Rockies pitcher German Marquez is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
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, June 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 14.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 4 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.4 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 8 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 10.0 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
| 10 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
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Also Tuesday, Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings and J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox rises to lead American League batters in season player rankings. Both were among Tuesday’s 14 Player of the Game winners.
Player of the Day—Marquez pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out five and allowing one walk, in the 8-0 win over the Pirates.
Marquez gave up his only hit with none out in the ninth inning.
Marquez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season, eighth among all players and sixth among National League pitchers.
Marquez becomes the eighth player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his second season with 10 or more points. In 2018, he had 14.7 points with the Rockies, sixth among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Marcus Semien of the Blue Jays hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 9-3 win over the Mariners.
Semien earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 5.2 for the season, sixth among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—James McCann of the Mets hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 4-3 win over the Braves.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Marcus Semien.
Top 10 rankings—Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff rises from fourth to third place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Woodruff (6IP 4H R 3BB 8K W in the 2-1 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.4 for the season. He ranks second among NL pitchers, behind Jacob deGrom of the Mets (14.7).
Notable—J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox regains the 2021 Box-Toppers points lead among AL batters after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Martinez (2B 2-2 R 4BI in the 7-6 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.2 for the season, 23rd among all players and rising to first among AL batters, passing previous leader Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox (6.5). Martinez led AL batters in Box-Toppers points from April to early June before he was passed by Bogaerts.
Martinez also now has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among all batters, passing Nick Castellanos of the Reds (7.0), who only rose to first among all batters Monday.
Debut—Gavin Sheets of the White Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Sheets (2B 2-4 R 2BI in the 7-6 win over the Twins) was also making his Major League debut.
Scoring—Marquez earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Semien earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. McCann earns 1.5 points for being NL 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).| 6/29 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | COL 8, PIT 0 | German Márquez, (W 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| +12.0 | PHI 4, MIA 3 | Vince Velasquez, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| +8.2 | LAD 3, SF 1 | Walker Buehler, (W 8‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| AL | +5.0 | TOR 9, SEA 3 | Marcus Semien, 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | BOS 7, KC 6 | J.D. Martinez, DH | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | MIL 2, CHC 1 | Brandon Woodruff, (W 7‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| +4.0 | BAL 13, HOU 3 | Maikel Franco, 3B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | TEX 5, OAK 4 | Mike Foltynewicz, (W 2‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +4.0 | STL 3, ARI 2 | Carlos Martínez, (W 4‑9) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +4.0 | SD 5, CIN 4 | Emilio Pagán, (W 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | NYY 11, LAA 5 | Miguel Andújar, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | NYM 4, ATL 3 | James McCann, C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.1 | WSH 4, TB 3 | Joe Ross, (W 5‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +1.0 | CHW 7, MIN 6 | Gavin Sheets, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 | 20.4 | 30.1 | 30.1 | +6.4 |
| Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 10.0 | 13.0 | 40.1 | 40.1 | +7.0 |
| Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 7.2 | 7.2 | 39.2 | 50.9 | +7.2 |
| Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.0 | 12.7 | 44.2 | 44.2 | +1.3 |
| Ross, Joe 3499 | pi sp | dc nl | 7.0 | 7.0 | 19.7 | 24.7 | +7.0 |
| Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tor al | 5.2 | 7.2 | 26.9 | 30.4 | +3.2 |
| Velasquez, Vince 3611 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | 5.7 | 26.1 | 26.1 | +3.7 |
| Martinez, Carlos 3371 | pi sp | stl nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 36.9 | 51.6 | +4.0 |
| McCann, James 3649 | ca | nym nl | 2.5 | 4.2 | 15.7 | 15.7 | +0.8 |
| Franco, Maikel 3510 | 3b | bal al | 2.0 | 3.5 | 19.2 | 22.4 | +0.5 |
| Andujar, Miguel 3839 | lf dh 3b pr | nyy al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | +1.0 |
| Foltynewicz, Mike 3455 | pi sp | tex al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 28.7 | 31.4 | +2.0 |
| Pagan, Emilio 3876 | pi mr cp | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
| Sheets, Gavin 4457 | rf | chi al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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