Astros pitcher Luis Garcia is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Garcia struck out eight over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 9-3 win over the Indians.
Garcia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, 61st among all players and 22nd among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Chris Taylor of the Dodgers hit two home runs, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 8-6 win over the Giants.
American League Batter of the Day—Jose Abreu of the White Sox hit a three-run homer, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 9-5 win over the Twins.
Abreu earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, 34th among all players and third among AL batters, behind J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox (9.7) and Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (8.4).
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Chris Taylor.
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, July 20.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 16.4 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.4 |
| 4 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 12.7 |
| 7 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 9 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 9.7 |
| 10 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
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Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Cubs pitcher Dillon Maples (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 7-6 win over the Cardinals) made his Major League debut Sept. 3, 2017, and was playing in his 51st career game.
Cal Raleigh of the Mariners (2B 2-3 R 2BI in the 6-4 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut July 11 and was playing in his fourth career game.
Scoring—Garcia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Taylor earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Abreu earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (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).| 7/20 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | HOU 9, CLE 3 | Luis Garcia, (W 7‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| NL | +6.0 | LAD 8, SF 6 | Chris Taylor, SS | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | OAK 6, LAA 0 | James Kaprielian, (W 5‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | CHW 9, MIN 5 | Jose Abreu, 1B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | TB 9, BAL 3 | Francisco Mejía, C | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.2 | ATL 2, SD 1 | Touki Toussaint, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +4.0 | ARI 11, PIT 6 | Josh VanMeter, 2B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | DET 4, TEX 1 | Tarik Skubal, (W 6‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +4.0 | `WSH 6, MIA 3 | Paolo Espino | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | KC 5, MIL 2 | Ryan O'Hearn, PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CHC 7, STL 6 | Dillon Maples, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.1 | CIN 4, NYM 3 | Wade Miley, (W 8‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 6, COL 4 | Cal Raleigh, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | NYY 6, PHI 4 | Gary Sánchez, C | 3 | 1 | 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.
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 7.0 | 11.5 | 26.5 | 45.0 | +2.5 |
| Garcia, Luis 4423 | pi sp | hou al | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +6.0 |
| Kaprielian, James 4416 | pi sp | oak al | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | +5.7 |
| Miley, Wade 3006 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.0 | 6.0 | 26.4 | 56.8 | +4.0 |
| Taylor, Chris 3684 | lf 2b ss | lad nl | 3.7 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 15.2 | +0.7 |
| O’Hearn, Ryan 4043 | dh 1b ph | kc al | 2.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | +0.5 |
| VanMeter, Josh 4248 | 2b lf ph | ari nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Espino, Paolo 4443 | pi sp | dc nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Toussaint, Touki 4110 | pi sp mr | atl nl | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | ‑0.7 |
| Sanchez, Gary 3701 | ca | nyy al | 1.0 | 2.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | ‑0.5 |
| Mejia, Francisco 4069 | ca | tb al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Maples, Dillon 4480 | pi mr | chi nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Raleigh, Cal 4481 | ca | sea al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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