Reds pitcher Wade Miley is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Miley struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 4-3 win over the Cubs.
Miley earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.7 for the season, 26th among all players and 19th among National League pitchers.
Miley becomes the 37th player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points in 2021. It is his second season with 10 or more points. In 2012, he had 12.7 Box-Toppers points with the Diamondbacks, 17th among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Nelson Cruz of the Rays hit two home runs and doubled, going 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 12-7 win over the Red Sox.
This was the second straight day Cruz earned Player of the Game after earning the honor Monday (HR 3-6 3R 3BI in the 11-10, 10-inning win over the Red Sox).
Cruz has 5.7 Box-Toppers points for the season, 2.7 earned in the past two days (1.7 for being AL Player of the Day Tuesday and 1.0 for being Player of the Game Monday). He ranks 15th among AL batters in 2021 Box-Toppers points.
National League Batter of the Day—Ozzie Albies of the Braves homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 8-5 win over the Nationals.
Albies earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, 79th among all players and 10th among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Nelson Cruz.
Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Angels pitcher Packy Naughton (5IP 2H 0R 2BB 5K ND in the 4-0 win over the Padres) made his Major League debut Aug. 8 and was playing in his fourth career game.
Austin Hays of the Orioles (HR 1-3 R 3BI in the 7-3 win over the Royals) made his Major League debut Sept. 7, 2017, and was playing in his 181st 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 Tuesday, Sept. 7.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 22.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 21.1 |
| 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 18.1 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 17.1 |
| 5 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 16.4 |
| 7 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 16.1 |
| 8 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.4 |
| 9 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 15.1 |
| 10 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 15.1 |
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Scoring—Miley earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cruz earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Albies earns 1.5 points for being NL 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).| 9/7 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.0 | CIN 4, CHC 3 | Wade Miley, (W 12‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| +7.0 | MIL 10, PHI 0 | Eric Lauer, (W 5‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| AL | +6.0 | TB 12, BOS 7 | Nelson Cruz, DH | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | `LAA 4, SD 0 | Packy Naughton | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | ATL 8, WSH 5 | Ozzie Albies, 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | MIN 3, CLE 0 | John Gant, (W 1‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
| +4.0 | TOR 5, NYY 1 | Alejandro Kirk, DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 7, STL 2 | Will Smith, C | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 9, MIA 4 | Pete Alonso, 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SF 12, COL 3 | Mike Yastrzemski, RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TEX 3, ARI 1 | Jordan Lyles, (W 8‑11) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | HOU 5, SEA 4 (F/10) | Alex Bregman, 3B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | BAL 7, KC 3 | Austin Hays, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | PIT 3, DET 2 | Chris Stratton, (S 3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | CHW 6, OAK 3 | Liam Hendriks, (S 33) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miley, Wade 3006 | pi sp | cin nl | 10.7 | 11.7 | 32.1 | 62.5 | +9.7 |
| Hendriks, Liam 3339 | pi cp | chi al | 7.0 | 11.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | +3.0 |
| Albies, Ozzie 3953 | 2b | atl nl | 7.0 | 8.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | +6.0 |
| Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | tb al | 5.7 | 8.7 | 35.7 | 82.9 | +2.7 |
| Gant, John 3660 | pi sp | min al | 4.0 | 5.0 | 17.7 | 17.7 | +3.0 |
| Lyles, Jordan 3100 | pi sp | tex al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 17.7 | 24.4 | +4.0 |
| Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 17.4 | 17.4 | +4.0 |
| Stratton, Chris 3883 | pi cp | pit nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 15.1 | 15.1 | +3.0 |
| Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | hou al | 2.5 | 3.5 | 24.7 | 24.7 | +1.5 |
| Smith, Will 4175 | ca | lad nl | 2.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | ‑1.0 |
| Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 2.0 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | +0.5 |
| Kirk, Alejandro 4353 | ca dh | tor al | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +0.5 |
| Yastrzemski, Mike 4203 | rf | sf nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
| Hays, Austin 4538 | lf | bal al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Naughton, Packy 4537 | pi sp | ana al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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