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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.
Rangers pitcher Jon Gray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, the top two players in Box-Toppers season player rankings earn Player of the Game honors. Top-ranked player, Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani and second-ranked player, Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan, both maintain the top two spots.
Player of the Day—Gray struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 5-2 win over the Athletics.
Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 74th among all players and 27th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Jose Iglesias of the Rockies hit a three-run home run and went 3-for-6, scoring once and driving in six runs, in the 10-6 win over the Padres.
Iglesias earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 39th among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day—Eugenio Suarez of the Mariners hit a three-run home run and went 1-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 6-4 win over the Nationals.
Suarez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.5 for the season, ninth among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Jose Iglesias.
Rankings—The top two players in Box-Toppers season player rankings maintain their spots after both earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday.
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 Wednesday, July 13.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 17.0 |
| 2 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 14.4 |
| 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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Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani (6IP 4H R 2BB 12K W in the 7-1 win over the Astros) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 17.0 for the season, to maintain first place overall.
This is Ohtani’s 11th Player of the Game honor of the season and his eighth as a starting pitcher. The other three have come as a designated hitter. Ohtani still qualifies to rank among both pitchers and batters since he’s earned more than 25 percent of his Player of the Game honors in both categories. However, if he earns Player of the Game honors as a pitcher one more time before earning another as a batter, he will no longer be qualified to rank as a batter—only three of his 12 Player of the Game honors, exactly 25 percent, would then come as a batter.
Similarly, in 2021, Ohtani earned 16.1 Box-Toppers points but finished the season ranked only as a pitcher because he earned such an overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher (nine of 12). However, during 2021, Ohtani qualified to be ranked as a batter from July 2 to Sept. 3, a period in which he earned more than 25 percent of his season’s Player of the Game honors as a batter.
While Ohtani has earned Player of the Game honors far more as a pitcher than a batter (eight vs. three), he has played far more games as a batter than a pitcher (86 vs. 15).
With Wednesday’s Player of the Day honor, Ohtani also extends his lead among AL batters, ahead of second-place Jose Ramirez of the Guardians (8.7 points). Ohtani now has 13.0 points as a pitcher and 4.0 points as a batter, neither enough to lead a category by themselves, but enough to rank first in both when combined.
Ohtani also now has already earned his highest single-season Box-Toppers point total (17.0), exceeding his previous high of 16.1 in 2021.
Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan (6.1IP 3H R 0BB 6K W in the 4-1 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.4 for the season, maintaining his second-place rank among all players and among all AL pitchers behind Ohtani (17.0).
Scoring—Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Iglesias earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Suarez earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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
| 7/13 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | TEX 5, OAK 2 | Jon Gray, (W 6‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| +10.0 | LAA 7, HOU 1 | Shohei Ohtani, (W 9‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| +9.0 | TOR 8, PHI 2 | Ross Stripling, (W 5‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +7.1 | TB 4, BOS 1 | Shane McClanahan, (W 10‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| NL | +5.0 | COL 10, SD 6 | Jose Iglesias, SS | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.1 | CHW 2, CLE 1 | Lucas Giolito, (W 6‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 7, ATL 3 | Chris Bassitt, (W 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | KC 5, DET 2 | Scott Barlow, (S 15) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.1 | `MIN 4, MIL 1 | Joe Ryan | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | SF 4, ARI 3 | Wilmer Flores, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | LAD 7, STL 6 | Max Muncy, 3B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | BAL 7, CHC 1 | Spenser Watkins, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +1.2 | `NYY 7, CIN 6 (F/10) | JP Sears | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +1.0 | SEA 6, WSH 4 | Eugenio Suárez, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.0 | MIA 5, PIT 4 (F/10) | Billy Hamilton, PR‑LF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | SEA 2, WSH 1 | Adam Frazier, 2B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 17.0 | 33.1 | 47.6 | 47.6 | +0.9 |
| McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 14.4 | 19.1 | 19.1 | 19.1 | +9.7 |
| Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | +5.0 |
| Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | nym nl | 6.0 | 19.7 | 34.8 | 38.8 | -7.7 |
| Stripling, Ross 3629 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 | 12.7 | 27.4 | 32.1 | -0.7 |
| Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | sea al | 5.5 | 6.5 | 25.5 | 39.5 | +4.5 |
| Gray, Jon 3634 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 | 9.0 | 37.4 | 44.4 | +1.0 |
| Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b 2b | lad nl | 4.2 | 10.2 | 21.7 | 21.7 | -1.8 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 | 15.4 | 43.1 | 43.1 | -7.4 |
| Barlow, Scott 3981 | pi cp | kc al | 4.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | -1.0 |
| Sears, JP 4627 | pi sp mr | nyy al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Iglesias, Jose 3532 | ss | col nl | 2.7 | 3.7 | 21.2 | 22.2 | +1.7 |
| Flores, Wilmer 3345 | 3b 1b ph | sf nl | 2.5 | 7.0 | 14.5 | 24.0 | -2.0 |
| Watkins, Spenser 4479 | pi sp | bal al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| Hamilton, Billy 3287 | cf | fla nl | 1.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 | 16.0 | -0.5 |
| Frazier, Adam 3771 | 2b | sea al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’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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| PIT | Thompson, Zach 4437 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| MIA | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| SD | Snell, Blake 3688 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 59.3 | 63.3 |
| COL | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| ATL | Wright, Kyle 4349 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| WSH | Sanchez, Anibal 2187 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 82.7 |
| CIN | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 48.8 | 48.8 |
| NYY | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | 9.4 | 14.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 |
| KC | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOR | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | 6.7 | 20.4 | 39.2 | 63.4 |
| BOS | Crawford, Kutter 4660 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| TB | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| DET | Rodriguez, Elvin 4634 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| CLE | McKenzie, Triston 4303 | 6.0 | 16.4 | 20.4 | 20.4 |
| LAD | Anderson, Tyler 3656 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 26.7 | 28.7 |
| STL | Hudson, Dakota 4035 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| CHW | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 16.4 | 116.2 |
| MIN | Gray, Sonny 3259 | 7.4 | 13.8 | 50.0 | 82.8 |
| NYM | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 57.6 | 104.1 |
| CHC | Thompson, Keegan 4579 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| SEA | Gonzales, Marco 3408 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 34.5 |
| TEX | Perez, Martin 3213 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 14.8 | 27.8 |
| HOU | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 23.4 | 23.4 |
| LAA | Detmers, Reid 4513 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| MIL | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | 9.4 | 27.5 | 38.2 | 38.2 |
| SF | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 10.7 | 22.4 | 31.4 | 47.5 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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