Ty France of the Mariners is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
France doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs in the 13-4 win over the Athletics.
France earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.5 for the season, 82nd among all players and seventh among American League batters.
France is the ninth batter to earn overall Player of the Day honors in 2021. In the other 167 days of this season, pitchers have won Player of the Day honors.
France won Player of the Day honors on a day in which only five games were played and on a day that unusually, no pitchers earned Player of the Game honors. However, France had a relatively high Box-Toppers game score for a batter Monday (+7.0), which is the 25th-best such score for a batter earning Player of the Game honors in 2021. It is the 442nd-best game score among all 2,341 Player of the Game winners so far in 2021 (there are 2,430 games scheduled this season).
National League Player of the Day—Jonathan India of the Reds homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in two runs in the 13-1 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 Monday, Sept. 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 25.1 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 22.4 |
| 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 21.1 |
| 4 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 18.1 |
| 5 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 17.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 17.4 |
| 7 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 17.4 |
| 8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 17.1 |
| 9 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 10 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 16.1 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
American League and National League Batters of the Day—There are no separate AL and NL Batters of the Day for Monday because the overall Player of the Day is AL batter Ty France and the overall NL Player of the Day is NL batter Jonathan India. No pitchers earned Player of the Game honors Monday. It is the only day so far during the 2021 season that no pitcher won Player of the Game honors. Batters were Player of the Game winners in all five games played. Monday was the 176th day of the 182-day season.
Notable—It may be the only time that the players who won the day’s top two Box-Toppers Player of the Day honors have last names that are also names of countries—France and India. It also may not be.
Scoring—France earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and India earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. All of Monday’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).| 9/27 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.0 | SEA 13, OAK 4 | Ty France, 1B | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| NL | +5.0 | CIN 13, PIT 1 | Jonathan India, 2B | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | CLE 8, KC 3 | Amed Rosario, SS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CHW 8, DET 7 | Eloy Jiménez, LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +0.0 | WSH 5, COL 4 | Alcides Escobar, SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | +6.5 |
| Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 3.7 | 9.2 | 16.7 | 16.7 | ‑1.8 |
| India, Jonathan 4469 | 2b | cin nl | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Rosario, Amed 3879 | ss | cle al | 3.5 | 4.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | +2.5 |
| Escobar, Alcides 2663 | ss 3b | dc nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 30.5 | +2.0 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
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