Box‑Toppers 2026 World Baseball Classic Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the 47 games in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, beginning with pool play (March 4-11), the quarterfinals (March 13-14), the semifinals (March 15-16) and the championship game (March 17). Players are listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG) on each day of the tournament. For players who have earned B-T Player of the Game honors in regular-season Major League games, their 2025 Box-Toppers point total is listed (BTP), along with their 2025 team (’25) and their 2026 team (’26).| Date | BTG | Team | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | HR | 3B | 2B | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | BTP | ’25 | ’26 | ||
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| 3/4 | +8.0 | `AUS 3, TPE 0 | Alex Wells | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 3/5 | +6.0 | KOR 11, CZE 4 | Bo Gyeong Moon 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/5 | +2.0 | AUS 5, CZE 1 | Curtis Mead 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/6 | +8.0 | TPE 14, CZE 0 | Stuart Fairchild DH | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.0 | TB | CLE | ||
| 3/6 | +7.0 | USA 15, BRA 5 | Logan Webb (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9.0 | SF | SF | ||
| 3/6 | +6.0 | JPN 13, TPE 0 | Sosuke Genda SS | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/6 | +4.0 | DOM 12, NCA 3 | Oneil Cruz PH | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.5 | PIT | PIT | ||
| 3/6 | +3.2 | CUB 3, PAN 1 | Livan Moinelo (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 3/6 | +2.2 | `MEX 8, GBR 2 | Javier Assad | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | CHC | CHC | ||
| 3/6 | +1.0 | VEN 6, NED 2 | Luis Arraez 2B‑1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 0.0 | SD | SF | ||
| 3/6 | +2.0 | PUR 5, COL 0 | Seth Lugo (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5.0 | KC | KC | ||
| 3/7 | +9.2 | `ITA 8, BRA 0 | Sam Aldegheri | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.0 | LAA | LAA | ||
| 3/7 | +9.0 | VEN 11, ISR 3 | Enmanuel De Jesus (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 3/7 | +8.0 | USA 9, GBR 1 | Clay Holmes (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.0 | NYM | NYM | ||
| 3/7 | +5.1 | `PUR 4, PAN 3 | Eduardo Rivera | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 3/7 | +5.0 | JPN 8, KOR 6 | Seiya Suzuki CF‑RF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.5 | CHC | CHC | ||
| 3/7 | +4.0 | `CAN 8, COL 2 | Noah Skirrow (H, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
| 3/7 | +3.0 | NED 4, NCA 3 | Ozzie Albies 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | ATL | ATL | ||
| 3/7 | +1.0 | TPE 5, KOR 4 | Chieh‑Hsien Chen PR‑DH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/8 | +7.0 | JPN 4, AUS 3 | Chihiro Sumida (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| 3/8 | +5.1 | ISR 5, NCA 0 | Dean Kremer (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7.7 | BAL | BAL | ||
| 3/8 | +5.1 | PAN 4, CAN 3 | Miguel Cienfuegos (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 3/8 | +5.0 | MEX 16, BRA 0 | Alek Thomas CF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.5 | ARI | ARI | ||
| 3/8 | +4.0 | DOM 12, NED 1 | Luis Severino (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4.0 | ATH | ATH | ||
| 3/8 | +2.0 | ITA 7, GBR 4 | Andrew Fischer 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/8 | +2.0 | CUB 7, COL 4 | Ariel Martinez 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/9 | +9.0 | DOM 10, ISR 1 | Brayan Bello (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.4 | BOS | BOS | ||
| 3/9 | +9.0 | USA 5, MEX 3 | Paul Skenes (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21.1 | PIT | PIT | ||
| 3/9 | +7.0 | `COL 4, PAN 3 | Adrian Almeida | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 3/9 | +6.0 | `GBR 8, BRA 1 | Brendan Beck | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| 3/9 | +4.0 | VEN 4, NCA 0 | Ronald Acuña Jr. RF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.5 | ATL | ATL | ||
| 3/9 | +3.0 | KOR 7, AUS 2 | Bo Gyeong Moon DH‑1B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/9 | +3.0 | PUR 4, CUB 1 | Edwin Díaz (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.0 | NYM | LAD | ||
| 3/10 | +7.0 | JPN 9, CZE 0 | Yumeto Kanemaru (W, 1‑0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| 3/10 | +5.0 | ITA 8, USA 6 | Jac Caglianone RF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/10 | +4.0 | CAN 3, PUR 2 | Brock Dykxhoorn (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 3/10 | +2.0 | ISR 6, NED 2 | Jake Gelof 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |||||
| 3/11 | +6.0 | CAN 7, CUB 2 | Cal Quantrill (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6.7 | TEX | TEX | ||
| 3/11 | +5.0 | ITA 9, MEX 1 | Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.7 | KC | KC | ||
| 3/11 | +1.0 | DOM 7, VEN 5 | Fernando Tatis Jr. RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | SD | SD | ||
| 3/13 | +10.0 | DOM 10, KOR 0 | Cristopher Sánchez (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15.4 | PHI | PHI | ||
| 3/13 | +4.2 | USA 5, CAN 3 | Logan Webb (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9.0 | SF | SF | ||
| 3/14 | +5.0 | `ITA 8, PUR 6 | Dylan DeLucia (H, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 3/14 | +3.1 | VEN 8, JPN 5 | Enmanuel De Jesus (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 3/15 | +3.0 | `USA 2, DOM 1 | Garrett Whitlock (H, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.0 | BOS | BOS | ||
| 3/16 | +3.0 | VEN 4, ITA 2 | Daniel Palencia (S, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | CHC | CHC | ||
| 3/17 | +6.1 | `VEN 3, USA 2 | Eduardo Rodriguez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.7 | ARI | ARI |
` Pitcher had a no‑decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Dates of games correspond to American time. For example, the WBC kicked off in Japan when it was March 5, but it was still March 4 in America.
NOTE: If BTP column is blank, that means the player has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut by winning his first career Player of the Game honor in a regular-season Major League game.
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Venezuela pitcher Eduardo Rodríguez is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Baseball Classic Championship Game.
Logo source: Chris Creamer’s SportsLogos.Net
Rodríguez, who pitches for the Arizona Diamondbacks in Major League Baseball, struck out four over 4 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 3-2 win over the United States.
Rodríguez earned 4.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025 with the Diamondbacks, 69th among National League pitchers. In 2023 with the Tigers, he earned 13.0 Box-Toppers points, 12th among AL pitchers, but was limited by shoulder injuries in both 2024 and 2025. He made 10 starts in 2024 with the Diamondbacks, earning 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
Venezuela third baseman Maikel Garcia was named 2026 World Baseball Classic Most Valuable Player, going 10-for-26 in the tournament, with one home run, two doubles and seven runs batted in. On Tuesday, he drove in the team’s first run with a sacrifice fly. However, Garcia did not earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in any WBC game in 2026. Garcia, who plays for the Kansas City Royals, earned 3.5 Box-Toppers points in 2025, eighth among AL third basemen.
Only one Venezuela player earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors more than once during the tournament: relief pitcher Enmanuel De Jesus, who did it March 7 in the win over Israel and March 14 in the win over Japan. De Jesus, currently in the Detroit Tigers organization, has yet to earn his first career Box-Toppers point.
Other Venezuela players to win Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in WBC games are outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. (Braves), relief pitcher Daniel Palencia (Cubs) and infielder Luis Arraez (Giants).
In the United States’ team wins, these were the Player of the Game winners:
March 6—Giants pitcher Logan Webb
March 7—Mets pitcher Clay Holmes
March 9—Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes
March 13—Giants pitcher Logan Webb
March 15—Red Sox pitcher Garrett Whitlock
Tuesday’s championship was the 47th and final game of the 2026 World Baseball Classic tournament that began March 4, featuring teams from 20 nations.
Here is a look back at the Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in each of the 47 WBC games.
Some observations:
Most Player of the Game honors
Three players won Player of the Game honors twice each:
Bo Gyeong Moon, first baseman, Korea, on March 5 against Czechia and March 9 against Australia. Moon plays for the LG Twins of the KBO League, the Korean professional league.
Logan Webb, pitcher, United States, on March 6 against Brazil and March 13 in the quarterfinals against Canada. Webb plays in the MLB for the San Francisco Giants.
Enmanuel De Jesus, relief pitcher, Venezuela, on March 7 against Israel and March 14 in the quarterfinals against Japan. De Jesus, 29, played in Korea in 2025 for the KT Wiz. He has two career MLB games with the Miami Marlins in 2023, but has no Box-Toppers points. He is currently in the Detroit Tigers organization.
Winners with most 2025 Box-Toppers points
Here are the players with the most 2025 Box-Toppers points among WBC Player of the Game winners:
1. Paul Skenes, United States pitcher
Skenes earned 21.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025 with the Pirates, second among all players (behind Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal’s 22.1) and most among National League pitchers. He was Player of the Game March 9 in the win over Mexico.
2. Cristopher Sánchez, Dominican Republic pitcher
Cristopher Sánchez earned 15.4 Box-Toppers points in 2025 with the Phillies, seventh among NL pitchers. He was Player of the Game March 13 in the win over Korea.
3. Seiya Suzuki, Japan outfielder
Seiya Suzuki earned 9.5 Box-Toppers points in 2025 with the Cubs, fourth among NL batters. He was Player of the Game March 7 in the win over Korea.
4. Logan Webb, United States pitcher
Webb earned 9.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025 with the Giants, 23rd among NL pitchers. He was Player of the Game twice—March 6 in the win over Brazil and March 13 in the quarterfinals win over Canada.
Player of the Game winners with Box-Toppers points
In the 47 games played, 22 Player of the Game winners earned Box-Toppers points in the Major Leagues in 2025.
In addition, three other winners who earned no Box-Toppers points in 2025 have earned points in previous seasons—Luis Arraez of Venezuela, Stuart Fairchild of Chinese Taipei and Sam Aldegheri of Italy.
At least one other winner—Jac Caglianone of Italy—has Major League experience, but has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut by winning his first career Player of the Game honor.
MLB teams most represented by WBC Player of the Game winners
Three members of the Chicago Cubs earned Player of the Game honors in the 2026 World Baseball Classic for three different teams:
Javier Assad, pitcher, Mexico, won March 6 in the win over Great Britain.
Seiya Suzuki, outfield, Japan, won March 6 in the win over Korea.
Daniel Palencia, relief pitcher, Venezuela, won March 16 in the win over Italy.
Other MLB teams with two WBC Player of the Game winners:
Diamondbacks
Braves
Red Sox
Royals
Mets
Pirates
Padres
Giants (both Webb).
Other teams with winners are the Athletics, the Orioles, the Angels, the Phillies, the Rays and the Rangers.
WBC players changing MLB teams
Three WBC Player of the Game winners changed MLB teams in the offseason:
Edwin Díaz, relief pitcher, Puerto Rico, going from the Mets to the Dodgers. He won March 9 in the win over Cuba.
Luis Arraez, infielder, Venezuela, going from the Padres to Giants. He won March 6 in the win over the Netherlands.
Stuart Fairchild, designated hitter, Chinese Taipei, going from the Rays to the Guardians. He won March 6 in the win over Czechia.
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