2015 leaders
Cubs pitcher Jake Arrieta is Box-Toppers Player of the Year.
Arrieta earned 29.1 Box-Toppers points in 2015, winning the crown by 3.4 points over second-place player, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (25.7). Arrieta ends Kershaw’s four-year streak of leading NL pitchers and two-year streak of leading all players.
Other category leaders:
Box-Toppers American League Player of the Year—Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel had 21.4 points, finishing 0.3 points ahead of second-place player, Blue Jays pitcher David Price (21.1). Keuchel ranks fourth among all players.
Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Year—Adrian Beltre of the Rangers had 12.5 Box-Toppers points, finishing 0.5 points ahead of second-place player Mike Trout of the Angels (12.0). In fact, Beltre only made his debut among Box-Toppers top 10 AL batters in the season’s final week, in sixth place, before rising to the top spot after a strong week, earning 3.0 Box-Toppers points. Beltre ranks 27th among all players.
Box-Toppers National League Batter of the Year—Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies had 11.5 Box-Toppers points finishing 0.6 points ahead of second-place player Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets (10.9). Gonzalez ranks 31st among all players.
Both Beltre and Gonzalez set dubious Box-Toppers records in 2015—they each had the lowest Box-Toppers point total to lead their league in batting in 21 seasons of record keeping. In the AL, Beltre tied the previous low point total to lead AL batters, set in 2008 by Aubrey Huff of the Orioles (12.5). Gonzalez (11.5) set a new mark for NL batters, lower than the previous lowest Box-Toppers point for a leader set in 2014 by Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies (11.6).
Box-Toppers’ top pitchers in their leagues—Arrieta and Keuchel—each won their league’s Cy Young Award. However, neither of Box-Toppers’ top batters in their leagues won Most Valuable Player Awards. Josh Donaldson of the Blue Jays won the AL MVP (he had 9.9 Box-Toppers points, ranked seventh among AL batters) and Bryce Harper of the Nationals won the NL MVP (he had 9.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked seventh among NL batters).
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 regular season 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.
More leaders:
Box-Toppers points leaders for 2015
| OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 29.1 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 25.7 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 22.4 |
| 4 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 21.4 |
| 5 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tor al | 21.1 |
| 6 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 21.0 |
| 7 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.7 |
| 8 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 19.4 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 19.0 |
| 10 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 18.8 |
| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 21.4 |
| 2 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tor al | 21.1 |
| 3 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 19.4 |
| 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 18.8 |
| 5 | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | pi sp | cle al | 18.0 |
| 6 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | oak al | 17.8 |
| 7 | Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 16.0 |
| 8 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | tex al | 15.4 |
| 9 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | sea al | 13.7 |
| 10 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 13.4 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Beltre, Adrian 1141 | 3b | tex al | 12.5 |
| 2 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 12.0 |
| 3 | Fielder, Prince 2029 | dh | tex al | 11.5 |
| 4 | Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 11.0 |
| 5 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | dh | tor al | 10.4 |
| 6 | Bautista, Jose 2169 | rf | tor al | 10.0 |
| 7 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b | tor al | 9.9 |
| 8 | Bradley, Jackie Jr. 3293 | cf lf rf | bos al | 9.5 |
| 9 | Hosmer, Eric 2886 | 1b | kc al | 9.0 |
| 10 | Cain, Lorenzo 3171 | cf | kc al | 8.2 |
| NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 29.1 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 25.7 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 22.4 |
| 4 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 21.0 |
| 5 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 20.7 |
| 6 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | pit nl | 19.0 |
| 7 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 17.0 |
| 8 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.4 |
| 9 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 14.9 |
| 10 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 14.0 |
| NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Gonzalez, Carlos 2460 | rf | col nl | 11.5 |
| 2 | Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 | lf cf | nym nl | 10.9 |
| 3 | McCutchen, Andrew 2637 | cf | pit nl | 10.5 |
| 4 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | ari nl | 10.2 |
| 5 | Grichuk, Randal 3474 | rf lf cf | stl nl | 9.5 |
| 6 | Upton, Justin 2411 | lf | sd nl | 9.0 |
| 7 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | lf rf | dc nl | 9.0 |
| 8 | Frazier, Todd 2929 | 3b | cin nl | 8.9 |
| 9 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | chi nl | 8.5 |
| 10 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b | col nl | 8.5 |
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