| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 | 1 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 8.7 | |
| 2 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 7.4 | 2 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 7.7 | |
| 3 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 | 3 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 7.0 | |
| 4 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 7.0 | 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.7 | |
| 5 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 6.4 | 5 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 6 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 6.0 | 6 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 7 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.0 | |
| 8 | Gonzales, Marco 3408 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 | 8 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 | |
| 9 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 9 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 | |
| 10 | Keller, Brad 4008 | pi sp | kc al | 4.0 | 10 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | dc nl | 4.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | lf | hou al | 5.0 | 1 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | lf dh rf ph | atl nl | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 4.5 | 2 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 3 | Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 4.5 | 3 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | lf dh | atl nl | 3.5 | |
| 4 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 4.5 | 4 | Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 3.5 | |
| 5 | Anderson, Tim 3659 | ss | chi al | 4.5 | 5 | Rojas, Miguel 3642 | ss | fla nl | 3.5 | |
| 6 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.0 | 6 | Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | 1b dh 3b 2b | dc nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Candelario, Jeimer 4025 | 1b 3b | det al | 4.0 | 7 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | lf | pit nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 3.5 | 8 | Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 | ss | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Biggio, Cavan 4183 | 2b rf | tor al | 3.5 | 9 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Reyes, Franmil 4036 | dh | cle al | 3.5 | 10 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b ss | sd nl | 3.0 |
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth week.
Meanwhile, Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish rises to lead National League pitchers, Adam Duvall of the Braves rises to lead NL batters and Kyle Tucker of the Astros maintains his lead among American League batters.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2020. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, Sept. 10.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
| 2 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 8.7 |
| 3 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 7.7 |
| 4 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 7.4 |
| 5 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 7.0 |
| 6 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 |
| 7 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 7.0 |
| 8 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.7 |
| 9 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 |
| 10 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 6.4 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Bieber has 9.7 Box-Toppers points through the games of Sept. 10, gaining 1.0 Box-Toppers point in the past week. He also leads AL pitchers, ahead of Lance Lynn of the Rangers (7.4 points).
Darvish rises to lead NL pitchers with 8.7 Box-Toppers points, ahead of second-place Jacob deGrom of the Mets (7.7). Darvish passes last week’s NL pitching leader Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers, who falls to fourth place with 6.7 points. Darvish ranks second among all players.
Adam Duvall of the Braves rises to lead NL batters with 4.0 Box-Toppers points, passing Jason Heyward of the Cubs (3.7 points), who falls to second place. Duvall ranks 29th among all players.
Kyle Tucker of the Astros maintains the lead among AL batters for the second week with 5.0 Box-Toppers points, earning no points in the past week, ahead of second-place Mike Trout of the Angels (4.5 points). Tucker ranks 15th among all players.
So far this season, 414 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 97 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 71 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season—15 in the past week—the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors. There have been 648 games completed in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season in which 900 are scheduled, meaning 72.0 percent of scheduled games have been played.
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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