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Today’s key Box-Toppers numbers. Click links to jump to charts elsewhere on this page.▪️ Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.
▪️ Box-Toppers points of the day’s top players.
▪️ Top 10 players in 2022 Box-Toppers points.
▪️ A B-T look at today’s pitching matchups.
Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Tuesday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease rises to third place and Rays pitcher Corey Kluber rises to 10th.
Player of the Day—Bieber pitched a complete game, striking out seven and allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 4-1 win over the White Sox.
Bieber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.7 for the season, 35th among all players and 17th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Giants pitcher Logan Webb struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing five hits and two walks, in the 13-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Webb earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 20th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Chad Pinder of the Athletics hit a grand slam and went 1-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-7, 12-inning win over the Rangers.
National League Batter of the Day—Andrew Knizner of the Cardinals went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, in the 7-6 win over the Dodgers.
This was Knizner’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Knizner made his Major League debut June 2, 2019, and was playing in his 144th career game.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Tuesday, July 12.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 16.0 |
| 2 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 13.4 |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 13.0 |
| 4 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 13.0 |
| 5 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 12.7 |
| 6 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 12.4 |
| 7 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 12.0 |
| 8 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 10.7 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.4 |
| 10 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 10.0 |
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Rankings—Two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors Tuesday.
White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease (5.2IP 5H 0R 3BB 9K W in the 7-0 win over the Guardians) rises from sixth to third place with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, also third among AL pitchers, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (16.0) and Shane McClanahan of the Rays (13.4).
Rays pitcher Corey Kluber (6IP 4H 2R BB 7K W in the 3-2 win over the Red Sox) rises to 10th place with 10.0 Box-Toppers points, sixth among AL pitchers.
Kluber becomes the 10th player this season to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points. It is his sixth season with 10.0 or more points and his first since 2018 with the Indians. He had five straight seasons with 10.0 or more points with the Indians from 2014 to 2018, including four with more than 20.0:
2014—25.8, second overall, first among AL pitchers.
2015—13.4, 10th among AL pitchers.
2016—21.2, fifth overall, first among AL pitchers.
2017—22.0, fifth overall, second among AL pitchers.
2018—21.7, fourth overall, third among AL pitchers
Kluber was out with a broken arm and other injuries and did not earn points in 2019 or 2020, before rebounding, earning 5.0 points with the Yankees in 2020.
Kluber now also has 124.1 career Box-Toppers points, 45th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his 1.0 point Tuesday, he passes Gary Sheffield (124.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 44th-ranked Mariano Rivera (126.4). Kluber ranks 13th among active players in career points, fifth among active AL pitchers.
Debut—Reds pitcher Ian Gibaut made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Gibaut (1IP H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 4-3 win over the Yankees) made his Major League debut July 12, 2019, and was playing in his 31st career game.
Scoring—Bieber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Webb earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Pinder and Knizner 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).Back to top
| 7/12 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | CLE 4, CHW 1 | Shane Bieber, (W 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| +7.0 | TOR 4, PHI 3 | Jose Berríos, (W 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | SF 13, ARI 0 | Logan Webb, (W 8‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| +7.0 | `HOU 6, LAA 5 | Luis Garcia | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| +6.2 | CHW 7, CLE 0 | Dylan Cease, (W 8‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | OAK 14, TEX 7 (F/12) | Chad Pinder, PH‑LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | TB 3, BOS 2 | Corey Kluber, (W 5‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +4.0 | MIL 6, MIN 3 | Josh Hader, (S 27) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.1 | ATL 4, NYM 1 | Tyler Matzek, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | STL 7, LAD 6 | Andrew Knizner, C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | BAL 4, CHC 2 | Ramon Urías, 3B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | COL 5, SD 3 | Charlie Blackmon, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | `CIN 4, NYY 3 | Ian Gibaut | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +1.2 | PIT 3, MIA 2 | Dillon Peters, (W 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +1.0 | DET 7, KC 5 | Spencer Torkelson, 1B | 4 | 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.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
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.
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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 in 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’21-22), the period 2017-2022 (’17-22) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2022 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2021 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 13.0 | 27.4 | 29.4 | 29.4 | -1.4 |
| Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 10.0 | 15.0 | 58.7 | 124.1 | +5.0 |
| Garcia, Luis 4423 | pi sp | hou al | 6.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | -3.3 |
| Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 6.7 | 13.4 | 49.3 | 49.3 | 0.0 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 | 15.4 | 55.9 | 55.9 | -3.4 |
| Hader, Josh 3881 | pi cp | mil nl | 6.0 | 10.0 | 42.4 | 42.4 | +2.0 |
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.7 | 21.2 | 23.9 | 23.9 | -9.8 |
| Blackmon, Charlie 2891 | rf dh ph | col nl | 5.5 | 9.0 | 23.7 | 35.7 | +2.0 |
| Pinder, Chad 3871 | lf ph | oak al | 2.5 | 2.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | +2.5 |
| Peters, Dillon 4524 | pi mr sp | pit nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Urias, Ramon 4491 | 2b 3b ss | bal al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| Torkelson, Spencer 4637 | 1b | det al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Knizner, Andrew 4689 | ca | stl nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Matzek, Tyler 3351 | pi mr | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.7 | +1.0 |
| Gibaut, Ian 4690 | pi mr | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’22 | ’21-22 | ’17-22 | Career |
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| SEA | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| WSH | Gray, Josiah 4503 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| NYM | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | 5.0 | 18.7 | 33.8 | 37.8 |
| ATL | Morton, Charlie 2503 | 5.7 | 18.4 | 61.7 | 89.4 |
| MIL | Ashby, Aaron 4511 | 5.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| MIN | Ryan, Joe 4539 | 6.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 8.7 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| KC | Singer, Brady 4337 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| ARI | Gallen, Zac 4171 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 20.7 | 20.7 |
| SF | Brebbia, John 4080 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| SEA | Milone, Tommy 2954 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 32.5 |
| WSH | Fedde, Erick 4065 | 3.4 | 13.8 | 18.5 | 18.5 |
| PIT | Brubaker, JT 4382 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| MIA | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | 6.7 | 16.1 | 29.8 | 29.8 |
| CIN | Minor, Mike 2894 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 32.5 | 59.6 |
| NYY | Severino, Luis 3567 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 46.8 | 51.8 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 8.7 | 29.8 | 51.5 | 63.2 |
| TOR | Stripling, Ross 3629 | 5.0 | 11.7 | 26.4 | 31.1 |
| BOS | Winckowski, Josh* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TB | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | 13.4 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| CHW | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | 3.0 | 14.4 | 42.1 | 42.1 |
| CLE | Civale, Aaron 4173 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 18.4 | 18.4 |
| LAD | Gonsolin, Tony 4211 | 8.7 | 13.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 |
| STL | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | 6.0 | 18.0 | 36.3 | 148.3 |
| BAL | Watkins, Spenser 4479 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| CHC | Steele, Justin 4415 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OAK | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| TEX | Gray, Jon 3634 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 35.4 | 42.4 |
| SD | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | 12.4 | 28.5 | 44.5 | 48.2 |
| COL | Kuhl, Chad 3687 | 4.0 | 6.7 | 13.7 | 15.7 |
| HOU | Javier, Cristian 4290 | 7.7 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 15.7 |
| LAA | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | 16.0 | 32.1 | 46.6 | 46.6 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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