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Cubs’ Gausman tops players for Thursday, Sept. 3; Rangers’ Quantrill tops AL players

Shawn Plank September 4, 2026

Cubs pitcher Kevin Gausman is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Rangers pitcher Cal Quantrill, Carter Jensen of the Royals and Jake Mangum of the Pirates.

Astros’ Imai tops players for Thursday, June 25; Phillies’ Harper tops NL players

Shawn Plank June 26, 2026

Astros pitcher Tatsuya Imai is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other top players Thursday include Bryce Harper of the Phillies and Jeff McNeil of the Athletics.

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September 24, 2026

Braves’ Sale tops players for Wednesday, Sept. 23; Alonso extends AL batting lead

September 24, 2026

Braves pitcher Chris Sale is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Wednesday, Pete Alonso of the Orioles extends his lead among American League batters by earning Player of the Game honors, becoming the third batter—and the second exclusive hitter—to reach 10 Box-Toppers points in 2026.

September 24, 2026

September 23, 2026

Pirates’ Jones tops players for Tuesday, Sept. 22; Phillies’ Wheeler rises to 6th place

September 23, 2026

Pirates pitcher Jared Jones is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Tuesday, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

September 23, 2026

September 22, 2026

Tigers’ Montero tops players Monday, Sept. 21; Orioles’ Alonso regains AL batting lead

September 22, 2026

Tigers pitcher Keider Montero is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Monday, Pete Alonso of the Orioles regains the 2026 Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters after earning AL Batter of the Day honors. In addition, Drew Gilbert of the Giants won National League Player of the Day honors in the day’s limited three-game schedule.

September 22, 2026

September 21, 2026

Brewers’ Misiorowski secures Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors Sunday

September 21, 2026

Brewers ace Jacob Misiorowski officially secured 2026 Box-Toppers Player of the Year honors Sunday, earning Player of the Game honors to put the overall season points race completely out of reach.

Also Sunday:

Dodgers pitcher Emmet Sheehan is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez maintains fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Guardians pitcher Gavin Williams rises to eighth place in season player rankings.

September 21, 2026

September 20, 2026

Nationals’ Alvarez tops players for Saturday, Sept. 19; Guardians’ Martínez tops AL players

September 20, 2026

Nationals pitcher Andrew Alvarez is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Angel Martínez of the Guardians, Mookie Betts of the Dodgers and Miguel Vargas of the White Sox.

September 20, 2026

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Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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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