 10, TEX 8 Alex Colome (S,14) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
3.0 CHW 5, BOS 4 Melky Cabrera, LF 4 1 2 4 - - - - - -
3.0 DET 10, KC 7 Miguel Cabrera, 1B 3 1 2 3 - - - - - -
BAT 3.0 SD 5, CHC 2 Hunter Renfroe, RF 3 1 1 4 - - - - - -
3.0 MIA 4, PHI 1 Edinson Volquez (W,1-7) - - - - 6.0 3 1 1 2 4
3.0 `PIT 4, ARI 3 Trevor Williams - - - - 6.0 4 1 1 0 3
3.0 LAD 5, STL 1 Rich Hill (W,2-2) - - - - 5.0 2 1 1 2 4
3.0 BAL 3, NYY 2 Brad Brach (S,10) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
3.0 SEA 6, COL 5 Edwin Diaz (S,9) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
2.0 ATL 6, LAA 3 Jim Johnson (S,11) - - - - 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
` 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 (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).  

Player of the Game Pos Team ’17 ’16-17 ’12-17 Career +/-
Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 6.4 18.8 47.5 52.9 -6.0
Roark, Tanner 3261 pi sp dc nl 4.0 16.7 32.7 32.7 -8.7
Colome, Alex 3189 pi cp tb al 4.0 13.0 21.7 21.7 -5.0
Smoak, Justin 2731 1b tor al 3.5 7.0 20.2 26.4 0.0
Johnson, Jim 2417 pi cp atl nl 3.0 7.0 18.0 24.7 -1.0
Cabrera, Melky 2143 lf ph chi al 3.0 7.0 17.0 33.5 -1.0
Renfroe, Hunter 3749 rf sd nl 3.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 0.5
Beltran, Carlos 1194 dh rf hou al 2.7 8.7 20.9 107.6 -3.3
Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp lad nl 2.0 16.4 20.4 40.1 -12.4
Diaz, Edwin 3690 pi cp sea al 2.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 -5.0
Williams, Trevor 3792 pi sp pit nl 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Cabrera, Miguel 1776 1b det al 1.0 13.0 58.8 145.9 -11.0
Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp fla nl 1.0 7.4 37.1 65.2 -5.4
Brach, Brad 3374 pi cp mr bal al 1.0 4.0 8.0 8.0 -2.0
Gsellman, Robert 3748 pi sp nym nl 1.0 2.7 2.7 2.7 -0.7
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