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Kyle Stowers of the Marlins is Sunday’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 Sunday, July 13.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 18.1 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 14.4 |
| 3 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 13.1 |
| 4 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 13.0 |
| 5 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 12.4 |
| 6 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 12.0 |
| 7 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 12.0 |
| 8 | Carlos Rodón | pi sp | Yankees | 11.7 |
| 9 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 11.4 |
| 10 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 11.0 |
Also Sunday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors—Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to seventh place and Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray rises to 10th place.
Player of the Day
Stowers hit three home runs and went 5-for-5, scoring four times and driving in six runs, in the 11-1 win over the Orioles.
Stowers earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.5 for the season, 67th among all players and 10th among National League batters.
Stowers recorded a +10.0 Box-Toppers game score Sunday, third-highest among all batters who have earned Player of the Game honors so far in 2025. The two higher game scores:
+11.0 by Brandon Nimmo of the Mets on April 28 in the 19-5 win over the Nationals (2HR 2B 4-6 4R 9BI).
+10.0 by Aaron Judge of the Yankees on March 29 in the 20-9 win over the Brewers (3HR 2B 4-6 4R 8BI).
Though Judge and Stowers both had +10.0 Box-Toppers game scores, Judge’s ranks higher because he had more at bats in his game—six vs. five.
While Stowers’ +10.0 game score is third-best among batters in 2025, it ranks 106th among all Player of the Game winners so far in the 1,445 games played so far this season. There are 103 pitchers who earned Player of the Game honors in 2025 with higher game scores.
Stowers becomes the eighth batter in 2025 to win overall Player of the Day honors. Other batters winning Player of the Day honors in 2025 are:
Jose Altuve of the Astros on July 4.
Kerry Carpenter of the Tigers on June 2.
Rhys Hoskins of the Brewers on May 14.
Gleyber Torres of the Yankees on May 12.
Jake Meyers of the Astros on May 3.
Brandon Nimmo of the Mets on April 28.
Aaron Judge of the Yankees on March 29.
In the 111 days of the season so far, pitchers have won Player of the Game honors in the other 103 days of the season. In the entire 2024 season, only five batters won overall Player of the Day honors.
American League Player of the Day
Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi struck out eight over 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 5-1 win over the Astros.
Eovaldi earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, 16th among all players and eighth among AL pitchers.
AL and NL Batters of the Day
There are no separate AL and NL Batters of the Day for Sunday.
There is no NL Batter of the Day because the overall Player of the Day is batter Kyle Stowers. There is no AL Batter of the Day because no AL Batter of the Day won Player of the Game honors in the 15 games completed.
Rankings
Two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors Sunday:
Yoshinobu rises to seventh place
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (7IP 3H 0R 2BB 7K ND in the 5-2, 11-inning win over the Giants) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.0 for the season, rising from ninth to seventh place overall and third among NL pitchers, behind Zack Wheeler of the Phillies (18.1 points) and Nick Pivetta of the Padres (13.0 points).
Gray rises to 10th place
Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray (3IP 3H R 0BB 5K ND in the 5-4 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.0 for the season, 10th overall and fifth among NL pitchers.
Gray also now has 121.3 career Box-Toppers points, 51st-most among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. He trails 50th-ranked player, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (123.1).
Gray ranks ninth among active, signed players in career points, sixth among active NL pitchers.
Scoring
Stowers earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Eovaldi earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
All of Sunday’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).| 7/14 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +10.0 | MIA 11, BAL 1 | Kyle Stowers LF | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +9.0 | `LAD 5, SF 2 (F/11) | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +8.0 | CHC 4, NYY 1 | Shota Imanaga (W, 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| AL | +7.2 | TEX 5, HOU 1 | Nathan Eovaldi (W, 7‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| +7.2 | MIL 8, WSH 1 | Freddy Peralta (W, 11‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +5.2 | `KC 3, NYM 2 | Noah Cameron | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +4.1 | `SEA 8, DET 4 | Logan Gilbert | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||
| +4.0 | ARI 5, LAA 1 | Merrill Kelly (W, 8‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | ||
| +4.0 | CLE 6, CHW 5 (F/10) | Emmanuel Clase (W, 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +4.0 | BOS 4, TB 1 | Aroldis Chapman (S, 17) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 4, COL 2 | TJ Friedl CF | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | `PIT 2, MIN 1 | Mitch Keller | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | `STL 5, ATL 4 | Sonny Gray | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +2.2 | ATH 6, TOR 3 | Jeffrey Springs (W, 8‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +2.1 | PHI 2, SD 1 | Cristopher Sánchez W, 8‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 12.0 | 18.4 | 18.4 | 18.4 | +5.6 |
| Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 11.0 | 23.4 | 57.0 | 121.3 | -1.4 |
| Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 9.7 | 11.7 | 42.7 | 50.7 | +7.7 |
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 9.4 | 22.4 | 56.2 | 91.7 | -3.6 |
| Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.0 | 21.4 | 61.2 | 77.9 | -5.4 |
| Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.0 | 18.4 | 22.4 | 22.4 | -4.4 |
| Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 6.7 | 19.7 | 54.2 | 54.2 | -6.3 |
| Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | oak al | 6.0 | 11.0 | 28.4 | 28.4 | +1.0 |
| Keller, Mitch 4230 | pi sp | pit nl | 5.7 | 17.4 | 36.4 | 37.4 | -6.0 |
| Stowers, Kyle 5019 | rf | fla nl | 5.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +4.0 |
| Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 5.0 | 25.7 | 25.7 | 25.7 | -15.7 |
| Cameron, Noah 5167 | pi sp | kc al | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Friedl, TJ 4720 | dh cf | cin nl | 2.5 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | -2.5 |
| Clase, Emmanuel 4225 | pi mr cp | cle al | 2.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | -2.0 |
| Chapman, Aroldis 2826 | pi cp mr | bos al | 2.0 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 71.1 | -1.0 |
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