Astros pitcher Luis Garcia is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Garcia struck out seven over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Royals.
Garcia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season, 28th among all players and 10th among American League pitchers.
Garcia becomes the 27th player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points this season. It is his first season earning Box-Toppers points, so it is also his first season with 10 or more points.
National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Erick Fedde struck out 10 over 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run, six hits and one walk, in the 5-1 win over the Marlins.
American League Batter of the Day—Nathaniel Lowe of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 5-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Indians.
National League Batter of the Day—Kolten Wong of the Brewers homered and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-4 win over the Reds.
Rankings—Dodgers pitcher Julio Urias rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Urias (5IP H 0R 2BB 4K W in the 5-2 win over the Padres) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.4 for the season. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers.
Notable—Mariners pitcher Chris Flexen becomes the 28th player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points this season after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
Flexen (6.2IP 6H R BB 5K W in the 5-1 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.0 for the season, 27th among all players and ninth among AL pitchers.
It is his first season earning Box-Toppers points, so it is also his first season with 10 or more points.
While Astros pitcher Luis Garcia (Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day) and Flexen both have 10.0 Box-Toppers points for 2021 and have no previous season points to be used as the usual tiebreaker, Box-Toppers ranks Flexen higher than Garcia because he has more Player of the Game honors this season—nine vs. seven.
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, Aug. 24.| 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 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.4 |
| 10 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.1 |
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Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Giants pitcher Sammy Long (5.1IP 3H 0R BB 4K W in the 8-0 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut June 9 and was playing in his ninth career game.
Jo Adell of the Angels (3B 2-5 2R 4BI in the 14-8 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut Aug. 4, 2020, and was playing in his 58th career game.
Scoring—Garcia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Fedde earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Lowe and Wong each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’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).| 8/24 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.2 | HOU 4, KC 0 | Luis Garcia, (W 10‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| NL | +7.1 | WSH 5, MIA 1 | Erick Fedde, (W 6‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| +7.0 | CHW 5, TOR 2 | Dylan Cease, (W 10‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +6.0 | LAD 5, SD 2 | Julio Urías, (W 14‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| +5.1 | SF 8, NYM 0 | Sammy Long, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | TEX 7, CLE 3 | Nathaniel Lowe, 1B | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | BOS 11, MIN 9 | Hunter Renfroe, RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | TB 3, PHI 1 | Andrew Kittredge, (S 3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +4.0 | PIT 4, ARI 2 | JT Brubaker, (W 5‑13) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | LAA 14, BAL 8 | Jo Adell, LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.2 | SEA 5, OAK 1 | Chris Flexen, (W 11‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | MIL 7, CIN 4 | Kolten Wong, 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | DET 4, STL 3 | Casey Mize, (W 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | NYY 5, ATL 4 | Clay Holmes, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.4 | 14.4 | 27.1 | 27.1 | +12.4 |
| Flexen, Chris 4368 | pi sp | sea al | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| Garcia, Luis 4423 | pi sp | hou al | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | +10.0 |
| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 9.7 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 11.7 | +9.7 |
| Fedde, Erick 4065 | pi sp | dc nl | 8.7 | 9.7 | 13.4 | 13.4 | +7.7 |
| Mize, Casey 4377 | pi sp | det al | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | +6.7 |
| Renfroe, Hunter 3749 | rf | bos al | 6.0 | 7.7 | 22.9 | 22.9 | +4.3 |
| Lowe, Nathaniel 4340 | 1b ph | tex al | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +3.0 |
| Brubaker, JT 4382 | pi sp | pit nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Kittredge, Andrew 4417 | pi mr | tb al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Wong, Kolten 3377 | 2b | mil nl | 3.5 | 5.0 | 11.0 | 20.5 | +2.0 |
| Holmes, Clay 4022 | pi mr sp | nyy al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Adell, Jo 4527 | lf | ana al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Long, Sammy 4526 | pi sp | sf nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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