Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as AL wins 2021 All-Star Game

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as American League wins Tuesday’s 2021 All-Star Game.

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Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers 2021 All-Star Game Player of the Game.

Guerrero homered, going 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the American League’s 5-2 win Tuesday over the National League.

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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Guerrero had a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0, the same as four other AL team players. Three of those players were pitchers and in cases of game score ties, batters rank ahead of pitchers. The other was batter Mike Zunino of the Rays (HR 1-2 R BI) and Guerrero ranked ahead of him to earn Player of the Game because he had more at bats (three vs. two).

The three pitchers with +1.0 game scores are:

Guerrero was also named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player. Guerrero has 2.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 39th among AL batters and sixth among AL first basemen, behind these five:

Of those five, two were also named All-Stars—Walsh and Olson—though they were All-Star reserves, while Guerrero was elected the starting AL first baseman. Abreu was deemed Box-Toppers’ most worthy but unchosen All-Star among AL batters.

Only four players on Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list participated in the game. The two top-ranked players, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom (16.7 Box-Toppers points) and Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (15.4 points), did not play.

Third-ranked player, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (14.1 points), was the top-ranked player to participate and the ace starter served as closer for the NL (0.1IP 0H 0R 0BB K ND).

The other three who participated:

  • Sixth-ranked player, Rockies pitcher German Marquez, 12.7 Box-Toppers points (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K ND for the NL).

  • Ninth-ranked player, Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt, 9.7 points (1IP H R 2BB K ND for the AL).

  • Tenth-ranked player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer, 9.7 points, who served as starting pitcher for the NL (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K ND).

Shohei Ohtani of the Angels started the game for the AL and also served as lead-off batter and designated hitter, in an unprecedented, rules-twisting-to-make-it-possible move. As mentioned earlier, he was one of five AL players with a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0 for his efforts as a pitcher (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 0K W). He had a -2.0 Box-Toppers game score for batting (0-2 0R 0BI).

Brewers pitcher Corbin Burnes, who relieved Scherzer for the NL, had the lowest Box-Toppers game score (-5.0) among all players (2IP 4H 2R BB 2K L). Burnes has 7.4 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 32nd among all players and 21st among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Just as All-Star Game statistics don’t count in a player’s regular season statistics, no Box-Toppers points are awarded for the All-Star Game.

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 game scores of AL All-Star Game players

Here are all the players who played for the winning American League team in Tuesday’s All0-Star Game listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG). Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays is Box-Toppers Player of the Game with a game score of +1.0.

7/13 BTG Team Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
POG +1.0 TOR Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B 3 1 1 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+1.0 TB Mike Zunino, C 2 1 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+1.0 CHW Lance Lynn ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
+1.0 LAA Shohei Ohtani, (W 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
+1.0 TB Andrew Kittredge, (Hld 1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
+0.0 BOS Xander Bogaerts, SS 3 0 2 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+0.0 TOR Marcus Semien, 2B 2 0 1 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+0.0 TOR Teoscar Hernández, LF 2 1 1 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+0.0 TB Joey Wendle, 3B 1 0 1 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+0.0 CHW Liam Hendriks, (S 1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
+0.0 TEX Kyle Gibson ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
+0.0 BOS Nathan Eovaldi ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
+0.0 CHW Tim Anderson, SS 0 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+0.0 TEX Joey Gallo, RF 0 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 BOS Rafael Devers, 3B 2 0 1 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 TEX Adolis García, CF 2 0 1 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 NYY Aaron Judge, RF 2 1 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 BAL Cedric Mullins, CF 2 1 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 MIN Nelson Cruz, PH‑DH 1 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 TOR Bo Bichette, SS 1 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑1.0 CLE Jose Ramírez, 3B 1 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 LAA Shohei Ohtani, DH 2 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 BOS J.D. Martinez, PH‑DH 2 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 OAK Matt Olson, 1B 2 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 KC Whit Merrifield, PH‑2B 2 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 KC Salvador Perez, C 2 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 LAA Jarred Walsh, PH‑LF 2 0 0 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
‑2.0 OAK Chris Bassitt ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 1 1 0 2 1
‑2.0 DET Gregory Soto ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
‑2.0 BOS Matt Barnes, (Hld 1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
POG—2021 Box-Toppers’ All-Star Game Player of the Game.
No Box-Toppers points are awarded for the All-Star Game.