Royals pitcher Brady Singer is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, making his Box-Toppers debut.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2020. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, Sept. 10.

	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Bieber, Shane 4005	pi sp	cle al	9.7
2	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	chi nl	8.7
3	deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	7.7
4	Lynn, Lance 2992	pi sp	tex al	7.4
5	Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cin nl	7.0
6	Giolito, Lucas 3900	pi sp	chi al	7.0
7	Bundy, Dylan 3655	pi sp	ana al	7.0
8	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	6.7
9	Nola, Aaron 3569	pi sp	phi nl	6.7
10	Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp	min al	6.4

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Also Thursday, Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Singer struck out eight over eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 11-1 win over the Indians. Singer took a no-hitter into the eighth inning before giving up a hit.

Singer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first career points. Singer made his Major League debut July 25 and was playing in his ninth career game.

National League Player of the Day—Rangel Ravelo of the Cardinals hit a home run and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 12-7, seven-inning win over the Tigers.

This was Ravelo’s Box-Toppers debut the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Ravelo made his Major League debut June 17, 2019, and was playing in his 33rd career game.

American League Batter of the Day—Jeimer Candelario of the Tigers homered and went 3-for-3, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 6-3, seven-inning win over the Cardinals.

Candelario earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, rising to seventh among AL batters.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Rangel Ravelo.

Rankings—Angels pitcher Dylan Bundy rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Bundy (7.1IP 4H 2R BB 12K W in the 6-2 win over the Rangers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season. He ranks fourth among AL pitchers.

Debut—In addition to Singer and Ravelo, one other player made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor—Red Sox pitcher Mike Kickham.

Kickham (4IP 3H 2R BB 8K ND in the 4-3 win over the Rays) made his Major League debut May 28, 2013, and was playing in his 17th career game.

Scoring—Singer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Ravelo earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Candelario earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’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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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)





    9/10
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +13.0
    KC 11, CLE 1
    Brady Singer, (W 2‑4)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    8.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    +10.1
    LAA 6, TEX 2
    Dylan Bundy, (W 5‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.1
    4
    2
    2
    1
    12
  

    
    +7.0
    OAK 3, HOU 1
    Sean Manaea, (W 4‑2)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    4
  

    NL
    +5.0
    STL 12, DET 2 (F/7)
    Rangel Ravelo, DH
    2
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    ATL 7, WSH 6
    Freddie Freeman, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    DET 6, STL 3 (F/7)
    Jeimer Candelario, 1B
    3
    1
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    `BOS 4, TB 3
    Mike Kickham
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    4.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    8
  

    
    +3.0
    CHC 8, CIN 5
    Willson Contreras, C
    4
    2
    4
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.2
    SD 6, SF 1
    Adrian Morejon, (W 2‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.2
    2
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +2.0
    MIA 7, PHI 6
    Starling Marte, CF
    5
    0
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +1.2
    ARI 5, LAD 2
    Travis Bergen, (S 1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    0.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

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 (’20). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’19-20), the period 2015-2020 (’15-20) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2020 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2019 total (+/-).

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’20	’19‑20	’15‑20	Career	+/-
Bundy, Dylan 3655	pi sp	ana al	7.0	11.7	34.8	34.8	+2.3
Candelario, Jeimer 4025	1b 3b	det al	4.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	+4.0
Freeman, Freddie 2887	1b	atl nl	2.5	12.7	33.7	61.9	‑7.7
Marte, Starling 3122	cf	fla nl	2.0	6.0	17.5	22.0	‑2.0
Manaea, Sean 3637	pi sp	oak al	2.0	5.7	28.5	28.5	‑1.7
Contreras, Willson 3776	ca	chi nl	2.0	4.0	14.5	14.5	+0.0
Morejon, Adrian 4298	pi sp mr	sd nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+2.0
Singer, Brady 4337	pi sp	kc al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+2.0
Ravelo, Rangel 4338	dh	stl nl	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	+1.7
Bergen, Travis 4106	pi cp	ari nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	+0.0
Kickham, Mike 4339	pi sp	bos al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	+1.0