Editor’s note: It’s another abbreviated Box-Toppers Daily Scorecard today. My mother died Wednesday morning. While she was 85 and had overcome some health struggles and was dealing with others, her passing was still sudden and unexpected, which is how she would have wanted it.
I want to share some of her writing. She wrote stories about growing up on a southwest Iowa farm in the 1940s and 1950s that are both hilarious and poignant. She had a voice.
For today, Box-Toppers will present the Player of the Game winners chart and the chart with the Box-Toppers point totals of Player of the Game winners with a more limited narrative.
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Jake Meyers of the Astros is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Kyle Stowers of the Marlins, Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers and Royals pitcher Kris Bubic.
Player of the Day
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Saturday, May 3.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 6.0 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 6.0 |
| 3 | Pete Alonso | 1b | Mets | 5.5 |
| 4 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 5.4 |
| 5 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 5.4 |
| 6 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 5.0 |
| 7 | Andrew Heaney | pi sp | Pirates | 5.0 |
| 8 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 4.7 |
| 9 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 4.7 |
| 10 | Logan Gilbert | pi sp | Mariners | 4.7 |
Meyers hit two home runs, including a three-run homer, in the 8-3 win over the White Sox. Meyers also tripled, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in seven runs.
Meyers earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 113th in season player rankings, 14th among American League batters. He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2024 with the Astros.
Meyers becomes the third batter in 2025 to win overall Player of the Day honors, joining Brandon Nimmo of the Mets who did it April 28 and Aaron Judge of the Yankees who did it March 29. Pitchers have won overall Player of the Day honors in the other 37 days of the season. In 2024, only five batters won Player of the Day honors in the 185 days of the season, with pitchers winning in 180 days.
National League Player of the Day
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (6IP 4H 0R BB 8K W in the 7-2 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.7 for the season, 20th among NL pitchers.
Nola also now has 117.8 career Box-Toppers points, 53rd among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. With his 1.7 points Saturday, he passes four players on the “all-time” career points list—Todd Helton (116.4), Mark Buehrle (116.7), Adrian Beltre (116.8) and Barry Zito (117.4). Nola now trails 52nd-ranked player Johnny Cueto (118.2).
Nola ranks eighth among active, signed players in career points, fifth among active NL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day
Kyle Stowers of the Marlins (2HR 2-5 2R 6BI in the 9-6 win over the Athletics) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 3.5 for the season, sixth among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day
There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Jake Meyers.
Streak
Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers has now earned Box-Toppers points in 15 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2025 Saturday.
Active season streaks
Here are the 11 players who have active streaks of earning Box-Toppers points for 13 or more consecutive seasons. Players are listed by the length of their streak and with their current team status. Also shown is the duration of their streak and their career Box-Toppers point (BTP) total.| Streak | Player | Pos | Team | Duration | BTP* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Clayton Kershaw | pi sp | Dodgers | 2008‑2024 | 272.4 |
| 16 | Max Scherzer | pi sp | Blue Jays | 2009‑2024 | 253.7 |
| 16 | Andrew McCutchen | dh lf | Pirates | 2009‑2024 | 81.9 |
| 15 | Craig Kimbrel | pi cp | Braves | 2010‑2024 | 94.1 |
| 15 | Giancarlo Stanton | dh rf | Yankees | 2010‑2024 | 78.9 |
| 15 | Aroldis Chapman | pi mr cp | Red Sox | 2010‑2024 | 69.1 |
| 15 | Freddie Freeman | 1b | Dodgers | 2011‑2025 | 92.4 |
| 14 | Kenley Jansen | pi cp | Angels | 2011‑2024 | 69.4 |
| 13 | Starling Marte | rf | Mets | 2012‑2024 | 30.0 |
| 13 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 2013‑2025 | 111.3 |
| 13 | Kevin Gausman | pi sp | Blue Jays | 2013‑2025 | 99.1 |
Freeman (HR 3-5 2R 4BI in the 10-3 win over the Braves) earned his first Player of the Game honor in 2011 with the Braves and has 92.4 career points, the most among all active batters, ahead of Paul Goldschmidt of the Yankees (88.0). Freeman ranks 40th among all batters since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
His best season was 2013 with the Braves when he had 11.5 Box-Toppers points, second among NL batters. In 2024, he had 5.5 points with the Dodgers, 23rd among NL batters.
Freeman’s 15-season streak earning Box-Toppers points is now tied for the fourth-longest active streak with three other players.
Notable
Royals pitcher Kris Bubic has the most 2025 Box-Toppers points among Saturday’s 14 Player of the Game winners.
Bubic (5IP 4H 0R BB 3K W in the 4-0 win over the Orioles) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.7 for the season, 14th among all players and eighth among AL pitchers.
Debut
Daniel Schneemann of the Guardians made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Schneemann (2HR 2-4 2R 5BI in the 5-3 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut June 2, 2024, and was playing in his 97th career game.
Scoring
Meyers earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Nola earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Stowers earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) 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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Box‑Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box‑Toppers game score (BTG).| 5/3 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | HOU 8, CHW 3 | Jake Meyers CF | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| NL | +9.0 | PHI 7, ARI 2 | Aaron Nola (W, 1‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | MIA 9, ATH 6 | Kyle Stowers RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | CLE 5, TOR 3 | Daniel Schneemann 2B‑3B‑2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.2 | LAA 5, DET 2 | Kyle Hendricks (W, 1‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | LAD 10, ATL 3 | Freddie Freeman 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SF 6, COL 3 | Matt Chapman 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TB 3, NYY 2 | Zack Littell (W, 2‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | CHC 6, MIL 2 | Jameson Taillon (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | KC 4, BAL 0 | Kris Bubic (W, 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | WSH 11, CIN 6 | Amed Rosario 3B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIN 4, BOS 3 | Bailey Ober (W, 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +1.0 | SEA 2, TEX 1 | Rowdy Tellez PH‑1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | SD 2, PIT 1 | Jason Adam (W, 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’24-’25), the period 2020-2025 (’20-25) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2025 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2024 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’25 | ’24‑25 | ’20‑25 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 4.7 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | +4.7 |
| Stowers, Kyle 5019 | rf | fla nl | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +2.0 |
| Adam, Jason 4256 | pi mr | sd nl | 3.0 | 6.0 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 0.0 |
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 2.7 | 16.1 | 62.5 | 117.8 | -10.7 |
| Chapman, Matt 3849 | 3b | sf nl | 2.0 | 12.2 | 24.7 | 40.7 | -8.2 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | ana al | 2.0 | 7.7 | 27.4 | 81.3 | -3.7 |
| Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b dh ph | sea al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 20.7 | 25.2 | 0.0 |
| Meyers Jake 4510 | cf | hou al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +1.0 |
| Ober, Bailey 4441 | pi sp | min al | 1.0 | 14.4 | 32.8 | 32.8 | -12.4 |
| Littell, Zack 4533 | pi sp | tb al | 1.0 | 9.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | -7.4 |
| Taillon, Jameson 3658 | pi sp | chi nl | 1.0 | 9.0 | 34.1 | 60.5 | -7.0 |
| Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | lad nl | 1.0 | 6.5 | 33.0 | 92.4 | -4.5 |
| Rosario, Amed 3879 | 3b 2b ss | dc nl | 1.0 | 3.5 | 18.0 | 22.5 | -1.5 |
| Schneemann, Daniel 5173 | 2b 3b | cle al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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