Blue Jays pitcher Robbie Ray is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Ray struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 3-1 win over the Rays.
Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, 55th among all players and 18th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Giants pitcher Kevin Gausman struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and three walks, in the 3-1 win over the Nationals.
Gausman earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 9.7 for the season, 14th among all players and 10th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—David Fletcher of the Angels homered and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 7-1 win over the Mariners.
National League Batter of the Day—Ronald Torreyes of the Phillies hit a three-run homer and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 5-4 win over the Red Sox.
This was Torreyes’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Torreyes made his Major League debut Sept. 13, 2015, and was playing in his 282nd career game.
Rankings—Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt rises to ninth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Bassitt (7IP 4H R BB 3K W in the 4-1 win over the Rangers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (15.4) and Tyler Glasnow of the Rays (12.7).
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 Sunday, July 11.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 15.4 |
| 3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 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—In addition to Torreyes, two other players made their Box-Toppers debut Sunday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Rodolfo Castro of the Pirates (2HR 2-4 2R 3BI in the 6-5 win over the Mets) made his Major League debut April 21 and was playing in his sixth career game.
Reds pitcher Ryan Hendrix (0.2IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 3-1 win over the Brewers) made his Major League debut April 23 and was playing in his 29th career game.
Scoring—Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Gausman earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Fletcher and Torreyes each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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).| 7/11 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +16.0 | TOR 3, TB 1 | Robbie Ray, (W 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| NL | +6.0 | SF 3, WSH 1 | Kevin Gausman, (W 9‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | LAA 7, SEA 1 | David Fletcher, 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | COL 3, SD 1 | Jon Gray, (W 6‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | PHI 5, BOS 4 | Ronald Torreyes, 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | CHW 7, BAL 5 (F/10) | Andrew Vaughn, LF‑1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIN 12, DET 9 (F/10) | Jorge Polanco, 2B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 7, ARI 4 | Max Muncy, 1B‑2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | PIT 6, NYM 5 | Rodolfo Castro, 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | OAK 4, TEX 1 | Chris Bassitt, (W 10‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.2 | CIN 3, MIL 1 | Ryan Hendrix, (W 5‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | MIA 7, ATL 4 | Jesus Aguilar, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | HOU 8, NYY 7 | Kyle Tucker, RF | 3 | 2 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 9.7 | 16.1 | 24.8 | 28.8 | +3.3 |
| Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | sf nl | 9.7 | 10.7 | 39.3 | 52.7 | +8.7 |
| Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 | 7.0 | 46.1 | 50.1 | +5.0 |
| Fletcher, David 4111 | 2b | ana al | 4.5 | 4.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +4.5 |
| Muncy, Max 3969 | 1b 2b 3b | lad nl | 3.5 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | +2.0 |
| Gray, Jon 3634 | pi sp | col nl | 3.0 | 5.0 | 38.4 | 38.4 | +1.0 |
| Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 2.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | ‑2.3 |
| Aguilar, Jesus 3787 | 1b | fla nl | 2.5 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | +1.5 |
| Vaughn, Andrew 4445 | lf 1b | chi al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Torreyes, Ronald 4474 | 3b | phi nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Polanco, Jorge 3739 | 2b ss | min al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | +1.0 |
| Castro Rodolfo 4475 | 3b | pit nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Hendrix, Ryan 4476 | pi mr | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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