Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Gausman pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and striking out five, in the 2-1, 11-inning win over the Braves. Gausman did not pick up the win and had a no-decision because when he exited, the score was tied 0-0.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.4 |
| 2 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 15.4 |
| 3 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 15.0 |
| 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 14.4 |
| 5 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 13.1 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.0 |
| 7 | Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 13.0 |
| 8 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 13.0 |
| 9 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 12.7 |
| 10 | Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 12.7 |
National League Player of the Day—Kolten Wong of the Cardinals hit a grand slam in the 4-1 win over the Reds.
American League Batter of the Day—Eric Hosmer of the Royals hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 9-4 win over the Indians.
Hosmer is the highest ranked of all nine who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Hosmer earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season. He ranks 51st among all players, sixth among AL batters.
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 was a batter (Kolten Wong).
Scoring—Gausman earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wong earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day. Hosmer earns 1.5 Box-Toppers 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.
Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score
| 7/27 | Score | Team | Player | AB | R | H | BI | BB | K | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
| MLB | 5.2 | `Orioles | Kevin Gausman | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| BAT | 5.0 | Royals | Eric Hosmer, 1B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 4.0 | Yankees | Didi Gregorius, SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 4.0 | Rays | Curt Casali, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NL | 3.0 | Cardinals | Kolten Wong, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 3.0 | Giants | Brandon Crawford, SS | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 3.0 | `Dbacks | Robbie Ray | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 2.0 | Cubs | Kris Bryant, 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2.0 | White Sox | Jose Abreu, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save. | ||||||||||||||||