Alonso, Stanton top players in Friday’s League Championship Series games

Pete Alonso of the Mets and Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Friday’s two League Championship Series games.

In the National League, the New York Mets extend their best-of-seven-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, now trailing 3-2. In the American League, the New York Yankees take a 3-1 lead in their best-of—seven game series against the Cleveland Guardians.

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Mets’ Manaea, Padres’ Suarez top players in Tuesday’s NL Division Series games

Mets pitcher Sean Manaea and Padres closing pitcher Robert Suarez are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two National League Division Series playof games.

The Mets and Padres both take 2-1 leads in their best-of-five game series as both series resume Wednesday with Game 4s. Both American League Division Series also resume Wednesday’s with two Game 3s.

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Quintana tops players Thursday as Mets eliminate Brewers in NL Wild Card Game 3

Mets pitcher Jose Quintana tops players in Thursday’s Wild Card series-clinching win.

Quintana struck out five over six scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-2 win over the Brewers. Quintana did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

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Yankees’ Stanton, Mets’ Scott top players in spring games for Wednesday, March 20

Giancarlo Stanton of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.

Stanton hit three home runs, including a grand slam, a sacrifice fly and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in eight runs, in the 12-0 win over the Pirates.

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Shohei Ohtani leads players in Box-Toppers points over past 2 seasons (2022-23)

Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.

Ohtani has earned 44.1 Box-Toppers points over 2022 and 2023. He ranked second among all players in 2022 with 24.7 Box-Toppers points and third among all players in 2023 with 19.4 points.

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A look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2023

Analyzing 29 years of Box-Toppers points leaders in pitching and batting in both leagues.

In 2023, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, American League Most Valuable Player, was the only player who won a major postseason award and also led his Box-Toppers category (leading AL batters with 19.4). Also, Pete Alonso of the Mets became the ninth batter since 1995 to lead his league’s batters in Box-Toppers points more than once, leading NL batters for the second straight season.

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A detailed look at Box-Toppers points leaders for 2023: Top players by position in each league

Here is a detailed look at Box-Toppers point leaders for 2023.

The chart accompanying this post shows points leaders for the season by several different categories and classifications.

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How 2023 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings

Six of the 20 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards in 2023 were also among the leaders at their positions in 2023 Box-Toppers point totals.

The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers. Box-Toppers, analyzing traditional box scores, tracks which player most helps his team win the most games, awarding points for the top player in each game.

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Box-Toppers’ top-ranked nominees—Ohtani, Acuna—win 2023 Hank Aaron Awards

Box-Toppers’ top-ranked nominees in both leagues won 2023’s Hank Aaron Awards for top offensive player. But Box-Toppers would have chosen two other players for the honors.

Shohei Ohtani of the Angels won the award in the American League and Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves won the award in the National League.

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Four Box-Toppers points leaders among players named to 2023 All-MLB First Team

Only four Box-Toppers points leaders are among players selected for 2023’s 16-member “All-MLB” team announced this month. Three other Box-Toppers leaders were chosen for the “All-MLB” Second Team.

The All-MLB team players are not selected based on their affiliation with American League or National League. Rather, all players are chosen regardless of league as “First Team” or “Second Team” players.

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Box-Toppers points leaders Ohtani, Henderson win 2023 Players Choice Awards

Only two of Box-Toppers category leaders also won Players Choice Awards for 2023 as voted by the players’ union: Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, who was voted American League Outstanding Player and Gunnar Henderson of the Orioles was voted AL Outstanding Rookie.

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Box-Toppers 2023 year-end All-Star teams

The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2023 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider.

The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to nine batters in each league are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.

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