Braves pitcher Charlie Morton is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Morton struck out seven over 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Cardinals.
Morton earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, 33rd among all players and 21st among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Trevor Stephan struck out three over 1 2/3 innings of middle relief, allowing no runs, no hits and no walks, and picking up the win, in the 10-3 win over the Orioles.
This was Stephan’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Stephan made his Major League debut April 3 and was playing in his 18th career game.
American League Batter of the Day—Abraham Toro of the Astros homered and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-2 win over the White Sox.
This was Toro’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Toro made his Major League debut Aug. 22, 2019, and was playing in his 65th career game.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Notable—Giants pitcher Kevin Gausman has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Gausman (8IP 4H 2R BB 6K W in the 10-3 win over the Diamondbacks) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season, 19th among all players and 13th among NL pitchers.
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, June 17.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 2 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 12.7 |
| 3 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.4 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.4 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 |
| 7 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 |
| 8 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.7 |
| 9 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 8.7 |
| 10 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.4 |
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Scoring—Morton earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Stephan earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Toro 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).| 6/17 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.2 | ATL 4, STL 0 | Charlie Morton, (W 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| +9.0 | CHC 2, NYM 0 | Kyle Hendricks, (W 9‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | SF 10, ARI 3 | Kevin Gausman, (W 8‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| AL | +4.2 | CLE 10, BAL 3 | Trevor Stephan, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| BAT | +4.0 | HOU 10, CHW 2 | Abraham Toro, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | COL 7, MIL 3 | German Márquez, (W 5‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
| +4.0 | SEA 6, TB 5 | Hector Santiago, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | NYY 8, TOR 4 | Gio Urshela, 3B‑SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAA 7, DET 5 | Shohei Ohtani, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +2.0 | `SD 6, CIN 4 | Joe Musgrove | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | sf nl | 7.0 | 8.0 | 36.6 | 50.0 | +6.0 |
| Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.7 | 8.7 | 26.4 | 26.4 | +4.7 |
| Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 6.0 | 9.0 | 36.1 | 36.1 | +3.0 |
| Morton, Charlie 2503 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 | 8.0 | 52.3 | 77.0 | +4.0 |
| Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 5.4 | 5.4 | 19.9 | 19.9 | +5.4 |
| Urshela, Gio 4135 | 3b ss ph | nyy al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | +3.0 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 47.2 | 61.9 | ‑4.0 |
| Stephan, Trevor 4446 | pi mr | cle al | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Toro, Abraham 4447 | 3b | hou al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Santiago, Hector 3109 | pi cp sp | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 15.8 | 36.2 | +1.0 |
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