Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to sixth place in season player rankings.
Bumgarner struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 11-3 win over the Marlins.
Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, sixth among all players and second among National League pitchers, behind Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (6.4).
Bumgarner also now has 131.4 career Box-Toppers points, 36th-most among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 35th-ranked player, Dodgers pitcher David Price (132.0). He ranks 11th among active, signed players in career points and seventh among active NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. struck out nine over eight innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 5-1 win over the Angels.
McCullers had a Box-Toppers game score Tuesday of +10.0, same as two other AL pitchers who won Player of the Game honors Tuesday—Chris Bassitt of the Athletics and Jordan Montgomery of the Yankees. But McCullers won AL Player of the Day honors because he had more innings pitched (eight) than both Bassitt (seven) and Montgomery (six).
National League Batter of the Day—Manny Machado of the Padres homered, tripled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 8-1 win over the Rockies.
American League Batter of the Day—Jose Abreu of the White Sox homered and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 9-3 win over the Twins.
Abreu earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, rising to second place among AL batters behind J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox (6.2).
Debut—Troy Stokes Jr. of the Pirates made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Stokes (2B 2-3 R 2BI in the 7-2 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut May 9 and was playing in his third career game.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Tuesday, May 11.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.0 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.4 |
| 4 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 6.2 |
| 5 | Means, John 4115 | pi sp | bal al | 6.0 |
| 6 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.7 |
| 8 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 |
| 9 | Ynoa, Huascar 4343 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 |
| 10 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 5.0 |
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Scoring—Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCullers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Machado and Abreu 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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Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG).| 5/11 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | ARI 11, MIA 3 | Madison Bumgarner, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| NL | +10.0 | HOU 5, LAA 1 | Lance McCullers Jr., (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| +10.0 | OAK 3, BOS 2 | Chris Bassitt, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||
| +10.0 | NYY 3, TB 1 | Jordan Montgomery, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| +8.0 | SF 4, TEX 2 | Logan Webb, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | SD 8, COL 1 | Manny Machado, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | `DET 8, KC 7 | Matthew Boyd | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | CHW 9, MIN 3 | Jose Abreu, 1B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | `TOR 5, ATL 3 | Robbie Ray | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| +4.0 | STL 6, MIL 1 (F/11) | Alex Reyes, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| +3.1 | `NYM 3, BAL 2 | Marcus Stroman | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 6, SEA 4 | Gavin Lux, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | PIT 7, CIN 2 | Troy Stokes Jr., RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | PHI 6, WSH 2 | Andrew Knapp, PH‑C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | CLE 3, CHC 2 | Cesar Hernandez, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 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 Player of the Game winners
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 | 7.0 | 38.7 | 131.4 | +5.0 |
| Reyes, Alex 3706 | pi cp | stl nl | 4.7 | 5.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 | +3.7 |
| Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b dh | chi al | 4.0 | 8.5 | 23.5 | 42.0 | ‑0.5 |
| McCullers, Lance 3488 | pi sp | hou al | 3.7 | 6.4 | 32.6 | 39.3 | +1.0 |
| Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 | 9.4 | 18.1 | 22.1 | ‑3.4 |
| Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | nym nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 25.4 | 41.8 | +3.0 |
| Boyd, Matthew 3550 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 27.8 | 28.8 | +0.0 |
| Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 42.1 | 46.1 | +1.0 |
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | +1.0 |
| Montgomery, Jordan 3814 | pi sp | nyy al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | +1.0 |
| Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 1.5 | 4.5 | 29.9 | 40.9 | ‑1.5 |
| Hernandez, Cesar 3770 | 2b | cle al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | ‑1.0 |
| Lux, Gavin 4247 | 2b 3b | lad nl | 1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | ‑0.5 |
| Knapp, Andrew 4012 | ca ph | phi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Stokes, Troy Jr. 4404 | rf | pit nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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