Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to lead season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, Luke Voit of the Yankees rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2020. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Tuesday, Aug. 11.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 2 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 |
| 3 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.0 |
| 4 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 |
| 5 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | lf | nyy al | 4.0 |
| 6 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 3.7 |
| 7 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 3.7 |
| 8 | Chatwood, Tyler 2856 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 |
| 9 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 3.5 |
| 10 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 3.5 |
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Player of the Day—Bundy struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 6-0 win over the Athletics.
Bundy earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, rising from fourth to first place in overall season rankings, passing previous leader, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber (4.7 points). Passing Bieber, Bundy also assumes the season Box-Toppers points lead among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Jason Heyward of the Cubs hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 7-1 win over the Indians.
Heyward earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, rising to first place among NL batters, passing previous leader J.T. Realmuto of the Phillies (2.5). Heyward ranks 21st among all players.
American League Batter of the Day—Nick Solak of the Rangers went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs, in the 4-2 win over the Mariners.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is NL batter Jason Heyward.
Rankings—Luke Voit of the Yankees rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Voit (HR 1-3 R 3BI in the 9-6 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.5 for the season. He ranks third among AL batters, behind teammate Aaron Judge (4.0) and Max Kepler of the Twins (3.5). Voit ranks behind Kepler because he had fewer 2019 Box-Toppers points (5.5 vs. 6.7).
Active season streaks
Here are the 12 players who have active streaks of earning Box-Toppers points for 14 or more consecutive seasons. Players are listed by the length of their streak and with their current team status. Also shown is the duration of their streak and their career Box-Toppers point (BTP) total.| Streak | Player | Pos | Team | Duration | BTP* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Albert Pujols | 1b | Angels | 2001‑2019 | 201.8 |
| 18 | Miguel Cabrera | dh | Tigers | 2003‑2020 | 152.4 |
| 15 | Justin Verlander | pi sp | Astros | 2006‑2020 | 206.6 |
| 15 | Jon Lester | pi sp | Cubs | 2006‑2020 | 175.3 |
| 15 | Felix Hernandez† | pi sp | Braves | 2005‑2019 | 175.1 |
| 15 | Edwin Encarnacion | dh | White Sox | 2005‑2019 | 87.2 |
| 15 | Robinson Cano | 2b | Mets | 2005‑2019 | 85.4 |
| 15 | Nelson Cruz | dh | Twins | 2006‑2020 | 76.2 |
| 14 | Cole Hamels | pi sp | Braves | 2006‑2019 | 174.2 |
| 14 | Ryan Zimmerman† | 1b | Nationals | 2006‑2019 | 67.2 |
| 14 | Hunter Pence | lf dh | Giants | 2007‑2020 | 64.2 |
| 14 | Asdrubal Cabrera | 1b 3b | Nationals | 2007‑2020 | 59.7 |
† Opted out 2020 season due to COVID-19 concerns.
Streak—Hunter Pence of the Giants has now earned Box-Toppers points in 14 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of 2020 Tuesday.
Pence (HR 2-2 R 3BI in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Astros) earned his first points in 2007 with the Astros and has 64.2 career points, eighth among active NL batters. His best season was 2008 with the Astros when he had 8.2 Box-Toppers points, seventh among NL outfielders. In 2019, he had 5.5 points with the Rangers.
Pence becomes the 12th player with a currently active streak of earning Box-Toppers points in 14 or more consecutive seasons (see chart elsewhere on this page Active season streaks). He also is the second player in two days to extend such a streak to 14 seasons—Asdrubal Cabrera of the Nationals did it Monday.
Notable—Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer now has 199.2 career Box-Toppers points—eighth-most since 1995—after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Scherzer (6IP 6H R 2BB 7K W in the 2-1 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.0 for the season, 11th among NL pitchers. On Box-Toppers “all-time” career points list, he trails seventh-place Albert Pujols of the Angels (201.8). Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. Scherzer ranks fifth among active players in career points.
Also notable—Manny Machado earns his first Box-Toppers point in nearly two years Tuesday, his first as a member of the San Diego Padres.
Machado was Player of the Game in the 6-2 win over the Dodgers (GS 2-4 R 4BI). Despite the hype and his big contract going into the 2019 season and despite playing in 156 games in 2019, Machado did not earn Player of the Game honors once during the season. The last time he earned Player of the Game honors was Sept. 13, 2018, with the Dodgers. In fact, that was the only time he earned Player of the Game honors with the Dodgers after the mid-season trade from the Orioles. He earned Player of the Game honors 27 times with the Baltimore Orioles from 2012 to 2018 and has 37.4 career points.
Scoring—Bundy earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Heyward earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Solak 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.
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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)| 8/11 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | LAA 6, OAK 0 | Dylan Bundy, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| +7.0 | `TOR 5, MIA 4 (F/10) | Hyun Jin Ryu | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +6.0 | CHW 8, DET 4 | Matt Foster, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| NL | +4.0 | CHC 7, CLE 1 | Jason Heyward, RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | SF 7, HOU 6 (F/10) | Hunter Pence, PH‑LF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SD 6, LAD 2 | Manny Machado, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIL 6, MIN 4 | Manny Piña, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 6, KC 5 (F/10) | Matt Davidson, DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | WSH 2, NYM 1 | Max Scherzer, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | TEX 4, SEA 2 | Nick Solak, CF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | BAL 10, PHI 9 (F/10) | Renato Núñez, DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | COL 8, ARI 7 | Raimel Tapia, LF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | TB 8, BOS 2 | Mike Brosseau, 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | NYY 9, ATL 6 | Luke Voit, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 (’20). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’19-20), the period 2015-2020 (’15-20) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2020 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2019 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’20 | ’19‑20 | ’15‑20 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 | 10.7 | 33.8 | 33.8 | +1.3 |
| Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 3.5 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | ‑2.0 |
| Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 3.0 | 20.4 | 35.5 | 56.6 | ‑14.4 |
| Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf cf | chi nl | 2.7 | 5.2 | 10.2 | 27.7 | +0.2 |
| Solak, Nick 4227 | cf lf dh 2b | tex al | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ‑0.5 |
| Brosseau, Mike 4185 | 1b 2b 3b | tb al | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 2.0 | 17.4 | 114.2 | 199.2 | ‑13.4 |
| Tapia, Raimel 3824 | dh lf | col nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +0.0 |
| Foster, Matt 4281 | pi mr | chi al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Pence, Hunter 2287 | lf dh ph | sf nl | 1.0 | 6.5 | 17.5 | 64.2 | ‑4.5 |
| Nunez, Renato 4094 | dh | bal al | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ‑0.5 |
| Davidson, Matt 3292 | dh 3b 1b | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 14.7 | +1.0 |
| Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b ss | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 33.9 | 37.4 | +1.0 |
| Pina, Manny 3769 | ca | mil nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +1.0 |
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Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.
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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.