Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bassitt pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out nine and walking one, in the 5-0 win over the Angels.
Bassitt earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, 13th in season player rankings and fourth among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Reds pitcher Sonny Gray struck out five over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 3-0, seven-inning win over the Nationals.
Gray has the most career Box-Toppers points (72.4) among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday, 18th among active NL pitchers. He has 3.4 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 31st among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Aaron Judge of the Yankees homered and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 5-3, seven-inning win over the Blue Jays.
Judge is the only batter to earn Player of the Game honors in Thursday’s 15 games. The other 14 Player of the Game winners are pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Debut—Blue Jays Alek Manoah made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Manoah (6IP 2H 0R 2BB 7K W in the 2-0, seven-inning win over the Yankees) was also making his Major League debut.
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 Thursday, May 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.7 |
| 3 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 8.4 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.4 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.4 |
| 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 |
| 7 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.4 |
| 8 | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | pi sp | fla nl | 7.0 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.7 |
| 10 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 6.7 |
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Scoring—Bassitt earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gray earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Judge earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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).| 5/27 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | OAK 5, LAA 0 | Chris Bassitt, (W 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| +12.0 | CLE 5, DET 2 | Shane Bieber, (W 5‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| +9.0 | SEA 5, TEX 0 | Chris Flexen, (W 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +9.0 | TOR 2, NYY 0 (F/7) | Alek Manoah, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +8.0 | CHW 5, BAL 1 | Dylan Cease, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| NL | +8.0 | CIN 3, WSH 0 (F/7) | Sonny Gray, (W 1‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| +8.0 | TB 7, KC 2 | Shane McClanahan, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +7.0 | `MIL 6, SD 5 (F/10) | Adrian Houser | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +5.0 | `PHI 3, MIA 2 | Ranger Suárez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | NYY 5, TOR 3 (F/7) | Aaron Judge, DH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | NYM 1, COL 0 (F/7) | Marcus Stroman, (W 4‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | `WSH 5, CIN 3 | Joe Ross | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +3.1 | CHC 5, PIT 3 | Ryan Tepera, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 4, SF 3 | Kenley Jansen, (S 12) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | `STL 5, ARI 4 (F/10) | Carlos Martínez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +2.0 | NYM 4, COL 2 (F/7) | Aaron Loup, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 6.0 | 12.4 | 21.1 | 25.1 | ‑0.4 |
| Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 5.7 | 17.1 | 41.6 | 41.6 | ‑5.7 |
| Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 | 5.0 | 27.4 | 43.8 | +5.0 |
| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +5.0 |
| Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 3.4 | 8.1 | 40.6 | 72.4 | ‑1.3 |
| Jansen, Kenley 2871 | pi cp | lad nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 24.0 | 54.4 | +2.0 |
| Houser, Adrian 4162 | pi sp cp | mil nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +2.0 |
| Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 35.9 | 50.6 | +3.0 |
| Ross, Joe 3499 | pi sp | dc nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 15.7 | 20.7 | +3.0 |
| Flexen, Chris 4368 | pi sp | sea al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Loup, Aaron 3146 | pi cp mr | nym nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | +2.0 |
| McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh rf | nyy al | 1.5 | 5.5 | 22.7 | 22.7 | ‑2.5 |
| Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi mr | phi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Tepera, Ryan 3774 | pi cp mr | chi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +1.0 |
| Manoah, Alek 4424 | pi sp | tor al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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