Indians pitcher Triston McKenzie, making his Major League debut, is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
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 Saturday, Aug. 22.Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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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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McKenzie struck out 10 over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 6-1 win over the Tigers.
McKenzie earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first career points, and now ranks 86th in season player rankings, 30th among American League pitchers.
McKenzie is one of four players to make his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor. He is the only one of the four who also made his Major League debut.
National League Player of the Day—Giants pitcher Tyler Anderson pitched a complete game, striking out four and allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
National League Batter of the Day—Trent Grisham of the Padres hit three home runs—including a three-run shot—in the 13-2 win over the Astros. Grisham went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in six runs.
Grisham earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, most among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday. He rises to 37th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings, fifth among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day—Jose Abreu of the White Sox hit three home runs and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 7-4 win over the Cubs.
Debut—In addition to Player of the Day McKenzie, three other players made their Box-Toppers debut Saturday, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors:
Rays pitcher Aaron Slegers (4IP 0H 0R 0BB 5K ND in the 2-1, 10-inning win over the Blue Jays) made his Major League debut Aug. 17, 2017, and was playing in his 13th career game.
Cardinals pitcher Kwang Hyun Kim (6IP 3H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 3-0 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut July 24 and was playing in his third career game.
Evan White of the Mariners (HR 2B 2-5 R 6BI in the 10-1 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut July 24 and was playing in his 26th career game.
Scoring—McKenzie earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Anderson earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Grisham and Abreu each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’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)8/22 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
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MLB | +11.0 | CLE 6, DET 1 | Triston McKenzie, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
NL | +9.0 | SF 5, ARI 1 | Tyler Anderson, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
+9.0 | `TB 2, TOR 1 (F/10) | Aaron Slegers | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
BAT | +8.0 | SD 13, HOU 2 | Trent Grisham, CF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
BAT | +7.0 | CHW 7, CHC 4 | Jose Abreu, 1B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
+6.0 | STL 3, CIN 0 | Kwang Hyun Kim, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
+4.0 | SEA 10, TEX 1 | Evan White, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
+4.0 | PIT 12, MIL 5 | Jacob Stallings, C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
+3.0 | MIN 7, KC 2 | Eddie Rosario, DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
+3.0 | LAA 4, OAK 3 | Ty Buttrey, (S 3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
+3.0 | WSH 5, MIA 4 (F/7) | Daniel Hudson, (S 6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
+2.1 | `BAL 5, BOS 4 (F/10) | Tanner Scott | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
+2.0 | `LAD 4, COL 3 | Caleb Ferguson | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
+1.0 | ATL 6, PHI 5 | Austin Riley, 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
+1.0 | MIA 5, WSH 3 (F/7) | Jon Berti, 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
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Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | sd nl | 3.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +0.5 |
Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 2.5 | 10.0 | 20.5 | 36.0 | ‑5.0 |
Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b lf | atl nl | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | ‑3.5 |
Hudson, Dan 2776 | pi cp mr | dc nl | 2.0 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 28.0 | ‑3.0 |
Buttrey, Ty 4124 | pi cp mr | ana al | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | ‑3.0 |
Rosario, Eddie 3542 | lf dh | min al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 23.2 | 23.2 | ‑1.0 |
Ferguson, Caleb 4006 | pi mr | lad nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +2.0 |
McKenzie, Triston 4303 | pi sp | cle al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
Scott, Tanner 4292 | pi mr | bal al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
Anderson, Tyler 3656 | pi sp | sf nl | 1.7 | 1.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | +1.7 |
Stallings, Jacob 4176 | ca | pit nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | ‑2.0 |
Berti, Jon 4132 | 2b | fla nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +0.0 |
Kim, Kwang Hyun 4305 | pi sp | stl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
Slegers, Aaron 4304 | pi sp | tb al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
White, Evan 4306 | 1b | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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