Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Webb struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 5-1 win over the Brewers. Webb did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he exited when the game was tied, 1-1.
Webb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.0 for the season, 18th among all players and 12th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Triston McKenzie struck out six over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 4-2 win over the Royals.
McKenzie earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, 43rd among all players and 15th among AL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Jed Lowrie of the Athletics hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-2, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 8-6 win over the Tigers.
National League Batter of the Day—Andrew McCutchen of the Phillies doubled and went 2-for-5, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 7-6 win over the Nationals.
Debut—Braves pitcher Jacob Webb made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Webb (2IP H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 6-5 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut April 16, 2019, and was playing in his 65th career game.
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 Thursday, Sept. 2.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 22.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 19.1 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 17.1 |
| 4 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 17.1 |
| 5 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 16.4 |
| 7 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 15.1 |
| 8 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 15.1 |
| 9 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 15.1 |
| 10 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 14.4 |
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Scoring—Logan Webb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McKenzie earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Lowrie and McCutchen each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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).| 9/2 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +10.0 | `SF 5, MIL 1 | Logan Webb | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| +7.1 | `CHC 6, PIT 5 (F/11) | Adrian Sampson | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| AL | +7.0 | CLE 4, KC 2 | Triston McKenzie, (W 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| +7.0 | BOS 4, TB 0 | Eduardo Rodriguez, (W 11‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | OAK 8, DET 6 | Jed Lowrie, DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | ATL 6, COL 5 | Jacob Webb, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 4, MIA 3 | Jeurys Familia, (W 9‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | PHI 7, WSH 6 | Andrew McCutchen, LF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 12.0 | 13.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 | +11.0 |
| McKenzie, Triston 4303 | pi sp | cle al | 9.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 | +5.4 |
| Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 | pi sp | bos al | 9.0 | 9.0 | 47.2 | 53.2 | +9.0 |
| Lowrie, Jed 2437 | 2b dh | oak al | 6.0 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 42.7 | +6.0 |
| McCutchen, Andrew 2637 | lf | phi nl | 4.5 | 6.5 | 29.5 | 76.4 | +2.5 |
| Familia, Jeurys 3446 | pi cp mr | nym nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 23.0 | +2.0 |
| Sampson, Adrian 4147 | pi mr sp | chi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Webb, Jacob 4530 | pi mr | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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