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A 2022 Opening Day introduction to Box-Toppers

Shawn Plank April 6, 2022

Welcome to Opening Day of the 2022 Major League Baseball season.

This marks the start of Box-Toppers’ 28th season tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score statistics. Here is an introduction to Box-Toppers.

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Tags Opening day, Introduction, Max Scherzer, Gerrit Cole, Corbin Burnes, Robbie Ray, Jose Ramirez, Shohei Ohtani, Nick Castellanos, Bryce Harper

A look at 2021 opening day starters’ Box-Toppers points & an intro to Box-Toppers

Shawn Plank April 1, 2021

A look at how opening day starters have fared in Box-Toppers points and an opening day introduction to Box-Toppers.

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Tags Opening day, Introduction, Shane Bieber, Trevor Bauer, Cy Young Awards, Luke Voit, Most Valuable Player Award, Marcell Ozuna, Freddie Freeman

A 2015 opening day introduction to Box-Toppers player tracking metric

Shawn Plank April 6, 2015

What’s the most important thing in baseball? Winning the game, right? But what baseball statistic provides the fan an indication of the player who most contributed to the win? It's not the "win," it's the Box-Toppers point.

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Tags Box-Toppers Extra, Opening day, Introduction, Clayton Kershaw, Corey Kluber, Mike Trout, Jose Abreu, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, Craig Biggio

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Box-Toppers

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.

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