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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.
Giancarlo Stanton is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s American League Division Series Game 5 win, as the Yankees eliminate the Guardians.
AL Division Series Game 5: Yankees 5, Guardians 1
Stanton hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-4, scoring once and driving in three runs.
The Yankees win the best-of-five game series, 3-2, and advance to the AL Championship Series against the Astros, which begins Wednesday in Houston. (A Box-Toppers ALCS preview.)
Stanton earned 5.5 Box-Toppers points in 2022, 149th overall, 20th among AL batters.
Stanton had a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0 Tuesday. Yankees starting pitcher Nestor Cortes also had a +1.0 game score (5IP 3H R BB 2K W). But in cases of game score ties, batters rank ahead of pitchers, giving Stanton Player of the Game honors. Guardians starting pitcher Aaron Civale had a -7.9 game score (0.1IP 2H 3R BB K L).
Details on Tuesday’s ALDS Game 5 Player of the Game winner in the chart below.
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).Back to top
| BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.0 | NYY 5, CLE 1 | Giancarlo Stanton, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’21-22), the period 2017-2022 (’17-22) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2022 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2021 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’22 | ’21‑22 | ’17‑22 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | dh | nyy al | 5.5 | 11.5 | 34.2 | 73.4 | -0.5 |
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NOTE: These are player point totals as of the end of the 2022 regular season. No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.
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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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