Phillies' Freddy Galvis tops players for Thursday, June 23, a day of lackluster performances

Shawn Plank June 24, 2016

Freddy Galvis of the Phillies is Thursday’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 June 23:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	9.8
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	9.7
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	9.4

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Galvis hit a three-run homer, a triple and went 2-for-3, driving in five total runs, in the 7-3 win over the Twins.

American League Player of the Day—Tigers pitcher Alex Wilson pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits or walks and striking out one, in the 5-4, 10-inning win over the Mariners. Wilson picked up a no decision and did not earn the win because the game was tied when he exited after the eighth inning, 4-4.

This was Wilson’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Wilson made his Major League debut April 11, 2013, and was playing in his 131st career game. He is the 3,667th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Marcus Semien of the Athletics hit a three-run homer, going 1-for-4, in the 5-4 win over the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall Player of the Day is NL batter Freddy Galvis.

Commentary—It was a pretty unremarkable day for Box-Toppers Players of the Games, with no particularly outstanding performances that contributed to teams’ wins. It was a lighter schedule of games, with only nine played, but even so, Freddy Galvis’ Player of the Day honor (worth 2.0 Box-Toppers points) was won with a Box-Toppers game score of only +5.0, which more often than not, would not even be the top score among NL batters and would result in him earning only 1.0 Box-Toppers point. Galvis’ Box-Toppers game score of +5.0 was the second-lowest score to win Player of the Day honors this season—the lowest was +4.0 by Matt Joyce of the Pirates on May 16, a day in which only eight games were played.

Tigers middle reliever Alex Wilson had the lowest Box-Toppers game score of the season to win AL Player of the Day honors of +2.1.

Marcus Semien of the Athletics also had the second-lowest Box-Toppers game score of the season (+1.0) to earn AL Batter of the Day honors.

On top of that, none of the nine Players of the Games are ranked very highly in Box-Toppers player rankings. Red Sox closing pitcher Craig Kimbrel has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of Thursday’s nine top players. Kimbrel (2IP H 0R 2BB 3K W in the 8-7 win over the White Sox), earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.0 for the season. He ranks just 138th among all players, 38th among AL pitchers and fourth among AL closing pitchers.

Scoring—Galvis earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wilson earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Semien earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    5.0
    PHI 7/MIN 3
    Freddy Galvis, SS
    3
    1
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    `MIA 4/CHC 2
    Wei-Yin Chen
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    7
  

    
    3.0
    SF 5/PiT 3
    Santiago Casilla (S,16)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    `SD 7/CIN 4
    Brandon Maurer (H,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    AL
    2.1
    `DET 5/SEA 4
    Alex Wilson
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 8/CHW 7
    Craig Kimbrel (W,1-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    3
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 4/NYM 3
    Jim Johnson (W,1-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.2
    ARI 7/COL 6
    Brad Ziegler (W,2-2; BS,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    BAT
    1.0
    OAK 5/LAA 4
    Marcus Semien, SS
    4
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `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	+/-
Kimbrel, Craig 2825	pi cp	bos al	3.0	9.0	52.7	53.7	-3.0
Casilla, Santiago 2301	pi cp	sf nl	3.0	8.0	20.7	23.7	-2.0
Galvis, Freddy 3202	ss	phi nl	3.0	7.0	11.0	11.0	-1.0
Semien, Marcus 3302	ss	oak al	2.5	2.5	6.0	6.0	2.5
Chen, Wei-Yin 3026	pi sp	fla nl	2.0	7.7	27.1	27.1	-3.7
Ziegler, Brad 2504	pi cp	ari nl	2.0	5.0	11.0	14.0	-1.0
WIlson, Alex 3667	pi mr	det al	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Johnson, Jim 2417	pi mr	atl nl	1.0	3.0	13.0	18.7	-1.0
Maurer, Brandon 3157	pi mr sp	sd nl	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	-1.0

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Indians' Bauer tops players for Wednesday, June 22; Rangers' Hamels rises to 10th in player rankings

Shawn Plank June 23, 2016

Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer is Wednesday’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 June 21:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	9.8
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	9.7
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	9.4

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Also Wednesday, Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Bauer pitched a complete game, allowing one run, three hits, one walk and striking out 10, in the 6-1 win over the Rays.

National League Player of the Day—Marlins pitcher Adam Conley pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits, one walk and striking out four, in the 3-0 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Melky Cabrera of the White Sox homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 8-6 win over the Red Sox.

National League Batter of the Day—Aledmys Diaz of the Cardinals hit a two-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring twice, in the 7-2 win over the Cubs.

Rankings—Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Hamels (6IP 5H R 2BB 8K W in the 6-4 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.4 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

Hamels also now has 135.6 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 27th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 26th-ranked player Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (136.9).

Streak—Asdrubal Cabrera of the Mets has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Wednesday.

Cabrera (HR 2-3 2R 2BI in the 4-3 win over the Royals) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2007 with the Indians and has 41.7 career points, first among active NL shortstops. His best season was 2011 with the Indians, when he had 14.7 points, first among AL batters. That season was a career anomaly, however, as his next-highest season point total was 4.5, which he earned in both 2008 and 2009 with the Indians. Cabrera had 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2015 with the Rays.

Scoring—Bauer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Conley earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Melky Cabrera and Diaz each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
6/22

Score

Game

Player of Game

AB

R

H

BI

IP

H

R

ER

BB

K

MLB

13.0

CLE 6/TB 1

Trevor Bauer (W,5-2)

-

-

-

-

9.0

3

1

1

1

10

NL

7.0

MIA 3/ATL 0

Adam Conley (W,4-4)

-

-

-

-

8.0

4

0

0

1

4

BAT

5.0

CHW 8/BOS 6

Melky Cabrera, LF

5

2

4

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

5.0

MIL 4/OAK 2

Junior Guerra (W,4-1)

-

-

-

-

7.0

5

2

2

1

8

5.0

TEX 6/CIN 4

Cole Hamels (W,8-1)

-

-

-

-

6.0

5

1

1

2

8

4.2

DET 5/SEA 1

Kyle Ryan (W,2-2)

-

-

-

-

1.2

0

0

0

0

3

BAT

3.0

STL 7/CHC 2

Aledmys Diaz, SS

4

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.0

NYM 4/KC 3

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

3

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.0

NYY 9/COL 8

Chase Headley, 3B

3

1

1

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.0

SF 7/PIT 6

Derek Law (W,3-1)

-

-

-

-

2.0

2

0

0

0

3

2.0

BAL 7/SD 2

Mark Trumbo, RF

4

2

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.0

MIN 6/PHI 5

Trevor Plouffe, DH

4

2

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.0

TOR 5/ARI 2

Russell Martin, C

3

1

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.0

HOU 3/LAA 2

Luke Gregerson (W,2-1)

-

-

-

-

1.0

0

0

0

0

1

1.0

LAD 4/DC 3

Corey Seager, SS

4

1

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	9.4	24.8	76.4	135.6	-6.0
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	6.7	16.1	24.8	24.8	-2.7
Martin, Russell 2202	ca	tor al	6.0	11.0	27.5	48.5	1.0
Conley, Adam 3594	pi sp	fla nl	5.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	2.7
Trumbo, Mark 2851	rf	bal al	5.2	7.7	30.9	30.9	2.7
Diaz, Aledmys 3612	ss	stl nl	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Seager, Corey 3587	ss	lad nl	4.0	5.5	5.5	5.5	2.5
Cabrera, Melky 2143	lf	chi al	4.0	5.0	19.5	30.5	3.0
Guerra, Junior 3633	pi sp	mil nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Plouffe, Trevor 2869	3b dh	min al	3.5	6.5	22.5	22.5	0.5
Gregerson, Luke 2563	pi cp mr	hou al	3.0	9.0	13.0	18.0	-3.0
Headley, Chase 2552	3b	nyy al	2.5	4.5	16.0	26.5	0.5
Law, Derek 3657	pi sp mr	sf nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Ryan, Kyle 3639	pi mr	det al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362	ss	nym nl	1.0	4.0	25.7	41.7	-2.0

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Indians' Kluber tops players for Tuesday, June 21; Giants' Cueto rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 22, 2016

Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to lead American League pitchers in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 21:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	9.8
8	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	9.7
10	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4

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Also Tuesday, Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rises to second in Box-Toppers player rankings and White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rises to ninth after both earned Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Kluber pitched a complete game shutout, striking out nine and allowing three hits and two walks, in the 6-0 win over the Rays.

Kluber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.8 for the season, rising to seventh among all players in season rankings. Kluber also passes teammate Danny Salazar (8.8 points) to take the season points lead among AL pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto allowed one run over 6 2/3 innings, striking out six and allowing four hits and one walk, in the 15-4 win over the Pirates.

Cueto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 11.7 for the season and rising to second in season player rankings. Cueto still trails overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0) by a significant 8.3-point margin.

American League Batter of the Day—Kurt Suzuki of the Twins homered and hit two doubles, going 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in six runs, in the 14-10 win over the Phillies.

Suzuki has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 10 straight seasons. He earned his first points in 2007 with the Athletics and has 32.0 career Box-Toppers points, third among active AL catchers. His best season was 2009 with the Athletics when he had 6.0 points, fourth among AL catchers. In 2015, he had 1.5 points with the Twins.

National League Batter of the Day—Jay Bruce of the Reds hit a three-run homer and a double, going 3-for-4 and driving in four total runs, in the 8-2 win over the Rangers.

Rankings—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Sale (7IP 4H R BB 9K W in the 3-1 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers.

Debut—Andrew Romine of the Tigers made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Romine (pinch run in the 4-2 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut Sept. 24, 2010, and was playing in his 323rd career game. He is the 3,666th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kluber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cueto earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Suzuki and Bruce each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    CLE 6/TB 0
    Corey Kluber (W,7-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    
    9.0
    CHW 3/BOS 1
    Chris Sale (W,12-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    9
  

    BAT
    7.0
    MIN 14/PHI 10
    Kurt Suzuki, C
    5
    2
    4
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    5.2
    SF 15/PIT 4
    Johnny Cueto (W,11-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    4
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    4.0
    CIN 8/TEX 2
    Jay Bruce, RF
    4
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    COL 8/NYY 4
    Nolan Arenado, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `HOU 3/LAA 2
    Collin McHugh
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    3.0
    `SD 10/BAL 7
    Brad Hand (H,3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.2
    ATL 3/MIA 2
    Chris Withrow (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    OAK 5/MIL 3
    Marcus Semien, SS
    4
    0
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    LAD 3/DC 2
    Yasmani Grandal, C
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 2/KC 1
    Jeurys Familia (S,23)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    `ARI 4/TOR 2
    Tyler Clippard (H,10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    DET 4/SEA 2
    Andrew Romine, PR-DH
    0
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    STL 4/CHC 3
    Trevor Rosenthal (S,14)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    
    `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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7	24.5	75.7	95.1	-1.1
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	9.8	23.2	54.0	54.0	-3.6
Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	9.7	28.5	80.7	82.7	-9.1
Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	cin nl	5.0	8.2	28.2	55.3	1.8
Arenado, Nolan 3306	3b	col nl	4.5	13.0	14.5	14.5	-4.0
McHugh, Collin 3316	pi sp	hou al	4.0	13.7	25.5	25.5	-5.7
Familia, Jeurys 3446	pi cp	nym nl	3.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	-5.0
Rosenthal, Trevor 3124	pi cp	stl nl	3.0	9.0	21.0	21.0	-3.0
Hand, Brad 2907	pi mr sp	sd nl	2.0	3.0	7.0	7.0	1.0
Clippard, Tyler 2291	pi mr	ari nl	2.0	3.0	18.0	29.4	1.0
Withrow, Chris 3273	pi cp mr	atl nl	2.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	2.0
Suzuki, Kurt 2344	ca	min al	1.5	3.0	16.0	32.0	0.0
Grandal, Yasmani 3058	ca	lad nl	1.0	3.0	11.0	11.0	-1.0
Semien, Marcus 3302	ss	oak al	1.0	1.0	4.5	4.5	1.0
Romine, Andrew 3666	dh pr	det al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops players for Monday, June 20, extends overwhelming dominance in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 21, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Monday’s Player of the Day, extending his overwhelming dominance in Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 20:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8

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Kershaw struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, six hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Nationals.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 20.0 for the season. It is the sixth straight season Kershaw has had 20 or more Box-Toppers points. He now has twice as many Box-Toppers points this season than all but two players—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (11.7) and Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta (10.7).

Kershaw’s 20.0 Box-Toppers points on June 20, less than halfway into the season, would have put him in eighth place among all players in 2015—at the end of the season.

Kershaw seems to be on track to earn more than 40.0 Box-Toppers points this season. Randy Johnson holds the record for most Box-Toppers points in a single season (since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began) with 33.5. Johnson did it twice—in 2000 and 2002 with the Diamondbacks.

At this point in the 2000 season, Johnson had 20.7 Box-Toppers points, meaning Kershaw is slightly behind his pace. But at this point in the 2002 season, Johnson had only 11.7 points, putting Kershaw well ahead of that pace.

In Kershaw’s best season, 2014, he had 31.5 Box-Toppers points, tied for the fourth-best single season in Box-Toppers history (since 1995). And at this point in the 2014 season, Kershaw had only 10.7 Box-Toppers points.

Kershaw also now has 179.3 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of sixth place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails fifth-place player, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (182.0). (See homepage for updated rankings of top 20 players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995.)

Kershaw is now 99.5 Box-Toppers points behind “all-time” leader Johnson’s career mark of 278.8 Box-Toppers points. Since the start of the 2013 season—a span of three and a half seasons—Kershaw has earned 98.9 points, meaning at his current torrid pace, Kershaw could catch Johnson’s career points mark by the end of the 2019 season, when he will be 31 years old.

(It should be noted that Johnson began his career in 1988, before Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. If his entire career were tracked, Johnson would likely have many more Box-Toppers points. Rough Box-Toppers projections puts his estimated career total at 380—more than 100 more than his total from 1995 to 2009.)

American League Player of the Day—Carlos Correa of the Astros hit a two-run homer and doubled, going 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 10-7 win over the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—Mark Reynolds of the Rockies hit two solo home runs, going 2-for-3, in the 5-3 win over the Marlins.

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 Correa.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Correa earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Reynolds 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    7.0
    LAD 4/DC 1
    Clayton Kershaw (W,11-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    4.2
    PIT 1/SF 0
    Jeff Locke (W,6-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    AL
    4.0
    HOU 10/LAA 7
    Carlos Correa, SS
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CLE 7/TB 4
    Bryan Shaw (W,1-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.2
    ARI 3/PHI 1
    Shelby Miller (W,2-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    3.2
    `CHW 3/BOS 1
    Miguel Gonzalez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    BAT
    3.0
    COL 5/MIA 3
    Mark Reynolds, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    DET 8/SEA 7
    Justin Upton, LF
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.2
    STL 3/CHC 2
    Jaime Garcia (W,5-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    6
    2
    2
    2
    6
  

    
    0.0
    TEX 4/BAL 3
    Elvis Andrus, SS
    4
    1
    3
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0	45.7	145.8	179.3	-5.7
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	5.2	12.4	12.4	12.4	-2.0
Garcia, Jaime 2508	pi sp	stl nl	5.0	14.4	32.1	40.8	-4.4
Locke, Jeff 3133	pi sp	pit nl	3.7	9.7	21.1	21.1	-2.3
Andrus, Elvis 2582	ss	tex al	3.7	3.7	11.2	14.2	3.7
Upton, Justin 2411	lf	det al	3.0	12.0	38.9	47.4	-6.0
Reynolds, Mark 2297	1b	col nl	3.0	7.0	27.2	50.4	-1.0
Shaw, Bryan 2995	pi mr	cle al	3.0	4.0	8.0	8.0	2.0
Gonzalez, Miguel 3062	pi sp	chi al	2.7	9.4	31.5	31.5	-4.0
Miller, Shelby 3134	pi sp	ari nl	1.0	11.0	37.1	37.1	-9.0

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Braves' Teheran tops players for Sunday, June 19; Royals' Young tops AL players

Shawn Plank June 20, 2016

Braves pitcher Julio Teheran 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 June 19:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8

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Teheran pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking none, in the 6-0 win over the Mets.

American League Player of the Day—Royals pitcher Chris Young struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 2-1, 13-inning win over the Tigers. Young did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied 1-1 when he exited.

American League Batter of the Day—Matt Wieters of the Orioles homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 11-6 win over the Blue Jays.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no National League Batter of the Day for Sunday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.

Streak—Angels pitcher Jered Weaver has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers points for 11 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday, his first of the season.

Weaver (CG 3H 0R BB K W in the 2-0 win over the Athletics) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2006 with the Angels and has 124.1 points for his career, rising to 37th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Sunday, he passes one player on the “all-time” list, Gary Sheffield (124.1).

Weaver’s best season was 2011 with the Angels when he had 22.8 Box-Toppers points, second-most among AL pitchers. He had four straight seasons with 15.0 or more points (2009—15.0, 2010—19.4, 2011—22.8, 2012—15.4) all with the Angels. Weaver had 7.7 points in 2015 with the Angels.

Notable—In addition to Weaver, two other players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points also earned Player of the Game honors Sunday:

Giants pitcher Jake Peavy (6IP 4H R BB 8K ND in the 5-1 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 140.8 for his career. He ranks 24th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, and trails 23rd-ranked player David Ortiz of the Red Sox (141.4). Peavy has 4.0 points on the season.
Red Sox pitcher David Price (8IP 8H R 0BB 7K W in the 2-1 win over the Mariners) becomes the 72nd player since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began) with 100 or more career Box-Toppers points. He earns 1.0 point, giving him 100.5 for his career, rising to 70th among all players and passing two players—Larry Walker (100.1) and Jeff Bagwell (100.4)—on the “all-time” list. He now trails 69th-ranked player Paul Konerko (100.7). Price also has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of Sunday’s 15 Players of the Games. Price has 6.7 points on the season, ranking 22nd among all players, seventh among AL pitchers.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debuts Sunday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Max Kepler of the Twins (HR 2B 3-4 3R 2BI in the 7-4 win over the Yankees) made his Major League debut Sept. 27, 2015, and was playing in his 30th career game. He is the 3,664th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Jurickson Profar of the Rangers (1-1 2BI in the 5-4 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Sept. 2, 2012, and was playing in his 115th career game. He is the 3,665th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Teheran earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Young earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Wieters earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL 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

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/19
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    ATL 6/NYM 0
    Julio Teheran (W,3-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    9.0
    CHC 10/PIT 5
    Kyle Hendricks (W,5-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    7
    1
    1
    0
    12
  

    
    7.0
    `SF 5/TB 1
    Jake Peavy
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    AL
    7.0
    `KC 2/DET 1
    Chris Young
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    6.0
    BAL 11/TOR 6
    Matt Wieters, C
    5
    3
    4
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    LAA 2/OAK 0
    Jered Weaver (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    1
  

    
    5.2
    HOU 6/CIN 0
    Mike Fiers (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    4
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    
    5.0
    BOS 2/SEA 1
    David Price (W,8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    8
    1
    1
    0
    7
  

    
    5.0
    ARI 5/PHI 1
    Archie Bradley (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    0
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    MIN 7/NYY 4
    Max Kepler, RF
    4
    3
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    MIA 3/COL 0
    Tom Koehler (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    6
    6
  

    
    4.0
    SD 6/DC 3
    Fernando Rodney (S,14)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.1
    `LAD 2/MIL 1
    Kenta Maeda
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    1
    1
    3
    8
  

    
    3.0
    `CLE 3/CHW 2
    Cody Allen
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    2.0
    TEX 5/STL 4
    Jurickson Profar, PH
    1
    0
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Price, David 2593	pi sp	bos al	6.7	27.8	83.8	100.5	-14.4
Wieters, Matt 2643	ca	bal al	6.0	7.0	25.0	30.7	5.0
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	5.0	14.7	19.7	19.7	-4.7
Teheran, Julio 3176	pi sp	atl nl	5.0	12.7	40.8	40.8	-2.7
Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	sf nl	4.0	9.0	37.1	140.8	-1.0
Allen, Cody 3265	pi mr	cle al	4.0	8.0	13.0	13.0	0.0
Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp	lad nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Young, Chris R. 1933	pi sp	kc al	3.7	11.7	27.8	77.8	-4.3
Rodney, Fernando 1803	pi cp	sd nl	3.0	4.0	21.0	33.0	2.0
Fiers, Michael 3029	pi sp	hou al	2.0	9.0	23.1	23.1	-5.0
Koehler, Tom 3159	pi sp	fla nl	2.0	6.0	14.0	14.0	-2.0
Bradley, Archie 3438	pi sp	ari nl	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	1.0	8.7	63.3	124.1	-6.7
Kepler, Max 3664	rf	min al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Profar, Jurickson 3665	ph	tex al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Royals' Kendrys Morales tops players for Saturday, June 18; Dbacks' Greinke rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank June 19, 2016

Kendrys Morales of the Royals is Saturday’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 June 18:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
9	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8

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Also Saturday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning NL Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Morales hit two doubles, going 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in five runs, in the 16-5 win over the Tigers.

Morales had a Box-Toppers game score of +8.0, tied with Greinke, who was Player of the Game in the Diamondbacks’ 4-1 win over the Phillies. But when batters and pitchers have the same Box-Toppers game score, batters win the tiebreaker, giving Morales overall Player of the Day honors.

National League Player of the Day—Greinke allowed one run and three hits over eight innings, striking out six and walking one, in the 4-1 win over the Phillies.

Greinke earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 9.7 for the season, rising to seventh among all player and among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now has 156.1 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 15th place in career points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Saturday, Greinke passes Mike Mussina (155.6) and now trails 14th-ranked player Tim Hudson (157.0).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	182.0
6	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	177.3
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	176.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
10	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	164.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	156.1
16	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

List of top 100 players since 1995 (through the 2015 season)

National League Batter of the Day—J.T. Realmuto of the Marlins hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 4-for-5, in the 9-6 win over the Rockies.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall Player of the Day was AL batter Kendrys Morales.

Notable—Carlos Beltran of the Yankees rises to 64th place in Box-Toppers among all players since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Beltran (HR 3-5 2R 2BI in the 7-6 win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 101.9 for his career. With his point Saturday, he passes four players on the “all-time” list—Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4), Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (101.4) and Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (101.7). Beltran now trails 63rd-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Beltran has 3.0 Box-Toppers points on the season.

Debuts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debuts Saturday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Tyler Naquin of the Indians (HR 3B 3-3 R 4BI in the 13-2 win over the White Sox) made his Major League debut April 5 and was playing in his 41st career game. He is the 3,662nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Braves pitcher Dario Alvarez (0.2IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 4-3 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut Sept. 3, 2014, and was playing in his 12th career game. He is the 3,663rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Morales earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Greinke earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Realmuto earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/18
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    8.0
    KC 16/DET 5
    Kendrys Morales, DH
    5
    4
    4
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    8.0
    ARI 4/PHI 1
    Zack Greinke (W,10-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    5.0
    CLE 13/CHW 2
    Tyler Naquin, CF
    3
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    SD 7/DC 3
    Wil Myers, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `HOU 5/CIN 4
    Dallas Keuchel
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    6
  

    
    3.2
    `TEX 4/STL 3
    Cesar Ramos
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIA 9/COL 6
    J.T. Realmuto, C
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 4/TOR 2
    Jonathan Schoop, 2B
    4
    3
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 10/MIL 6
    Justin Turner, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 4/PIT 3
    David Ross, C
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 7/MIN 6
    Carlos Beltran, RF
    5
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SF 6/TB 4
    Joe Panik, 2B
    4
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    ATL 4/NYM 3
    Dario Alvarez (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    LAA 7/OAK 1
    Mike Trout, CF
    5
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    BOS 6/SEA 2
    Christian Vazquez, C
    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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7	30.4	95.5	156.1	-11.0
Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	5.5	17.5	42.0	42.0	-6.5
Panik, Joe 3401	2b	sf nl	4.0	8.0	9.0	9.0	0.0
Myers, Wil 3228	1b	sd nl	4.0	7.0	12.5	12.5	1.0
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	3.0	24.4	38.8	38.8	-18.4
Beltran, Carlos 1194	rf dh	nyy al	3.0	6.5	23.9	101.9	-0.5
Realmuto, J.T. 3491	ca	fla nl	2.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	-2.5
Schoop, Jonathan 3307	2b	bal al	2.5	5.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Ross, David 1729	ca	chi nl	2.5	2.5	11.0	27.1	2.5
Morales, Kendrys 2142	dh	kc al	2.0	6.7	16.7	32.7	-2.7
Ramos, Cesar 3168	pi sp mr	tex al	2.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	2.0
Turner, Justin 2865	3b 2b	lad nl	1.0	5.0	10.5	10.5	-3.0
Vazquez, Christian 3380	ca	bos al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Alvarez, Dario 3663	pi mr	atl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Naquin, Tyler 3662	cf	cle al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Cubs' Jake Arrieta tops players for Friday, June 17, rises to 3rd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank June 18, 2016

Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 17:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
5	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
6	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
7	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
8	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
9	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
10	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7

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Arrieta pitched six scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing two hits, in the 6-0 win over the Pirates.

Arrieta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.7 for the season, rising from ninth to third place among all players. He becomes the sixth player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points and has now earned 10 or more points for three straight years. He had 14.7 in 2014 and 29.1 in 2015, when he led all players in Box-Toppers points.

American League Player of the Day—Michael Saunders of the Blue Jays hit three homers and went 3-for-5, driving in eight runs, in the 13-3 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—Peter O’Brien of the Diamondbacks hit two home runs and went 2-for-5, driving in four runs, in the 10-2 win over the Phillies.

This was O’Brien’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. O’Brien made his Major League debut Sept. 11, 2015, and was playing in his 14th career game. He is the 3,661st 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 Friday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Michael Saunders.

Notable—Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels now has 134.6 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Hamels (7.2IP 3H 0R 3BB 6K W in the 1-0 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game and ranks 27th in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 26th-ranked player Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (136.9).

Hamels has 8.4 Box-Toppers points on the season, 13th among all players and third among AL pitchers.

Debut—Braves pitcher John Gant made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Gant (6.2IP 2H R 2BB 5K W in the 5-1 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut April 6 and was playing in his ninth career game. He is the 3,660th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Arrieta earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Saunders earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. O’Brien 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/17
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    CHC 6/PIT 0
    Jake Arrieta (W,11-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    11
  

    AL
    9.0
    TOR 13/BAL 3
    Michael Saunders, LF
    5
    3
    3
    8
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.2
    TEX 1/STL 0
    Cole Hamels (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    3
    0
    0
    3
    6
  

    
    7.0
    SEA 8/BOS 4
    Franklin Gutierrez, RF
    5
    3
    3
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    SF 5/TB 1
    Jeff Samardzija (W,8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    4
  

    
    7.0
    `CLE 3/CHW 2
    Trevor Bauer
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    3
    9
  

    
    7.0
    `LAD 3/MIL 2
    Julio Urias
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    5.2
    ATL 5/NYM 1
    John Gant (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    2
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    5.1
    KC 10/DET 3
    Yordano Ventura (W,6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    5.0
    `OAK 3/LAA 2
    Kendall Graveman
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    4.1
    `CIN 4/HOU 2
    John Lamb
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.1
    3
    1
    1
    4
    8
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 8/MIN 2
    Masahiro Tanaka (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    7
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    BAT
    3.0
    ARI 10/PHI 2
    Peter O'Brien, LF
    5
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DC 7/SD 5
    Daniel Murphy, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    `MIA 5/COL 1
    Adam Conley
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    1
    1
    1
    5
    5
  

    
    
    `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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7	39.8	67.5	70.5	-18.4
Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	8.4	23.8	75.4	134.6	-7.0
Tanaka, Masahiro 3305	pi sp	nyy al	5.0	13.0	25.7	25.7	-3.0
Murphy, Daniel 2589	2b	dc nl	5.0	6.5	28.5	30.0	3.5
Samardzija, Jeff 2495	pi sp	sf nl	4.7	14.1	42.8	43.8	-4.7
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	4.7	14.1	22.8	22.8	-4.7
Ventura, Yordano 3294	pi sp	kc al	4.0	15.7	25.4	25.4	-7.7
Conley, Adam 3594	pi sp	fla nl	4.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	1.0
Saunders, Michael 2768	lf	tor al	2.3	2.3	12.0	13.0	2.3
Graveman, Kendall 3444	pi sp	oak al	2.0	6.7	6.7	6.7	-2.7
Lamb, John 3654	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Urias, Julio 3652	pi sp	lad nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
O’Brien, Peter 3661	lf	ari nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Gutierrez, Franklin 2242	rf	sea al	1.0	2.0	6.0	21.0	0.0
Gant, John 3660	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw continues lead of Box-Toppers All-Star teams for both 2015 and 2015-16

Shawn Plank June 17, 2016

A look at leaders in Box-Toppers points by position and league over both 2016 and 2015-16.

Dodgers' Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 6th week; Indians' Salazar now leads AL pitchers

Shawn Plank June 17, 2016

Kershaw extends Box-Toppers points lead. Indians' Danny Salazar takes lead among AL pitchers. Machado, Suarez lead batters.

For 9th straight week, Chicago Cubs top Box-Toppers team rankings report

Shawn Plank June 17, 2016

While Cubs remain top team, Texas Rangers remain top AL team. Nationals, Blue Jays are hottest teams of the past week.

Orioles' Wilson tops players for Thursday, June 16; Mets' Colon tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 17, 2016

Orioles pitcher Tyler Wilson is Thursday’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 June 16:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
5	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
6	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
7	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
9	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
10	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7

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Wilson pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits, one walk and striking out six, in the 5-1 win over the Red Sox.

National League Player of the Day—Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon struck out eight over 7 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, in the 6-4 win over the Pirates.

Colon earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 143.8 for his career. Colon ranks 22nd in career points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 21st-ranked player Jim Thome (146.7). Colon has 3.7 Box-Toppers points for the season.

American League Batter of the Day—Victor Martinez of the Tigers hit three solo home runs, going 3-for-5, in the 10-4 win over the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day—Freddie Freeman of the Braves hit a two-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring twice, in the 7-2 win over the Reds.

Notable—Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis has the most 2016 Box-Toppers points of any of Thursday’s 10 Players of the Games.

Lewis (CG 2H R BB 4K W in the 5-1 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 7.7 for the season. He ranks 18th among all players and fifth among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Wilson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Colon earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Martinez and Freeman each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/16
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    BAL 5/BOS 1
    Tyler Wilson (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    8.0
    TEX 5/OAK 1
    Colby Lewis (W,6-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    2
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    6.0
    TOR 13/PHI 2
    J.A. Happ (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    0
    2
    5
  

    NL
    4.2
    NYM 6/PIT 4
    Bartolo Colon (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    7
    2
    2
    0
    8
  

    BAT
    4.0
    DET 10/KC 4
    Victor Martinez, DH
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 4/MIN 1
    Didi Gregorius, SS
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    ATL 7/CIN 2
    Freddie Freeman, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 6/TB 4
    Dae-Ho Lee, 1B
    3
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    DC 8/SD 5
    Bryce Harper, RF
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 8/LAD 6
    Tyler Thornburg (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lewis, Colby 1567	pi sp	tex al	7.7	15.4	33.6	45.0	0.0
Lee, Dae-Ho 3627	1b ph	sea al	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Martinez, Victor 1695	dh 1b	det al	5.0	8.5	28.4	68.6	1.5
Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	4.0	17.1	32.5	40.5	-9.1
Colon, Bartolo	pi sp	nym nl	3.7	10.4	52.3	143.8	-3.0
Wilson, Tyler 3608	pi mr sp	bal al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	2.0	11.0	26.4	26.4	-7.0
Gregorius, Didi 3184	ss	nyy al	2.0	4.5	6.5	6.5	-0.5
Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	1.5	4.5	32.7	32.7	-1.5
Thornburg, Tyler 3195	pi mr	mil nl	1.0	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.0

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Mets' Syndergaard tops players for Wednesday, June 15; Kershaw extends dominant season Box-Toppers lead

Shawn Plank June 16, 2016

Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 15:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0
5	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
6	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
7	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
9	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
10	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7

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Also Wednesday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extended his dominant lead in season player rankings and Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rose to fourth in player rankings.

Player of the Day—Syndergaard struck out 11 over 8 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, five hits and no walks, in the 11-2 win over the Pirates.

Syndergaard earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season, becoming the fourth player this season with 10 or more points. It is the second straight year Syndergaard has reached 10 points—in 2015, he had 10.4.

American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Drew Smyly struck out 12 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, four hits and no walks, in the 3-2, 13-inning win over the Mariners. Smyly did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.

National League Batter of the Day—Melvin Upton of the Padres homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 6-3 win over the Marlins.

Upton had a Box-Toppers game score of +4, the same as DJ LeMahieu of the Rockies, who was Player of the Game in the 6-3 win over the Yankees. While both players also had similar batting lines (3-3 2R 2BI), Upton won NL Batter of the Day honors on a tiebreaker because he hit a home run.

American League Batter of the Day—Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox hit a three-run homer, going 2-for-3 and scoring twice, in the 6-4 win over the Orioles.

Kershaw—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw extends his dominant lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Kershaw (7.1IP 5H 2R BB 11K W in the 3-2 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 18.0 for the season. He now leads second-place player, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (11.7) by 6.3 points, meaning Fernandez would need at least four starts to have a chance of catching Kershaw.

Kershaw also now has 177.3 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of sixth place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began (see homepage for updated list of “all-time” top 20 players in career points). Kershaw trails fifth-ranked player, Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia (182.0).

Rankings—Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Cueto (7IP 7H R BB 9K W in the 10-1 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.0 for the season. He becomes the fifth player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points. It is the fifth season Cueto has reached 10 points, the third straight season.

Notable—With the rise of Syndergaard and Cueto in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings, the only batter—Manny Machado of the Orioles—has slipped off the top 10 list. Machado, who leads AL batters with 8.7 Box-Toppers points, now ranks 11th among all players. Machado had been in the top 10 overall rankings since May 8.

The top NL batter, Eugenio Suarez of the Reds (7.0), ranks 20th among all players.

Also, with Machado sliding out of the top 10, eight of the top 10 players are now from the NL. The only two from the AL are Indians pitcher Danny Salazar (8.8 points, eighth place) and White Sox pitcher Chris Sale (8.7 points, 10th place).

Debut—Tim Anderson of the White Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Anderson (3B 3-5 3R in the 5-3 win over the Tigers) made his Major League debut June 10 and was playing in his sixth career game. He is the 3,659th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Syndergaard earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Smyly earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Upton and Ramirez each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
6/15

Score

Game

Player of Game

AB

R

H

BI

IP

H

R

ER

BB

K

MLB

11.1

NYM 11/PIT 2

Noah Syndergaard (W,7-2)

-

-

-

-

8.1

5

2

1

0

11

AL

10.2

`TB 3/SEA 2

Drew Smyly

-

-

-

-

6.2

4

2

2

0

12

8.1

LAD 3/ARI 2

Clayton Kershaw (W,10-1)

-

-

-

-

7.1

5

2

2

1

11

6.0

SF 10/MIL 1

Johnny Cueto (W,10-1)

-

-

-

-

7.0

7

1

1

1

9

6.0

`DC 5/CHC 4

Stephen Strasburg

-

-

-

-

7.0

6

1

1

1

8

5.0

LAA 10/MIN 2

Hector Santiago (W,4-4)

-

-

-

-

6.0

2

1

1

2

5

BAT

4.0

SD 6/MIA 3

Melvin Upton, LF

3

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.0

COL 6/NYY 3

DJ LeMahieu, 2B

3

2

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

BAT

4.0

BOS 6/BAL 4

Hanley Ramirez, 1B

3

2

2

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

3.0

TEX 7/OAK 5

Rougned Odor, 2B

4

2

2

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

2.2

TOR 7/PHI 2

Marco Estrada (W,5-2)

-

-

-

-

6.2

4

2

2

1

5

1.2

`HOU 4/STL 1

Collin McHugh

-

-

-

-

6.2

7

1

1

2

6

1.0

CHW 5/DET 3

Tim Anderson, SS

5

3

3

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.0

KC 9/CLE 4

Eric Hosmer, 1B

5

2

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.0

`ATL 9/CIN 8

Bud Norris

-

-

-

-

5.0

3

3

3

2

7

`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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	18.0	43.7	143.8	177.3	-7.7
Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	10.0	22.8	74.0	93.4	-2.8
Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0	20.4	20.4	20.4	-0.4
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	8.4	22.4	68.5	76.2	-5.6
Santiago, Hector 3109	pi sp	ana al	6.4	14.4	26.8	26.8	-1.6
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	6.0	14.0	38.1	38.1	-2.0
Smyly, Drew 3009	pi sp	tb al	4.7	10.7	32.8	32.8	-1.3
LeMahieu, DJ 3091	2b	col nl	4.5	11.5	17.5	17.5	-2.5
McHugh, Collin 3316	pi sp	hou al	3.0	12.7	24.5	24.5	-6.7
Hosmer, Eric 2886	1b	kc al	3.0	12.0	25.5	25.5	-6.0
Odor, Rougned 3336	2b	tex al	3.0	6.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi sp	atl nl	2.0	3.0	33.4	42.4	1.0
Ramirez, Hanley 2119	1b ss	bos al	1.5	1.5	24.2	52.1	1.5
Upton, Melvin 1922	lf	sd nl	1.5	1.5	14.5	36.2	1.5
Anderson, Tim 3659	ss	chi al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Pirates' Jameson Taillon tops players for Tuesday, June 14; Lackey, Bumgarner rise in Box-Toppers top 10 rankings

Shawn Plank June 15, 2016

Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon is Tuesday’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 June 14:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4
5	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
6	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
7	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
8	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
10	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7

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Also Tuesday, Cubs pitcher John Lackey and Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner rise in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Taillon pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out five, in the 4-0 win over the Mets.

This was Taillon’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Taillon made his Major League debut June 8 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,658th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Player of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays hit a grand slam and two doubles, going 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five total runs, in the 11-3 win over the Phillies.

Donaldson earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.2 for the season, rising to second place among AL batters, trailing only Manny Machado of the Orioles (8.7 Box-Toppers points). Donaldson ranks 19th among all players.

National League Batter of the Day—Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies homered and doubled, going 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 13-10 win over the Yankees.

Gonzalez, who led NL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2015 with 11.5, has 2.5 points in 2016.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Josh Donaldson.

Rankings—Two players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday:

Cubs pitcher John Lackey rises to fourth place in season rankings with 9.4 Box-Toppers points. Lackey (6IP 4H 2R 7K ND in the 4-3 win over the Nationals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point Tuesday and now has 117.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 41st place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes two players on the “all-time” list—Todd Helton (116.4) and Mark Buehrle (116.7). Lackey now trails 40th-ranked player Barry Zito (117.4).
Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner rises to fifth place in season rankings with 9.0 Box-Toppers points. Bumgarner (8IP 4H 2R 8K W in the 3-2 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point Tuesday and now has 101.7 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 64th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes four players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (100.9), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4) and Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (101.4). Bumgarner now trails 63rd-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Scoring—Taillon earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Donaldson earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Gonzalez earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/14
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    PIT 4/NYM 0
    Jameson Taillon (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    AL
    7.0
    TOR 11/PHI 3
    Josh Donaldson, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    SF 3/MIL 2
    Madison Bumgarner (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    5.0
    BAL 3/BOS 2
    Chris Tillman (W,9-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    7
  

    BAT
    4.0
    COL 13/NYY 10
    Carlos Gonzalez, RF
    5
    3
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TB 8/SEA 7
    Corey Dickerson, LF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    DET 11/CHW 8
    Justin Upton, LF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 10/OAK 6
    Ryan Rua, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    LAD 7/ARI 4
    Kenley Jansen (S,18)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.1
    HOU 5/STL 2
    Doug Fister (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    5
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 5/SD 2
    Jeff Mathis, C
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `CHC 4/DC 3
    John Lackey
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    2
    7
  

    
    2.0
    LAA 5/MIN 4
    Kole Calhoun, RF
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 3/ATL 1
    Brandon Finnegan (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    3
    5
  

    
    1.2
    KC 3/CLE 2
    Joakim Soria (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	9.4	19.1	38.8	117.2	-0.3
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	9.0	26.0	96.0	101.7	-8.0
Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	tor al	7.2	17.1	37.1	37.1	-2.7
Tillman, Chris 2754	pi sp	bal al	6.0	10.7	39.8	41.8	1.3
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	4.0	7.2	14.7	14.7	0.8
Rua, Ryan 3631	1b lf	tex al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	rf	col nl	2.5	14.0	42.7	55.7	-9.0
Upton, Justin 2411	lf	det al	2.0	11.0	37.9	46.4	-7.0
Jansen, Kenley 2871	pi cp	lad nl	2.0	6.0	32.4	32.4	-2.0
Dickerson, Corey 3222	lf	tb al	2.0	5.0	14.0	14.0	-1.0
Finnegan, Brandon 3535	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	-1.0
Taillon, Jameson 3658	pi sp	pit nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Soria, Joakim 2258	pi cp	kc al	1.0	6.7	13.7	45.7	-4.7
Fister, Doug 2688	pi sp	hou al	1.0	3.0	48.5	52.2	-1.0
Mathis, Jeff 2412	ca	fla nl	1.0	1.0	6.0	11.5	1.0

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Nationals' Max Scherzer tops players for Monday, June 13, rising to 3rd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank June 14, 2016

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 13:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
5	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
8	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
9	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
10	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4

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Scherzer struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Cubs.

Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season. He becomes the third player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points. It is the sixth season—and fifth straight season—Scherzer has had 10 or more points in a season.

Scherzer also rises to 44th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Monday, Scherzer now has 116.0 career Box-Toppers points and passes three players on the “all-time” list—Josh Beckett (114.9), Angels pitcher Tim Lincecum (115.0) and Torii Hunter (115.9). Scherzer trails 43rd-ranked player, Cubs pitcher John Lackey (116.2).

American League Player of the Day—Khris Davis of the Athletics hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 14-5 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Martin Prado of the Marlins hit a two-run homer and went 3-for-3, driving in three total runs, in the 13-4 win over the Padres.

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 Khris Davis.

Debut—Giants pitcher Derek Law made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Law (1.1IP H 0R 2K Sv in the 3-2 win over the the Dodgers) made his Major League debut April 15 and was playing in his 22nd career game. He is the 3,657th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Davis earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Prado 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/13
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    DC 4/CHC 1
    Max Scherzer (W,8-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    11
  

    AL
    6.0
    OAK 14/TEX 5
    Khris Davis, LF
    4
    3
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    MIA 13/SD 4
    Martin Prado, 3B
    3
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    KC 2/CIN 1
    Edinson Volquez (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    4
    3
  

    
    4.0
    PHI 7/TOR 0
    Jerad Eickhoff (W,4-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    4
    5
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 10/DET 9
    Adam Eaton, CF
    5
    2
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    ARI 3/LAD 2
    Brad Ziegler (S,13)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.1
    SF 11/MIL 5
    Derek Law (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 9/LAA 4
    Robbie Grossman, LF
    4
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    CIN 9/ATL 8
    Adam Duvall, LF
    4
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

  
  

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0	31.0	95.6	116.0	-11.0
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	6.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	1.0
Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	kc al	5.4	12.4	37.1	63.2	-1.6
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	4.5	6.0	6.0	6.0	3.0
Davis, Khris 3242	lf	oak al	3.2	7.2	13.2	13.2	-0.8
Eaton, Adam 3253	rf cf	chi al	2.0	7.5	10.0	10.0	-3.5
Prado, Martin 2511	3b	fla nl	1.5	7.5	21.0	27.5	-4.5
Ziegler, Brad 2504	pi cp	ari nl	1.0	4.0	10.0	13.0	-2.0
Grossman, Robbie 3267	lf	min al	1.0	1.0	8.0	8.0	1.0
Law, Derek 3657	pi sp	sf nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Rays' Moore tops players for Sunday, June 12; Indians' Salazar rises to lead AL pitchers in Box-Toppers points

Shawn Plank June 13, 2016

Rays pitcher Matt Moore is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, Indians pitcher Danny Salazar rises to lead American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 12:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8
5	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
6	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
7	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
8	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
9	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
10	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4

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Player of the Day—Moore pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing two hits, in the 5-0 win over the Astros.

National League Player of the Day—Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing three hits, in the 6-0 win over the Marlins.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Holliday of the Cardinals homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 8-3 win over the Pirates.

Sunday was the second straight day Holliday earned NL Batter of the Day honors. He has 6.0 Box-Toppers points on the season (3.0 earned in two days) and ranks third among NL batters.

American League Batter of the Day—Russell Martin of the Blue Jays hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-5, scoring twice, in the 10-9 win over the Orioles.

Rankings—Indians pitcher Danny Salazar rises to lead AL pitchers in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Salazar (5.2IP 3H R 8K W in the 8-3 win over the Angels) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.8 for the season. He passes White Sox pitcher Chris Sale (8.7) for the lead among AL pitchers. Salazar now ranks fourth among all players.

Notable—Three players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Sunday:

Giants pitcher Jake Peavy (6IP 4H 0R 3K W in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers) now has 139.8 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 24th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 23rd-ranked player David Ortiz of the Red Sox (141.4). Peavy has 3.0 Box-Toppers points this season.
Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels (7IP 4H R 5K W in the 6-4 win over the Mariners) now has 133.6 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 27th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Jason Giambi (133.4) on the “all-time” list and now trails 26th-ranked player Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (136.9). Hamels has 7.4 Box-Toppers points this season, fifth among AL pitchers.
Cubs pitcher Jon Lester (7IP 5H R 7K W in the 13-2 win over the Braves) now has 129.1 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 30th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Vladimir Guerrero (128.3) on the “all-time” list and now trails 29th-ranked player Trevor Hoffman (129.4). Lester has 8.0 Box-Toppers points this season, 10th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Rockies pitcher Tyler Anderson made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Anderson (6.1IP 6H R 6K ND in the 2-1 win over the Padres) was also making his Major League debut. He is the 3,656th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Moore earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Ray earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Holliday and Martin 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/12
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    TB 5/HOU 0
    Matt Moore (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    NL
    9.2
    ARI 6/MIA 0
    Robbie Ray (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    3
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    9.0
    KC 3/CHW 1
    Yordano Ventura (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    
    8.0
    CHC 13/ATL 2
    Jon Lester (W,8-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    0
    0
    7
  

    
    7.0
    MIL 5/NYM 3
    Zach Davies (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    
    4.2
    CLE 8/LAA 3
    Danny Salazar (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    3
    1
    1
    4
    8
  

    
    4.1
    `COL 2/SD 1
    Tyler Anderson
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    6
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    4.0
    `DC 5/PHI 4
    Joe Ross
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    3
    3
    0
    8
  

    
    4.0
    TEX 6/SEA 4
    Cole Hamels (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    DET 4/NYY 1
    Michael Fulmer (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    3
  

    
    4.0
    SF 2/LAD 1
    Jake Peavy (W,3-6) 
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    STL 8/PIT 3
    Matt Holliday, LF
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    TOR 10/BAL 9
    Russell Martin, C
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    OAK 6/CIN 1
    Fernando Rodriguez (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 7/BOS 4
    Michael Tonkin (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    
    `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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	8.8	22.2	31.6	31.6	-4.6
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	8.0	20.0	66.2	129.1	-4.0
Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	7.4	22.8	74.4	133.6	-8.0
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7
Holliday, Matt 1836	1b lf dh	stl nl	6.0	7.5	37.7	97.8	4.5
Ross, Joe 3499	pi sp	dc nl	5.7	10.7	10.7	10.7	0.7
Martin, Russell 2202	ca	tor al	5.0	10.0	26.5	47.5	0.0
Moore, Matt 2975	pi sp	tb al	4.7	4.7	30.2	30.2	4.7
Davies, Zach 3581	pi sp	mil nl	4.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	1.0
Ventura, Yordano 3294	pi sp	kc al	3.0	14.7	24.4	24.4	-8.7
Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	sf nl	3.0	8.0	36.1	139.8	-2.0
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	2.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	-1.3
Rodriguez, Fernando 3537	pi mr	oak al	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Tonkin, Michael 3615	pi cp	min al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Anderson, Tyler 3656	pi sp	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Angels' Shoemaker tops players for Saturday, June 11; Nationals' Roark tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 12, 2016

Angels pitcher Matt Shoemaker is Saturday’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 June 11:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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Shoemaker pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing three hits and one walk, in the 4-3 win over the Indians. Shoemaker did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Angels lost the lead after he exited when the Indians tied the game 3-3 in the ninth inning.

National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven, in the 8-0 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Edwin Encarnacion of the Blue Jays hit two homers, a double and went 3-for-3, driving in five runs, in the 11-6 win over the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day—Matt Holliday of the Cardinals hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4 in the 5-1 win over the Pirates.

Notable—Rangers pitcher Colby Lewis has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of Saturday’s 15 Players of the Games.

Lewis (8IP 3H R 3K ND in the 2-1 win over the Mariners) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.7 for the season. He ranks 19th among all players and fifth among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Shoemaker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Roark earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Encarnacion and Holliday each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/11
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    `LAA 4/CLE 3
    Matt Shoemaker
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    11
  

    
    10.0
    KC 4/CHW 1
    Danny Duffy (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    10
  

    BAT
    7.0
    TOR 11/BAL 6
    Edwin Encarnacion, DH
    3
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    NL
    7.0
    DC 8/PHI 0
    Tanner Roark (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    
    6.0
    BOS 15/MIN 4
    Xander Bogaerts, SS
    5
    4
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    `TEX 2/SEA 1
    Colby Lewis
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    DET 6/NYY 1
    Ian Kinsler, 2B
    4
    1
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    STL 5/PIT 1
    Matt Holliday, LF
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    COL 5/SD 3
    Carlos Gonzalez, RF
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 7/NYM 4
    Ryan Braun, LF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 2/OAK 1
    Jay Bruce, RF
    2
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    CHC 8/ATL 2
    Jason Heyward, RF
    5
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    SF 5/LAD 4
    Joe Panik, 2B
    5
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    HOU 4/TB 3
    Marwin Gonzalez, SS
    4
    1
    3
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    ARI 5/MIA 3
    Michael Bourn, CF
    3
    1
    1
    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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Lewis, Colby 1567	pi sp	tex al	6.7	14.4	32.6	44.0	-1.0
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	5.7	6.7	21.7	21.7	4.7
Braun, Ryan J. 2300	lf	mil nl	4.5	9.5	40.5	82.2	-0.5
Holliday, Matt 1836	1b dh lf	stl nl	4.5	6.0	36.2	96.3	3.0
Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	dh	tor al	4.0	14.4	42.6	63.1	-6.4
Shoemaker, Matt 3290	pi sp	ana al	4.0	9.7	22.4	22.4	-1.7
Kinsler, Ian 2144	2b	det al	3.5	10.0	29.2	59.6	-3.0
Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	cin nl	3.5	6.7	26.7	53.8	0.3
Duffy, Danny 2915	pi sp	kc al	3.0	7.0	22.0	22.0	-1.0
Panik, Joe 3401	2b	sf nl	3.0	7.0	8.0	8.0	-1.0
Bourn, Michael 2505	rf cf	ari nl	2.0	4.5	6.5	13.0	-0.5
Gonzalez, Carlos 2460	rf	col nl	1.0	12.5	41.2	54.2	-10.5
Bogaerts, Xander 3383	ss	bos al	1.0	2.5	6.5	6.5	-0.5
Heyward, Jason 2695	rf	chi nl	1.0	1.0	12.5	18.5	1.0
Gonzalez, Marwin 3078	ss	hou al	1.0	1.0	5.5	5.5	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops players for Friday, June 10, extends lead in '16 points, rises to 6th in all-time rankings

Shawn Plank June 12, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings and rising to sixth place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995.

Top 10 players

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


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	11.7
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
6	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Lackey, John 1640	pi sp	chi nl	8.4
9	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
10	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0

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Kershaw struck out 13 over eight innings, allowing two runs and five hits, in the 3-2 win over the Giants.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 17.0 for the season, extending his dominant lead in player rankings; second-place player, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (11.7 points) is 5.3 points behind. Kershaw has more than doubled the season Box-Toppers point totals of all but six other players.

Kershaw also rises in the rankings of career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Friday, Kershaw rises to sixth place, passing Albert Pujols of the Angels (176.3). (While both Kershaw and Pujols have 176.3 career points, Kershaw ranks ahead on a tiebreaker because he has more points in 2016—17.0 vs. 2.0).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Alex Rodriguez	dh	nyy al	187.0
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	182.0
6	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	176.3
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	176.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
10	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
11	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
12	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	164.7
13	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
14	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
15	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
16	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	154.4
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0
20	Javier Vazquez	pi sp	retired	148.3

List of top 100 players since 1995 (through the 2015 season)

Kershaw becomes the third-ranked active player in career Box-Toppers points behind only Alex Rodriguez (187.0) and CC Sabathia (182.0), both of the Yankees. Kershaw now trails fifth-ranked Sabathia (who also earned Player of the Game honors Friday) by 5.7 points.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber pitched a complete game, striking out eight and allowing two runs and three hits, in the 6-2 win over the Angels.

National League Batter of the Day—Justin Bour of the Marlins hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the 8-6 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—Dae-Ho Lee of the Mariners hit two home runs, going 2-for-4 and driving in four runs, in the 7-5 win over the Rangers.

Notable—Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia, the fifth-ranked player in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, earned Player of the Game honors Friday.

Sabathia (7IP 5H 0R 4K W in the 4-0 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 182.0 for his career, maintaining his rank of fifth place. He trails fourth-place player, teammate Alex Rodriguez (187.0).

Sabathia has 3.0 Box-Toppers points this season.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kluber earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bour and Lee each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    6/10
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    LAD 3/SF 2
    Clayton Kershaw (W,9-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    13
  

    AL
    9.0
    CLE 6/LAA 2
    Corey Kluber (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    8.0
    `NYM 2/MIL 1
    Matt Harvey
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    7.0
    ATL 5/CHC 1
    Bud Norris (W,2-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    MIA 8/ARI 6
    Justin Bour, PH
    1
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    SEA 7/TEX 5
    Dae-Ho Lee, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    NYY 4/DET 0
    CC Sabathia (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    3.1
    BOS 8/MIN 1
    Steven Wright (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    7
    1
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    STL 9/PIT 3
    Matt Carpenter, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 7/KC 5
    Alex Avila, C
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SD 7/COL 5
    Wil Myers, 1B
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DC 9/PHI 6
    Stephen Strasburg (W,10-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    4
    4
    1
    10
  

    
    3.0
    CIN 2/OAK 1
    Blake Wood (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    1.0
    TB 4/HOU 3
    Steve Pearce, 1B
    4
    0
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    TOR 4/BAL 3
    Russell Martin, C
    1
    0
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
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Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	17.0	42.7	142.8	176.3	-8.7
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	7.8	21.2	52.0	52.0	-5.6
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	7.4	21.4	67.5	75.2	-6.6
Lee, Dae-Ho 3627	1b ph	sea al	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b	stl nl	5.5	11.0	25.5	25.5	0.0
Wright, Steven 3224	pi sp	bos al	5.0	8.7	9.7	9.7	1.3
Martin, Russell 2202	ca	tor al	3.5	8.5	25.0	46.0	-1.5
Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	3.0	18.4	36.4	36.4	-12.4
Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	3.0	8.7	43.5	182.0	-2.7
Myers, Wil 3228	1b	sd nl	3.0	6.0	11.5	11.5	0.0
Pearce, Steve 2371	1b	tb al	2.0	4.5	14.0	16.0	-0.5
Bour, Justin 3433	1b ph	fla nl	1.5	10.0	11.5	11.5	-7.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	2.0	32.4	41.4	0.0
Avila, Alex 2642	ca	chi al	1.0	1.0	12.5	17.0	1.0
Wood, Blake 2850	pi mr	cin nl	1.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw continues leading Box-Toppers All-Stars over 2016 and combined 2015-16 seasons

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

A look at Box-Toppers points leaders by position over the 2016 season so far and the combined 2015 and 2016 seasons.

Dodgers' Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 5th week; Reds' Suarez rises to lead NL batters

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

Eugenio Suarez of the Reds passes Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets to lead NL batters in Box-Toppers points. The 3 other category leaders stay the same—Kershaw, Sale and Machado.

Chicago Cubs, week's hottest team, extend lead in Box-Toppers team rankings

Shawn Plank June 10, 2016

Cubs hot week fueled by starters & acquisitions. Rangers pass Red Sox to top AL team rankings.

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