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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.
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, 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 fourth place and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises to eighth.
Player of the Day—Nola struck out 10 over 8 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Marlins.
Nola earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.0 for the season, 19th among all players and ninth among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 11-0 win over the Twins.
Cease earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 14.7 for the season, rising from fourth to third place in season player rankings. He also ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (17.0) and Justin Verlander of the Astros (15.0).
American League Batter of the Day—Brett Phillips of the Rays hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 7-5 win over the Orioles.
National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Belt of the Giants homered and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 9-5 win over the Brewers.
Belt has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons with his first Player of the Game honor of 2022. He earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2011 with the Giants and has 43.2 career points, seventh among active NL first basemen. His best season were 2016 and 2021, both with the Giants, when he had 7.0 points each season. He ranked sixth among NL first basemen in 2016 and third among NL first basemen in 2021.
Rankings—Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole rises from ninth to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Cole (7IP 4H 2R 0BB 12K W in the 13-2 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.4 for the season. He ranks fifth among AL pitchers.
Cole also now has 134.3 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 34th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his 1.0 point Sunday, he passes Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg (133.8) and Dodgers pitcher David Price (134.0) on the “all-time” list. He now trails 33rd-ranked player, Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner (136.4). Cole now ranks 10th among active players in career points, fourth among active AL pitchers.
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 Sunday, July 17.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 17.0 |
| 2 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 15.0 |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 14.7 |
| 4 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 14.4 |
| 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 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.4 |
| 9 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 10.7 |
| 10 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.4 |
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Scoring—Nola earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cease earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Phillips and Belt each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
These are the final games before the All-Star break. Regular season games are slated to resume Thursday.
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
| 7/17 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.1 | PHI 4, MIA 0 | Aaron Nola, (W 6‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | |
| AL | +12.0 | CHW 11, MIN 0 | Dylan Cease, (W 9‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| +11.0 | NYY 13, BOS 2 | Gerrit Cole, (W 9‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | ||
| +4.0 | `WSH 7, ATL 3 | Erasmo Ramírez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.2 | TOR 4, KC 2 | Tim Mayza, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | TB 7, BAL 5 | Brett Phillips, CF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | ARI 3, SD 1 | Merrill Kelly, (W 9‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | OAK 4, HOU 3 | Lou Trivino, (S 8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | SF 9, MIL 5 | Brandon Belt, PH‑DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.0 | PIT 8, COL 3 | Kevin Newman, 2B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | SEA 6, TEX 2 | Julio Rodríguez, CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| 0.0 | CHC 3, NYM 2 | Nico Hoerner, SS | 4 | 0 | 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 | +/‑ |
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| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 14.7 | 29.1 | 31.1 | 31.1 | +0.3 |
| Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.4 | 33.8 | 98.4 | 134.3 | -11.0 |
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.0 | 19.7 | 74.0 | 82.7 | -1.7 |
| Rodriguez, Julio 4590 | cf | sea al | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | +7.5 |
| Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 6.0 | 9.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | +3.0 |
| Mayza, Tim 4055 | pi mr | tor al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +2.0 |
| Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 1.5 | 8.5 | 22.7 | 43.2 | -5.5 |
| Phillips, Brett 3914 | cf | tb al | 1.5 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -1.5 |
| Ramirez, Erasmo 3056 | pi sp mr | dc nl | 1.0 | 3.7 | 11.7 | 24.4 | -1.7 |
| Newman, Kevin 4234 | 2b ss | pit nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0.0 |
| Trivino, Lou 3939 | pi cp | oak al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Hoerner, Nico 4245 | ss | chi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +1.0 |
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