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Read MoreCardinals' Jaime Garcia tops players for Friday, Aug. 5; Cubs' Lester bolsters 8th place spot in Box-Toppers rankings
Cardinals pitcher Jaime Garcia is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester bolstered his eighth-place rank 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 2016 season as of Aug. 5:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 18.7 |
| 3 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 4 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 14.5 |
| 5 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 14.4 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 14.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.1 |
| 8 | Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | chi nl | 13.4 |
| 9 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 10 | Happ, J.A. 2536 | pi sp | tor al | 11.0 |
Player of the Day—Garcia pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 11 and allowing three hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Braves.
American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout, striking out nine and allowing one walk, in the 9-0 win over the Dodgers.
American League Batter of the Day—Starlin Castro of the Yankees hit a grand slam and went 2-for-3, scoring three times, in the 13-7 win over the Indians.
National League Batter of the Day—Cameron Rupp of the Phillies hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 2-for-4 and driving in four total runs, in the 5-4 win over the Padres.
Rankings—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester bolstered his eighth-place spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Lester (7IP 6H 2R 0BB 8K W in the 7-2 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.4 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.
Lester now also has 134.5 career Box-Toppers points and ranks 28th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 27th-ranked player Andy Pettitte (138.5).
Notable—Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander now has 131.6 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Verlander (6IP 4H 2R BB 9K W in the 4-3 win over the Mets) ranks 30th in career points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 29th-ranked player Jason Giambi (133.4). Verlander has 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 20th among AL pitchers, and exceeding his 6.4 point total he earned in 2015.
Scoring—Garcia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wright earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Castro and Rupp each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’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
| 8/5 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 15.0 | STL 1, ATL 0 | Jaime Garcia (W,8-8) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| AL | 14.0 | BOS 9, LAD 0 | Steven Wright (W,13-5) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 11.0 | HOU 5, TEX 0 | Dallas Keuchel (W,7-11) | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9.0 | WSH 5, SF 1 | Gio Gonzalez (W,7-9) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| BAT | 6.0 | NYY 13, CLE 7 | Starlin Castro, SS-2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | DET 4, NYM 3 | Justin Verlander (W,12-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 5.0 | CHC 7, OAK 2 | Jon Lester (W,12-4) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4.1 | MIN 6, TB 2 | Ervin Santana (W,5-9) | - | - | - | - | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 4.0 | BAL 7, CHW 5 | Zach Britton (S,34) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 4.0 | SEA 6, LAA 4 | Edwin Diaz (S,3) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.1 | `MIA 5, COL 3 | David Phelps | - | - | - | - | 4.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | PHI 5, SD 4 | Cameron Rupp, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | `PIT 3, CIN 2 | Jameson Taillon | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 3.0 | ARI 3, MIL 2 (11) | Adam Loewen (W,1-0) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | TOR 4, KC 3 | Brett Cecil (W,1-6) | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| `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 | +/- |
| Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | chi nl | 13.4 | 25.4 | 71.6 | 134.5 | 1.4 |
| Wright, Steven 3224 | pi sp | bos al | 8.4 | 12.1 | 13.1 | 13.1 | 4.7 |
| Garcia, Jaime 2508 | pi sp | stl nl | 8.0 | 17.4 | 35.1 | 43.8 | -1.4 |
| Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | det al | 7.0 | 13.4 | 76.6 | 131.6 | 0.6 |
| Rupp, Cameron 3556 | ca | phi nl | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 6.0 | 27.4 | 41.8 | 41.8 | -15.4 |
| Castro, Starlin 2767 | ss 2b | nyy al | 5.5 | 10.0 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 1.0 |
| Gonzalez, Gio 2626 | pi sp | dc nl | 4.0 | 13.7 | 70.8 | 84.5 | -5.7 |
| Phelps, David 2994 | pi mr | fla nl | 4.0 | 7.4 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 0.6 |
| Taillon, Jameson 3658 | pi sp | pit nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Britton, Zach 2835 | pi cp | bal al | 3.0 | 11.7 | 31.1 | 31.1 | -5.7 |
| Santana, Ervin 2005 | pi sp | min al | 3.0 | 8.4 | 46.8 | 96.3 | -2.4 |
| Diaz, Edwin 3690 | pi cp mr | sea al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Cecil, Brett 2566 | pi mr | tor al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 21.8 | -1.0 |
| Loewen, Adam 2212 | pi cp | ari nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 0.0 |
Pirates' Francisco Liriano tops players for Thursday, July 21; Red Sox' Wright tops AL players
Pirates pitcher Francisco Liriano is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and becomes the 73rd player since 1995 with 100 or more Box-Toppers points.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 21:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.0 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 16.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 12.5 |
| 6 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.0 |
| 9 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 11.0 |
| 10 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
Liriano struck out 13 over 6 2/3 innings, allowing three runs, four hits and no walks, in the 5-3 win over the Brewers.
Liriano earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 101.2 for his career, rising to 69th place among all players since 1995, passing four players on the “all-time” list—Larry Walker (100.1), Jeff Bagwell (100.4), Paul Konerko (100.7) and Jason Schmidt (101.2). Liriano now trails 68th-ranked player Tim Wakefield (101.4). Liriano has 6.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 25th among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright struck out nine over eight innings, allowing two runs (one earned), four hits and one walk, in the 13-2 win over the Twins.
National League Batter of the Day—Justin Turner of the Dodgers hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, driving in five runs, in the 6-3 win over the Nationals.
American League Batter of the Day—Corey Dickerson of the Rays homered and went 2-for-3, driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Athletics.
Notable—Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman had the most season Box-Toppers points among the nine who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Tillman (7IP 4H R 2BB 7K W in the 401 win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season, 45th among all players and 16th among AL pitchers.
Scoring—Liriano earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wright earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Turner and Dickerson each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 7/21 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 10.2 | PIT 5, MIL 3 | Francisco Liriano (W,6-9) | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | |
| AL | 9.0 | BOS 13, MIN 2 | Steven Wright (W,12-5) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
| BAT | 6.0 | LAD 6, WSH 3 | Justin Turner, 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | MIA 9, PHI 3 | Tom Koehler (W,7-8) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 6.0 | BAL 4, NYY 1 | Chris Tillman (W,14-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | TB 7, OAK 3 | Corey Dickerson, DH | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | STL 6, SD 5 | Stephen Piscotty, PH-1B-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | COL 7, ATL 3 | Carlos Gonzalez, RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.2 | DET 2, CHW 1 (7) | Shane Greene (S,2) | - | - | - | - | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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 | +/- |
| Tillman, Chris 2754 | pi sp | bal al | 7.0 | 11.7 | 40.8 | 42.8 | 2.3 |
| Wright, Steven 3224 | pi sp | bos al | 6.7 | 10.4 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 3.0 |
| Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 6.0 | 20.9 | 61.4 | 101.2 | -8.9 |
| Gonzalez, Carlos 2460 | rf | col nl | 4.5 | 16.0 | 44.7 | 57.7 | -7.0 |
| Piscotty, Stephen 3570 | rf | stl nl | 4.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.2 | -0.2 |
| Dickerson, Corey 3222 | lf dh | tb al | 3.5 | 6.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 0.5 |
| Koehler, Tom 3159 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.0 | 7.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | -1.0 |
| Turner, Justin 2865 | 3b 2b | lad nl | 2.5 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -1.5 |
| Greene, Shane 3381 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | -1.0 |
Red Sox' Wright tops players for Sunday, May 8; Orioles' Machado leads AL batters in Box-Toppers points
Red Sox Steven Wright is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 8:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.0 |
| 2 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 5.7 |
| 4 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b ss | bal al | 5.7 |
| 5 | Quintana, Jose 3040 | pi sp | chi al | 5.7 |
| 6 | Hill, Rich 2215 | pi sp | oak al | 5.4 |
| 7 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 |
| 8 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 5.0 |
| 9 | Matz, Steven 3516 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 |
| 10 | Velasquez, Vince 3611 | pi sp | phi nl | 5.0 |
Also Sunday, Manny Machado of the Orioles earned American League Batter of the Day and rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, first among AL batters.
Player of the Day—Wright pitched a complete-game three-hitter, striking out seven and allowing one run, in the 5-1 win over the Yankees.
National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling struck out six over six innings, allowing one run and one hit, in the 4-2 win over the Blue Jays. Stripling did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he exited the game with the Dodgers trailing 1-0.
This was Stripling’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. He made his Major League debut April 8 and was playing in his sixth career game. He is the 3,629th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
American League Batter of the Day—Machado hit two home runs, including a grand slam, in the 11-3 win over the Athletics. Machado also went 2-for-4 and drove in six runs.
Machado earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, rising to fourth among all players this season and first among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—John Jaso of the Pirates homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, driving in two runs, in the 10-5 win over the Cardinals.
Jaso had a Box-Toppers game score of +2, the same as Jonathan Lucroy of the Brewers, who was Player of the Game in the 5-4 win over the Reds (HR 2B 3-4 R 2BI). Jaso and Lucroy had very similar batting lines and Jaso won NL Batter of the Day honors on a low-level tiebreaker—he left fewer runners on base—0 vs. 1.
Rankings—White Sox pitcher Jose Quintana rose to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Quintana (7IP 6H R 5K W in the 3-1 win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.7 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind teammate Chris Sale, who has the same Box-Toppers point total (5.7) but ranks ahead of Quintana because he had more 2015 Box-Toppers points—18.8 vs. 6.0.
Scoring—Wright earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Stripling earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Machado and Jaso 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
| 5/8 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 10.0 | Red Sox | Steven Wright (W,3-3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| NL | 9.0 | `Dodgers | Ross Stripling | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| BAT | 6.0 | Orioles | Manny Machado, SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | Mets | Matt Harvey (W,3-4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 6.0 | Rockies | Eddie Butler (W,1-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 6.0 | `Dbacks | Patrick Corbin | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 4.0 | Rangers | Bobby Wilson, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | Astros | Collin McHugh (W,4-3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 3.0 | White Sox | Jose Quintana (W,5-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 2.2 | `Indians | Bryan Shaw | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| BAT | 2.0 | Pirates | John Jaso, 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2.0 | Brewers | Jonathan Lucroy, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | `Cubs | Trevor Cahill | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | Phillies | Jeanmar Gomez (S,11) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | Rays | Alex Colome (S, 9) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| `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 | Pos | Team | 16 | 15-16 | 11-16 | Career | +/- |
| Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b ss | bal al | 5.7 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 | -1.8 |
| Quintana, Jose 3040 | pi sp | chi al | 5.7 | 11.7 | 30.5 | 30.5 | -0.3 |
| Wright, Steven 3224 | pi sp | bos al | 3.0 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | -0.7 |
| Colome, Alex 3189 | pi cp | tb al | 2.0 | 7.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | -3.0 |
| Lucroy, Jonathan 2744 | ca | mil nl | 2.0 | 3.7 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 0.3 |
| Shaw, Bryan 2995 | pi mr | cle al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 |
| Stripling, Ross 3629 | pi sp | lad nl | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Jaso, John 2705 | 1b ca | pit nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 1.5 |
| Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 1.0 | 16.4 | 34.4 | 34.4 | -14.4 |
| McHugh, Collin 3316 | pi sp | hou al | 1.0 | 10.7 | 22.5 | 22.5 | -8.7 |
| Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 1.0 | 6.4 | 29.8 | 29.8 | -4.4 |
| Cahill, Trevor 2658 | pi mr | chi nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 25.1 | 38.2 | 0.0 |
| Butler, Eddie 3483 | pi sp | col nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Gomez, Jeanmar 2759 | pi cp | phi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 |
| Wilson, Bobby 3071 | ca | tex al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
Mets' Matt Harvey tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 5, rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings
Mets pitcher Matt Harvey is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to seventh in player rankings.
Harvey pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out six, in the 8-6 win over the Marlins.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Aug. 5.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 16.0 |
| 3 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 15.4 |
| 4 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tor al | 15.1 |
| 5 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.0 |
| 6 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 14.4 |
| 7 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 14.4 |
| 8 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 14.1 |
| 9 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 13.7 |
| 10 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.0 |
Harvey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 14.4 for the season, rising to seventh in season player rankings and fourth among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run and four hits, in the 2-1 win over the Yankees.
American League Batter of the Day—Chris Davis of the Orioles hit a game-winning, 10th-inning grand slam in the 7-3 win over the Athletics. Davis went 2-for-4, scoring two runs.
Davis earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, ranking seventh among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates homered, scored twice and drove in two runs, going 1-for-2, in the 7-5 win over the Cubs.
McCutchen earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.5 for the season, ranking fourth among NL batters.
Debut—Tigers pitcher Matt Boyd made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Boyd (7IP 7H R 2K W in the 2-1 win over the Royals) made his Major League debut June 27 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,550th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Harvey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wright earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Davis and McCutchen 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
| 8/5 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 11.0 | Mets | Matt Harvey (W,10-7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| AL | 9.0 | Red Sox | Steven Wright (W,5-4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 7.1 | Giants | Madison Bumgarner (W,12-6) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 6.0 | White Sox | David Robertson (W,5-3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 5.0 | Brewers | Taylor Jungmann (W,6-3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | Orioles | Chris Davis, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | Dodgers | Kenley Jansen (S,20) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.1 | `Rangers | Spencer Patton (H,3) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 3.0 | Blue Jays | Jose Bautista, RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| BAT | 3.0 | Pirates | Andrew McCutchen, CF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2.0 | Dbacks | Welington Castillo, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | Rockies | Ben Paulsen, 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | Angels | C.J. Cron, 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1.0 | Cardinals | Peter Bourjos, PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 0.0 | Tigers | Matt Boyd (W,1-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. | ||||||||||||||||