Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Buehler struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rockies.
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, Aug. 21.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 7.7 |
| 2 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 4 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 4.7 |
| 5 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 |
| 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 4.7 |
| 7 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.7 |
| 8 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 4.5 |
| 9 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 |
| 10 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 |
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Buehler earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and ranks 54th among all players, 16th among National League pitchers. He had 16.4 Box-Toppers points in 2019 and his combined 18.4 points over 2019-20 now ranks fifth among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Jonathan Schoop of the Tigers homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 10-5 win over the Indians.
Schoop had a Box-Toppers game score Friday of +3.0, the same as four other AL batters who earned Player of the Game honors. But Schoop won AL Player of the Day honors on a tiebreaker because he had both the most at bats (five) and the most hits (four) among those players—Jose Abreu of the White Sox, Hunter Dozier of the Royals, Cavan Biggio of the Blue Jays and Kyle Lewis of the Rangers.
National League Batter of the Day—Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates homered, tripled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 7-2 win over the Brewers.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Jonathan Schoop.
Notable—Cavan Biggio of the Blue Jays has the most 2020 Box-Toppers points among the 14 who earned Player of the Game honors Friday.
Biggio (2B 3-3 2R BI in the 6-5, 10-inning win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.5 for the season, 26th among all players and fifth among AL batters.
Debut—Three players made their Box-Toppers debut Friday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Padres pitcher Javy (Alexis) Guerra (2.1IP 0H 0R BB 3K W in the 4-3 win over the Astros) made his Major League debut May 4, 2018, and was playing in his 18th career game.
Kyle Lewis of the Mariners (HR 1-2 3R BI in the 7-4 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut Sept. 10, 2019, and was playing in his 45th career game.
Red Sox pitcher Darwinzon Hernandez (2IP H 0R BB 3K W in the 8-5 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut April 23, 2019, and was playing in his 30th career game.
Scoring—Buehler earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Schoop earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Reynolds earns 1.5 points for being NL 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)| 8/21 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | LAD 5, COL 1 | Walker Buehler, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
| BAT | +6.0 | PIT 7, MIL 2 | Bryan Reynolds, LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | SF 6, ARI 2 | Logan Webb, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ||
| +4.1 | SD 4, HOU 3 | Javy Guerra, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | ATL 11, PHI 2 | Marcell Ozuna, DH | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | CIN 4, STL 2 | Matt Davidson, PH‑DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| AL | +3.0 | DET 10, CLE 5 | Jonathan Schoop, 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | CHW 10, CHC 1 | Jose Abreu, 1B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | KC 7, MIN 2 | Hunter Dozier, RF‑1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TOR 6, TB 5 (F/10) | Cavan Biggio, RF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SEA 7, TEX 4 | Kyle Lewis, CF | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIA 3, WSH 2 | Elieser Hernandez, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | BOS 8, BAL 5 | Darwinzon Hernandez, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +1.0 | OAK 5, LAA 3 | Stephen Piscotty, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biggio, Cavan 4183 | 2b rf | tor al | 3.5 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | ‑2.7 |
| Piscotty, Stephen 3570 | rf | oak al | 2.7 | 7.2 | 22.9 | 22.9 | ‑1.8 |
| Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 2.0 | 18.4 | 33.5 | 33.5 | ‑14.4 |
| Hernandez, Elieser 4181 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | ‑1.7 |
| Davidson, Matt 3292 | dh 3b 1b ph | cin nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 15.7 | +2.0 |
| Schoop, Jonathan 3307 | 2b | det al | 1.7 | 6.7 | 23.2 | 25.7 | ‑3.3 |
| Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | lf | pit nl | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | ‑1.5 |
| Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | lf | atl nl | 1.0 | 13.0 | 32.7 | 43.2 | ‑11.0 |
| Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 1.0 | 8.5 | 19.0 | 34.5 | ‑6.5 |
| Dozier, Hunter 4114 | 3b | kc al | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ‑3.5 |
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | ‑0.7 |
| Guerra, Javy 4300 | pi mr | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Hernandez, Darwinzon 4302 | pi mr | bos al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Lewis, Kyle 4301 | cf | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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