Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, 2020’s Box-Toppers Player of the Year, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber, earned his first Player of the Game honor of 2021, as American League Player of the Day.
Player of the Day—Woodruff struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 4-2, 10-inning win over the Cubs.
Woodruff had a no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up his only hit. Woodruff did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Woodruff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season and is third in Box-Toppers season player rankings. (While eight players currently have 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, Woodruff ranks third based on his 2020 Box-Toppers point total of 7.0.)
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Shane Bieber struck out 12 over 6 1/3 innings, allowing two runs, three hits and four walks, in the 4-2 win over the Royals. Bieber did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied after he exited.
Bieber earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is ninth in Box-Toppers season player rankings. Bieber led all players in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with 11.4 Box-Toppers points.
American League Batter of the Day—Kyle Seager of the Mariners doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 8-4 win over the White Sox.
Seager has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons. He earned his first points in 2012 with the Mariners and now has 44.2 career Box-Toppers points, 12th among active AL batters and second among active AL third basemen, behind Josh Donaldson of the Twins (59.1). His best season was 2016 with the Mariners when he had 9.5 Box-Toppers points, ninth among AL batters. In 2020, he had 2.0 points.
National League Batter of the Day—J.T. Realmuto of the Phillies hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-2 win over the Mets.
Scoring—Woodruff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Bieber earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Seager and Realmuto each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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)| 4/7 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | `MIL 4, CHC 2 (F/10) | Brandon Woodruff | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| AL | +7.1 | `CLE 4, KC 2 | Shane Bieber | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| +7.0 | CIN 11, PIT 4 | Luis Castillo, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +7.0 | TEX 2, TOR 1 | Kyle Gibson, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +7.0 | STL 7, MIA 0 | Jack Flaherty, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | ||
| +7.0 | `ATL 2, WSH 0 (F/7) | Huascar Ynoa | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +6.0 | BOS 9, TB 2 | Nathan Eovaldi, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | COL 8, ARI 0 | Antonio Senzatela, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +5.0 | `SF 3, SD 2 (F/10) | Kevin Gausman | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +4.0 | MIN 3, DET 2 | Alex Colomé, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | SEA 8, CHW 4 | Kyle Seager, 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | PHI 8, NYM 2 | J.T. Realmuto, C | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | ATL 7, WSH 6 (F/7) | Josh Tomlin, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.1 | BAL 4, NYY 3 (F/11) | Cesar Valdez, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | OAK 4, LAD 3 (F/10) | Yusmeiro Petit, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | 9.0 | 18.7 | 18.7 | ‑5.0 |
| Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 1.7 | 13.1 | 37.6 | 37.6 | ‑9.7 |
| Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 1.5 | 5.0 | 27.0 | 32.0 | ‑2.0 |
| Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b dh | sea al | 1.5 | 3.5 | 25.2 | 44.2 | ‑0.5 |
| Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | cin nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 36.8 | 36.8 | ‑4.0 |
| Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | stl nl | 1.0 | 5.7 | 35.3 | 35.3 | ‑3.7 |
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 1.0 | 5.0 | 21.4 | 40.5 | ‑3.0 |
| Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | pi sp | col nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | ‑2.0 |
| Gibson, Kyle 3312 | pi sp | tex al | 1.0 | 3.7 | 23.8 | 37.8 | ‑1.7 |
| Ynoa, Huascar 4343 | pi sp | atl nl | 1.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | ‑0.7 |
| Colome, Alex 3189 | pi cp | min al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 24.0 | 32.7 | +0.0 |
| Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | sf nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 30.6 | 44.0 | +0.0 |
| Tomlin, Josh 2771 | pi mr cp sp | atl nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 11.0 | 30.4 | +0.0 |
| Petit, Yusmeiro 2337 | pi cp mr | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.0 | 28.7 | +1.0 |
| Valdez, Cesar 3860 | pi mr sp | bal al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
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