Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola struck out nine over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Braves.
Nola earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season, 27th among all players and 20th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Royals pitcher Daniel Lynch struck out four over eight scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Tigers.
This was also Lynch’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Lynch made his Major League debut May 3 and was playing in his fourth career game.
American League Batter of the Day—Max Stassi of the Angels homered, tripled and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 6-2 win over the Twins.
National League Batter of the Day—Harrison Bader of the Cardinals hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 10-6 win over the Reds.
Notable—White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Lynn (6IP 6H R 0BB 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season, 11th among all players and fourth among AL pitchers.
Lynn also now has 101.4 career Box-Toppers points, 79th among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. With his 1.0 point earned Sunday, he passes six players on the “all-time” list—Paul Konerko (100.7), Matt Cain (100.7), Matt Holliday (100.8), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Mark Teixeira (101.3) and Tim Wakefield (101.4). He trails 78th-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2). Lynn ranks 20th among active players in career points, seventh among active AL 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 Sunday, July 25.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 16.4 |
| 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 15.1 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.4 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 12.7 |
| 7 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.7 |
| 9 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 10.7 |
| 10 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
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Debut—In addition to Lynch, Ryan McKenna of the Orioles also made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
McKenna (HR 2-4 2R BI in the 5-4 win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut April 5 and was playing in his 50th career game.
Scoring—Nola earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lynch earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Stassi and Bader each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Player of the Game winners (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).| 7/25 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.2 | PHI 2, ATL 1 | Aaron Nola, (W 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| +7.1 | CHC 5, ARI 1 | Trevor Williams, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| AL | +7.0 | KC 6, DET 1 | Daniel Lynch, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| +4.1 | SF 6, PIT 1 | Alex Wood, (W 9‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +4.0 | CHW 3, MIL 1 | Lance Lynn, (W 10‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +4.0 | `HOU 3, TEX 1 | Cristian Javier, (Hld 5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | LAA 6, MIN 2 | Max Stassi, C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | STL 10, CIN 6 | Harrison Bader, CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | LAD 3, COL 2 | Chris Taylor, SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIA 9, SD 3 | Deven Marrero, SS | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 5, TOR 4 | Edwin Díaz, (S 21) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | CLE 3, TB 2 | Emmanuel Clase, (S 12) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +1.0 | BAL 5, WSH 4 | Ryan McKenna, LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | SEA 4, OAK 3 | Kyle Seager, 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | BOS 5, NYY 4 | Hunter Renfroe, RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 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 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 9.7 | 18.8 | 45.5 | 101.4 | +0.6 |
| Wood, Alex 3246 | pi sp | sf nl | 9.0 | 9.0 | 30.7 | 49.1 | +9.0 |
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.7 | 16.4 | 69.7 | 71.7 | +1.0 |
| Javier, Cristian 4290 | pi sp | hou al | 6.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +4.0 |
| Renfroe, Hunter 3749 | rf | bos al | 5.0 | 6.7 | 21.9 | 21.9 | +3.3 |
| Taylor, Chris 3684 | ss lf 2b | lad nl | 4.7 | 7.7 | 16.2 | 16.2 | +1.7 |
| Stassi, Max 4038 | ca | ana al | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | +3.5 |
| Williams, Trevor 3792 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.7 | 3.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | +3.7 |
| Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b | sea al | 3.5 | 5.5 | 27.2 | 46.2 | +1.5 |
| Diaz, Edwin 3690 | pi cp | nym nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 31.0 | 31.0 | +0.0 |
| Clase, Emmaniuel 4225 | pi cp | cle al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Lynch, Daniel 4488 | pi sp | kc al | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Bader, Harrison 4071 | cf | stl nl | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +0.5 |
| Marrero, Deven 3842 | ss 3b | fla nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| McKenna, Ryan 4489 | lf | bal al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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