Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tillman struck out nine over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, in the 3-1 win over the Rays.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of April 27:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.0 |
| 2 | Volquez, Edinson 2220 | pi sp | kc al | 4.4 |
| 3 | Hill, Rich 2215 | pi sp | oak al | 4.4 |
| 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 4.0 |
| 5 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 |
| 6 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.0 |
| 7 | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.0 |
| 8 | Santiago, Hector 3109 | pi sp | ana al | 3.7 |
| 9 | Latos, Mat 2644 | pi sp | chi al | 3.7 |
| 10 | Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 3.5 |
National League Player of the Day—Phillies pitcher Jeremy Hellickson struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits, in the 3-0 win over the Nationals.
National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Belt of the Giants tripled, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 13-9 win over the Padres.
American League Batter of the Day—J.D. Martinez of the Tigers hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-4 win over the Athletics.
Notable—Jose Altuve of the Astros has the highest season Box-Toppers point total of any of Wednesday’s 14 Players of the Game. Altuve (HR 2-2B 3-5 3R 2BI in the 7-4 win over the Mariners) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.5 for the season. He rises to 11th among all players in season player rankings and second among AL batters.
Scoring—Tillman earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Hellickson earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Belt and Martinez 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
| 4/27 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 11.2 | Orioles | Chris Tillman (W,2-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| NL | 10.0 | Phillies | Jeremy Hellickson (W,2-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 9.0 | White Sox | Jose Quintana (W,3-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | ||
| BAT | 6.0 | Giants | Brandon Belt, 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | Red Sox | Steven Wright (W,2-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5.1 | Marlins | Justin Nicolino (W,1-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| BAT | 5.0 | Tigers | J.D. Martinez, RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | Astros | Jose Altuve, 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | Cardinals | Aledmys Diaz, SS | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | `Indians | Bryan Shaw (H,4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | Mets | Neil Walker, 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | Pirates | Kyle Lobstein (W,2-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0.0 | Angels | Mike Trout, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 0.0 | Rangers | Rougned Odor, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 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 | Pos | Team | 16 | 15-16 | 11-16 | Career | +/- |
| Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 3.5 | 10.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | -3.5 |
| Quintana, Jose 3040 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 | 9.0 | 27.8 | 27.8 | -3.0 |
| Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 3.0 | 4.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.5 |
| Diaz, Aledmys 3612 | ss | stl nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Hellickson, Jeremy 2778 | pi sp | phi nl | 2.7 | 7.7 | 31.4 | 34.4 | -2.3 |
| Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 2.0 | 14.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 | -10.0 |
| Tillman, Chris 2754 | pi sp | bal al | 2.0 | 6.7 | 35.8 | 37.8 | -2.7 |
| Odor, Rougned 3336 | 2b | tex al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -1.0 |
| Lobstein, Kyle 3406 | pi sp mr | pit nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Martinez, J.D. 2922 | rf | det al | 1.5 | 3.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | -0.2 |
| Walker, Neil 2756 | 2b | nym nl | 1.0 | 5.0 | 22.5 | 28.0 | -3.0 |
| Wright, Steven 3224 | pi sp | bos al | 1.0 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | -2.7 |
| Shaw, Bryan 2995 | pi mr | cle al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Nicolino, Justin 3576 | pi sp | fla nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |