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 Thursday, Sept. 24.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	11.4
2	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cin nl	10.0
3	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	tex al	9.1
4	Lamet, Dinelson 3808	pi sp	sd nl	9.0
5	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	8.7
6	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
7	Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp	min al	8.4
8	Glasnow, Tyler 3948	pi sp	tb al	8.0
9	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	7.7
10	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	7.7

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Buehler struck out six over four scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 5-1 win over the Athletics. Buehler did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he did not pitch the required five innings for a starter to earn the win.

Buehler earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 19th among all players and 10th among National League pitchers.

Adalberto Mondesi of the Royals is Thursday’s Box-Toppers AL Player of the Day.

American League Player of the Day—Adalberto Mondesi of the Royals went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 8-7 win over the Tigers.

Dylan Carlson of the Cardinals is Thursday’s Box-Toppers NL Batter of the Day, making his Box-Toppers debut.

National League Batter of the Day—Dylan Carlson of the Cardinals homered, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 4-2 win over the Brewers.

This was Carlson’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Carlson made his Major League debut Aug. 15 and was playing in his 31st career game.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Adalberto Mondesi.

Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu has 6.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020, 15th among all players, after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Rankings—Blue Jays pitcher Hyun Jin Ryu ranks highest in Box-Toppers season player rankings among the 11 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Ryu (7IP 5H 0R 2BB 4K W in the 4-1 win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season, 15th among all players and eighth among AL pitchers.

Team and player rankings—Box-Toppers weekly team and player rankings reports are normally posted on Fridays. But since it is so close to the end of the season (with final regular season games this weekend), there will be no weekly reports posted today, Friday, Sept. 25. Instead the weekly team and player reports will be posted after the conclusion of the regular season final games Sunday.

Scoring—Buehler earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Mondesi earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Carlson earns 1.5 points for being NL 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)





    9/24
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +8.0
    `LAD 5, OAK 1
    Walker Buehler
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    4.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    +7.0
    PIT 7, CHC 0
    Chad Kuhl, (W 2‑3)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    +7.0
    MIA 4, ATL 2
    Pablo López, (W 6‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    AL
    +4.0
    KC 8, DET 7
    Adalberto Mondesi, SS
    4
    2
    4
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    HOU 12, TEX 4
    George Springer, CF
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    NYM 3, WSH 2
    David Peterson, (W 6‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    4
  

    
    +4.0
    TOR 4, NYY 1
    Hyun Jin Ryu, (W 5‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    +3.0
    BAL 13, BOS 1
    Rio Ruiz, 3B
    5
    3
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    CLE 5, CHW 4
    Cesar Hernández, 2B
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +2.0
    STL 4, MIL 2
    Dylan Carlson, CF‑RF
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +0.2
    COL 5, SF 4 (F/11)
    Daniel Bard, (W 4‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.2
    1
    0
    0
    2
    1
  

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 (’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	+/-
Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139	pi sp	tor al	6.0	23.4	38.5	59.6	‑11.4
Lopez, Pablo 4028	pi sp	fla nl	6.0	12.0	13.7	13.7	+0.0
Buehler, Walker 3943	pi sp	lad nl	5.7	22.1	37.2	37.2	‑10.7
Bard, Daniel 2657	pi cp mr	col nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	9.7	+4.0
Mondesi, Adalberto 3750	ss	kc al	2.7	7.2	10.2	10.2	‑1.8
Springer, George 3337	rf cf	hou al	2.0	7.7	24.7	27.7	‑3.7
Hernandez, Cesar 3770	2b	cle al	2.0	6.2	9.2	9.2	‑2.2
Peterson, David 4347	pi sp	nym nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+2.0
Carlson, Dylan 4359	cf rf	stl nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	+1.5
Ruiz, Rio 3906	3b	bal al	1.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	‑2.0
Kuhl, Chad 3687	pi sp	pit nl	1.0	1.0	9.0	9.0	+1.0