Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2020. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, July 30.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 3.7 |
| 2 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 2.7 |
| 3 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.7 |
| 4 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 |
| 5 | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.0 |
| 6 | Cruz, Nelson 2224 | dh | min al | 2.0 |
| 7 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 2.0 |
| 8 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 2.0 |
| 9 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 |
| 10 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 2.0 |
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Bieber struck out 13 over eight scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Twins.
Bieber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, rising to first place among all players in 2020. He passes previous leader, Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn (2.7), who falls to second place.
National League Player of the Day—Braves pitcher Max Fried struck out seven over 6 2/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Rays.
Fried earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, rising to third place in season player rankings, first among NL players.
American League Batter of the Day—Luke Voit of the Yankees hit a grand slam and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 8-6 win over the Orioles.
National League Batter of the Day—Jurickson Profar of the Padres homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 12-7, 10-inning win over the Giants.
Debut—Carter Kieboom of the Nationals made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Kieboom (2-2 2R 0BI in the 6-4 win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut April 26, 2019, and was playing in his 14th career game.
Scoring—Bieber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Fried earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Voit and Profar 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.
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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)| 7/30 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +18.0 | CLE 2, MIN 0 | Shane Bieber, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| NL | +7.2 | ATL 2, TB 1 | Max Fried, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| +6.1 | SEA 8, LAA 5 | Marco Gonzales, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | NYY 8, BAL 6 | Luke Voit, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | BOS 4, NYM 2 | Christian Vázquez, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | SD 12, SF 7 (F/10) | Jurickson Profar, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | WSH 6, TOR 4 | Carter Kieboom, 3B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | KC 5, DET 3 | Bubba Starling, CF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | LAD 6, ARI 3 | A.J. Pollock, LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’20). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’19-20), the period 2015-2020 (’15-20) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2020 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2019 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’20 | ’19‑20 | ’15‑20 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 3.7 | 21.8 | 28.2 | 28.2 | ‑14.4 |
| Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.7 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | ‑7.3 |
| Vazquez, Christian 3380 | ca | bos al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | +0.0 |
| Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 1.5 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | ‑4.0 |
| Profar, Jurickson 3665 | 2b | sd nl | 1.5 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | ‑1.7 |
| Gonzales, Marco 3408 | pi sp | sea al | 1.0 | 10.4 | 21.8 | 24.8 | ‑8.4 |
| Starling, Bubba 4192 | cf | kc al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Pollock, A.J. 3142 | lf | lad nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 16.0 | 23.2 | +0.0 |
| Kieboom, Carter 4276 | 3b | dc nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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