Brewers’ Woodruff tops players for Monday, Sept. 11; Athletics’ Waldichuk tops AL players

Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Box-Toppers Toppers Box

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 2023 Box-Toppers points.
▪️ A B-T look at upcoming pitching matchups.
▪️ Subscribe to Box-Toppers Email Newsletter.

Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Woodruff pitched a complete-game, six-hit shutout, striking out seven and walking one, in the 12-0 win over the Marlins.

Woodruff earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, 81st among all players and 28th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day

Athletics pitcher Ken Waldichuk struck out three over six scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Astros.

Waldichuk served as middle reliever, coming on to start the third inning after Athletics opening pitcher Mason Miller pitched the first two innings, already having given up a hit. Athletics pitchers gave up three total hits. Waldichuk threw 67 pitches.

Waldichuk earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 96th among AL pitchers.

American League Player of the Day is Athletics pitcher Ken Waldichuk.

American League Batter of the Day

Cedric Mullins of the Orioles hit a grand slam and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Cardinals.

American League Batter of the Day is Cedric Mullins of the Orioles.

National League Batter of the Day

Juan Soto of the Padres hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 11-8 win over the Dodgers.

Soto earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.5 for the season, 74th among all players and eighth among NL batters.

Soto has the most 2023 Box-Toppers points among Monday’s 13 Player of the Game winners.

National League Batter of the Day is Juan Soto of the Padres.

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 Monday, Sept. 11.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp dh ana al 19.4
2 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 19.1
3 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 17.1
4 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 16.7
5 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 16.1
6 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 15.7
7 Peralta, Freddy 3965 pi sp mil nl 15.7
8 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp tex al 14.4
9 Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 pi sp sea al 14.1
10 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 14.0
What are those numbers after players' names?
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Back to top

Debut

Rays pitcher Kevin Kelly made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Kelly (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 7-4 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut April 1 and was playing in his 52nd career game.

NEW: Inbox notification of each post!

Scoring

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

  • Waldichuk earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.

  • Mullins and Soto each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.

  • All of Monday’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.

Box-Toppers strives for accuracy. See a mistake in a post? A wrong name, wrong team, grammar error, spelling goof, etc.? Thanks for pointing it out! Contact Box-Toppers here. Let's fix it and make it right.

For additional updates, follow Box-Toppers on Twitter.

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).

9/11 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +9.0 MIL 12, MIA 0 Brandon Woodruff (W, 5‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 9.0 6 0 0 1 7
AL +8.0 OAK 4, HOU 0 Ken Waldichuk (W, 3‑7) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 0 0 0 1 3
BAT +5.0 BAL 11, STL 5 Cedric Mullins CF 3 2 2 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+4.2 WSH 6, PIT 2 Patrick Corbin (W, 10‑13) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.2 5 2 2 1 8
BAT +4.0 SD 11, LAD 8 Juan Soto LF 5 2 3 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.2 CHC 5, COL 4 Drew Smyly (W, 11‑9) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
+3.0 LAA 8, SEA 5 (F/11) Logan O’Hoppe C 5 2 3 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 TEX 10, TOR 4 Jonah Heim C 5 1 2 5 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 ATL 10, PHI 8 (F/10) Michael Harris II CF 4 3 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 ARI 4, NYM 3 Kevin Ginkel (W, 9‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+3.0 `TB 7, MIN 4 Kevin Kelly (H, 11) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+1.0 PHI 7, ATL 5 Edmundo Sosa 3B 4 1 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+1.0 SF 5, CLE 4 (F/10) Mike Yastrzemski RF 3 1 2 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.
Back to top

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 (+/-).
Back to top

Player of the Game Pos Team ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career +/‑
Soto, Juan 3994 lf sd nl 7.5 10.0 31.5 31.5 +5.0
Corbin, Patrick 3027 pi sp dc nl 7.1 11.1 50.2 92.4 +3.1
Woodruff, Brandon 3868 pi sp mil nl 7.0 27.8 60.6 61.6 -13.8
Smyly, Drew 3009 pi sp mr chi nl 6.0 14.7 26.7 62.2 -2.7
Ginkel, Kevin 4830 pi mr cp ari nl 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 +6.0
Harris, Michael 4682 cf atl nl 5.5 9.0 9.0 9.0 +2.0
Heim, Jonah 4492 ca tex al 4.5 8.7 11.2 11.2 +0.3
Yastrzemski, Mike 4203 rf cf sf nl 3.5 7.5 11.5 11.5 -0.5
Mullins, Cedric 4100 cf bal al 3.5 4.5 9.5 9.5 +2.5
Waldichuk, Ken 4757 pi cp mr sp oak al 2.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 +1.7
Sosa, Edmundo 4495 3b ss ph phi nl 2.0 4.0 6.5 6.5 0.0
O’Hoppe, Logan 4928 ca pr ana al 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 +2.0
Kelly, Kevin 4932 pi mr tb al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
What are those numbers after players' names?
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default view.
Back to top

A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’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 2023 (’23), over a two-year period (’22-23), over a six-year period (’18-23) and their career point total.
Back to top

Game Starter ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career
NYY Vasquez, Randy* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
BOS Pivetta, Nick 3825 7.0 14.7 34.4 42.4
KC Singer, Brady 4337 5.0 16.7 23.7 23.7
CHW Cease, Dylan 4231 7.0 27.4 43.8 43.8
STL Wainwright, Adam 2150 0.0 10.0 34.8 152.3
BAL Means, John 4115 0.0 0.0 18.0 18.0
WSH Adon, Joan 4580 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
PIT Falter, Bailey 4473 3.7 7.7 8.7 8.7
ATL Fried, Max 4011 7.0 23.0 51.5 51.5
PHI Wheeler, Zack 3204 13.7 28.1 69.9 82.6
CIN Williamson, Brandon 4813 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.7
DET Wentz, Joey 4639 2.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
TEX Scherzer, Max 2588 14.4 24.4 94.0 250.7
TOR Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 2.0 3.0 45.5 71.6
ARI Nelson, Ryne 4728 6.7 8.4 8.4 8.4
NYM Butto, Jose* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
NYY Rodon, Carlos 3494 0.0 19.8 37.5 56.6
BOS Crawford, Kutter 4660 4.7 8.7 8.7 8.7
MIA Chargois, JT 3736 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.0
MIL Peralta, Freddy 3965 15.7 23.1 54.5 54.5
TB Littell, Zack 4533 1.0 3.0 5.0 5.0
MIN Ryan, Joe 4539 8.7 23.4 26.1 26.1
KC Lyles, Jordan 3100 1.0 4.7 24.4 32.1
CHW Toussaint, Touki 4110 2.0 4.0 8.7 8.7
OAK Sears, JP 4627 4.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
HOU Verlander, Justin 2112 8.7 34.7 87.3 241.3
CHC Assad, Javier 4899 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
COL Flexen, Chris 4368 0.0 2.0 13.7 13.7
LAA Sandoval, Patrick 4357 3.0 11.0 14.0 14.0
SEA Woo, Bryan 4842 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
CLE Quantrill, Cal 4195 2.0 8.0 17.7 17.7
SF Manaea, Sean 3637 2.7 8.7 38.8 52.9
SD Wacha, Michael 3276 9.0 17.4 32.5 59.2
LAD Lynn, Lance 2992 4.7 14.4 53.9 118.5
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
What are those numbers after players' names?
Chart is sortable. Click a column header to re-sort the chart by the values in that column. Refresh page to restore chart to default, game-by-game view.
Back to top