Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of May 30.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	12.1
2	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	10.0
3	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	8.8
4	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
5	Bellinger, Cody 3781	rf 1b	lad nl	8.2
6	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	7.7
7	Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	7.7
8	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	7.7
9	Paddack, Chris 4093	pi sp	sd nl	7.7
10	Castillo, Luis 3840	pi sp	cin nl	7.4

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Also Thursday, Rays pitcher Charlie Morton rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Ryu struck out seven over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 9-3 win over the Mariners.

Ryu earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season. He ranks fourth among all players and second among National League pitchers, behind Josh Hader of the Brewers (10.0).

American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Charlie Morton struck out six over seven innings, allowing two runs, four hits and no walks, in the 14-3 win over the Twins.

Morton earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 8.8 for the season. He ranks third among all players and second among AL pitchers, behind overall leader Justin Verlander of the Astros (12.1).

National League Batter of the Day—Mike Moustakas of the Brewers hit two home runs and went 4-for-6, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Pirates.

American League Batter of the Day—Adalberto Mondesi of the Royals homered and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in one run, in the 4-2 win over the Rangers.

Scoring—Ryu earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Morton earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Moustakas and Mondesi 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.

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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)




  
    5/30
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +9.2
    LAD 9, SEA 3
    Hyun‑Jin Ryu (W, 8‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.2
    4
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    AL
    +5.0
    TB 14, MIN 3
    Charlie Morton (W, 6‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    0
    6
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    MIL 11, PIT 5
    Mike Moustakas 3B
    6
    2
    4
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    COL 11, ARI 10 (F/10)
    David Dahl RF
    5
    2
    4
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +3.0
    KC 4, TEX 2
    Adalberto Mondesi SS
    3
    2
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    CHW 10, CLE 4
    Yonder Alonso DH
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    LAA 2, NYM 0
    Kole Calhoun RF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    STL 5, PHI 3
    Matt Carpenter PH
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +1.0
    SF 3, MIA 1
    Brandon Crawford SS
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  
MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.

  BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.

All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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

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

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’19). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’18-19), the period 2014-2019 (’14-19) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2019 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2018 total (+/-).

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’19	’18‑19	’14‑19	Career	+/‑
Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	8.8	23.6	45.0	59.0	-6.0
Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	8.7	18.8	35.2	44.9	-1.4
Dahl, David 3714	cf rf	col nl	2.5	6.0	7.0	7.0	-1.0
Mondesi, Adalberto 3750	ss	kc al	2.5	4.5	5.5	5.5	+1.0
Alonso, Yonder 2945	1b dh	chi al	2.0	5.5	17.0	26.5	-1.5
Moustakas, Mike 2967	3b	mil nl	1.5	5.0	22.7	32.2	-2.0
Crawford, Brandon 2878	ss	sf nl	1.0	8.5	18.7	26.7	-6.5
Carpenter, Matt 2987	1b ph	stl nl	1.0	7.5	24.5	37.0	-5.5
Calhoun, Kole 3279	rf	ana al	1.0	4.0	22.2	23.2	-2.0