Giants' Madison Bumgarner (8IP R 9K) tops players for Tuesday, April 28

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Tuesday’s Player of the Day.

Bumgarner struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run, in the 2-1 win over the Dodgers. 

It was the second straight start in which Bumgarner outdueled Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2014 with 31.5. Bumgarner was third among all players with 22.6.

This was Bumgarner’s first Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor this season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of April 28.  

	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	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	cin nl	4.4
5	Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	4.0
6	Kazmir, Scott 1947	pi sp	oak al	3.7
7	Harvey, Matt 3075	pi sp	nym nl	3.7
8	DeSclafani, Anthony 3441	pi sp	cin nl	3.7
9	Hechavarria, Adeiny 3445	ss	fla nl	3.5
10	Harang, Aaron 1599	pi sp	phi nl	3.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

American League Player of the Day—Mariners pitcher J.A. Happ struck out nine over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, in the 2-1 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Mark Trumbo of the Diamondbacks homered, tripled and went 4-for-4 with three runs and four RBIs, in the 12-5 win over the Rockies.

American League Batter of the Day—Kendrys Morales of the Royals hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-5, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 11-5 win over the Indians.

Rankings—Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto rose to fourth place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday (8IP 3H 2R 6K W in the 4-2 win over the Brewers). Cueto earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 4.4 for the season. He becomes the top-ranked NL pitcher.

Notable—Dan Uggla of the Nationals earned his first Player of the Game honor in nearly two years (HR 3B 3-5 2R 5BI in the 13-12 win over the Braves). In 2011, Uggla earned 11.5 Box-Toppers points with the Braves (fifth among NL batters) but in 2013, earned only 1.5 Box-Toppers points (on June 9) and in 2014 earned no points and was released by both the Braves and the Giants.

Scoring—Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Happ earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Trumbo and Morales each earn 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being their league’s 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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

4/28	Score	Team	Player	AB	R	H	BI	BB	K		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	9.0	Giants	Madison Bumgarner (W, 2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	5	1	1	1	9
BAT	7.0	Dbacks	Mark Trumbo RF	4	3	4	4	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	7.0	Reds	Johnny Cueto (W, 2-2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		8.0	3	2	2	0	6
	7.0	Cubs	Travis Wood (W, 2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	2	2	0	9
AL	6.2	Mariners	J.A. Happ (W, 2-1)	-	-	-	-	-	-		6.2	6	1	1	1	9
	6.0	Twins	Mike Pelfrey (W, 2-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	2	1	2	7
	5.0	Nationals	Dan Uggla 2B	5	2	3	5	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	5.0	Royals	Kendrys Morales DH	5	4	3	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Astros	Luis Valbuena 3B	4	4	3	1	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	Blue Jays	Marco Estrada (W, 1-0)	-	-	-	-	-	-		3.0	0	0	0	2	3
	3.0	Athletics	Josh Reddick RF	4	2	2	3	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	Cardinals	Matt Adams 1B	4	1	3	2	0	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Yankees	Jacoby Ellsbury CF	4	2	3	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	Marlins	Steve Cishek (S, 2)	-	-	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	1	1

Nats' Jordan Zimmermann (7IP 0R 8K) is top player for Sunday, June 9

Nationals pitcher Jordan Zimmermann is Sunday's Player of the Day. Zimmermann struck out eight and gave up no runs over seven innings in the 7-0 win over the Twins. 

Tigers pitcher Jose Alvarez is American League Player of the Day. In his Major League debut, Alvarez took a no-hitter into the fifth inning and gave up just one run and struck out seven over six innings in the 4-1 win over the Indians. Alvarez also makes his Box-Toppers debut as he is named Player of the Game for the first time. He is the 3,197th player to debut since 1995, when Box-Toppers stats began.

Dan Uggla of the Braves is National League Batter of the Day. Uggla hit two home runs, including a three-run homer, in the 8-1 win over the Dodgers.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia of the Red Sox is AL Batter of the Day. Saltalamacchia hit two home runs and drove in four runs in the 10-5 win over the Angels. 

Zimmermann receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Alvarez receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Uggla and Saltalamacchia each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Sunday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:

609	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	11.0	Nationals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jordan Zimmermann (W, 9-3)	7.0	2	0	0	2	8
	8.0	Cubs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Edwin Jackson (W, 2-8)	7.0	4	1	1	1	8
	7.0	Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Kyle Lohse (W, 2-6)	8.0	4	1	1	1	6
AL	7.0	Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jose Alvarez (W, 1-0)	6.0	3	1	1	1	7
BAT	6.0	Braves	Dan Uggla 2B	2	2	2	4	2	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	6.0	Cardinals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Trevor Rosenthal (W, 1-0)	2.0	0	0	0	0	4
	5.0	`Royals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Luis Mendoza	7.0	4	0	0	1	3
BAT	4.0	Red Sox	Jarrod Saltalamacchia C	4	2	2	4	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	4.0	`Rockies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Juan Nicasio	6.0	4	2	2	1	7
	4.0	`Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			David Phelps	6.0	3	1	1	3	6
	3.0	Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Chad Gaudin (W, 2-1)	6.0	5	2	2	1	7
	3.0	White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Addison Reed (S, 19)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	`Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Steve Cishek	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Orioles	Alexi Casilla 2B	3	1	2	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Rangers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Neal Cotts (W, 2-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.0	Nationals	Roger Bernadina LF	3	2	2	0	2	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

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