Angels pitcher Jhoulys Chacin is Monday’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 May 30:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	14.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	9.0
3	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	8.7
5	Machado, Manny 3087	ss 3b	bal al	8.7
6	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	8.7
7	Matz, Steven 3516	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
8	Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	8.4
9	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	7.0
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	6.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

Chacin pitched a complete game, allowing one run, four hits and striking out 10, in the 5-1 win over the Twins.

National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing five hits and striking out eight, in the 6-0 win over the Brewers.

National League Batter of the Day—Daniel Murphy of the Nationals homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, in the 4-3 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Kyle Seager of the Mariners homered and went 1-for-2, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 9-3 win over the Padres.

Notable—Royals pitcher Ian Kennedy holds the highest spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings among Monday’s Players of the Games.

Kennedy (6IP 3H R 6K ND in the 6-2 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season, ranking 16th among all players in 2016, fifth among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Chacin earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Martinez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Murphy and Seager 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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

    MLB
    12.0
    LAA 5/DET 1
    Jhoulys Chacin (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    NL
    10.0
    STL 6/MIL 0
    Carlos Martinez (W,5-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    10.0
    NYM 1/CHW 0
    Matt Harvey (W,4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    8.0
    TOR 4/NYY 2
    Marco Estrada (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    3
    6
  

    
    8.0
    CHC 2/LAD 0
    Travis Wood (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    7.0
    PIT 10/MIA 0
    Jeff Locke (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 8/ARI 3
    Collin McHugh (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    5
    3
    3
    1
    8
  

    BAT
    3.0
    DC 4/PHI 3
    Daniel Murphy, 2B
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SEA 9/SD 3
    Kyle Seager, 3B
    2
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 7/BAL 2
    Steven Wright (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    2
    2
    5
    7
  

    
    3.0
    `KC 6/TB 2
    Ian Kennedy
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    0
    5
    6
  

    
    3.0
    ATL 5/SF 3
    Mike Foltynewicz (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 3/MIN 2
    Ryan Madson (S,12)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 11/COL 8
    Adam Duvall, LF
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    TEX 9/CLE 2
    Ian Desmond, CF
    5
    2
    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	+/-
Kennedy, Ian 2723	pi sp	kc al	6.0	12.7	56.5	62.5	-0.7
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	4.0	12.0	36.1	36.1	-4.0
Wright, Steven 3224	pi sp	bos al	4.0	7.7	8.7	8.7	0.3
Murphy, Daniel 2589	2b	dc nl	4.0	5.5	27.5	29.0	2.5
Desmond, Ian 2673	cf lf	tex al	4.0	5.0	20.7	27.2	3.0
Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	3.7	17.4	18.4	18.4	-10.0
Locke, Jeff 3133	pi sp	pit nl	2.7	8.7	20.1	20.1	-3.3
Seager, Kyle 3031	3b	sea al	2.5	7.5	21.5	21.5	-2.5
Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	2.0	17.4	35.4	35.4	-13.4
McHugh, Collin 3316	pi sp	hou al	2.0	11.7	23.5	23.5	-7.7
Foltynewicz, Mike 3455	pi sp	atl nl	2.0	4.7	4.7	4.7	-0.7
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	2.0	3.5	3.5	3.5	0.5
Chacin, Jhoulys 2711	pi sp	ana al	2.0	2.0	16.4	24.1	2.0
Madson, Ryan 1841	pi cp	oak al	2.0	2.0	5.0	22.7	2.0
Wood, Travis 2777	pi mr sp	chi nl	1.0	4.0	28.7	31.7	-2.0