Mariners’ Kirby tops players for Sunday, Oct. 1; Padres’ Avila tops NL players

Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Mariners pitcher George Kirby is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, the final day of the regular season.

Kirby struck out seven over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Rangers.

Kirby earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.7 for the season, 14th among all players and eighth among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day

Padres pitcher Pedro Avila struck out seven over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the White Sox. Avila did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Avila earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 139th among NL pitchers. Avila earned his only other Box-Toppers Player of the Game honor on April 11, 2019.

National League Player of the Day is Padres pitcher Pedro Avila.

American League Batter of the Day

Jonathan Aranda of the Rays hit a grand slam, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in six runs, in the 12-8 win over the Blue Jays.

American League Batter of the Day is Jonathan Aranda of the Rays.

National League Batter of the Day

Keibert Ruiz of the Nationals doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 10-9 win over the Braves.

National League Batter of the Day is Keibert Ruiz of the Nationals.

Notable

Tigers pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez now has 13.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023—20th overall and 12th among AL pitchers—after earning 1.0 point as Player of the Game Sunday (7IP 4H 2R ER BB 5K W in the 5-2 win over the Guardians).

Tigers pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s win over the Guardians.

Debut

Sean Bouchard of the Rockies made his Box-Toppers debut with his first career Player of the Game honor Sunday.

Bouchard (HR 1-1 R BI in the 3-2 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut June 19, 2022, and was playing in his 48th career game.

Sean Bouchard of the Rockies is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s win over the Twins.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Sunday, Oct. 1.
FINAL STANDINGS

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 21.1
2 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 20.1
3 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp dh ana al 19.4
4 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 18.7
5 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 17.8
6 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 17.7
7 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 17.0
8 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 16.7
9 Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 pi sp sea al 16.1
10 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp tex al 15.4
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Scoring

  • Kirby earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.

  • Avila earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.

  • Aranda and Ruiz 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) 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).

10/1 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +10.0 SEA 1, TEX 0 George Kirby (W, 13‑10) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 3 0 0 0 7
NL +9.0 `SD 2, CHW 1 Pedro Avila ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 3 0 0 0 7
+8.0 BOS 6, BAL 1 Tanner Houck (W, 6‑10) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 1 0 0 3 6
+6.0 `LAD 6, SF 2 Bobby Miller ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 4.0 1 0 0 1 4
BAT +5.0 TB 12, TOR 8 Jonathan Aranda 1B 5 1 3 6 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 LAA 7, OAK 3 Brandon Drury 1B 4 3 3 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 HOU 8, ARI 1 Cristian Javier (W, 10‑5) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 3 0 0 2 4
+5.0 MIL 4, CHC 0 Adrian Houser (W, 8‑5) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 3 0 0 2 5
+5.0 KC 5, NYY 2 James McArthur (S, 4) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
+4.0 STL 4, CIN 3 Miles Mikolas (W, 9‑13) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 7 3 3 0 10
+4.0 DET 5, CLE 2 Eduardo Rodriguez (W, 13‑9) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 4 2 1 1 5
+4.0 PIT 3, MIA 0 Dauri Moreta (W, 5‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
+2.1 PHI 9, NYM 1 Nick Nelson (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.1 2 1 1 2 3
BAT +2.0 WSH 10, ATL 9 Keibert Ruiz DH 5 1 3 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 COL 3, MIN 2 Sean Bouchard PH 1 1 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.
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.
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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 2023 (’23). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’22-23), the period 2018-2023 (’18-23) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2023 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2022 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career +/‑
Kirby, George 4595 pi sp sea al 13.7 25.1 25.1 25.1 +2.3
Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 pi sp det al 13.0 13.0 47.8 67.2 +13.0
Miller, Bobby 4820 pi sp lad nl 8.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 +8.7
Drury, Brandon 3744 2b 1b dh ana al 7.5 12.0 15.0 21.0 +3.0
Javier, Cristian 4290 pi sp hou al 7.0 22.7 30.7 30.7 -8.7
Mikolas, Miles 3034 pi sp stl nl 6.7 18.8 33.5 36.2 -5.4
Ruiz, Keibert 4616 ca dh dc nl 4.7 8.7 8.7 8.7 0.7
McArthur, James 4941 pi cp mr kc al 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 +3.0
Houser, Adrian 4162 pi sp mil nl 2.7 4.4 15.4 15.4 +1.0
Aranda, Jonathan 4926 dh 1b tb al 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 +2.5
Houck, Tanner 4342 pi sp mr cp bos al 2.0 5.0 13.7 13.7 -1.0
Moreta, Dauri 4952 pi mr pit nl 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 +2.0
Avila, Pedro 4105 pi sp sd nl 1.7 1.7 2.7 2.7 +1.7
Nelson, Nick 4279 pi mr phi nl 1.0 2.7 3.7 3.7 -0.7
Bouchard, Sean 4956 ph col nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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