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Rays' Archer tops players for Sunday, April 26, rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers player rankings

Rays pitcher Chris Archer is Sunday’s Player of the Day and rises to second place in Box-Toppers player rankings.

Archer pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and struck out seven, in the 5-1 win over the Blue Jays. Archer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season. He trails only Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez (6.0 Box-Toppers points) in player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of April 26.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 6.0
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 5.0
3 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 4.5
4 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 4.0
5 Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp oak al 3.7
6 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 3.7
7 DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 pi sp cin nl 3.7
8 Hechavarria, Adeiny 3445 ss fla nl 3.5
9 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp cin nl 3.4
10 Harang, Aaron 1599 pi sp phi nl 3.4
What are those numbers after players' names?

National League Player of the Day—Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano struck out seven over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, in the 8-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—Delmon Young of the Orioles drove in five and went 3-for-6 with three runs in the 18-7 win over the Red Sox.

National League Batter of the Day—Miguel Montero of the Cubs homered and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 5-2 win over the Reds.

Rankings—Adeiny Hechavarria of the Marlins rose to eighth place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday (3B 2-4 3BI in the 6-2 win over the Nationals). Hechavarria earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.5 for the season.

Scoring—Archer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Liriano earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Young and Montero each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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

4/26 Score Team Player AB R H BI BB K IP H R ER BB K
MLB 11.0 Rays Chris Archer (W, 3-2) - - - - - - 7.0 2 0 0 1 7
NL 5.1 Pirates Francisco Liriano (W, 1-1) - - - - - - 6.1 2 0 0 6 7
BAT 5.0 Orioles Delmon Young RF 6 3 3 5 0 0 - - - - - -
4.0 Tigers Miguel Cabrera 1B 4 2 3 3 0 1 - - - - - -
4.0 White Sox David Robertson (W, 2-0) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
3.0 Astros Jake Marisnick CF 4 3 2 2 0 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Padres Brandon Morrow (W, 1-0) - - - - - - 7.0 5 1 1 1 4
3.0 Twins Casey Fien (W, 1-1) - - - - - - 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
BAT 2.0 Cubs Miguel Montero C 4 2 2 2 0 1 - - - - - -
2.0 Phillies Freddy Galvis SS 3 2 3 0 0 0 - - - - - -
2.0 White Sox John Danks (W, 1-2) - - - - - - 6.0 5 3 3 1 8
2.0 Yankees Andrew Miller (S, 7) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
1.0 Marlins Adeiny Hechavarria SS 4 0 2 3 0 1 - - - - - -
1.0 Brewers Gerardo Parra RF 4 2 2 1 0 1 - - - - - -
1.0 Rangers Adam Rosales PR, 3B 0 1 0 0 1 0 - - - - - -

Cubs' Travis Wood (7IP 0R 7K) tops players for Wednesday, April 15

Cubs pitcher Travis Wood is Wednesday’s Player of the Day.

Wood pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out seven in the 5-0 win over the Reds.

American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Collin McHugh struck out 11 over 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run, in the 6-1 win over the Athletics.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of April 15.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp oak al 3.7
2 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cle al 3.0
3 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 2.7
4 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 2.5
5 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 2.0
6 Wainwright, Adam 2150 pi sp stl nl 2.0
7 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 2.0
8 Odorizzi, Jake 3291 pi sp tb al 2.0
9 Gonzalez, Miguel 3062 pi sp bal al 2.0
10 Wood, Travis 2777 pi sp chi nl 2.0
What are those numbers after players' names?

National League Batter of the Day—Adeiny Hechavarria of the Marlins went 3-for-3 with a homer, two runs and three RBIs in the 6-2 win over the Braves. This was Hechavarria’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time he earned Player of the Game honors. Hechavarria made his Major League debut Aug. 4, 2012, and was playing in his 344th career game. He is the 3,445th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays went 3-for-5, drove in three and scored twice, in the 12-7 win over the Rays.

Rankings—Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer rose to second place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday. Bauer (6IP 4H 2R 8K W in the 4-2 win over the White Sox) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.0 for the season.

Streak—Andre Ethier of the Dodgers has now earned at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point for 10 straight seasons. Ethier (2-3 2R BI) was Player of the Game in the 5-2 win over the Mariners to earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point. He began his 10-season streak in 2006, when he earned his first Box-Toppers point with the Dodgers. His best year was 2009 when he earned 8.2 Box-Toppers points, ranking eighth among NL outfielders. In 2014, he had 1.0 point. Ethier has 46.3 career Box-Toppers points, which ranks him ninth among active outfielders currently in the NL.

Notable—Yadier Molina of the Cardinals on Wednesday earned his first Box-Toppers point since Sept. 15, 2013. Molina (3-4 BI) was Player of the Game in the 4-2 win over the Brewers and earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point. He earned no Box-Toppers points in the 2014 season. Molina has 30.7 career Box-Toppers points, ranking second among active catchers currently in the NL (behind A.J. Pierzynski of the Braves, who has 45.7 points).

Scoring—Wood earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McHugh earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Hechavarria and Donaldson each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers 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

4/15 Score Team Player AB R H BI BB K IP H R ER BB K
MLB 9.0 Cubs Travis Wood (W, 1-1) - - - - - - 7.0 3 0 0 2 7
AL 8.2 Astros Collin McHugh (W, 2-0) - - - - - - 5.2 6 1 1 0 11
8.0 Tigers Alfredo Simon (W, 2-0) - - - - - - 8.0 2 0 0 0 2
BAT 5.0 Marlins Adeiny Hechavarria SS 3 2 3 3 0 0 - - - - - -
4.0 Angels Hector Santiago (W, 1-1) - - - - - - 7.0 4 1 1 2 5
BAT 3.0 Blue Jays Josh Donaldson 3B 5 2 3 3 0 0 - - - - - -
3.0 Orioles Brad Brach (W, 1-0) - - - - - - 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
3.0 Rockies Adam Ottavino (S, 2) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
2.0 Nationals Wilson Ramos C 5 2 2 3 0 1 - - - - - -
2.0 Padres Justin Upton LF 4 2 3 1 0 0 - - - - - -
2.0 Dodgers Andre Ethier RF 3 2 2 1 0 1 - - - - - -
2.0 Indians Trevor Bauer (W, 2-0) - - - - - - 6.0 4 2 2 4 8
2.0 Twins Glen Perkins (S, 1) - - - - - - 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
1.0 Mets Travis d`Arnaud C 4 2 2 1 1 0 - - - - - -
0.0 Cardinals Yadier Molina C 4 0 3 1 0 0 - - - - - -