Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.
Webb struck out seven over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Indians.
Webb would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Box-Toppers Player of the Day if this were a regular season game. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.
Webb earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in the 2020 regular season and 1.7 in 2019.
American League Player of the Day—Athletics pitcher Daulton Jefferies struck out seven over four scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the Rockies.
Jeffries would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Jefferies made his Major League debut Sept. 12, 2020, has appeared in one regular season game, has yet to earn Player of the Game honors in the regular season and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
National League Batter of the Day—Keston Hiura of the Brewers hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-6 win over the Dodgers.
Hiura would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Hiura earned 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020, playing in 59 games. In 2019, he had 4.2 Box-Toppers points.
American League Batter of the Day—Brock Holt of the Rangers doubled and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 6-4 win over the Angels.
Holt would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Holt earned 0.0 Box-Toppers points in 2020, playing in 36 games for the Brewers and Nationals. In 2019, he had 2.5 Box-Toppers points with the Red Sox.
There were 14 games played Tuesday. No Player of the Game was named in two of the games because they ended in a tie (Yankees 5, Tigers 5 and Nationals 5, Cardinals 5). Box-Toppers’ Player of the Game winners for the other 12 games are listed in the chart below.
Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Webb would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Jefferies would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Hiura and Holt would have each earned 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) would have earned 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)| 3/23 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | SF 7, CLE 0 | Logan Webb, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| AL | +9.0 | OAK 4, COL 1 | Daulton Jefferies, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| +6.0 | `CHW 3, CHC 1 | Dallas Keuchel | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +5.0 | SEA 3, ARI 0 | Chris Flexen, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +4.2 | `PIT 1, MIN 0 | Chase De Jong | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | MIL 9, LAD 6 | Keston Hiura, 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | BAL 4, TB 3 | Travis Lakins, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 5, MIA 3 | Francisco Lindor, SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | TEX 6, LAA 4 | Brock Holt, 3B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.1 | SD 5, CIN 4 | Reiss Knehr, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | TOR 9, PHI 3 | Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | BOS 7, ATL 6 | Enrique Hernández, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | NYY 5, DET 5 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | WSH 5, STL 5 | N/A | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
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. No points are awarded during spring training games, so all players have 0.0 Box-Toppers points for 2021. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2020 (’20). Also shown is their point total for the period 2016-2020 (’16-20) and their career point total.| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20 | ’16‑20 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakins, Travis 4280 | pi mr cp | bal al | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Hernandez, Enrique 3541 | 2b rf | bos al | 0.0 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 |
| Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | chi al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 27.8 | 63.6 |
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Hiura, Keston 4189 | 2b | mil nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Holt, Brock 3340 | 2b | tex al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 |
| Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss | nym nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 21.1 | 22.1 |
| Gurriel, Lourdes Jr. 4148 | lf | tor al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| De Jong, Chase 4063 | pi sp | pit nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| Jefferies, Daulton* | pi sp | oak al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Flexen, Chris* | pi sp | sea al | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Knehr, Reiss* | pi mr | sd nl | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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* Players have yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game and so have 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.
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