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Read MorePirates' Francisco Liriano tops players for Thursday, July 21; Red Sox' Wright tops AL players
Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and becomes the 73rd player since 1995 with 100 or more Box-Toppers points.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 21:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.0 |
| 10 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
Liriano struck out 13 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, four hits and no walks, in the 5-3 win over the Brewers.
Liriano earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 101.2 for his career, rising to 69th place among all players since 1995, passing four players on the “all-time” list—Larry Walker (100.1), Jeff Bagwell (100.4), Paul Konerko (100.7) and Jason Schmidt (101.2). Liriano now trails 68th-ranked player Tim Wakefield (101.4). Liriano has 6.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 25th among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright struck out nine over eight innings, allowing two runs (one earned), four hits and one walk, in the 13-2 win over the Twins.
National League Batter of the Day—Justin Turner of the Dodgers hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, driving in five runs, in the 6-3 win over the Nationals.
American League Batter of the Day—Corey Dickerson of the Rays homered and went 2-for-3, driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Athletics.
Notable—Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman had the most season Box-Toppers points among the nine who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Tillman (7IP 4H R 2BB 7K W in the 401 win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season, 45th among all players and 16th among AL pitchers.
Scoring—Liriano earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wright earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Turner and Dickerson 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.
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
| 7/21 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 10.2 | PIT 5, MIL 3 | Francisco Liriano (W,6-9) | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| AL | 9.0 | BOS 13, MIN 2 | Steven Wright (W,12-5) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| BAT | 6.0 | LAD 6, WSH 3 | Justin Turner, 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | MIA 9, PHI 3 | Tom Koehler (W,7-8) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6.0 | BAL 4, NYY 1 | Chris Tillman (W,14-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | TB 7, OAK 3 | Corey Dickerson, DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | STL 6, SD 5 | Stephen Piscotty, PH-1B-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | COL 7, ATL 3 | Carlos Gonzalez, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.2 | DET 2, CHW 1 (7) | Shane Greene (S,2) | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 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 | +/- |
| Tillman, Chris 2754 | pi sp | bal al | 7.0 | 11.7 | 40.8 | 42.8 | 2.3 |
| Wright, Steven 3224 | pi sp | bos al | 6.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 3.0 |
| Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 6.0 | 20.9 | 61.4 | 101.2 | -8.9 |
| Gonzalez, Carlos 2460 | rf | col nl | 4.5 | 16.0 | 44.7 | 57.7 | -7.0 |
| Piscotty, Stephen 3570 | rf | stl nl | 4.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
| Dickerson, Corey 3222 | lf dh | tb al | 3.5 | 6.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.5 |
| Koehler, Tom 3159 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | -1.0 |
| Turner, Justin 2865 | 3b 2b | lad nl | 2.5 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -1.5 |
| Greene, Shane 3381 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -1.0 |
Phillies' Jeremy Hellickson tops players for Wednesday, July 20; Indians' Carrasco tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Jeremy Hellickson 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 July 20:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.0 |
| 10 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
Hellickson struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Marlins.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco pitched six scoreless innings, allowing one hit, two walks and striking out six, in the 11-4 win over the Royals.
Carrasco earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 8.4 for the season, most of any of the 16 who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday. Carrasco ranks 26th in Box-Toppers season player rankings, 10th among AL pitchers.
Both Hellickson and Carrasco had Box-Toppers game scores Wednesday of +9.0, but Hellickson won overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker because he had more innings pitched—eight vs. six.
American League Batter of the Day—Hanley Ramirez of the Red Sox hit three home runs and went 3-for-4, driving in six runs, in the 11-7 win over the Giants.
National League Batter of the Day—Jedd Gyorko of the Cardinals hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, in the 3-2 win over the Padres.
Debüts—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:
- Mariners pitcher Edwin Diaz (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K ND in the 6-5, 11-inning win over the White Sox) made his Major League debut June 6 and was playing in his 20th career game. He is the 3,690th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
- Jose Peraza of the Reds (2-4 R 2BI in the 6-3 win over the Braves) made his Major League debut Aug. 10, 2015, and was playing in his 37th career game. He is the 3,691st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Hellickson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Carrasco earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Ramirez and Gyorko 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.
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
| 7/20 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 9.0 | PHI 4, MIA 1 | Jeremy Hellickson (W,7-7) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| AL | 9.0 | CLE 11, KC 4 | Carlos Carrasco (W,7-3) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| BAT | 8.0 | BOS 11, SF 7 | Hanley Ramirez, 1B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7.0 | TB 11, COL 3 | Chris Archer (W,5-13) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 7.0 | NYY 5, BAL 0 | Michael Pineda (W,4-9) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6.0 | HOU 7, OAK 0 | Doug Fister (W,10-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5.1 | CHC 6, NYM 2 | Kyle Hendricks (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 5.0 | WSH 8, LAD 1 | Gio Gonzalez (W,6-8) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | STL 3, SD 2 | Jedd Gyorko, 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | TOR 10, ARI 4 | Marcus Stroman (W,8-4) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 4.0 | `SEA 6, CHW 5 (11) | Edwin Diaz | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.0 | STL 4, SD 2 | Carlos Martinez (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2.0 | MIL 9, PIT 5 | Jonathan Lucroy, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | LAA 7, TEX 4 | Jefry Marte, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | CIN 6, ATL 3 | Jose Peraza, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | MIN 4, DET 1 | Danny Santana, DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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
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 | +/- |
| Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 8.4 | 26.4 | 42.5 | 42.5 | -9.6 |
| Hellickson, Jeremy 2778 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.4 | 12.4 | 36.1 | 39.1 | 2.4 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 7.0 | 16.7 | 21.7 | 21.7 | -2.7 |
| Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 5.7 | 19.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 | -8.0 |
| Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 21.0 | 45.1 | 45.1 | -11.0 |
| Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | tor al | 4.7 | 7.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 2.0 |
| Pineda, Michael 2841 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.0 | 14.7 | 32.1 | 32.1 | -6.7 |
| Gonzalez, Gio 2626 | pi sp | dc nl | 3.0 | 12.7 | 69.8 | 83.5 | -6.7 |
| Lucroy, Jonathan 2744 | ca | mil nl | 3.0 | 4.7 | 23.6 | 24.6 | 1.3 |
| Ramirez, Hanley 2119 | 1b ss | bos al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 25.7 | 53.6 | 3.0 |
| Fister, Doug 2688 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 49.5 | 53.2 | 0.0 |
| Gyorko, Jedd 3164 | 3b 2b | stl nl | 1.5 | 5.0 | 14.2 | 14.2 | -2.0 |
| Marte, Jefry 3529 | 1b | ana al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Santana, Danny 3350 | dh cf | min al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
| Diaz, Edwin 3690 | pi mr | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Peraza, Jose 3691 | lf | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Rays' Blake Snell tops players for Tuesday, July 19; Mets' Syndergaard rises to 9th in Box-Toppers rankings
Rays pitcher Blake Snell is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, making his Box-Toppers debut.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 18:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.0 |
| 10 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
Also Tuesday, Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Snell pitched six scoreless innings, striking out nine and allowing one hit and three walks, in the 10-1 win over the Rockies.
This was Snell’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Snell made his Major League debut April 23 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,688th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 8-4 win over the Nationals.
Kazmir earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 105.1 for his career, rising to 61st place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he passes two players on the “all-time” list—Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (103.7) and Jamie Moyer (104.0). Kazmir now trails 60th-ranked player Aramis Ramirez (105.8). Kazmir has 8.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, 12th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Albert Pujols of the Angels hit two three-run home runs, going 3-for-3, in the 8-6 win over the Rangers.
Pujols earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 179.3 for his career, the same total as Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who ranks sixth among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. While Pujols and Kershaw are now tied in career points, Kershaw still holds the edge and is ranked ahead of Pujols because he has more Box-Toppers points in 2016—20.0 vs. 5.0. Pujols maintains his rank of seventh place in career points since 1995 (see the updated list of the “all-time” top 20 players on the home page). Pujols’ 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season puts him at 18th place among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Rankings—Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Syndergaard (5.2IP 7H R 2BB 8K ND in the 2-1 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.0 for the season. He ranks seventh among NL pitchers.
Debut—Braves closing pitcher Mauricio Cabrera made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.
Cabrera (1.2IP H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 5-4, 11-inning win over the Reds) made his Major League debut June 27 and was playing in his 10th career game. He is the 3,689th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Snell earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kazmir earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Pujols earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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
| 7/19 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 11.0 | TB 10, COL 1 | Blake Snell (W,2-4) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| NL | 9.0 | LAD 8, WSH 4 | Scott Kazmir (W,8-3) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| BAT | 8.0 | LAA 8, TEX 6 | Albert Pujols, DH | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | NYY 7, BAL 1 | Starlin Castro, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | TOR 5, ARI 1 | Aaron Sanchez (W,10-1) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | `NYM 2, CHC 1 | Noah Syndergaard | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3.2 | `MIA 2, PHI 1 (10) | Jose Urena | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3.1 | BOS 4, SF 0 | Rick Porcello (W,12-2) | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3.0 | CLE 7, KC 3 | Francisco Lindor, SS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.2 | ATL 5, CIN 4 (11) | Mauricio Cabrera (W,1-0) | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.1 | MIN 6, DET 2 | Tommy Milone (W,3-2) | - | - | - | - | 8.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 2.0 | CHW 6, SEA 1 | Todd Frazier, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | `PIT 3, MIL 2 | Jameson Taillon | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 0.0 | OAK 4, HOU 3 (10) | Ryon Healy, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 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
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 | +/- |
| Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.0 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 21.4 | 0.6 |
| Kazmir, Scott 1947 | pi sp | lad nl | 8.7 | 21.4 | 49.3 | 105.1 | -4.0 |
| Sanchez, Aaron 3392 | pi sp | tor al | 6.7 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 4.7 |
| Frazier, Todd 2929 | 3b | chi al | 5.2 | 14.1 | 28.1 | 28.1 | -3.7 |
| Pujols, Albert 1438 | 1b dh | ana al | 5.0 | 12.0 | 42.0 | 179.3 | -2.0 |
| Porcello, Rick 2573 | pi sp | bos al | 5.0 | 9.0 | 30.7 | 39.7 | 1.0 |
| Castro, Starlin 2767 | ss 2b | nyy al | 4.0 | 8.5 | 21.5 | 22.5 | -0.5 |
| Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss | cle al | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Taillon, Jameson 3658 | pi sp | pit nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Healy, Ryon 3685 | 3b | oak al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Snell, Blake 3688 | pi sp | tb al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Milone, Tommy 2954 | pi sp | min al | 1.0 | 7.7 | 25.1 | 25.1 | -5.7 |
| Urena, Jose 3492 | pi sp | fla nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Cabrera, Mauricio 3689 | pi cp | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Marlins' Jose Fernandez tops players for Monday, July 18, maintains 2nd place in Box-Toppers rankings
Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, maintaining his rank of second 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 July 18:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
| 10 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 |
Fernandez struck out 14 over 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, four hits and two walks, in the 3-2, 11-inning win over the Phillies. Fernandez picked up a no decision and did not earn the win because the Marlins were trailing when he exited the game.
Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 16.4 for the season. He ranks second, 3.6 points (and at least two more stellar starts) behind Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0 Box-Toppers points), who went on the disabled list with a herniated disk in late June. Kershaw’s return date is uncertain.
American League Player of the Day—Tigers pitcher Matt Boyd pitched six scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing three hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Twins.
American League Batter of the Day—Jarrod Dyson of the Royals hit a grand slam and tripled, going 2-for-3, in the 7-3 win over the Indians.
National League Batter of the Day—Joey Votto of the Reds hit a two-run homer and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-2 win over the Braves.
Notable—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester became the 15th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Lester (7.2IP 4H R 3BB 3K W in the 5-1 win over the Mets) now has 10.7 Box-Toppers points on the season, 11th among all players and eighth among NL pitchers. This is the eighth season in which Lester has earned 10 or more Box-Toppers points, the fourth consecutive season.
Lester now has 131.8 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his rank of 29th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 28th-place player Jason Giambi (133.4.). Lester ranks 12th among active players in career Box-Toppers points.
Scoring—Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Boyd earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Dyson and Votto each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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
| 7/18 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 10.1 | `MIA 3, PHI 2 (11) | Jose Fernandez | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |
| 9.0 | STL 10, SD 2 | Mike Leake (W,7-7) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||
| AL | 9.0 | DET 1, MIN 0 | Matt Boyd (W,1-2) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 5.0 | `LAA 9, TEX 5 | Jhoulys Chacin | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | KC 7, CLE 3 | Jarrod Dyson, CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| BAT | 4.0 | CIN 8, ATL 2 | Joey Votto, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | SEA 4, CHW 3 | Adam Lind, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | COL 7, TB 4 | Trevor Story, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | OAK 7, HOU 4 | Yonder Alonso, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.2 | CHC 5, NYM 1 | Jon Lester (W,10-4) | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1.0 | NYY 2, BAL 1 | Ivan Nova (W,7-5) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| `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 | +/- |
| Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 | 21.1 | 47.1 | 47.1 | 11.7 |
| Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 | 22.7 | 68.9 | 131.8 | -1.3 |
| Story, Trevor 3607 | ss | col nl | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Votto, Joey 2366 | 1b | cin nl | 4.5 | 9.5 | 26.2 | 58.2 | -0.5 |
| Leake, Mike 2709 | pi sp | stl nl | 4.0 | 14.0 | 39.1 | 43.6 | -6.0 |
| Nova, Ivan 2796 | pi sp | nyy al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 2.0 |
| Chacin, Jhoulys 2711 | pi sp mr | ana al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 17.4 | 25.1 | 3.0 |
| Lind, Adam 2238 | 1b ph | sea al | 2.7 | 9.2 | 29.2 | 56.8 | -3.8 |
| Boyd, Matt 3550 | pi sp | det al | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 1.7 |
| Dyson, Jarrod 2813 | cf | kc al | 1.5 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | -0.5 |
| Alonso, Yonder 2945 | 1b | oak al | 1.0 | 2.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -0.5 |
Cole Hamels of the Rangers rises to 10th place among active players in career Box-Toppers points, passing Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (136.9).
Mets' Jacob deGrom tops players for Sunday, July 17; Rangers' Hamels rises to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom 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 17:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
| 10 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 |
Also Sunday, Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—deGrom pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking one, in the 5-0 win over the Phillies.
American League Player of the Day—Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels allowed one run over eight innings, striking out seven and allowing four hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Cubs.
Hamels earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being American League Player of the Day, giving him 12.1 for the season and rising to sixth in player rankings, second among AL pitchers, behind Corey Kluber of the Indians (12.5).
Hamels also rises to 26th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. Hamels now has 138.3 career points, passing Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (136.9) on the “all-time” list. Hamels now trails 25th-place player Andy Pettitte (138.5). Hamels now also ranks 10th among active players in career points.
American League Batter of the Day—Albert Pujols of the Angels hit a pair of two-run homers an went 2-for-3, in the 8-1 win over the White Sox.
Pujols now has 177.8 career Box-Toppers points, maintaining his sixth-place rank among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. (See the updated top 20 rankings on the home page.) He trails Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (179.3). He remains in second among all batters since 1995, trailing Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees (187.0). Pujols has 3.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, 35th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—Christian Bethncourt of the Padres homered and went 2-for-4, scoring twice, in the 5-3 win over the Giants.
Streak—Tigers closing pitcher Francisco Rodriguez has now earned Box-Toppers points in 14 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honors of the year Sunday.
Rodriguez (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 4-2 win over the Royals) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2003 with the Angels and has 61.4 career points, most among active closing pitchers and 11th among all closing pitchers since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. His best years were 2005 and 2008 with the Angels when he had 10.0 Box-Toppers points each season—he was second among AL closers in 2005 and third in 2008. Rodriguez had 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2015 with the Brewers.
Debut—Pirates pitcher Chad Kuhl made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.
Kuhl (6IP H 0R 0BB 5K ND in the 2-1, 18-inning win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut June 26 and was playing in his fourth career game. He is the 3,687th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Hamels earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Pujols and Bethancourt 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
| 7/17 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 14.0 | NYM 5/PHI 0 | Jacob deGrom (W,6-4) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| AL | 10.0 | TEX 4/CHC 1 | Cole Hamels (W,10-2) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 10.0 | `PIT 2/DC 1 | Chad Kuhl | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 8.0 | ARI 6/LAD 5 | Robbie Ray (W,5-8) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8.0 | HOU 8/SEA 1 | Collin McHugh (W,6-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 8.0 | `ATL 1/COL 0 | Julio Teheran | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7.0 | NYY 3/BOS 1 | Masahiro Tanaka (W,7-2) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 7.0 | `CIN 1/MIL 0 | Dan Straily | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| BAT | 5.0 | LAA 8/CHW 1 | Albert Pujols, DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.2 | MIA 6/STL 3 | Kyle Barraclough (W,5-2) | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.0 | TB 5/BAL 2 | Oswaldo Arcia, LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | TOR 5/OAK 3 | Jason Grilli (W,4-3) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.2 | CLE 6/MIN 1 | Josh Tomlin (W,10-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2.0 | DET 4/KC 2 | Francisco Rodriguez (W,1-0) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| BAT | 1.0 | SD 5/SF 3 | Christian Bethancourt, C | 4 | 2 | 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 | +/- |
| Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 | 27.5 | 79.1 | 138.3 | -3.3 |
| Tanaka, Masahiro 3305 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.7 | 15.7 | 28.4 | 28.4 | -0.3 |
| deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 6.0 | 28.4 | 41.4 | 41.4 | -16.4 |
| Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 | 13.7 | 41.8 | 41.8 | -1.7 |
| McHugh, Collin 3316 | pi sp | hou al | 5.0 | 14.7 | 26.5 | 26.5 | -4.7 |
| Tomlin, Josh 2771 | pi sp | cle al | 5.0 | 9.7 | 22.4 | 24.4 | 0.3 |
| Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | ari nl | 3.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Pujols, Albert 1438 | 1b dh | ana al | 3.5 | 10.5 | 40.5 | 177.8 | -3.5 |
| Bethancourt, Christian 3407 | ca ph | sd nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 |
| Grilli, Jason 2209 | pi mr cp | tor al | 1.0 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 25.4 | -4.0 |
| Rodriguez, Francisco 1707 | pi cp | det al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 61.4 | 0.0 |
| Barraclough, Kyle 3583 | pi mr | fla nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Arcia, Oswaldo 3166 | lf | tb al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Straily, Dan 3080 | pi sp | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 1.0 |
| Kuhl, Chad 3687 | pi sp | pit nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Angels' Matt Shoemaker tops players for Saturday, July 16; Cardinals' Wainwright tops NL players
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 July 16:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 8 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
| 9 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 |
| 10 | Salazar, Danny 3223 | pi sp | cle al | 10.5 |
Shoemaker pitched a complete-game shutout, striking out 13 and allowing six hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the White Sox.
National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, allowing two walks and striking out five, in the 5-0 win over the Marlins.
Wainwright earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 109.0 for his career, rising to 54th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Saturday, Wainwright passes three players on the “all-time” list—Lance Berkman (108.1), Kevin Millwood (108.3) and Billy Wagner (108.7). Wainwright now trails 53rd-place player Jeff Kent (109.7). Wainwright has 7.2 Box-Toppers points on the season, 14th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Sandy Leon of the Red Sox hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4, driving in four runs, in the 5-2 win over the Yankees.
National League Batter of the Day—Ryan Schimpf of the Padres homered, tripled and went 2-for-3, driving in two runs, in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Giants.
This was Schimpf’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Schimpf made his Major League debut June 14 and was playing in his 23rd career game. He is the 3,686th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Notable—Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Roark (8IP 5H 0R BB 5K W in the 6-0 win over the Pirates) has 8.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, ranking 21st among all players, 13th among NL pitchers.
Debut—Ryon Healy of the Athletics made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday,the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.
Healy (three-run HR 2-3 3BI in the 5-4 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut July 15 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,685th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Shoemaker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wainwright earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Leon and Schimpf 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.
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
| 7/16 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 16.0 | LAA 1/CHW 0 | Matt Shoemaker (W,5-9) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| 12.0 | SEA 1/HOU 0 | Hisashi Iwakuma (W,10-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| NL | 9.0 | STL 5/MIA 0 | Adam Wainwright (W,9-5) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 7.0 | DC 6/PIT 0 | Tanner Roark (W,9-5) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 7.0 | CHC 3/TEX 1 | Jason Hammel (W,8-5) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6.0 | MIL 9/CIN 1 | Jimmy Nelson (W,6-7) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | BOS 5/NYY 2 | Sandy Leon, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | OAK 5/TOR 4 | Ryon Healy, 3B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | BAL 2/TB 1 | Zach Britton (S,29) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | 2.0 | SD 7/SF 6 | Ryan Schimpf, 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2.0 | `MIN 5/CLE 4 | Fernando Abad | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | PHI 4/NYM 2 | Jeanmar Gomez (S,25) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | COL 4/ATL 3 | Carlos Estevez (S,5) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.0 | `ARI 2/LAD 1 | Tyler Clippard | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0.0 | KC 8/DET 4 | Eric Hosmer, 1B | 4 | 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 | +/- |
| Roark, Tanner 3261 | pi sp | dc nl | 8.7 | 9.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 | 7.7 |
| Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 7.2 | 10.2 | 58.3 | 109.0 | 4.2 |
| Hammel, Jason 2235 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.0 | 15.7 | 39.1 | 52.2 | -3.7 |
| Shoemaker, Matt 3290 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 | 11.7 | 24.4 | 24.4 | 0.3 |
| Hosmer, Eric 2886 | 1b | kc al | 4.0 | 13.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | -5.0 |
| Nelson, Jimmy 3299 | pi sp | mil nl | 3.0 | 11.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | -5.4 |
| Clippard, Tyler 2291 | pi mr | ari nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 19.0 | 30.4 | 2.0 |
| Gomez, Jeanmar 2759 | pi cp | phi nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 |
| Leon, Sandy 3676 | ca | bos al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048 | pi sp | sea al | 2.0 | 15.1 | 50.2 | 50.2 | -11.1 |
| Britton, Zachary 2835 | pi cp | bal al | 2.0 | 10.7 | 30.1 | 30.1 | -6.7 |
| Abad, Fernando 3653 | pi mr | min al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Estevez, Carlos 3641 | pi mr cp | col nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Schimpf, Ryan 3686 | 3b | sd nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Healy, Ryon 3685 | 3b | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Angels' Hector Santiago tops players for Friday, July 15; Nationals' Strasburg rises to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings
Angels pitcher Hector Santiago is Friday’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 15:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 8 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
| 9 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 |
| 10 | Salazar, Danny 3223 | pi sp | cle al | 10.5 |
Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Santiago pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing five hits and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the White Sox.
Santiago earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day giving him 10.4 for the season. He becomes the 14th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points and ranks 12th in season player rankings, fifth among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Giants.
Both Cashner and Santiago had Box-Toppers game scores Friday of +9.0, but Santiago edged out Cashner for overall Player of the Day because he had more innings pitched—7 vs. 6.
National League Batter of the Day—Chris Taylor of the Dodgers hit a grand slam, tripled, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 13-7 win over the Diamondbacks.
This was Taylor’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Taylor made his Major League debut July 24, 2014, and was playing in his 97th career game. He is the 3,684th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
American League Batter of the Day—Josh Reddick of the Athletics homered and went 2-for-2, scoring four times and driving in one run, in the 8-7 win over the Blue Jays.
Rankings—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Strasburg (8IP 3H R 2BB 6K W in the 5-1 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.4 for the season. He ranks fifth among NL pitchers.
Notable—Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander rises to 30th place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Verlander (7IP 4H 2R 2BB 10K W in the 4-2 win over the Royals) now has 129.6 career Box-Toppers points. He passes Trevor Hoffman (129.4) on the “all-time” list. He trails 29th-ranked player, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester (130.8). Verlander has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 26th among AL pitchers.
Scoring—Santiago earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cashner earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Taylor and Reddick 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.
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
| 7/15 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 9.0 | LAA 7/CHW 0 | Hector Santiago (W,7-4) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| NL | 9.0 | SD 4/SF 1 | Andrew Cashner (W,4-7) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| 8.0 | DET 4/KC 2 | Justin Verlander (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| BAT | 7.0 | LAD 13/ARI 7 | Chris Taylor, 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 7.0 | DC 5/PIT 1 | Stephen Strasburg (W,13-0) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| BAT | 5.0 | OAK 8/TOR 7 | Josh Reddick, RF | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 5.0 | COL 11/ATL 2 | Ryan Raburn, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | CHC 6/TEX 0 | Kyle Hendricks (W,8-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3.0 | CLE 5/MIN 2 | Mike Napoli, 1B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | NYM 5/PHI 3 | Jeurys Familia (S,32) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | CIN 5/MIL 4 | Anthony DeSclafani (W,4-0) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 2.0 | MIA 7/STL 6 | A.J. Ramos (S,28) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2.0 | BOS 5/NYY 3 | Koji Uehara (S,5) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.0 | BAL 4/TB 3 | Pedro Alvarez, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | HOU 7/SEA 3 | Carlos Correa, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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 | 11.4 | 25.4 | 71.5 | 79.2 | -2.6 |
| Santiago, Hector 3109 | pi sp | ana al | 10.4 | 18.4 | 30.8 | 30.8 | 2.4 |
| Correa, Carlos 3506 | ss | hou al | 7.7 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 14.9 | 0.5 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.0 | 15.7 | 20.7 | 20.7 | -3.7 |
| Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | det al | 5.0 | 11.4 | 74.6 | 129.6 | -1.4 |
| Familia, Jeurys 3446 | pi cp | nym nl | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -4.0 |
| Uehara, Koji 2802 | pi cp | bos al | 4.0 | 9.0 | 26.0 | 30.0 | -1.0 |
| Cashner, Andrew 2807 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.7 | 5.7 | 25.4 | 28.4 | -0.3 |
| Reddick, Josh 2936 | rf | oak al | 2.5 | 10.7 | 23.4 | 23.4 | -5.7 |
| DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | -5.7 |
| Napoli, Mike 2161 | 1b | cle al | 2.0 | 6.5 | 34.2 | 53.2 | -2.5 |
| Raburn, Ryan 2340 | dh rf ph | col nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 19.7 | 37.7 | 0.0 |
| Taylor, Chris 3684 | 2b | lad nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Ramos, A.J. 3210 | pi cp | fla nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -4.0 |
| Alvarez, Pedro 2817 | dh 1b | bal al | 1.0 | 4.0 | 21.7 | 22.7 | -2.0 |
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Read MoreRoyals' Eric Hosmer is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as AL wins 2016 All-Star Game
Eric Hosmer of the Royals is Box-Toppers 2016 All-Star Player of the Game.
Hosmer hit a game-tying, second-inning homer and went 2-for-3, driving in two runs, in the American League’s 4-2 win over the National League.
Hosmer was also named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.
Hosmer had a Box-Toppers game score Tuesday of +2.0, tied with AL and Royal teammate Salvador Perez as highest scores earned by AL players. But Hosmer won Player of the Game on a tiebreaker because he had more at bats than Perez—3 vs. 2. Perez homered and drove in two runs in his two at bats.
Top pitcher of the game for the AL was Corey Kluber of the Indians (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W), who also had a Box-Toppers game score of +2.0. Hosmer won Player of the Game honors over Kluber because in cases of game score ties, batters rank ahead of pitchers.
Kluber ranked ahead of two other AL pitchers who had Box-Toppers game scores of +2.0 (Dellin Betances of the Yankees and Kelvin Herrera of the Royals) because Kluber earned the win. Kluber leads AL players in Box-Toppers points this season with 12.5—he ranks fifth among all players.
Hosmer has 3.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 42nd among AL batters. In 2015, Hosmer had 9.0 Box-Toppers points and ranked ninth among AL batters, his best season. Hosmer has 25.5 career Box-Toppers points, making his Box-Toppers debut in 2011. Since the start of 2011, he ranks 28th among AL batters in career Box-Toppers points.
Overall Box-Toppers points leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0), was selected to the NL All-Star team but did not pitch in the game—he is on the disabled list, recovering from a lower back injury.
Manny Machado of the Orioles, who leads AL batters in Box-Toppers points (8.7), went 0-for-3 in the All-Star Game and had a Box-Toppers game score of −3.0.
Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals, who leads NL batters in Box-Toppers points (7.5), was selected to the NL All-Star team but is out with an injury and did not play.
Top player for the NL team was Kris Bryant of the Cubs, who opened scoring with a first-inning solo homer. Bryant went 1-for-2 and had a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0.
Scoring—Just as All-Star Game statistics don’t count in a player’s regular season statistics, no Box-Toppers points are awarded for the All-Star Game.
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.
Box-Toppers game scores of AL All-Star players
Here are all the players who played for the winning American League team in Tuesday’s All-Star Game, listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score. Eric Hosmer had the highest game score and is Box-Toppers All-Star Player of the Game (POG)
| 7/12 | Score | AL All-Stars | Team | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| POG | 2.0 | Eric Hosmer, 1B | Royals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2.0 | Salvador Perez, C | Royals | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | Corey Kluber (W,1-0) | Indians | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | Dellin Betances | Yankees | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | Kelvin Herrera | Royals | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.1 | Will Harris | Astros | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1.0 | Jose Quintana | White Sox | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0.0 | Jackie Bradley, LF | Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 0.0 | Mookie Betts, RF | Red Sox | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 0.0 | Edwin Encarnacion, DH | Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 0.0 | Cole Hamels | Rangers | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0.0 | Robinson Cano, 2B | Mariners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Xander Bogaerts, SS | Red Sox | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | David Ortiz, DH | Red Sox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Carlos Beltran, RF | Yankees | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Michael Saunders, RF | Blue Jays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Mark Trumbo, LF | Orioles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Ian Desmond, CF | Rangers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Josh Donaldson, 3B | Blue Jays | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Miguel Cabrera, 1B | Tigers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -1.0 | Chris Sale | White Sox | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| -1.8 | Andrew Miller | Yankees | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| -2.0 | Mike Trout, CF | Angels | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -2.0 | Francisco Lindor, SS | Indians | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -2.0 | Matt Wieters, C | Orioles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -3.0 | Jose Altuve, 2B | Astros | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -3.0 | Manny Machado, 3B | Orioles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| -4.0 | Aaron Sanchez | Blue Jays | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Read MoreGiants' Madison Bumgarner tops players for Sunday, July 10, rising to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings
Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, earning the season’s second-highest Box-Toppers game score and rising to sixth 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 July 10:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 7 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
| 8 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 |
| 9 | Salazar, Danny 3223 | pi sp | cle al | 10.5 |
| 10 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 10.4 |
Bumgarner pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out 14 and walking one in the 4-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season, rising to sixth in player rankings and fifth among National League pitchers.
He had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +21.0, the second-highest of the season, behind only the +22.0 score earned April 14 by Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez. (See chart below for the 12 highest Box-Toppers game score earned by Players of the Games in 2016.)
Also Sunday, Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda had the 11th-highest Box-Toppers game score of the season, +16.0, but since he was beaten out by NL pitcher Bumgarner for Player of the Day, he only earns Player of the Game honors and 1.0 Box-Toppers point. Maeda was Player of the Game in the 3-1 win over the Padres (7IP 2H R 0BB 13K W).
Bumgarner also now has 103.7 career Box-Toppers points and rises to 62nd place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Sunday, he passes four players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Beltran (101.9), Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2), Miguel Tejada (102.3) and Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (103.4). He now trails 61st-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0).
American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher David Price pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing four hits and two walks, in the 4-0 win over the Rays.
Price earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and now has 102.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 65th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes five players on the “all-time” list—Paul Konerko (100.7), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4), Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (101.9) and Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2). Price trails 64th-ranked player Miguel Tejada (102.3).
American League Batter of the Day—Kennys Vargas of the Twins homered and went 1-for-2, scoring three times, in the 15-5 win over the Rangers.
National League Batter of the Day—Cameron Rupp of the Phillies homered and went 4-for-5, driving in four runs, in the 10-3 win over the Rockies.
Scoring—Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Price earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Vargas and Rupp 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
| 7/10 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 21.0 | SF 4/ARI 0 | Madison Bumgarner (W,10-4) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| 16.0 | LAD 3/SD 1 | Kenta Maeda (W,8-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||
| AL | 13.0 | BOS 4/TB 0 | David Price (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| 12.0 | ATL 2/CHW 0 | Mike Foltynewicz (W,3-3) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 9.0 | STL 5/MIL 1 | Mike Leake (W,6-7) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 4.1 | `DC 3/NYM 2 | Tanner Roark | - | - | - | - | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | PHI 10/COL 3 | Cameron Rupp, C | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | `HOU 2/OAK 1 | Dallas Keuchel | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 3.1 | NYY 11/CLE 7 | Nathan Eovaldi (W,7-6) | - | - | - | - | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | MIN 15/TEX 5 | Kennys Vargas, 1B | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | TOR 6/DET 1 | R.A. Dickey (W,7-9) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| 2.1 | SEA 8/KC 5 | Mike Montgomery (W,3-3) | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2.0 | BAL 4/LAA 2 | J.J. Hardy, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | MIA 7/CIN 3 | Mike Dunn (W,1-1) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | CHC 6/PIT 5 | Hector Rondon (S,14) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | +/- |
| Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 | 28.0 | 98.0 | 103.7 | -6.0 |
| Price, David 2593 | pi sp | bos al | 8.4 | 29.5 | 85.5 | 102.2 | -12.7 |
| Roark, Tanner 3261 | pi sp | dc nl | 7.7 | 8.7 | 23.7 | 23.7 | 6.7 |
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.7 | 8.7 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 4.7 |
| Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 5.0 | 26.4 | 40.8 | 40.8 | -16.4 |
| Dickey, R.A. 1734 | pi sp | tor al | 5.0 | 10.0 | 54.2 | 75.9 | 0.0 |
| Rondon, Hector 3201 | pi cp | chi nl | 4.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 |
| Rupp, Cameron 3556 | ca | phi nl | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Leake, Mike 2709 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.0 | 13.0 | 38.1 | 42.6 | -7.0 |
| Montgomery, Mike 3513 | pi cp mr sp | sea al | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Foltynewicz, Mike 3455 | pi sp | atl nl | 3.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0.3 |
| Hardy, J.J. 2071 | ss | bal al | 2.7 | 2.7 | 24.1 | 51.3 | 2.7 |
| Vargas, Kennys 3511 | 1b | min al | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 1.0 |
| Dunn, Michael 2867 | pi mr cp | fla nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 |
Highest Box-Toppers game scores of 2016
Here are the highest Box-Toppers game scores earned by Players of the Games in 2016. Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez had the highest score of +22.0 on April 14 when he was Player of the Day (earning 2.0 Box-Toppers points). All but two players among the top 12 here earned Player of the Day honors. Cardinals pitcher Jamie Garcia and Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda earned Player of the Game honors (worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point) because they finished behind that day’s overall top player—Garcia finished behind Velasquez on April 14 and Garcia finished behind Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner on July 10.| Date | Bonus | Score | Team | Players | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| 1 | 4/14 | MLB | 22.0 | Phillies | Vince Velasquez (W,2-0) | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | 7/10 | MLB | 21.0 | Giants | Madison Bumgarner (W,10-4) | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | 5/1 | MLB | 20.0 | Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw (W,3-1) | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | 4/14 | 20.0 | Cardinals | Jaime Garcia (W,1-0) | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| 5 | 5/11 | MLB | 19.0 | Nationals | Max Scherzer (W,4-2) | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| 6 | 5/12 | MLB | 18.0 | Dodgers | Clayton Kershaw (W,5-1) | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | 4/23 | MLB | 17.0 | Nationals | Tanner Roark (W,2-2) | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 8 | 6/5 | MLB | 17.0 | Marlins | Jose Fernandez (W,9-2) | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 9 | 4/15 | MLB | 16.0 | White Sox | Chris Sale (W,3-0) | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 10 | 6/8 | MLB | 16.0 | Mariners | Taijuan Walker (W,3-6) | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 11 | 7/10 | 16.0 | Dodgers | Kenta Maeda (W,8-6) | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| 12 | 4/19 | MLB | 16.0 | `Rays | Drew Smyly | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. | |||||||||||
Nationals' Max Scherzer tops players for Saturday, July 9, rises to 3rd in Box-Toppers rankings
Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to third in season player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 9:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 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 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 10.4 |
Scherzer struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 6-1 win over the Mets.
Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 14.0 for the season, rising from fifth to third in player rankings, behind two other National League pitchers, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (20.0) and Jose Fernandez of the Marlins (14.4).
Scherzer also now has 120.0 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 38th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Cliff Lee (119.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 37th-ranked player Gary Sheffield (124.1).
In addition, Scherzer ranks third among all players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2015 with 35.0, trailing Kershaw (45.7) and Jake Arrieta of the Cubs (39.8). He ranks second among all players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2011 with 99.6, behind only Kershaw (145.8).
American League Player of the Day—Yankees closing pitcher Aroldis Chapman pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no runs or hits and striking out four, in the 7-6, 11-inning win over the Indians.
National League Batter of the Day—Josh E. Bell of the Pirates hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the 12-6 win over the Cubs.
This was Bell’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Bell made his Major League debut July 8 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,682nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
American League Batter of the Day—Stephen Vogt of the Athletics homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 3-2 win over the Astros.
Debut—Cheslor Cuthbert of the Royals made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Cuthbert (2B 2-4 R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut July 7, 2015, and was playing in his 74th career game. He is the 3,683rd 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 Chapman earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bell and Vogt 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.
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
| 7/9 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 10.0 | DC 6/NYM 1 | Max Scherzer (W,10-6) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 6.0 | STL 8/MIL 1 | Carlos Martinez (W,8-6) | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| AL | 5.1 | NYY 7/CLE 6 | Aroldis Chapman (W,3-0) | - | - | - | - | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| BAT | 5.0 | PIT 12/CHC 6 | Josh Bell, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | MIN 8/TEX 6 | Eddie Rosario, LF | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | BOS 4/TB 1 | Rick Porcello (W,11-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 3.2 | MIA 4/CIN 2 | Adam Conley (W,6-5) | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | OAK 3/HOU 2 | Stephen Vogt, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | COL 8/PHI 3 | Tony Wolters, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | `DET 3/TOR 2 | Matt Boyd | - | - | - | - | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 3.0 | LAD 4/SD 3 | Kenley Jansen (S,26) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.1 | SF 4/ARI 2 | George Kontos (W,2-1) | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 2.0 | CHW 5/ATL 4 | Todd Frazier, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | KC 5/SEA 3 | Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | BAL 3/LAA 2 | Brad Brach (W,6-1) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | +/- |
| Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 | 35.0 | 99.6 | 120.0 | -7.0 |
| Conley, Adam 3594 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 3.7 |
| Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 4.7 | 18.4 | 19.4 | 19.4 | -9.0 |
| Chapman, Aroldis 2826 | pi cp | nyy al | 4.7 | 12.7 | 42.7 | 43.7 | -3.3 |
| Frazier, Todd 2929 | 3b | chi al | 4.2 | 13.1 | 27.1 | 27.1 | -4.7 |
| Porcello, Rick 2573 | pi sp | bos al | 4.0 | 8.0 | 29.7 | 38.7 | 0.0 |
| Jansen, Kenley 2871 | pi cp | lad nl | 4.0 | 8.0 | 34.4 | 34.4 | 0.0 |
| Vogt, Stephen 3503 | ca 1b | oak al | 2.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| Wolters, Tony 3668 | ca | col nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Brach, Brad 3374 | pi mr | bal al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | -1.0 |
| Kontos, George 3106 | pi cp mr | sf nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Bell, Josh E. 2789 | ph | pit nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| Rosario, Eddie 3542 | lf | min al | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | -0.5 |
| Boyd, Matt 3550 | pi sp | det al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Cuthbert, Cheslor 3683 | 3b | kc al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal tops players for Friday, July 8; 3 pitchers rise in Box-Toppers top 10 rankings
Yasmani Grandal of the Dodgers is Friday’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 8:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 4 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 12.0 |
| 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 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 10.4 |
Also Friday, three players rise in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rises to second, Indians pitcher Corey Kluber rises to fourth and Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to 10th.
Player of the Day—Grandal hit three homers and went 5-for-5, driving in six runs, in the 10-6 win over the Padres.
Grandal had a Box-Toppers game score of +9.0, tied with two other of Friday’s Players of the Games. Grandal won overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker. The other two players were pitchers—Kluber and Strasburg—and in case of game score ties, batters own the tiebreaker over pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 10-2 win over the Yankees.
Kluber earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 12.5 for the season, rising to fourth in player rankings and extending his lead among AL pitchers (second place AL pitcher Chris Sale of the White Sox has 10.7 points).
American League Batter of the Day—Luis Valbuena of the Astros hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 10-9 win over the Athletics. Valbuena went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall Player of the Day is NL batter Yasmani Grandal.
Rankings—In addition to Kluber, two other players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday:
- Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (7IP 6H R 0BB 8K W in the 3-1 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.4 for the season, rising to second place in player rankings, trailing overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0).
- Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg (7IP 2H R 3BB 9K W in the 3-1 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.4 for the season, rising to 10th place in player rankings, sixth among NL pitchers. Strasburg becomes the 12th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.
Debut—Tommy Joseph of the Phillies made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, earning his first career Player of the Game honor.
Joseph (PH 3-R HR in the 5-3 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut May 13 and was playing in his 44th career game. He is the 3,681st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Grandal 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. Valbuena earns 1.5 points for being AL 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.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 7/8 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 9.0 | LAD 10/SD 6 | Yasmani Grandal, C | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| AL | 9.0 | CLE 10/NYY 2 | Corey Kluber (W,9-8) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 9.0 | DC 3/NYM 1 | Stephen Strasburg (W,12-0) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 8.0 | MIA 3/CIN 1 | Jose Fernandez (W,11-4) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 7.2 | TOR 6/DET 0 | J.A. Happ (W,12-3) | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | HOU 10/OAK 9 | Luis Valbuena, 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | SF 6/ARI 2 | Brandon Crawford, SS | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | PHI 5/COL 3 | Tommy Joseph, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.2 | TEX 6/MIN 5 | Tony Barnette (W,6-3) | - | - | - | - | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3.0 | ATL 11/CHW 8 | Adonis Garcia, 3B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | LAA 9/BAL 5 | Mike Trout, CF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.2 | SEA 3/KC 2 | Hisashi Iwakuma (W,9-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2.1 | BOS 6/TB 5 | Robbie Ross Jr. (W,1-1) | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | MIL 4/STL 3 | Chris Carter, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.1 | PIT 8/CHC 4 | Mark Melancon (S,27) | - | - | - | - | 0.1 | 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 | +/- |
| Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 14.4 | 19.1 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 9.7 |
| Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 | 25.9 | 56.7 | 56.7 | -0.9 |
| Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 10.4 | 24.4 | 70.5 | 78.2 | -3.6 |
| Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 7.5 | 19.5 | 44.0 | 44.0 | -4.5 |
| Happ, J.A. 2536 | pi sp | tor al | 7.0 | 20.1 | 35.5 | 43.5 | -6.1 |
| Carter, Chris 2828 | 1b | mil nl | 7.0 | 8.0 | 25.9 | 26.9 | 6.0 |
| Grandal, Yasmani 3058 | ca | lad nl | 3.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 1.0 |
| Crawford, Brandon 2878 | ss | sf nl | 2.0 | 5.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | -1.5 |
| Ross, Robbie Jr. 2999 | pi cp mr | bos al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 2.0 |
| Barnette, Tony 3670 | pi mr | tex al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Garcia, Adonis 3613 | 3b | atl nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Valbuena, Luis 2600 | 3b | hou al | 1.5 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 13.5 | -3.0 |
| Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048 | pi sp | sea al | 1.0 | 14.1 | 49.2 | 49.2 | -12.1 |
| Melancon, Mark 2792 | pi cp | pit nl | 1.0 | 8.0 | 21.0 | 22.0 | -6.0 |
| Joseph, Tommy 3681 | ph | phi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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