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.
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Leaders
    • 2022
    • 2021-2022
    • 2017-2022
    • All-time (1995-2022)
    • Season leaders '95-'24
    • Detail leaders, ’95-’25
    • Archive
  • About
    • What?
    • How?
    • Why?
    • Who?
    • Contact
  • Home
  • Blog
    • 2022
    • 2021-2022
    • 2017-2022
    • All-time (1995-2022)
    • Season leaders '95-'24
    • Detail leaders, ’95-’25
    • Archive
    • What?
    • How?
    • Why?
    • Who?
    • Contact

Blog

  • All
  • image

Brewers’ Lauer tops players for Saturday, April 30; Rangers’ Dunning tops AL players

Shawn Plank May 1, 2022

Brewers pitcher Eric Lauer is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Lauer struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 9-1 win over the Cubs.

Read More
Tags Box-Toppers Daily Scorecard, Eric Lauer, Dane Dunning, Kyle Garlick, Michael Chavis, C.J. Cron, Gerrit Cole, Mariano Rivera, Box-Toppers debut, James Norwood

Quick links

▪️ Newsletter
Sign up for Box-Toppers’ email newsletter for post updates.
▪️ Contribute
Support Box-Toppers by contributing in $5 increments at Buy me a coffee.
▪️ Search
Search Box-Toppers website.

Past posts

Hover over dates to see that day's posts.
No results found
Advanced search

Recent posts

Featured
Brewers hold Box-Toppers points advantages over Rays in 2026 World Series
October 21, 2026
Brewers hold Box-Toppers points advantages over Rays in 2026 World Series
October 21, 2026

The Milwaukee Brewers hold Box-Toppers points advantages over the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2026 World Series.

The Brewers rank higher than the Rays in overall Box-Toppers points and hold decided points advantages in starting pitchers and overall pitching depth. However, the Rays hold a slight points edge among the starting nine batters and bench players.

Read more →
October 21, 2026
Caminero tops players in Monday’s ALCS Game 6 as Rays win pennant over Guardians
October 20, 2026
Caminero tops players in Monday’s ALCS Game 6 as Rays win pennant over Guardians
October 20, 2026

Junior Caminero is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s American League Championship Series Game 6 as the Tampa Bay Rays eliminate the Cleveland Guardians and advance to the World Series.

Caminero went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBIs, including a two-run home run, as the Rays won their third straight game to capture the AL pennant.

Read more →
October 20, 2026
Rasmussen tops players as Rays take 3-2 lead over Guardians Sunday in ALCS Game 5
October 19, 2026
Rasmussen tops players as Rays take 3-2 lead over Guardians Sunday in ALCS Game 5
October 19, 2026

Drew Rasmussen is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s American League Championship Series Game 5 as the Tampa Bay Rays take a 3-2 series lead over the Cleveland Guardians.

He struck out six over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, as the Rays took control of the series over the Guardians.

Read more →
October 19, 2026
Aranda tops players in Saturday’s ALCS Game 4 as Rays even series with Guardians
October 18, 2026
Aranda tops players in Saturday’s ALCS Game 4 as Rays even series with Guardians
October 18, 2026

Jonathan Aranda of the Rays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s American League Championship Series Game 4 as Tampa Bay evens the series with Cleveland.

Jonathan Aranda went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs to lead the Rays past the Guardians.

Read more →
October 18, 2026
Williams, Romero top players in Thursday LCS games; Brewers advance to World Series
October 16, 2026
Williams, Romero top players in Thursday LCS games; Brewers advance to World Series
October 16, 2026

Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams and Brewers’ reliever JoJo Romero earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in Thursday’s League Championship Series games.

Williams earned the win as the Cleveland Guardians edged the Tampa Bay Rays to take a 2-1 series lead in the American League Championship Series. Romero, meanwhile, led the Milwaukee Brewers as they swept the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series.

Read more →
October 16, 2026

Follow Box-Toppers

▪️ Subscribe RSS
▪️ Bluesky
▪️ Twitter/X
▪️ Facebook
▪️ Apple News
▪️ Substack

Box-Toppers tag cloud

Top 20 topics mentioned in Box-Toppers blog. For top 100 topics, click here.

  • Box-Toppers Daily Scorecard
  • Box-Toppers debut
  • Clayton Kershaw
  • Max Scherzer
  • Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Justin Verlander
  • Shohei Ohtani
  • Gerrit Cole
  • Chris Sale
  • Box-Toppers Player Rankings
  • Postseason
  • Houston Astros
  • New York Yankees
  • Zack Greinke
  • Streak with at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point in a season
  • Zack Wheeler
  • Aaron Judge
  • Jacob deGrom
  • Box-Toppers Team Power Rankings
  • MLB
facebook

© 2013-2026 Shawn Plank

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.

facebook