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Read MoreTwins' Duffey tops players for Sunday, Sept. 20; Pirates' Cole rises to 8th in player rankings
Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole rose to eighth place in Box-Toppers player rankings.
Player of the Day—Duffey pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing three hits, in the 8-1 win over the Angels.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Sept. 20.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 23.1 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 22.7 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 20.4 |
| 4 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tor al | 20.1 |
| 5 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 19.7 |
| 6 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 19.4 |
| 7 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 19.4 |
| 8 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 18.0 |
| 9 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 17.1 |
| 10 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 17.0 |
National League Player of the Day—Braves pitcher Julio Teheran struck out eight over 8 1/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits, in the 2-1 win over the Phillies. Teheran was perfect through six innings. He earned no decision, not picking up the win, because he exited the game with the score tied 1-1.
National League Batter of the Day—Yunel Escobar of the Nationals doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 13-3 win over the Marlins.
American League Batter of the Day—Logan Forsythe of the Rays hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 2-for-3, scoring twice, in the 7-6 win over the Orioles.
Rankings—Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole rose to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Cole (7IP 6H 3R 9K W in the 4-3 win over the Dodgers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 18.0 for the season. He ranks fifth among NL pitchers.
Notable—Two of Sunday's Players of the Game achieved notable milestones:
- Giants pitcher Tim Hudson rose to 13th place among players in Box-Toppers points since 1995 after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. Hudson (6IP 4H 0R 3K in the 5-1 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 157.0 for his career. With his point Sunday, he passes Clayton Kershaw (156.3) on the “all-time” list—Kershaw had caught and briefly passed Hudson on the “all-time” list only on Sept. 14. Hudson trails 12th-ranked player John Smoltz (160.9) and regains his spot as fifth among active players, third among active pitchers, behind CC Sabathia (179.0) and Felix Hernandez (162.7). Hudson has 4.0 Box-Toppers points so far in what is expected to be his final season.
- Justin Upton of the Padres rose to fifth place in Box-Toppers points among NL batters after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday. Upton (2B 3-5 R 3BI in the 10-4 win over the Rockies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.0 for the season. He ranks 49th among all players.
- Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, ranked sixth in Box-Toppers player rankings (19.4 points) failed to earn Player of the Game honors in his start Sunday against the Rangers, despite earning the win. Hernandez (5.2IP 4H 2R 5K W in the 9-2 win) had a Box-Toppers game score of -2.8. Player of the Game was Robinson Cano (2-4 R 4BI) with a Box-Toppers game score of 3.0.
Scoring—Duffey earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Teheran earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Escobar and Forsythe 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
| 9/20 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 10.0 | Twins | Tyler Duffey (W,4-1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| NL | 8.1 | `Braves | Julio Teheran | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 8.0 | Astros | Collin McHugh (W,17-7) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 8.0 | Royals | Danny Duffy (S,1) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| BAT | 7.0 | Nationals | Yunel Escobar, 3B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.2 | Indians | Josh Tomlin (W,6-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | Rays | Logan Forsythe, 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | Red Sox | Rich Hill (W,1-0) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 4.0 | Pirates | Gerrit Cole (W,17-8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 3.0 | Brewers | Adam Lind, 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | Mariners | Robinson Cano, 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | Yankees | Greg Bird, 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.1 | Cardinals | Trevor Rosenthal (S,46) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2.0 | Padres | Justin Upton, LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | Giants | Tim Hudson (W,8-8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. | ||||||||||||||||
Giants' Vogelsong tops players for Tuesday, Aug. 18; Mets' deGrom extends Box-Toppers points lead
(Other duties have put us behind updating Box-Toppers. Playing catch up …)
Giants pitcher Ryan Vogelsong is Box-Toppers Player of the Day for Tuesday, Aug. 18.
Also Tuesday, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom extended his season lead in Box-Toppers points and now has 19.4.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Aug. 18.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 19.4 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.7 |
| 3 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tor al | 16.1 |
| 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 16.1 |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 16.0 |
| 6 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.0 |
| 7 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 15.8 |
| 8 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 15.4 |
| 9 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.4 |
| 10 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 14.7 |
Player of the Day—Vogelsong pitched six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out five, in the 2-0 win over the Cardinals.
Vogelsong earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and now has 10.0 for the season. He is the 27th player this season with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points and now ranks 26th among all players, 13th among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays hit two home runs, including a three-run homer, and went 3-for-4, scoring three times, in the 8-5 win over the Phillies.
Donaldson earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.9 for the season. He ranks fifth among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—Yunel Escobar of the Nationals homered and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 15-6 win over the Rockies.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the AL Player of the Day was a batter, Josh Donaldson.
Rankings—Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom extended his season lead in Box-Toppers points among all players after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
deGrom (7IP 5H R 6K W in the 5-3 win over the Orioles) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 19.4 for the season. deGrom has led all players since July 26.
Debut—Cole Gillespie of the Marlins made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.
Gillespie (3B 2-4 R 3BI in the 9-6 win over the Brewers) made his Major League debut April 21, 2010, and was playing in his 153rd career game. He is the 3,561st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Scoring—Vogelsong earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Donaldson earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day. Escobar earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL 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
| 8/18 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 8.0 | Giants | Ryan Vogelsong (W,9-8) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| BAT | 7.0 | Nationals | Yunel Escobar, 3B | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| AL | 6.0 | Blue Jays | Josh Donaldson, 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 6.0 | Padres | James Shields (W,9-5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6.0 | `Athletics | Felix Doubront | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 5.2 | Mets | Jacob deGrom (W,12-6) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 5.0 | Tigers | Ian Kinsler, 2B | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 5.0 | Red Sox | Eduardo Rodriguez (W,7-5) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 4.0 | Yankees | Chase Headley, PH-3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | Astros | Luke Gregerson (W,6-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4.0 | `Royals | Edinson Volquez | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3.0 | Mariners | Hisashi Iwakuma (W,5-2) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2.0 | Marlins | Cole Gillespie, CF-LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | `Pirates | Arquimedes Caminero | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1.0 | Angels | Huston Street (S,29) | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1.0 | 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. | ||||||||||||||||
All-Star rosters include most Box-Toppers points leaders, only a few minor snubs
With the 2013 All-Star Game here, it's time for a Box-Toppers examination of the choices for the game by fans and the managers.
Overall, not bad. The players with the highest Box-Toppers points totals in each league were almost always named to the American League and National League teams.
For example, Box-Toppers points leader and Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin was named to the NL roster (though Mets pitcher Matt Harvey was named the game's starter). And AL points leader and Indians pitcher Justin Masterson was named to the AL roster (though Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer was named AL starter).
The player with the most Box-Toppers points this season who was not selected as an All-Star is Cardinals pitcher Shelby Miller, who has 11.4 Box-Toppers points, the fifth highest among NL pitchers and more than NL starter Harvey (11.0).
Other notable snubs (a full list is in the chart below) include:
- Tigers pitcher Anibal Sanchez, the AL player with the most Box-Toppers points (8.0) left off the roster.
- Yunel Escobar of the Rays, who has more Box-Toppers points than any other AL shortstop (4.5).
- J.P. Arencibia of the Blue Jays, who has more points than any other AL catcher (5.5).
- Athletics outfielders Yoenis Cespedes and Josh Reddick, who are among the top three AL outfielders in Box-Toppers points. Both have 4.5.
- Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals, who has more points than any other NL third basemen (6.7).
The elected starters for the AL are generally stronger than the starters for the NL in terms of Box-Toppers points and player rankings (see the charts at right). Five players are among the top one or two players in Box-Toppers points at their position among AL starters, while only three players in the NL can say the same.
The chart shows the players Box-Toppers points for the season, BTP, and their rank according to their field position in their league. Generally speaking, the the lower the rank by position number, the better. For example, Chris Davis, Miguel Cabrera, David Ortiz and Carlos Gonzalez all rank No. 1 among players in their respective positions. However, elected NL starter Carlos Beltran of the Cardinals, ranks only 39th among NL outfielders in Box-Toppers points for the season.
While the NL starting line-up is not as strong as the AL line-up, the NL reserves include most of the players leading in Box-Toppers points at their position. For example, in the reserves and pitchers chart at the right below the elected starters, you can see that four NL players leading in Box-Toppers points in their position were selected to the team by NL manager Bruce Bochy of the Giants. They include:
- Brian McCann of the Braves, leading among NL catchers with 7.0 Box-Toppers points.
- Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks, leading among NL first basemen with 9.7 Box-Toppers points.
- Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals, leading among NL second basemen with 6.0 Box-Toppers points.
- Everth Cabrera of the Padres, leading among NL shortstops with 4.5 Box-Toppers points.
Often, players are chosen to the All-Star for sentimental and nostalgic reasons. That might seem to be the case for Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who has only 1.0 Box-Toppers point this season and ranks 137th among AL pitchers in points. And though he's having a strong year (30 saves in 32 chances and a 1.83 ERA), he hasn't picked up a lot of Box-Toppers points since he hasn't been the player who most contributed to the win in most of the games in which he's appeared. Still, Rivera has a very strong career Box-Toppers total. He has 122.4 career Box-Toppers points, 26th among all players since 1995 and second among closing pitchers only to Trevor Hoffman (129.4). Even if he weren't having a great year statistically, his career Box-Toppers numbers would cry out for his selection to the All-Star Game in this, the year he is retiring.
Box-Toppers is set up to determine the players who most help their team win the most games. Top players from the winning team of each game are determined by a formula using standard box score statistics. These top players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game. Among each day's top players, bonus points are awarded for the top players and batters of the day in each league. Players accumulate points through the season to provide a data point for comparison, such as determining which players are most worthy as All-Stars.
| ALL-STAR GAME TOP SNUBS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL PLAYERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | RANK BY POS. |
| Anibal Sanchez | PI SP | Tigers | 8.0 | 10 |
| Derek Holland | PI SP | Rangers | 7.7 | 11 |
| Joe Saunders | PI SP | Mariners | 7.7 | 12 |
| R.A. Dickey | PI SP | Blue Jays | 6.7 | 13 |
| Hiroki Kuroda | PI SP | Yankees | 6.7 | 14 |
| Josh Donaldson | 3B | Athletics | 6.5 | 2 |
| Yunel Escobar | SS | Rays | 4.5 | 1 |
| J.P. Arencibia | CA | Blue Jays | 5.5 | 1 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | OF | Athletics | 4.5 | 2 |
| Josh Reddick | OF | Athletics | 4.5 | 3 |
| NL PLAYERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | RANK BY POS. |
| Shelby Miller | PI SP | Cardinals | 11.4 | 5 |
| Zack Greinke | PI SP | Dodgers | 10.7 | 8 |
| Lance Lynn | PI SP | Cardinals | 10.4 | 9 |
| Gio Gonzalez | PI SP | Nationals | 8.7 | 11 |
| Mat Latos | PI SP | Reds | 8.7 | 12 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | Nationals | 6.7 | 1 |
| ALL-STAR GAME ELECTED STARTERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL PLAYERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | RANK BY POS. |
| Chris Davis | 1B | Orioles | 10.2 | 1 |
| Robinson Canó | 2B | Yankees | 7.0 | 2 |
| J. J. Hardy | SS | Orioles | 3.0 | 4 |
| Miguel Cabrera | 3B | Tigers | 13.4 | 1 |
| Joe Mauer | C | Twins | 5.0 | 2 |
| Mike Trout | OF | Angels | 3.5 | 9 |
| Adam Jones | OF | Orioles | 3.5 | 10 |
| José Bautista | OF | Blue Jays | 1.5 | 32 |
| David Ortiz | DH | Red Sox | 8.2 | 1 |
| NL PLAYERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | RANK BY POS. |
| Joey Votto | 1B | Reds | 1.5 | 14 |
| Brandon Phillips | 2B | Reds | 5.0 | 2 |
| Troy Tulowitzki | SS | Rockies | 2.0 | 7 |
| David Wright | 3B | Mets | 1.0 | 12 |
| Yadier Molina | C | Cardinals | 3.0 | 5 |
| Carlos Beltrán | OF | Cardinals | 1.5 | 39 |
| Carlos González | OF | Rockies | 9.5 | 1 |
| Bryce Harper | OF | Nationals | 6.9 | 2 |
| ALL-STAR GAME RESERVES & PITCHERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AL PLAYERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | RANK BY POS. |
| Jason Castro | C | Astros | 2.0 | 7 |
| Salvador Pérez | C | Royals | 0.0 | 18 |
| Prince Fielder | 1B | Tigers | 3.5 | 7 |
| Jason Kipnis | 2B | Indians | 7.0 | 1 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | Red Sox | 1.5 | 9 |
| Ben Zobrist | 2B | Rays | 2.0 | 6 |
| Manny Machado | 3B | Orioles | 1.0 | 14 |
| Jhonny Peralta | SS | Tigers | 1.0 | 11 |
| Nelson Cruz | OF | Rangers | 4.5 | 1 |
| Alex Gordon | OF | Royals | 1.0 | 42 |
| Torii Hunter | OF | Tigers | 1.0 | 43 |
| Edwin Encarnación | DH | Blue Jays | 5.7 | 2 |
| Justin Masterson | PI SP | Indians | 13.7 | 1 |
| Matt Moore | PI SP | Rays | 13.1 | 2 |
| Chris Sale | PI SP | White Sox | 10.7 | 3 |
| Félix Hernández | PI SP | Mariners | 10.4 | 4 |
| Clay Buchholz | PI SP | Red Sox | 10.1 | 5 |
| Yu Darvish | PI SP | Rangers | 10.0 | 6 |
| Max Scherzer | PI SP | Tigers | 9.7 | 7 |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | PI SP | Mariners | 9.7 | 8 |
| Justin Verlander | PI SP | Tigers | 8.0 | 9 |
| Bartolo Colón | PI SP | Athletics | 6.7 | 15 |
| Greg Holland | PI CP | Royals | 6.0 | 20 |
| Glen Perkins | PI CP | Twins | 6.0 | 21 |
| Chris Tillman | PI SP | Orioles | 4.0 | 35 |
| Joe Nathan | PI CP | Rangers | 3.0 | 59 |
| Grant Balfour | PI CP | Athletics | 3.0 | 60 |
| Brett Cecil | PI MR | Blue Jays | 2.0 | 93 |
| Jesse Crain | PI MR | White Sox | 2.0 | 96 |
| Steve Delabar | PI MR CP | Blue Jays | 1.0 | 112 |
| Mariano Rivera | PI CP | Yankees | 1.0 | 137 |
| NL PLAYERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | RANK BY POS. |
| Buster Posey | C | Giants | 6.0 | 2 |
| Brian McCann | C | Braves | 7.0 | 1 |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | Diamondbacks | 9.7 | 1 |
| Allen Craig | 1B | Cardinals | 1.0 | 15 |
| Freddie Freeman | 1B | Braves | 6.5 | 2 |
| Matt Carpenter | 2B | Cardinals | 6.0 | 1 |
| Marco Scutaro | 2B | Giants | 0.0 | 18 |
| Pedro Álvarez | 3B | Pirates | 6.2 | 2 |
| Everth Cabrera | SS | Padres | 4.5 | 1 |
| Jean Segura | SS | Brewers | 2.5 | 6 |
| Domonic Brown | OF | Phillies | 3.5 | 15 |
| Michael Cuddyer | OF | Rockies | 6.5 | 3 |
| Carlos Gómez | OF | Brewers | 2.0 | 35 |
| Andrew McCutchen | OF | Pirates | 2.0 | 27 |
| Patrick Corbin | PI SP | Diamondbacks | 14.4 | 1 |
| Clayton Kershaw | PI SP | Dodgers | 12.7 | 2 |
| Madison Bumgarner | PI SP | Giants | 11.7 | 3 |
| Adam Wainwright | PI SP | Cardinals | 11.7 | 4 |
| Matt Harvey | PI SP | Mets | 11.0 | 6 |
| Jordan Zimmermann | PI SP | Nationals | 10.7 | 7 |
| Cliff Lee | PI SP | Phillies | 9.4 | 10 |
| José Fernández | PI SP | Marlins | 8.0 | 14 |
| Aroldis Chapman | PI CP | Reds | 6.0 | 18 |
| Jason Grilli | PI CP | Pirates | 5.7 | 29 |
| Travis Wood | PI CP | Cubs | 5.0 | 33 |
| Jeff Locke | PI SP | Pirates | 5.0 | 36 |
| Craig Kimbrel | PI CP | Braves | 3.0 | 52 |
| Edward Mujica | PI CP | Cardinals | 3.0 | 58 |
| Sergio Romo | PI CP | Giants | 2.0 | 77 |
| Mark Melancon | PI MR | Pirates | 1.0 | 121 |
BTP: Box-Toppers points for the current season.
RANK BY POS.: A players ranking among players in the same position for the current season.
White Sox' Jose Quintana, Phillies' Cole Hamels top players for Thursday, July 4
White Sox pitcher Jose Quintana is Thursday's Player of the Day. Quintana struck out 11 and allowed no runs over seven innings in the 3-2 win over the Orioles.
Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels is National League Player of the Day. Hamels struck out eight over seven innings in the 6-4 win over the Pirates.
Wilson Ramos of the Nationals is NL Batter of the Day. Ramos homered, drove in five runs and went 3-for-4 in the 8-5 win over the Brewers.
Yunel Escobar of the Rays is American League Batter of the Day. Escobar went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs in the 7-5 win over the Astros.
Quintana receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Hamels receives 1.7 for NL Player of the Day. Ramos and Escobar each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Thursday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 704 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 15.0 | `White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jose Quintana | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 9.0 | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Straily (W, 5-2) | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |||
| NL | 7.0 | Phillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cole Hamels (W, 3-11) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 7.0 | Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Justin Verlander (W, 9-5) | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |||
| BAT | 5.0 | Nationals | Wilson Ramos C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.0 | Rockies | Michael Cuddyer RF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5.0 | Marlins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A.J. Ramos (W, 3-2) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| BAT | 3.0 | Rays | Yunel Escobar SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3.0 | Rangers | Adrian Beltre 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Red Sox | Jacoby Ellsbury CF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Royals | Lorenzo Cain RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | `Diamondbacks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ian Kennedy | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 2.0 | Yankees | Ichiro Suzuki CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Angels | Erick Aybar SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 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.
Athletics' Jarrod Parker, Phillies' Cliff Lee top players for Sunday, June 2
Athletics pitcher Jarrod Parker is Sunday's Player of the Day. Parker struck out seven over 6 1/3 innings in the 2-0 win over the White Sox.
Phillies pitcher Cliff Lee is National League Player of the Day. Lee struck out 11 over 7 2/3 innings in the 7-5 win over the Brewers.
Marcell Ozuna of the Marlins is NL Batter of the Day. Ozuna went 3-for-5 and was a homer short of the cycle in the 11-6 win over the Mets.
Yunel Escobar of the Rays is American League Batter of the Day. Escobar hit a two-run homer and went 3-for-5 in the 11-3 win over the Indians.
Standings update: Red Sox pitcher Clay Buchholz scored 1.0 Box-Toppers point Sunday to maintain third place in player standings (see updated standings on the home page) for the 2013 season. Also, Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish rose to fourth place on the list. Buchholz (5IP 4K) was Player of the Game in the rain-shortened, six-inning 3-0 win over the Yankees. Darvish (7IP 0R 6K ND) was Player of the Game in the 3-1 win over the Royals. Both Buchholz and Darvish earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game. Buchholz now has 10.1 Box-Toppers points, Darvish has 9.0. Box-Toppers leader Miguel Cabrera has 10.7.
Parker receives 2.0 Box-Toppers
points for being Player of the Day. Lee receives 1.7 for NL
Player of the Day. Ozuna and Escobar 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:
| 602 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 9.1 | Athletics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jarrod Parker (W, 4-6) | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8.0 | `Rangers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yu Darvish | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 6.0 | Red Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clay Buchholz (W, 8-0) | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||
| NL | 5.2 | Phillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Lee (W, 7-2) | 7.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | ||
| BAT | 4.0 | Marlins | Marcell Ozuna RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.0 | Rockies | Dexter Fowler CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4.0 | Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Scott Diamond (W, 4-4) | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 4.0 | Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Justin Wilson (W, 5-0) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 3.0 | Diamondbacks | Paul Goldschmidt 1B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.0 | Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chad Gaudin (W, 1-1) | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 3.0 | `Orioles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Gausman | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||
| BAT | 2.0 | Rays | Yunel Escobar SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.0 | Blue Jays | Mark DeRosa PH, 4,5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Astros | Carlos Pena DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Braves | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Kimbrel (S, 17) | 1.0 | 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.
Dodgers' Hyun-Jin Ryu pitches shutout, tops players for Tuesday, May 28
Dodgers pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu is Tuesday's Player of the Day. Ryu pitched a two-hit, complete game shutout in the 3-0 win over the Angels.
Twins pitcher Ryan Pressly is American League Player of the Day. Pressly pitched two innings of middle relief in the 12th and 13th innings, striking out three and picking up the win in the 14-inning, 6-5 win over the Brewers. This was Pressly's Box-Toppers debut, the first time he has been Player of the Game. Pressly is the 3,186th player to debut since Box-Toppers' inception in 1995.
Adam LaRoche of the Nationals is National League Batter of the Day. LaRoche homered twice and went 2-for-3 in the 9-3 win over the Orioles.
Yunel Escobar of the Rays is AL Batter of the Day. Escobar went 3-for-4 in the 7-6 win over the Marlins.
Standings update: Mets pitcher Matt Harvey rises to fourth place in player standings (see updated standings on the home page) for the 2013 season. Harvey (8IP 10K ND) was Player of the Game in the 2-1 win over the Yankees. Harvey earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point Tuesday, giving him 9.0 for the season, trailing season leader Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (9.7).
Ryu receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Pressly receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. LaRoche and Escobar each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.
All of Tuesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point:
| 528 | Score | Team | BATTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | - | - | PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | 14.0 | Dodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hyun-Jin Ryu (W, 6-2) | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 10.0 | `Mets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Matt Harvey | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | |||
| 10.0 | Phillies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cliff Lee (W, 6-2) | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 7.0 | Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tyler Lyons (W, 2-0) | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||
| BAT | 6.0 | Nationals | Adam LaRoche 1B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.0 | `Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jeanmar Gomez | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| AL | 5.0 | Twins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ryan Pressly (W, 2-0) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 3.2 | Padres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Edinson Volquez (W, 4-5) | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |||
| 3.0 | Rockies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rafael Betancourt (S, 11) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| 2.1 | Reds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mat Latos (W, 5-0) | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |||
| BAT | 2.0 | Rays | Yunel Escobar SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.0 | Braves | Brian McCann DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.0 | Athletics | Jed Lowrie 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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.