Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Wainwright struck out nine over eight scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 3-0 win over the Pirates.
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, Aug. 22.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 19.4 |
| 2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 17.1 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 4 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 16.4 |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.4 |
| 6 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 15.1 |
| 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.4 |
| 8 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 13.7 |
| 9 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.1 |
| 10 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | tb al | 13.1 |
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Wainwright earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season, 18th among all players and 13th among National League pitchers.
Wainwright becomes the 25th player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his fifth season with 10 or more points. In three of those seasons, Wainwright ranked among the overall top 10 in season Box-Toppers points, all with the Cardinals:
In 2010, he had 19.7 Box-Toppers points, fourth overall and second among NL pitchers.
In 2013, he had 20.2 points, second overall and second among NL pitchers.
In 2014, he had 18.7 points, eighth overall and fourth among NL pitchers.
He last earned 10 or more points in 2016 with the Cardinals (10.2), when he ranked 20th among NL pitchers.
Wainwright now has 141.3 career Box-Toppers points, 31st among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. He trails 30th-ranked player Jake Peavy (141.8). Wainwright ranks 10th among active players in career points, fifth among active NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Cal Quantrill struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 3-0 win over the Angels.
Quantrill earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 4.7 for the season, 141st among all players and 52nd among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Daulton Varsho of the Diamondbacks hit a three-run homer, tripled and doubled, in the 8-4 win over the Rockies. Dalton went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no AL Batter of the Day for Sunday because no AL batter earned Player of the Game honors in the 13 games completed.
Debut—Reds pitcher Vladimir Gutierrez made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Gutierrez (7IP 3H R BB 8K W in the 3-1 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut May 28 and was playing in his 16th career game.
Scoring—Wainwright earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Quantrill earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Varsho earns 1.5 points for being NL 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).| 8/22 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | STL 3, PIT 0 | Adam Wainwright, (W 12‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| AL | +12.0 | CLE 3, LAA 0 | Cal Quantrill, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| +9.0 | CIN 3, MIA 1 | Vladimir Gutierrez, (W 9‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +6.0 | KC 9, CHC 1 | Carlos Hernández, (W 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | ARI 8, COL 4 | Daulton Varsho, C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | NYM 7, LAD 2 | J.D. Davis, 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | TB 9, CHW 0 | Shawn Armstrong, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +5.0 | `SF 2, OAK 1 | Logan Webb | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +4.0 | `ATL 3, BAL 1 | Luke Jackson, (Hld 22) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | PHI 7, SD 4 | Odubel Herrera, LF | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIL 7, WSH 3 | Kolten Wong, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | DET 5, TOR 3 (F/11) | Joe Jiménez, (S 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.2 | `SEA 6, HOU 3 (F/11) | Drew Steckenrider | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 11.0 | 14.7 | 39.5 | 141.3 | +7.3 |
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 9.0 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | +8.0 |
| Quantrill, Cal 4195 | pi sp | cle al | 4.7 | 6.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | +2.7 |
| Hernandez, Carlos 4466 | pi sp | kc al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Varsho, Daulton 4398 | rf lf ca | ari nl | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Wong, Kolten 3377 | 2b | mil nl | 2.0 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 19.0 | +0.5 |
| Jimenez, Joe 4000 | pi cp | det al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
| Steckenrider, Drew 3899 | pi mr | sea al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Davis, J.D. 4146 | 3b lf dh | nym nl | 1.0 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | ‑2.5 |
| Armstrong, Shawn 4204 | pi mr cp | tb al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +0.0 |
| Jackson, Luke 4139 | pi mr cp | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | +1.0 |
| Herrera, Odubel 3449 | lf | phi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | +1.0 |
| Gutierrez, Vladimir 4525 | pi sp | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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