Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2019 season through the games of Aug. 29.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	hou al	22.5
2	Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	hou al	21.8
3	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	16.7
4	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	16.1
5	Morton, Charlie 2503	pi sp	tb al	15.8
6	Hader, Josh 3881	pi cp	mil nl	15.7
7	Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	15.4
8	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.4
9	Corbin, Patrick 3027	sp pi	dc nl	14.4
10	Buehler, Walker 3943	pi sp	lad nl	14.4

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Clevinger struck out 14 over eight scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Tigers.

Clevinger earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 14.4 for the season, 11th among all players and fifth among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Chris Paddack struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 5-3 win over the Giants.

Paddack earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 14.1 for the season, 13th among all players and eighth among NL pitchers.

National League Batter of the Day—Kevin Newman of the Pirates homered twice, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 11-8 win over the Rockies.

American League Batter of the Day—Seth Brown of the Athletics doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 9-8 win over the Royals.

This was Brown’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Brown made his Major League debut Aug. 26 and was playing in his fourth career game.

Debut—Marlins pitcher Robert Dugger made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Dugger (7IP 3H 2R 0ER BB 7K ND in the 4-3, 12-inning win over the Reds) made his Major League debut Aug. 5 and was playing in his second career game.

Scoring—Clevinger earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Paddack earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Newman and Brown 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)




  
    8/29
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    +14.0
    CLE 2, DET 0
    Mike Clevinger (W, 10‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    10
  

    NL
    +8.0
    SD 5, SF 3
    Chris Paddack (W, 8‑7)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    +8.0
    `MIA 4, CIN 3 (F/12)
    Robert Dugger
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    3
    2
    0
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    +6.0
    PIT 11, COL 8
    Kevin Newman SS
    4
    2
    4
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.0
    CHC 4, NYM 1
    Victor Caratini 1B
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    OAK 9, KC 8
    Seth Brown LF
    5
    3
    4
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    TB 9, HOU 8
    Travis d'Arnaud C
    5
    1
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    MIN 10, CHW 5
    C.J. Cron 1B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    ARI 11, LAD 5
    Wilmer Flores 2B
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    SEA 5, TEX 3
    Matt Magill (W, 4‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    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	+/‑
Clevinger, Mike 3707	pi sp	cle al	14.4	28.1	42.5	42.5	+0.7
Paddack, Chris 4093	pi sp	sd nl	14.1	14.1	14.1	14.1	+14.1
d’Arnaud, Travis 3384	ca	tb al	6.2	6.2	17.4	17.4	+6.2
Cron, C.J. 3338	1b	min al	4.0	6.0	17.7	17.7	+2.0
Magill, Matt 4221	pi cp	sea al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	+3.0
Newman, Kevin 4234	ss	pit nl	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	+3.0
Flores, Wilmer 3345	2b 1b 3b	ari nl	2.5	5.0	14.5	14.5	0.0
Caratini, Victor 4026	1b ca ph	chi nl	2.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.0
Brown, Seth 4239	lf	oak al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	+1.5
Dugger, Robert 4238	pi sp	fla nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0