Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, extending his lead in season player rankings.
deGrom struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing two runs, four hits and no walks, in the 4-3, eight-inning win over the Brewers. deGrom did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied when he exited.
deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 16.7 for the season, extending his lead in season player rankings ahead of second-place player, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (14.1).
deGrom also now has 122.1 career Box-Toppers points, 45th among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. He trails 44th-ranked player Gary Sheffield (124.1). deGrom ranks 13th among active players in career points, eighth among active National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Michael Wacha struck out six over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 4-0, seven-inning win over the Indians.
National League Batter of the Day—Abraham Almonte of the Braves homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-3 win over the Pirates.
American League Batter of the Day—Leury Garcia of the White Sox homered, tripled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-1 win over the Twins.
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 Wednesday, July 7.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
| 2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.1 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 |
| 5 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 11.0 |
| 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 10.4 |
| 9 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.7 |
| 10 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
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Debut—Four players made their Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Marlins pitcher Jordan Holloway (4.1IP 2H 0R 0BB 6K ND in the 9-6 win over the Dodgers) made his Major League debut July 26, 2020, and was playing in his 11th career game.
Tigers pitcher Kyle Funkhouser (2IP 0H 0R BB 2K W in the 5-3 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut July 27, 2020, and was playing in his 36th career game.
Jonathan India of the Reds (2B 3-4 R 2BI in the 5-2 win over the Royals) made his Major League debut April 1 and was playing in his 75th career game.
Brewers pitcher Jake Cousins (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 5-0, seven-inning win over the Mets) made his Major League debut June 21 and was playing in his sixth career game.
Scoring—deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Wacha earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Almonte and Garcia each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’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).| 7/7 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | `NYM 4, MIL 3 (F/8) | Jacob deGrom | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| +8.1 | `MIA 9, LAD 6 | Jordan Holloway | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +6.0 | SF 5, STL 2 | Alex Wood, (W 8‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| AL | +6.0 | TB 4, CLE 0 (F/7) | Michael Wacha, (W 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| +6.0 | `HOU 4, OAK 3 | Luis Garcia | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | ATL 14, PIT 3 | Abraham Almonte, PH‑LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | WSH 15, SD 5 | Juan Soto, RF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | CHW 6, MIN 1 | Leury García, 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 5, BOS 4 | Raisel Iglesias, (S 18) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.2 | TB 8, CLE 1 (F/7) | Josh Fleming, (W 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +3.1 | NYY 5, SEA 4 | Luis Cessa, (W 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +3.0 | TOR 10, BAL 2 | Bo Bichette, SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | ARI 6, COL 4 | Eduardo Escobar, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | DET 5, TEX 3 | Kyle Funkhouser, (W 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 5, KC 2 | Jonathan India, 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIL 5, NYM 0 (F/7) | Jake Cousins, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +1.0 | CHC 8, PHI 3 | Anthony Rizzo, 1B | 4 | 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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 | 25.4 | 86.7 | 122.1 | +8.0 |
| Wood, Alex 3246 | pi sp | sf nl | 8.0 | 8.0 | 29.7 | 48.1 | +8.0 |
| Fleming, Josh 4316 | pi mr sp | tb al | 5.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | +3.7 |
| Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | tb al | 5.1 | 5.1 | 22.1 | 39.8 | +5.1 |
| Garcia, Luis 4423 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Bichette, Bo 4233 | ss | tor al | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +3.5 |
| Iglesias, Raisel 3467 | pi cp | ana al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 22.0 | 24.7 | +3.0 |
| Soto, Juan 3994 | rf dh | dc nl | 2.5 | 4.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | +0.5 |
| Escobar, Eduardo 3135 | 3b 2b | ari nl | 2.5 | 3.5 | 19.7 | 31.4 | +1.5 |
| Almonte, Abraham 3554 | lf ph | atl nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 6.5 | 8.0 | +2.5 |
| Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | chi nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 36.0 | 60.0 | +2.0 |
| Cessa, Luis 3703 | pi cp mr | nyy al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +2.0 |
| Garcia, Leury 4019 | 2b cf rf | chi al | 1.5 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +0.0 |
| Cousins, Jake 4470 | pi mr | mil nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Funkhouser, Kyle 4468 | pi mr | det al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Holloway, Jordan 4467 | pi mr | fla nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| India, Jonathan 4469 | 2b | cin nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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