Eric Haase of the Tigers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Haase hit a pair of three-run home runs (including an inside-the-park homer) and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in six runs, in the 11-5 win over the White Sox.
Haase earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season (and his career) and ranks 287th in season player rankings, 64th among American League batters.
This was Haase’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Haase made his Major League debut Sept. 2, 2018, and was playing in his 62nd career game.
Haase is the fourth batter this season to earn overall Player of the Day honors, after Max Stassi of the Nationals on June 7, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres on June 25 and Ozzie Albies of the Braves on June 30. On the other 91 days of the season so far, pitchers have won overall Player of the Day honors. It may be notable that all four instances of batters winning overall Player of the Day honors have happened since June 3, when Major League Baseball announced the crackdown on pitchers using sticky substances on balls, a rule that began being enforced June 21.
National League Player of the Day—Avisail Garcia of the Brewers hit two doubles and went 4-for-6, scoring once and driving in five runs, in the 11-2 win over the Pirates.
Garcia earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.2 for the season, 10th among NL batters.
AL and NL Batters of the Day—There are no separate AL or NL Batters of the Day for Saturday because batters won both overall Player of the Day honors (Eric Haase) and NL Player of the Day honors (Avisail Garcia).
Notable—Angels pitcher Alex Cobb has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Cobb (7.2IP 4H R BB 6K W in the 4-1 win over the Orioles) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.7 for the season, 55th among all players and 20th among 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 Saturday, July 3.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 14.7 |
| 2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 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 notable—Giants pitcher Jose Alvarez earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the first time in nearly six years Saturday.
Alvarez (1.2IP H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 6-5 win over the Diamondbacks) last won Player of the Game honors Aug. 13, 2015, with the Angels. Alvarez has 3.7 career Box-Toppers points.
Debut—Eli White of the Rangers made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
White (HR 1-3 2R 3BI in the 7-3 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut Sept. 1, 2020, and was playing in his 62nd career game.
Scoring—Haase earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Garcia earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. All of Saturday’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).| 7/3 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | DET 11, CHW 5 | Eric Haase, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.2 | LAA 4, BAL 1 | Alex Cobb, (W 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| NL | +4.0 | MIL 11, PIT 2 | Avisail García, RF | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.2 | `TOR 6, TB 3 | Ross Stripling | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 8, NYY 3 | Dominic Smith, 1B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | OAK 7, BOS 6 (F/12) | Seth Brown, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TEX 7, SEA 3 | Eli White, LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | HOU 3, CLE 2 | Carlos Correa, SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 3, CHC 2 | Joey Votto, 1B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 5, WSH 3 | Brusdar Graterol, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | `COL 3, STL 2 | Kyle Freeland | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| +2.2 | `SF 6, ARI 5 | Jose Álvarez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | PHI 4, SD 2 | Rhys Hoskins, 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | MIA 3, ATL 2 | Garrett Cooper, RF‑1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | KC 6, MIN 3 | Hunter Dozier, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb, Alex 2916 | pi sp | ana al | 5.7 | 6.7 | 18.1 | 49.5 | +4.7 |
| Stripling, Ross 3629 | pi sp | tor al | 4.7 | 5.7 | 24.1 | 24.1 | +3.7 |
| Garcia, Avisail 3256 | rf | mil nl | 4.2 | 5.2 | 18.9 | 27.4 | +3.2 |
| Hoskins, Rhys 3909 | 1b | phi nl | 3.5 | 4.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | +2.5 |
| Votto, Joey 2366 | 1b | cin nl | 3.5 | 3.5 | 21.5 | 75.2 | +3.5 |
| Correa, Carlos 3506 | ss | hou al | 3.0 | 4.5 | 23.7 | 30.9 | +1.5 |
| Freeland, Kyle 3763 | pi sp | col nl | 3.0 | 4.0 | 23.4 | 23.4 | +2.0 |
| Brown, Seth 4239 | rf | oak al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +2.0 |
| Cooper, Garrett 4184 | 1b rf | fla nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Smith, Dominic 3890 | lf 1b | nym nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +2.0 |
| Haase, Eric 4461 | lf | det al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Dozier, Hunter 4114 | 3b | kc al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | +0.0 |
| Graterol, Brusdar 4249 | pi mr | lad nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Alvarez, Jose 3197 | pi mr | sf nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.7 | +1.0 |
| White, Eli 4462 | lf | tex al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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