Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bumgarner struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 8-3 win over the Padres.
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Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bumgarner struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 8-3 win over the Padres.
Read MoreTigers pitcher Matthew Boyd is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Saturday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer extends his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Gerrit Cole is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in season player rankings.
Cole struck out 14 over seven innings, allowing two runs, three hits and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the Rangers. Cole picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the game was tied, 2-2, when he exited.
Read MoreThree of the four players who won Cy Young or Most Valuable Player awards in 2017 also led their teams in Box-Toppers points for the season.
The only exception: American League Most Valuable Player Jose Altuve did not lead Astros batters in Box-Toppers points. In fact, with only 2.5 Box-Toppers points, he finished 11th among Astros batters and 21st among all Astros players.
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The Houston Astros win 5-3 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven game series.
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The Astros lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.
Read MoreCubs pitcher Jose Quintana is Monday’s Box-Toppers top Player of the Game among the four League Division Series playoff games.
The other three Players of the Game Monday are Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish, Yankees closer Tommy Kahnle and George Springer of the Astros.
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Read More3 of 4 major postseason award winners are among Box-Toppers top-ranked pitchers or batters on their teams. The exception: AL Cy Young Rick Porcello, who ranks 6th among Red Sox players.
Read MoreHome run leader Mark Trumbo of the Orioles ranked 14th among AL batters in Box-Toppers points. Only three of the overall top 10 in home runs were among their league’s top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points.
Read MoreBrewers pitcher Junior Guerra is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
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 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 12.0 |
4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | sf nl | 11.7 |
5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 10.8 |
6 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 |
7 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 10.7 |
8 | Salazar, Danny 3223 | pi sp | cle al | 10.5 |
9 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 10.4 |
10 | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | pi sp | nym nl | 10.0 |
Guerra pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Nationals.
American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Lance McCullers struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Mariners.
National League Batter of the Day—Kris Bryant of the Cubs hit a two-run homer, going 1-for-1 and scoring three times, in the 10-4 win over the Reds.
Bryant earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, most of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Bryant rises to 29th place among all players and third among NL batters, behind Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals (7.5) and Wil Myers of the Padres (7.2).
American League Batter of the Day—Todd Frazier of the White Sox hit two doubles and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 8-2 win over the Yankees.
Streak—Mike Napoli of the Indians has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Monday.
Napoli (HR 2B 2-3 2R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Tigers) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2006 with the Angels and has 52.2 career points, ninth among active AL first basemen. His best season was 2011 with the Rangers when he had 9.0 Box-Toppers points, ninth among AL batters. In 2015, he had 4.5 points with the Red Sox, a season in which he also played for the Rangers.
Notable—Giants pitcher Jake Peavy now has 141.8 career Box-Toppers points—24th-most since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began—after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Peavy (6.2IP 5H R 2BB 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Rockies) trails 23rd-ranked player on the “all-time” list, David Ortiz of the Red Sox (142.9). Peavy has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 29th among NL pitchers.
Debut—Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez made his Box-Toppers debut Monday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.
Baez (2IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 7-5 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut May 5, 2014, and was playing in his 110th career game. He is the 3,678th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Guerra earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCullers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bryant and Frazier each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s 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.
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
7/4 | Score | Game | Player of Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
MLB | 10.1 | MIL 1/DC 0 | Junior Guerra (W,6-1) | - | - | - | - | 7.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
AL | 9.0 | HOU 2/SEA 1 | Lance McCullers (W,4-2) | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
BAT | 5.0 | CHC 10/CIN 4 | Kris Bryant, LF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
5.0 | TOR 6/KC 2 | Aaron Sanchez (W,9-1) | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
4.0 | `LAD 7/BAL 5 | Pedro Baez | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
3.2 | PHI 8/ATL 2 | Jerad Eickhoff (W,6-9) | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
3.2 | SF 3/COL 1 | Jake Peavy (W,5-7) | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
3.0 | NYM 8/MIA 6 | Travis d'Arnaud, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
3.0 | SD 8/ARI 4 | Derek Norris, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
BAT | 3.0 | CHW 8/NYY 2 | Todd Frazier, 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
3.0 | CLE 5/DET 3 | Mike Napoli, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2.0 | BOS 12/TEX 5 | Travis Shaw, 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2.0 | PIT 4/STL 2 | Gregory Polanco, RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2.0 | TB 4/LAA 2 | Logan Morrison, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
0.2 | OAK 3/MIN 1 | Kendall Graveman (W,4-6) | - | - | - | - | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ||
`Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. |
Player of Game | Pos | Team | 16 | 15-16 | 11-16 | Career | +/- |
Bryant, Kris 3465 | lf 3b rf | chi nl | 7.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | -1.5 |
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 |
Guerra, Junior 3633 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
Sanchez, Aaron 3392 | pi sp | tor al | 5.7 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 3.7 |
Peavy, Jake 1635 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 | 10.0 | 38.1 | 141.8 | 0.0 |
Shaw, Travis 3544 | 1b 3b | bos al | 4.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 0.3 |
Polanco, Gregory 3361 | rf | pit nl | 4.5 | 7.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.5 |
McCullers, Lance 3488 | pi sp | hou al | 3.4 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | -3.3 |
Frazier, Todd 2929 | 3b | chi al | 3.2 | 12.1 | 26.1 | 26.1 | -5.7 |
Graveman, Kendall 3444 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | -1.7 |
Napoli, Mike 2161 | 1b | cle al | 1.0 | 5.5 | 33.2 | 52.2 | -3.5 |
Norris, Derek 3198 | ca | sd nl | 1.0 | 5.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | -3.5 |
Morrison, Logan 2794 | 1b | tb al | 1.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 16.5 | -3.0 |
d’Arnaud, Travis 3384 | ca | nym nl | 1.0 | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | -1.5 |
Baez, Pedro 3678 | pi mr | lad nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
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 |
Fernandez struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, in the 4-1 win over the Brewers. Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, ranking 21st among all players, the highest ranking of any of Monday’s 11 Players of the Games.
American League Player of the Day—Todd Frazier of the White Sox hit two home runs, including a 12-inning, tie-breaking grand slam, in the 8-4 win over the Twins. Frazier also went 4-for-6.
National League Batter of the Day—Jake Lamb of the Diamondbacks hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 10-5 win over the Rockies.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter Todd Frazier.
Debut—Ketel Marte of the Mariners made his Box-Toppers debut Monday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Marte (HR 2B 4-5 3R 3BI in the 5-2 win over the Rays) made his Major League debut July 31, 2015, and was playing in his 87th career game. He is the 3,630th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Fernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, Frazier earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day and Lamb earns 1.5 points for being NL 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.
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
5/9 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
MLB | 10.0 | Marlins | Jose Fernandez (W,4-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
AL | 6.0 | White Sox | Todd Frazier, 3B | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
6.0 | Red Sox | Jackie Bradley Jr., CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
BAT | 6.0 | Dbacks | Jake Lamb, 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
5.0 | Mariners | Ketel Marte, SS | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
4.0 | Astros | Mike Fiers (W,3-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
2.2 | Yankees | Kirby Yates (W,2-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2.0 | Nationals | Daniel Murphy, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2.0 | Blue Jays | Aaron Sanchez (W,3-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | ||
2.0 | Mets | Jeurys Familia (S,11) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
1.0 | Reds | Joey Votto, 1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Player | Pos | Team | 16 | 15-16 | 11-16 | Career | +/- |
Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 4.0 | 8.7 | 34.7 | 34.7 | -0.7 |
Sanchez, Aaron 3392 | pi sp | tor al | 3.7 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 1.7 |
Murphy, Daniel 2589 | 2b | dc nl | 2.5 | 4.0 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 1.0 |
Votto, Joey 2366 | 1b | cin nl | 2.0 | 7.0 | 23.7 | 55.7 | -3.0 |
Yates, Kirby 3628 | pi mr | nyy al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
Frazier, Todd 2929 | 3b | chi al | 1.7 | 10.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | -7.2 |
Lamb, Jake 3517 | 3b | ari nl | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
Bradley, Jackie Jr. 3293 | cf | bos al | 1.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | -8.5 |
Familia, Jeurys 3446 | pi cp | nym nl | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -7.0 |
Fiers, Michael 3029 | pi sp | hou al | 1.0 | 8.0 | 22.1 | 22.1 | -6.0 |
Marte, Ketel 3630 | ss | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
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Read MoreMariners pitcher Felix Hernandez is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth in overall player rankings, first among American League pitchers.
Hernandez pitched eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out eight, in the 5-0 win over the Rangers.
Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 21.7 |
2 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 21.1 |
3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 20.4 |
4 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 19.4 |
5 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 19.4 |
6 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tor al | 19.1 |
7 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 18.0 |
8 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 17.1 |
9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 17.0 |
10 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 16.8 |
He earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 19.4 for the season. He regains the lead among AL pitchers, passing previous leader Dallas Keuchel of the Astros (19.4).
Hernandez led all players in Box-Toppers points much of the season—including all of May and much of June—but by August nearly fell out of the top 10 list before rebounding. Hernandez lost his lead among all players on July 26 and lost his lead among AL pitchers on Aug. 8.
Hernandez also rises to 11th place among all players in Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began. Hernandez now has 162.7 Box-Toppers points, passing John Smoltz (160.9) on the “all-time” list. (It should be noted Smoltz began his career in 1988, so his first seven seasons weren’t recorded by Box-Toppers. Making rough extrapolations, Smoltz would likely have about 250 career Box-Toppers points if all his seasons were included.) Hernandez now trails 10th-ranked player Roger Clemens (164.8).
National League Player of the Day—Todd Frazier of the Reds homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 11-0 win over the Cardinals.
Frazier earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.9 for the season. He ranks fifth among NL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall NL Player of the Day was batter Todd Frazier.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no AL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Scoring—Hernandez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Frazier earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player 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.
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
9/10 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
MLB | 9.0 | Mariners | Felix Hernandez (W,17-8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
NL | 4.0 | Reds | Todd Frazier, 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
4.0 | Rockies | Justin Miller (MR) (W,2-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
3.2 | Indians | Cody Allen (W,2-4; BS,4) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
3.0 | Mets | Juan Uribe, 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
2.0 | Brewers | Logan Schafer, CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
deGrom passes Scherzer to lead all players in Box-Toppers points. Cards' Grichuk leads NL batters. Hernandez leads AL pitchers. Trout leads AL batters.
Read MoreBox-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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.