Rangers' Nomar Mazara tops players for Friday, April 7; Scherzer earns his 1st point of 2017

Nomar Mazara of the Rangers is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer—who led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2016—earned his first Box-Toppers point of the season after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Mazara hit a grand slam and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in six runs, in the 10-5 win over the Athletics.

National League Player of the Day—Reds pitcher Amir Garrett pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out four, in the 2-0 win over the Cardinals.

This was Garrett’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. It was also his Major League debut. He is the 3,672nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Garrett had a Box-Toppers game score Friday of 6.0, tied with two other Friday Players of the Game—Mazara and Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson. Mazara won the tiebreaker over Garrett because in cases of Box-Toppers game score ties, batters top pitchers. Garrett won the tiebreaker over Nelson because Garrett earned the win in his game, while Nelson picked up the no-decision.

National League Batter of the Day—Yangervis Solarte of the Padres doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 7-6 win over the Giants.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Nomar Mazara.

Debut—Rockies pitcher Kyle Freeland made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors (6IP 4H R 2BB 6K W in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers). Freeland was also making his Major League debut. He is the 3,763rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Streak—Seth Smith of the Orioles has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Smith (HR 2B 2-4 2R 2BI in the 6-5 win over the Yankees) made his Box-Toppers debut in 2008 with the Rockies and has 39.2 career Box-Toppers points, ninth among active AL outfielders. His best season was 2008 with the Rockies when he had 8.5 Box-Toppers points, fifth among NL batters.

Notable—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer now has 132.7 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday (6.2IP 4H 2R 2BB 7K W in the 7-6 win over the Phillies). Scherzer ranks 31st among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 30th-ranked player Jason Giambi (133.4).

Scherzer led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2016 with 25.7. This was his first point of the year. He now leads all players in Box-Toppers points over 2016 and 2017 with 26.7, passing Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (26.4).

Scoring—Mazara earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Garrett earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Solarte earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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 

4/7 Score Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB 6.0 TEX 10, OAK 5 Nomar Mazara, RF 5 2 3 6 - - - - - -
NL 6.0 CIN 2, STL 0 Amir Garrett (W,1-0) - - - - 6.0 2 0 0 2 4
6.0 `MIL 2, CHC 1 (F/11) Jimmy Nelson - - - - 6.0 4 1 1 2 8
4.2 LAA 5, SEA 1 Jesse Chavez (W,1-0) - - - - 5.2 4 1 1 1 6
4.0 COL 2, LAD 1 Kyle Freeland (W,1-0) - - - - 6.0 4 1 1 2 6
4.0 `DET 6, BOS 5 Michael Fulmer - - - - 6.0 4 0 0 2 4
3.2 WSH 7, PHI 6 Max Scherzer (W,1-0) - - - - 6.2 4 2 2 2 7
BAT 3.0 SD 7, SF 6 Yangervis Solarte, 2B 5 1 3 4 - - - - - -
3.0 MIA 7, NYM 2 Derek Dietrich, 3B 3 1 2 3 - - - - - -
3.0 KC 5, HOU 1 Jason Vargas (W,1-0) - - - - 6.0 6 1 1 1 6
3.0 PIT 5, ATL 4 Ivan Nova (W,1-0) - - - - 6.0 6 1 0 0 4
2.1 TB 10, TOR 8 Alex Colome (S,3) - - - - 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
2.0 BAL 6, NYY 5 Seth Smith, RF 4 2 2 2 - - - - - -
2.0 ARI 7, CLE 3 Paul Goldschmidt, 1B 3 2 1 2 - - - - - -
2.0 MIN 3, CHW 1 Phil Hughes (W,1-0) - - - - 6.0 5 1 1 0 3
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 Game Pos Team ’17 ’16-17 ’12-17 Career +/-
Mazara, Nomar 3614 rf tex al 2.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 -5.0
Garrett, Amir 3762 pi sp cin nl 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
Solarte, Yangervis 3304 3b sd nl 1.5 4.5 10.5 10.5 -1.5
Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 1.0 26.7 104.9 132.7 -24.7
Fulmer, Michael 3640 pi sp det al 1.0 13.7 13.7 13.7 -11.7
Colome, Alex 3189 pi cp tb al 1.0 10.0 18.7 18.7 -8.0
Nova, Ivan 2796 pi sp pit nl 1.0 9.0 24.7 32.1 -7.0
Smith, Seth 2489 rf bal al 1.0 6.0 18.5 39.2 -4.0
Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 1.0 5.5 36.9 40.9 -3.5
Nelson, Jimmy 3299 pi sp mil nl 1.0 4.0 14.4 14.4 -2.0
Dietrich, Derek 3199 3b fla nl 1.0 3.0 6.0 6.0 -1.0
Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 1.0 2.0 27.4 48.2 0.0
Chavez, Jesse 2780 pi sp ana al 1.0 1.0 20.1 21.1 1.0
Hughes, Phil 2272 pi sp min al 1.0 1.0 30.5 49.2 1.0
Freeland, Kyle 3763 pi sp col nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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Mariners' Seth Smith tops players for Sunday, Sept. 18; Cardinals' Reyes tops NL players

Seth Smith of the Mariners is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Smith hit two homers—a solo homer and a three-run shot—and went 2-for-2, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 7-3 win over the Astros.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of Sept. 18:  


 Player Pos Team BTP
1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 23.7
2 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 21.0
3 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 20.4
4 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 20.2
5 Lester, Jon 2173 pi sp chi nl 20.1
6 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 16.8
7 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym al 15.7
8 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 15.4
9 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 15.1
10 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp lad nl 14.4
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National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Alex Reyes pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, two walks and striking out six, in the 3-0 win over the Giants.

National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Drury of the Diamondbacks hit a game-winning, 12th-inning single in the 10-9 win over the Dodgers. Drury also homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs.

This was Drury’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Drury made his Major League debut Sept. 1, 2015, and was playing in his 141st career game. He is the 3,744th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall Player of the Day was AL batter Seth Smith.

Notable—Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox has the highest season Box-Toppers point total among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday. Ramirez (2HR 3-4 2R 4BI in the 5-4 win over the Yankees) has 7.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, 107th among all players and 22nd among AL batters.

Debuts—In addition to Drury, two other players made their Box-Toppers debut with their first career Player of the Game honors:

  • Angels pitcher Alex Meyer (5IP 2H 0R 3BB 7K W in the 4-0 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut June 26, 2015, and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,742nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
  • Mets pitcher Gabriel Ynoa (4.2IP 4H R BB 8K ND in the 3-2 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut Aug. 13 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,743rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Smith earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Reyes earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Drury earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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

9/18 Score Game Player of Game AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB 7.0 SEA 7, HOU 3 Seth Smith, RF 2 3 2 4 - - - - - -
NL 7.0 STL 3, SF 0 Alex Reyes (W,3-1) - - - - 7.0 4 0 0 2 6
7.0 LAA 4, TOR 0 Alex Meyer (W,1-3) - - - - 5.0 2 0 0 3 7
5.2 `NYM 3, MIN 2 Gabriel Ynoa - - - - 4.2 4 1 1 1 8
5.0 BOS 5, NYY 4 Hanley Ramirez, DH 4 2 3 4 - - - - - -
5.0 `BAL 2, TB 1 Wade Miley - - - - 4.0 1 0 0 1 3
BAT 4.0 ARI 10, LAD 9 (12) Brandon Drury, LF 5 3 4 2 - - - - - -
4.0 CIN 7, PIT 4 Tucker Barnhart, C 1 0 1 4 - - - - - -
3.0 KC 10, CHW 3 Kendrys Morales, DH 5 1 3 4 - - - - - -
3.0 DET 9, CLE 5 J.D. Martinez, RF 5 2 3 3 - - - - - -
3.0 ATL 6, WSH 2 (7) Adonis Garcia, 3B 4 1 3 3 - - - - - -
3.0 OAK 5, TEX 2 Khris Davis, DH 4 2 2 3 - - - - - -
2.0 COL 6, SD 3 Mark Reynolds, 1B 2 1 1 2 - - - - - -
2.0 MIL 3, CHC 1 Tyler Thornburg (S,11) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
1.0 MIA 5, PHI 4 Derek Dietrich, 3B 3 1 2 1 - - - - - -
`Denotes that the 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 (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).  

Player of Game Pos Team 16 15-16 11-16 Career +/-
Ramirez, Hanley 2119 1b bos al 7.0 7.0 29.7 57.6 7.0
Davis, Khris 3242 lf dh oak al 6.7 10.7 16.7 16.7 2.7
Morales, Kendrys 2142 dh kc al 6.5 11.2 21.2 37.2 1.8
Thornburg, Tyler 3195 pi cp mil nl 6.0 6.0 12.0 12.0 6.0
Martinez, J.D. 2922 rf det al 5.5 7.2 17.2 17.2 3.8
Miley, Wade 3006 pi sp bal al 5.0 12.0 35.4 35.4 -2.0
Smith, Seth 2489 rf lf sea al 5.0 6.0 24.0 38.2 4.0
Reynolds, Mark 2297 1b col nl 4.0 8.0 28.2 51.4 0.0
Garcia, Adonis 3613 3b atl nl 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Reyes, Alex 3706 pi mr sp stl nl 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7
Dietrich, Derek 3199 2b 3b fla nl 2.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 1.0
Barnhart, Tucker 3519 ca cin nl 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 1.0
Drury, Brandon 3744 lf ari nl 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Meyer, Alex 3742 pi sp ana al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Ynoa, Gabriel 3743 pi sp nym nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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Blue Jays' Happ tops players for Sunday, July 3; Dodgers' McCarthy tops NL players

Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 3:  


 Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.0
2 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 13.4
3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 12.0
4 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 11.7
5 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 10.8
6 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 10.7
7 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 10.7
8 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 10.5
9 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 10.4
10 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 10.0
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Happ struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 17-1 win over the Indians.

National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy pitched five scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Rockies.

National League Batter of the Day—Wilmer Flores of the Mets hit two homers and went 6-for-6, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 14–3 win over the Cubs.

American League Batter of the Day—Sandy Leon of the Red Sox homered and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 10-5 win over the Angels.

This was Leon’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Leon made his Major League debut May 14, 2012, and was playing in his 89th career game. He is the 3,676th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Notable—Seth Smith of the Mariners earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Sunday.

Smith (grand slam 1-4 in the 9-4 win over the Orioles) was also Player of the Game Saturday in the Mariners 12-6 win over the Orioles.

Also notable—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has the most 2016 Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Strasburg (6.2 IP 0H 0R 4BB 5K W in the 12-1 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.4 for the season, 13th among all players, ninth among NL pitchers.

Debuts—In addition to Leon, two other players made their Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

  • Yankees pitcher Chad Green (6IP 3H R 8K W in the 6-3 win over the Padres) made his Major League debut May 16 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,675th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
  • Giants pitcher Josh Osich (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks) made his Major League debut July 3, 2015, and was playing in his 76th career game. He is the 3,677th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Happ earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCarthy earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Flores and Leon each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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

7/3 Score Game Player of Game AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB 11.0 TOR 17/CLE 1 J.A. Happ (W,11-3) - - - - 7.0 5 1 1 0 11
NL 10.0 LAD 4/COL 1 Brandon McCarthy (W,1-0) - - - - 5.0 2 0 0 1 8
9.0 NYY 6/SD 3 Chad Green (W,1-1) - - - - 6.0 3 1 1 0 8
7.2 DC 12/CIN 1 Stephen Strasburg (W,11-0) - - - - 6.2 0 0 0 4 5
BAT 7.0 NYM 14/CHC 3 Wilmer Flores, 3B 6 3 6 4 - - - - - -
5.0 STL 9/MIL 8 Stephen Piscotty, RF 4 2 3 4 - - - - - -
5.0 CHW 4/HOU 1 Jose Quintana (W,6-8) - - - - 7.0 2 1 1 2 4
3.0 MIA 5/ATL 2 J.T. Realmuto, C 5 3 3 2 - - - - - -
3.0 PHI 7/KC 2 Maikel Franco, 3B 4 2 3 2 - - - - - -
BAT 3.0 BOS 10/LAA 5 Sandy Leon, C 4 2 2 3 - - - - - -
3.0 PIT 6/OAK 3 David Freese, 1B 1 1 1 2 - - - - - -
2.0 DET 5/TB 1 Ian Kinsler, 2B 4 2 2 2 - - - - - -
2.0 SEA 9/BAL 4 Seth Smith, LF 4 1 1 4 - - - - - -
2.0 MIN 5/TEX 4 Brian Dozier, 2B 3 2 1 2 - - - - - -
2.0 SF 5/ARI 4 Josh Osich (W,1-1) - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1

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 (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).  

Player of Game Pos Team 16 15-16 11-16 Career +/-
Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 9.4 23.4 69.5 77.2 -4.6
Quintana, Jose 3040 pi sp chi al 6.7 12.7 31.5 31.5 0.7
Happ, J.A. 2536 pi sp tor al 6.0 19.1 34.5 42.5 -7.1
Kinsler, Ian 2144 2b det al 4.5 11.0 30.2 60.6 -2.0
Realmuto, J.T. 3491 ca fla nl 3.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 -1.5
Piscotty, Stephen 3570 rf stl nl 3.0 7.2 7.2 7.2 -1.2
Smith, Seth 2489 rf lf sea al 3.0 4.0 22.0 36.2 2.0
McCarthy, Brandon 2082 pi sp lad nl 1.7 3.7 26.8 35.5 -0.3
Flores, Wilmer 3345 3b ss 2b nym nl 1.5 4.0 6.5 6.5 -1.0
Leon, Sandy 3676 ca bos al 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
Dozier, Brian 3219 2b min al 1.0 4.7 12.7 12.7 -2.7
Franco, Maikel 3510 3b phi nl 1.0 4.2 4.2 4.2 -2.2
Freese, David 2710 1b 3b pit nl 1.0 1.0 21.2 23.2 1.0
Green, Chad 3675 pi sp nyy al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Osich, Josh 3677 pi mr sf nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
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Blue Jays' Hutchison, Giants' Lincecum top players for Tuesday, July 1

Blue Jays pitcher Drew Hutchison is Tuesday’s Player of the Day. Hutchison struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing only one run and three hits, in the 4-1 win over the Brewers.

Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is National League Player of the Day. Lincecum pitched eight shutout innings and struck out six in the 5-0 win over the Cardinals.

Eduardo Nunez of the Twins is American League Batter of the Day. Nunez homered and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs in the 10-2 win over the Royals.

Seth Smith of the Padres is NL Batter of the Day. Smith homered and went 3-for-4, scoring three runs, in the 8-2 win over the Reds.

Hutchison receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Lincecum receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Nunez and Smith each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Box-Toppers watches the daily performances of selected star players and Box-Toppers points leaders. To see how they performed Tuesday, click here.

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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

701 Score Team Player AB R H BI BB K IP H R ER BB K
MLB 10.0 Blue Jays Drew Hutchison (W, 6-6) - - - - - - 7.0 3 1 1 2 10
NL 8.0 Giants Tim Lincecum (W, 7-5) - - - - - - 8.0 4 0 0 2 6
7.2 Nationals Stephen Strasburg (W, 7-6) - - - - - - 7.2 5 1 1 1 8
7.0 Angels Garrett Richards (W, 9-2) - - - - - - 8.0 2 3 3 2 9
7.0 Rays David Price (W, 7-7) - - - - - - 7.0 4 1 1 3 9
5.0 Tigers Rick Porcello (W, 11-4) - - - - - - 9.0 4 0 0 0 0
4.0 Mariners Hisashi Iwakuma (W, 6-4) - - - - - - 6.0 7 1 1 0 7
4.0 Braves Craig Kimbrel (S, 26) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
BAT 3.0 Twins Eduardo Nunez SS 5 3 3 2 1 1 - - - - - -
BAT 3.0 Padres Seth Smith RF, LF 4 3 3 1 1 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Angels Howie Kendrick 2B 3 2 2 2 1 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Orioles Caleb Joseph C 3 2 1 3 1 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Marlins Bryan Morris (W, 6-0) - - - - - - 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
2.0 Indians Yan Gomes C 4 2 2 2 0 1 - - - - - -
1.0 Pirates Ike Davis PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - - -
1.0 Cubs Pedro Strop (W, 1-3) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Blue Jays' Edwin Encarnacion (2 3-run homers) tops player for Friday, June 20

Edwin Encarnacion of the Blue Jays is Friday’s Player of the Day. Encarnacion hit two three-run homers in the 14-9 win over the Reds.

Braves pitcher Mike Minor is National League Player of the Day. Minor struck out 11 over seven innings in the 13-inning, 6-4 win over the Nationals. Minor did not pick up the win because the Nationals tied the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning, after he left the game.

Seth Smith of the Padres is NL Batter of the Day. Smith homered twice and went 3-for-3 in the 6-5 win over the Dodgers.

Encarnacion receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Minor receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Smith receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.

All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Box-Toppers watches the daily performances of selected star players and Box-Toppers points leaders. To see how they performed Thursday, click here.

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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

620 Score Team Player AB R H BI BB K IP H R ER BB K
MLB 6.0 Blue Jays Edwin Encarnacion 1B 5 3 2 6 1 0 - - - - - -
NL 5.0 `Braves Mike Minor - - - - - - 7.0 7 2 2 2 11
5.0 `Athletics Ryan Cook - - - - - - 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
4.1 Marlins Henderson Alvarez (W, 4-3) - - - - - - 6.1 7 0 0 0 5
BAT 4.0 Padres Seth Smith LF 3 2 3 2 1 0 - - - - - -
4.0 Angels Garrett Richards (W, 7-2) - - - - - - 6.0 4 1 1 3 7
4.0 Dbacks Addison Reed (S, 17) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
3.0 Brewers Aramis Ramirez 3B 5 2 3 3 0 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Tigers J.D. Martinez LF, RF 4 1 3 3 0 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Astros Jarred Cosart (W, 7-5) - - - - - - 8.0 6 0 0 1 2
3.0 `Yankees Hiroki Kuroda - - - - - - 6.0 4 2 2 1 6
3.0 Cubs Hector Rondon (S, 8) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
2.0 Mariners Robinson Cano 2B 3 1 2 2 2 1 - - - - - -
2.0 Phillies A.J. Burnett (W, 5-6) - - - - - - 9.0 7 1 1 1 3
1.0 Twins Kurt Suzuki C 4 1 3 1 0 0 - - - - - -

` Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.