Mariners pitcher Taijuan Walker is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Walker struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 5-3 win over the Athletics.

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 Friday, July 31.

	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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Walker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season and is 15th in season player rankings.

National League Player of the Day—Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 6-3 win over the Pirates.

American League Batter of the Day—Kyle Tucker of the Astros doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 9-6 win over the Angels.

This was Tucker’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Tucker made his Major League debut July 7, 2018, and was playing in his 56th career game.

National League Batter of the Day—Travis d’Arnaud of the Braves doubled and went 3-for-4, driving in five runs, in the 11-10 win over the Mets.

Rankings—Tigers pitcher Spencer Turnbull is the highest-ranked player in Box-Toppers season player rankings to earn Player of the Game honors Friday.

Turnbull (6IP 3H 2R BB 6K W in the 7-2 win over the Reds) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 2.0 for the season and rises to 12th in player rankings, sixth among AL players.

Debut—In addition to Tucker, one other player made his Box-Toppers debut Friday: White Sox pitcher Jimmy Cordero also earned his first career Player of the Game honor.

Cordero (1.2IP H 0R 0BB 3K ND in the 3-2 win over the Royals) made his Major League debut Aug. 2, 2018, and was playing in his 57th career game.

Scoring—Walker earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Darvish earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Tucker and d’Arnaud 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.

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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)





    7/31
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +12.0
    SEA 5, OAK 3
    Taijuan Walker, (W 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    NL
    +10.0
    CHC 6, PIT 3
    Yu Darvish, (W 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    
    +5.0
    `ARI 5, LAD 3
    Zac Gallen
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    9
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    HOU 9, LAA 6
    Kyle Tucker, LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    ATL 11, NYM 10
    Travis d'Arnaud, C
    4
    0
    3
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    DET 7, CIN 2
    Spencer Turnbull, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    6.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    +4.0
    MIN 4, CLE 1
    Randy Dobnak, (W 1‑1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    5.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    +3.2
    `CHW 3, KC 2
    Jimmy Cordero, (Hld 1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +3.0
    BAL 6, TB 3
    Anthony Santander, RF
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    SF 9, TEX 2
    Darin Ruf, DH
    3
    1
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    SD 8, COL 7
    Tommy Pham, LF
    5
    1
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    NYY 5, BOS 1
    Brett Gardner, LF
    2
    1
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

MLB—Overall Box-Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box-Toppers points.

  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	+/-
Turnbull, Spencer 4086	pi sp	det al	2.0	5.0	6.0	6.0	‑1.0
Walker, Taijuan 3453	pi sp	sea al	2.0	2.0	28.4	28.4	+2.0
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	chi nl	1.7	12.1	40.9	86.1	‑8.7
d’Arnaud, Travis 3384	ca	atl nl	1.5	7.7	14.9	18.9	‑4.7
Tucker, Kyle 4277	lf	hou al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	+1.5
Gardner, Brett 2486	cf	nyy al	1.0	9.5	20.2	35.2	‑7.5
Gallen, Zac 4171	pi sp	ari nl	1.0	6.7	6.7	6.7	‑4.7
Pham, Thomas 3596	lf	sd nl	1.0	4.5	16.0	16.0	‑2.5
Santander, Anthony 3935	rf	bal al	1.0	3.5	5.0	5.0	‑1.5
Dobnak, Randy 4263	pi sp	min al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+0.0
Ruf, Darin 3575	dh lf	sf nl	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.5	+1.0
Cordero, Jimmy 4278	pi mr	chi al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0