Red Sox' Chris Sale tops players for Monday, June 26, ranks 4th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and ranks fourth in season player rankings.

Also Monday, Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 26:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	16.4
2	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	13.0
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	12.4
4	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	12.1
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	10.0
6	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	9.4
7	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	9.4
8	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	9.0
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.7
10	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	8.2

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Player of the Day—Sale struck out nine over 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Twins.

Sale earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.1 for the season. He maintains his rank of fourth place in season player rankings, second place among American League pitchers, behind Ervin Santana of the Twins (12.4).

National League Player of the Day—Jedd Gyorko of the Cardinals homered and went 2-for-3, driving in three runs, in the 8-2 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 15-9 win over the Rangers.

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	200.1
4	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	190.0
6	Alex Rodriguez	dh	released	187.0
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	184.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	169.7
10	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
11	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
12	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	164.8
13	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
14	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
15	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
16	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Bartolo Colon	pi sp	atl nl	151.2
20	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0

BTP: Box-Toppers points
List of top 100 players since 1995 at the close of the 2016 season.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Jedd Gyorko.

Rankings—Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Greinke (5IP 3H R 3BB 5K W in the 6-1 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.7 for the season. He ranks fifth among NL pitchers.

Greinke also now rises to 12th place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Monday, Greinke has 164.8 career points and passes Roger Clemens (164.8) on the “all-time” list. (Though both Greinke and Clemens have identical career Box-Toppers point totals, Greinke ranks higher because he has more Box-Toppers points in 2017.) And it should be noted that Clemens’ entire career from 1984 was not tracked by Box-Toppers—only his career from 1995 on. If his entire career were tracked, rough projections put his career Box-Toppers point total at 320.

Greinke now trails 11th-ranked player Johan Santana (166.6) on the “all-time” Box-Toppers career points list.

Scoring—Sale earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gyorko earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Chisenhall earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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 

6/26	Score	Game	Player of the Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	7.1	BOS 4, MIN 1	Chris Sale (W, 10-3)	-	-	-	-		6.1	4	1	1	2	9
	7.0	NYY 6, CHW 5	Jordan Montgomery (W, 6-4)	-	-	-	-		7.0	5	1	1	1	8
	4.1	LAA 4, LAD 0	Ricky Nolasco (W, 3-9)	-	-	-	-		6.1	5	0	0	2	5
BAT	3.0	CLE 15, TEX 9	Lonnie Chisenhall (RF)	5	2	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
NL	3.0	STL 8, CIN 2	Jedd Gyorko (3B)	3	1	2	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	SF 9, COL 2	Buster Posey (C)	4	0	3	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
	2.0	ARI 6, PHI 1	Zack Greinke (W, 9-4)	-	-	-	-		5.0	3	1	1	3	5
	1.0	CHC 5, WSH 4	Albert Almora Jr. (CF)	1	0	1	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 Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).  

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	12.1	25.5	93.5	98.5	-1.3
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	8.7	18.4	87.7	164.8	-1.0
Posey, Buster 2745	ca 1b	sf nl	5.5	9.0	34.0	38.5	2.0
Chisenhall, Lonnie 2959	rf cf	cle al	3.5	7.0	15.0	17.0	0.0
Montgomery, Jordan 3814	pi sp	nyy al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Nolasco, Ricky 2125	pi sp	ana al	2.0	13.4	30.1	89.2	-9.4
Almora, Albert Jr. 3764	cf	chi nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Gyorko, Jedd 3164	3b	stl nl	1.7	4.2	16.9	16.9	-0.8

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Nationals' Anthony Rendon tops players for Sunday, April 30, recording possibly highest Box-Toppers game score by batter since 1995

Anthony Rendon of the Nationals is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, recording what is possibly the highest Box-Toppers game score by a batter in Box-Toppers’ 23-season history.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of April 29:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	5.7
3	Nova, Ivan 2796	pi sp	pit nl	5.0
4	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	5.0
5	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	5.0
6	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	4.7
7	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	4.4
8	Triggs, Andrew 3723	pi sp	oak al	4.4
9	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	4.0
10	Kimbrel, Craig 2825	pi cp	bos al	4.0

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Also Sunday, Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Rendon hit three home runs, doubled, went 6-for-6, scored five times and drove in 10 runs, in the 23-5 win over the Mets.

Rendon had a Box-Toppers game score of +15.0, which appears to be the highest score by a batter since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.

While Box-Toppers has records for each Player of the Game since the start of 1995, the data from actual game score records from box scores only goes back to the start of 2011. The previous high game score for a batter since 2011 was +12.0, done twice:

• On June 9, 2014, Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians (3HR 5-5 3R 9BI in the 17-7 win over the Rangers) earned Player of the Day honors.
• On May 8, 2012, Josh Hamilton of the Rangers (4HR 2B 5-5 4R 8BI in the 10-3 win over the Orioles) earned Player of the Day honors.

However, looking back at some of the most likely games to produce high Box-Toppers game scores for batters from 1995 to 2010, it appears no batter had a higher game score than Rendon had Sunday.

Rendon became the 13th player in Major League history to have a game with 10 runs batted in. That’s a club that’s even rarer than the four-home run club, which has been done 16 times in Major League history.

During the Box-Toppers era (since 1995), there have been three games in which a player has had 10 RBIs and no player had a Box-Toppers game score of more than +12.0:

• On May 10, 1999, Nomar Garciaparra of the Red Sox (3HR 3-4 3R 10BI in the 12-4 win over the Mariners) had a Box-Toppers game score of +12.0.
• On April 26, 2005, Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees (3HR 4-5 3R 10BI in the 12-4 win over the Angels) had a Box-Toppers game score of +12.0.
• On Aug. 21, 2007, Garret Anderson of the Angels (2HR 2-2B 4-6 3R 10BI in the 18-9 win over the Yankees) had a Box-Toppers game score of +11.0.

Rendon also had a six-hit game, something that’s been done 101 times in Major League history (30 of those games happened in the 1800s). There have been 22 six-hit games in the Box-Toppers era (since 1995). The highest Box-Toppers game score of those games and what appears to be the previous high Box-Toppers game score for a batter (since 1995) was +13.0, achieved by Shawn Green of the Dodgers on May 23, 2002 (4HR 2B 6-6 6R 7BI in the 16-3 win over the Brewers).

Batters have hit four home runs in a game 16 times in Major League history, including four times during the Box-Toppers era (since 1995), however Green’s +13.0 score is the highest for those games. The other four-home run games during the Box-Toppers era:

• On May 2, 2002, Mike Cameron of the Mariners (4HR 4-5 4R 4BI in the 15-4 win over the White Sox) had a Box-Toppers game score of +7.0.
• On Sept. 25, 2002, Carlos Delgado of the Blue Jays (4HR 4-4 4R 6BI in the 10-8 win over the Devil Rays) had a Box-Toppers game score of +10.0.
• On May 8, 2012, Josh Hamilton of the Rangers (4HR 2B 5-5 4R 8BI in the 10-3 win over the Orioles) had a Box-Toppers game score of +12.0.

While Rendon seems to have broken the “all-time” (since 1995) record for Box-Toppers game score for a batter, it is still only the second-best game score of 2017. On April 20, Chris Sale of the Red Sox had a Box-Toppers game score of +16.0 (8IP 4H 0R BB 13K ND in the 4-3, 10-inning win over the Blue Jays). Pitchers generally have more opportunity to earn high game scores than batters. In 2016, the highest overall game score was +22.0, earned by Vince Velasquez of the Phillies on April 14 (CG 3H 0R 0BB 16K W in the 3-0 win over the Padres).

(Related: Highest Box-Toppers game scores by batters in the 2016 season and 2015 season.)

American League Player of the Day—Blue Jays pitcher Ryan Tepera pitched 3 1/3 innings of scoreless middle relief, allowing one hit and striking out five, in the 3-1 win over the Rays. Tepera picked up a no decision and did not earn the win because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

American League Batter of the Day—Miguel Sano of the Twins homered and went 3-for-5, driving in five runs, in the 7-5 win over the Royals.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall Player of the Day was NL batter Anthony Rendon.

Rankings—Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rises to seventh in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Keuchel (7.2IP 3H R 2BB 9K W in the 7-2 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.4 for the season. He ranks fourth among AL pitchers.

Streak—Justin Upton of the Tigers has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Upton (HR 2-3 2R BI in the 7-3 win over the White Sox) earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2008 with the Diamondbacks and has 52.1 career points, fourth among active AL outfielders. His best season was 2011 with the Diamondbacks, when he had 9.7 points, 10th among NL batters. In 2016, he had 6.7 points with the Tigers, fourth among AL outfielders.

Debut—Reds pitcher Wandy Peralta made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Peralta (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 5-4 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Sept. 4, 2016, and was playing in his 22nd career game. He is the 3,782nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Rendon earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Tepera earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Sano earns 1.5 points for being AL 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.

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Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 

4/30	Score	Game	Player of the Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	15.0	WSH 23, NYM 5	Anthony Rendon, 3B	6	5	6	10		-	-	-	-	-	-
	9.2	HOU 7, OAK 2	Dallas Keuchel (W,5-0)	-	-	-	-		7.2	3	1	1	2	9
	8.1	`ARI 2, COL 0 (F/13)	Patrick Corbin	-	-	-	-		6.1	2	0	0	2	6
AL	7.1	`TOR 3, TB 1	Ryan Tepera	-	-	-	-		3.1	1	0	0	0	5
	6.1	LAD 5, PHI 3	Hyun-Jin Ryu (W,1-4)	-	-	-	-		5.1	3	1	1	3	9
	6.0	MIA 10, PIT 3	Justin Bour, 1B	5	1	4	6		-	-	-	-	-	-
	6.0	`BOS 6, CHC 2	Eduardo Rodriguez	-	-	-	-		6.0	5	1	1	2	9
	5.0	MIL 4, ATL 3	Domingo Santana, RF	3	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.1	LAA 5, TEX 2	JC Ramirez (W,3-2)	-	-	-	-		5.1	4	2	2	2	9
BAT	4.0	MIN 7, KC 5	Miguel Sano, 3B	5	1	3	5		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	SD 5, SF 2 (F/12)	Ryan Buchter (W,2-1)	-	-	-	-		2.0	1	0	0	0	3
	3.0	CLE 12, SEA 4	Abraham Almonte, RF	4	2	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	BAL 7, NYY 4	Logan Verrett (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		2.0	1	0	0	0	2
	3.0	CIN 5, STL 4	Wandy Peralta (W,1-0)	-	-	-	-		1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	DET 7, CHW 3	Justin Upton, LF	3	2	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 Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).  

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	4.4	11.4	47.2	47.2	-2.6
Sano, Miguel 3527	3b	min al	4.0	7.0	13.0	13.0	1.0
Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480	pi sp	bos al	3.7	8.4	14.4	14.4	-1.0
Ramirez, JC 3778	pi sp	ana al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Rendon, Anthony 3258	3b	dc nl	2.0	7.5	14.0	14.0	-3.5
Corbin, Patrick 3027	pi sp cp	ari nl	2.0	5.7	34.5	34.5	-1.7
Tepera, Ryan 3774	pi mr	tor al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Upton, Justin 2411	lf	det al	1.0	7.7	33.9	52.1	-5.7
Bour, Justin 3433	1b	fla nl	1.0	3.5	13.5	13.5	-1.5
Almonte, Abraham 3554	rf	cle al	1.0	3.0	4.5	4.5	-1.0
Verrett, Logan 3518	pi cp	bal al	1.0	2.0	5.0	5.0	0.0
Buchter, Ryan 3626	pi mr	sd nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Santana, Domingo 3507	rf	mil nl	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.0
Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp	lad nl	1.0	1.0	22.1	22.1	1.0
Peralta, Wandy 3782	pi mr	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Twins' Duffey tops players for Sunday, June 26; Marlins' Fernandez rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers rankings

Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Sunday, two players who earned Player of the Game honors rise in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings:

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 26:  

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
4	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
5	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
6	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	10.0
7	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0
8	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	9.8
9	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	9.7
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	9.4

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• Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rises to second place. 
• White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rises to fifth place among all players and first place among AL pitchers.

Player of the Day—Duffey struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 7-1 win over the Yankees.

Duffey had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +12, tied with Royals pitcher Ian Kennedy, Player of the Game in the 6-1 win over the Astros (7IP 3H R BB 11K W), but Duffey wins Player of the Day honors on a tiebreaker because he had more innings pitched.

National League Player of the Day—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez struck out 13 over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and three walks, in the 6-1 win over the Cubs.

Fernandez earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 13.4 for the season, rising to second place in season player rankings. He trails overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0 Box-Toppers points).

Fernandez had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +11, tied with Braves pitcher Bud Norris, Player of the Game in the 5-2 win over the Mets (7IP 4H 0R 0BB 8K W), but Fernandez wins NL Player of the Day over Norris on a tiebreaker because he had more strikeouts.

American League Batter of the Day—Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians homered, tripled and went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-3 win over the Tigers.

National League Batter of the Day—Trevor Story of the Rockies homered and went 2-for-2, scoring four runs, in the 9-7 win over the Diamondbacks.

Rankings—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale rises to fifth place among all players—and first among AL pitchers—after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Sale (8IP 5H 2R 2BB 7K W in the 5-2 win over the Blue Jays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season. He becomes the seventh player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points. He also takes the Box-Toppers points lead for the season among AL pitchers, passing Corey Kluber of the Indians (9.8).

Streak—Shin-Soo Choo of the Rangers has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Sunday.

Choo (2B 3-4 2R in the 6-2 win over the Red Sox) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2007 with the Indians and has 47.7 for his career, sixth among active AL outfielders. His best season was 2010 with the Indians, when he had 9.0 Box-Toppers points, seventh among AL batters. In 2015, he had 4.5 Box-Toppers points with the Rangers, 13th among AL outfielders.

Debut—Pirates pitcher A.J. Schugel made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Schugel (2IP 0H 0R 0BB K ND in the 4-3 win over the Dodgers) made his Major League debut April 12, 2015, and was playing in his 27th career game. He is the 3,669th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Duffey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Fernandez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Chisenhall and Story each earn 1.5 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

6/26	Score	Game	Player of Game	AB	R	H	BI		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
MLB	12.0	MIN 7/NYY 1	Tyler Duffey (W,3-6)	-	-	-	-		8.0	2	1	1	0	8
	12.0	KC 6/HOU 1	Ian Kennedy (W,6-6)	-	-	-	-		7.0	3	1	1	1	11
NL	11.0	MIA 6/CHC 1	Jose Fernandez (W,10-3)	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	1	1	3	13
	11.0	ATL 5/NYM 2	Bud Norris (W,3-7)	-	-	-	-		7.0	4	0	0	0	8
	8.0	CIN 3/SD 0	Anthony DeSclafani (W,2-0)	-	-	-	-		8.0	5	0	0	0	5
	6.0	DC 3/MIL 2	Tanner Roark (W,7-5)	-	-	-	-		7.0	7	0	0	1	7
BAT	5.0	CLE 9/DET 3	Lonnie Chisenhall, RF	4	2	4	3		-	-	-	-	-	-
BAT	5.0	COL 9/ARI 7	Trevor Story, SS	2	4	2	1		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	SF 8/PHI 7	Angel Pagan, LF	5	3	4	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	BAL 12/TB 5	Chris Davis, DH	4	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-	-
	4.0	CHW 5/TOR 2	Chris Sale (W,13-2)	-	-	-	-		8.0	5	2	2	2	7
	3.0	LAA 7/OAK 6	Mike Trout, CF	5	3	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	3.0	`PIT 4/LAD 3	A.J. Schugel (H,1)	-	-	-	-		2.0	0	0	0	0	1
	2.0	STL 11/SEA 6	Matt Carpenter, 2B	6	3	3	2		-	-	-	-	-	-
	1.0	TEX 6/BOS 2	Shin-Soo Choo, RF	4	2	3	0		-	-	-	-	-	-
		`Denotes that the 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 Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).  

Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4	18.1	44.1	44.1	8.7
Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7	29.5	81.7	83.7	-8.1
Davis, Chris 2478	1b	bal al	7.5	18.5	49.4	57.9	-3.5
Kennedy, Ian 2723	pi sp	kc al	7.0	13.7	57.5	63.5	0.3
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	6.7	7.7	22.7	22.7	5.7
Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	6.5	18.5	43.0	43.0	-5.5
Carpenter, Matt 2987	3b	stl nl	6.5	12.0	26.5	26.5	1.0
Duffey, Tyler 3558	pi sp	min al	3.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	-1.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi sp	atl nl	3.0	4.0	34.4	43.4	2.0
Story, Trevor 3607	ss	col nl	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Chisenhall, Lonnie 2959	rf 3b	cle al	1.5	1.5	11.5	11.5	1.5
DeSclafani, Anthony 3441	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	8.7	8.7	8.7	-6.7
Choo, Shin-Soo 2267	rf	tex al	1.0	5.5	22.0	47.7	-3.5
Pagan, Angel 2184	lf	sf nl	1.0	3.0	14.5	25.5	-1.0
Schugel, A.J. 3669	pi mr	pit nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Giants' Tim Lincecum, pitching a no-hitter, is top player for Saturday, July 13

Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum, pitching a no-hitter against the Padres, is Saturday's Player of the Day.

Lincecum struck out 13 and allowed only four walks in the 9-0 win. 

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is American League Player of the Day. Hernandez threw eight scoreless innings in the 6-0 win over the Angels. 

Lonnie Chisenhall of the Indians is AL Batter of the Day. Chisenhall hit a grand slam in the 5-3 win over the Royals. 

Alfonso Soriano of the Cubs is National League Batter of the Day. Soriano homered and went 2-for-5 in the 6-4 win over the Cardinals. 

Notable: Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke and Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez are the 14th and 15th players with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points this season. Both were top players in their games Saturday. Greinke (CG 0R 2H 9K in the 1-0 win vs. the Rockies) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.7 for the season, putting him in 12th place overall. Hernandez, the AL Player of the Day, earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 10.4 for the season, putting him in 13th place overall. 

Lincecum receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Hernandez receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Chisenhall and Soriano each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

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

713	Score	Team	BATTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	-	-	PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
MLB	18.0	Giants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Tim Lincecum (W, 5-9)	9.0	0	0	0	4	13
	15.0	Dodgers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Zack Greinke (W, 8-2)	9.0	2	0	0	1	9
AL	5.0	Mariners	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Felix Hernandez (W, 10-4)	8.0	7	0	0	0	4
	4.0	Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			A.J. Griffin (W, 8-6)	8.0	6	0	0	1	3
	4.0	`Phillies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			John Lannan	8.0	4	1	1	1	3
	4.0	Braves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Craig Kimbrel (S, 26)	1.0	0	0	0	0	3
BAT	3.0	Indians	Lonnie Chisenhall 3B	4	1	2	4	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	3.0	Rays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Fernando Rodney (S, 22)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	3.0	Diamondbacks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Will Harris (W, 2-0)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
	2.2	Blue Jays	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Casey Janssen (S, 18)	0.2	0	0	0	0	2
	2.0	Rangers	Nelson Cruz RF	5	2	4	1	0	1			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Twins	Pedro Florimon SS	2	1	1	2	1	0			0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
	2.0	Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Jason Grilli (S, 29)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
	1.1	`White Sox	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Nate Jones	1.1	2	0	0	0	2
	1.0	Marlins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			Steve Cishek (W, 3-4)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2
BAT	0.0	Cubs	Alfonso Soriano LF	5	2	2	1	0	0			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.