Astros pitcher Jose Urquidy is Tuesday’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 Tuesday, Sept. 15.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
| 2 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 9.1 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 |
| 4 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 8.7 |
| 5 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 8.0 |
| 6 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.0 |
| 7 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 |
| 8 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 7.4 |
| 9 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 |
| 10 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 7.0 |
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Urquidy struck out seven over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Rangers.
Urquidy earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and ranks 146th among players in 2020 Box-Toppers points, 41st among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Braves pitcher Huascar Ynoa struck out five over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Orioles. Ynoa did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he did not pitch the required five innings for a starter to earn the win.
Ynoa was making his Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Ynoa made his Major League debut June 16, 2019, and was playing in his 10th career game.
American League Batter of the Day—DJ LeMahieu of the Yankees homered and hit two doubles, going 4-for-6, scoring three times and driving in five runs, in the 20-6 win over the Blue Jays.
National League Batter of the Day—Daniel Vogelbach of the Brewers homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 18-3 win over the Cardinals.
Notable—Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin has the most 2020 Box-Toppers points among the 14 who earned Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Gonsolin (7IP 4H R 0BB 2K W in the 3-1 win over the Padres) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.7 for the season, 23rd among all players and 11th among NL pitchers.
Debut—In addition to Ynoa, Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck also made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Houck (5IP 2H 0R 3BB 7K W in the 2-0 win over the Marlins) was also making his Major League debut.
Scoring—Urquidy earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Ynoa earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. LeMahieu and Vogelbach each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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)| 9/15 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | HOU 4, TEX 1 | Jose Urquidy, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| +7.0 | BOS 2, MIA 0 | Tanner Houck, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | `ATL 5, BAL 1 | Huascar Ynoa | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| BAT | +6.0 | NYY 20, TOR 6 | DJ LeMahieu, 2B | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +6.0 | MIL 18, STL 3 | Dan Vogelbach, DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | CHW 6, MIN 2 | Dane Dunning, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | ARI 9, LAA 8 | Kole Calhoun, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | CIN 4, PIT 1 | Michael Lorenzen, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +4.2 | DET 6, KC 0 | Matthew Boyd, (W 2‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| +3.2 | TB 6, WSH 1 | Ryan Yarbrough, (W 1‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | COL 3, OAK 1 | Antonio Senzatela, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 3, SD 1 | Tony Gonsolin, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | CHC 6, CLE 5 | Kris Bryant, 3B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | PHI 4, NYM 1 | Didi Gregorius, SS | 4 | 1 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonsolin, Tony 4211 | pi sp | lad nl | 4.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | +1.7 |
| Gregorius, Didi 3184 | ss | phi nl | 3.5 | 7.7 | 17.2 | 19.2 | ‑0.7 |
| Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | pi sp | col nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | +2.0 |
| Dunning, Dane 4317 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| LeMahieu, DJ 3091 | 2b 3b 1b | nyy al | 2.5 | 6.0 | 29.0 | 35.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | pi sp mr | tb al | 2.0 | 14.4 | 21.4 | 21.4 | ‑10.4 |
| Boyd, Matthew 3550 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 7.0 | 26.8 | 26.8 | ‑3.0 |
| Urquidy, Jose 4194 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | ‑0.7 |
| Ynoa, Huascar 4343 | pi sp | atl nl | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Vogelbach, Daniel 4070 | dh | mil nl | 1.5 | 8.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | ‑5.5 |
| Bryant, Kris 3465 | 3b | chi nl | 1.0 | 7.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | ‑5.5 |
| Calhoun, Kole 3279 | rf | ari nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 18.7 | 26.2 | ‑2.0 |
| Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | pi sp cp | cin nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | +0.0 |
| Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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