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Cubs pitcher Ben Brown is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Saturday, May 31.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 11.1 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 9.0 |
| 3 | Carlos Rodón | pi sp | Yankees | 8.7 |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 8.0 |
| 5 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 8.0 |
| 6 | Joe Ryan | pi sp | Twins | 7.7 |
| 7 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 7.7 |
| 8 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 7.0 |
| 9 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 7.0 |
| 10 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 6.7 |
Also Saturday, Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Royals pitcher Michael Wacha, Junior Caminero of the Rays and Max Muncy of the Dodgers.
Player of the Day
Brown struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Reds.
Brown, normally a starter, took the mound in the second inning after “opener” Drew Pomeranz pitched the first, making Brown, technically, a middle reliever in this game. Brown did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.
Brown earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, 58th among all players and 23rd among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day
Royals pitcher Michael Wacha (7IP H 0R BB 6K ND in the 1-0 win over the Tigers) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 4.4 for the season, 20th among AL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Junior Caminero of the Rays (2HR 2-2B 4-5 4R 5BI in the 16-3 win over the Astros) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 4.5 for the season, fourth among AL batters.
2025 Box-Toppers points—AL batters 1—Riley Greene #Tigers 6.5 2—Wilyer Abreu #RedSox 5.0 3—Taylor Ward #Angels 4.5 4—Junior Caminero #Rays 4.5* 5—George Springer #BlueJays 4.0† *Earns 1.5 B-T points as SA AL Batter of the Day †Earns 1.0 pt as Player of the Game SA www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
National League Batter of the Day
Max Muncy of the Dodgers (2HR 3-6 3R 7BI in the 18-2 win over the Yankees) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 27th among NL batters.
Rankings
Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Gray (7IP 4H 0R BB 10K W in the 2-0 win over the Rangers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season. He ranks third among NL pitchers behind Zack Wheeler of the Phillies (11.1) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers (9.0).
Gray also now has 117.3 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 55th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his 1.0 point Saturday, he passes three players on the “all-time” career points list—Todd Helton (116.4), Mark Buehrle (116.7) and Adrian Beltre (116.8). He now trails 54th-ranked player Barry Zito (117.4).
Gray ranks ninth among active players in career points and sixth among active NL pitchers.
Career Box-Toppers points—Active NL pitchers 1—Clayton Kershaw #Dodgers 272.4 2—Justin Verlander #SFGiants 247.0 3—Chris Sale #Braves 176.1 4—Yu Darvish #Padres 139.7 5—Aaron Nola #Phillies 117.8 6—Sonny Gray #STLCards 117.3* *Earns 1.0 B-T point Saturday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Debut
José Tena of the Nationals made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Tena (2B 1-4 2R 2BI in the 11-7 win over the Diamondbacks) made his Major League debut Aug. 5, 2023, and was playing in his 99th career game.
Scoring
Brown earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Wacha earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Caminero and Muncy each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) 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).| 5/31 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | `CHC 2, CIN 0 | Ben Brown | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| +12.1 | ATL 5, BOS 0 | Spencer Schwellenbach (W, 4‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
| +12.0 | STL 2, TEX 0 | Sonny Gray (W, 6‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| AL | +11.0 | `KC 1, DET 0 | Michael Wacha | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| BAT | +8.0 | TB 16, HOU 3 | Junior Caminero DH | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +7.0 | LAD 18, NYY 2 | Max Muncy 3B | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +7.0 | MIL 17, PHI 7 | Jackson Chourio CF | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.1 | NYM 8, COL 2 | Kodai Senga (W, 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +4.1 | PIT 5, SD 0 | Bailey Falter (W, 4‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| +4.0 | TOR 8, ATH 7 | George Springer DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | BAL 4, CHW 2 | Jorge Mateo CF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CLE 7, LAA 5 | Logan T. Allen (W, 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 5, MIN 4 (F/11) | J.P. Crawford SS | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.2 | MIA 1, SF 0 | Edward Cabrera (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||
| +1.0 | WSH 11, ARI 7 | José Tena 3B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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.
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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 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’24-’25), the period 2020-2025 (’20-25) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2025 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2024 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’25 | ’24‑25 | ’20‑25 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 7.0 | 19.4 | 53.0 | 117.3 | -5.4 |
| Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.0 | 6.0 | 18.7 | 18.7 | +4.0 |
| Falter, Bailey 4473 | pi sp | pit nl | 4.7 | 8.4 | 18.1 | 18.1 | +1.0 |
| Caminero, Junior 5089 | 3b dh | tb al | 4.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +3.5 |
| Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | kc al | 4.4 | 14.8 | 41.3 | 76.0 | -6.0 |
| Springer, George 3337 | dh rf | tor al | 4.0 | 10.0 | 26.2 | 51.9 | -2.0 |
| Chourio, Jackson 4970 | lf cf | mil nl | 4.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | -1.7 |
| Brown, Ben 4967 | pi sp mr | chi nl | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -1.0 |
| Allen, Logan T. 4789 | pi sp | cle al | 4.0 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 | +1.0 |
| Crawford, J.P. 3937 | ss | sea al | 3.5 | 4.5 | 18.0 | 23.5 | +2.5 |
| Schwellenbach, Spencer 5035 | pi sp | atl nl | 3.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | -4.7 |
| Cabrera, Edward 4641 | pi sp mr | fla nl | 2.7 | 4.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | +0.7 |
| Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 2.5 | 4.5 | 24.2 | 34.2 | +0.5 |
| Mateo, Jorge 4669 | cf 2b | bal al | 1.0 | 2.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | -0.5 |
| Tena, José 5194 | 3b | dc nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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