| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 11.4 | 1 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 10.0 | |
| 2 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 9.1 | 2 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 9.7 | |
| 3 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 8.4 | 3 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 9.0 | |
| 4 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 8.0 | 4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 | |
| 5 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.4 | 5 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.7 | |
| 6 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 | 6 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 | |
| 7 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 7.0 | 7 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.7 | |
| 8 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 6.4 | 8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.0 | |
| 9 | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 | 9 | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.0 | |
| 10 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 6.0 | 10 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 6.0 | 1 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | lf dh | atl nl | 4.5 | |
| 2 | Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 5.5 | 2 | Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | 1b dh 3b 2b | dc nl | 4.5 | |
| 3 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 5.0 | 3 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | sd nl | 4.5 | |
| 4 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | lf | hou al | 5.0 | 4 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | lf dh rf ph | atl nl | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 4.5 | 5 | Ruf, Darin 3575 | lf dh | sf nl | 4.0 | |
| 6 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 4.5 | 6 | Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 3.7 | |
| 7 | Anderson, Tim 3659 | ss | chi al | 4.5 | 7 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 8 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b ph | min al | 4.0 | 8 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b ph | atl nl | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.0 | 9 | Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 3.5 | |
| 10 | Candelario, Jeimer 4025 | 1b 3b | det al | 4.0 | 10 | Gregorius, Didi 3184 | ss | phi nl | 3.5 |
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is Box-Toppers Player of the Year for 2020.
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 Sunday, Sept. 27. FINAL STANDINGS.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 11.4 |
| 2 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 10.0 |
| 3 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 9.7 |
| 4 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 9.1 |
| 5 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 9.0 |
| 6 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 |
| 7 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 8.4 |
| 8 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 8.0 |
| 9 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.7 |
| 10 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Bieber finishes the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with 11.4 Box-Toppers points, leading Box-Toppers player rankings report for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer rises to lead National League pitchers, Marcell Ozuna of the Braves rises to lead NL batters and Luke Voit of the Yankees maintains his lead among American League batters.
Bieber has 11.4 Box-Toppers points through the final regular season games of Sept. 27, gaining 1.7 Box-Toppers points since the last player rankings report on Sept. 17. Bieber also leads AL pitchers, ahead of Lance Lynn of the Rangers (9.1 points).
Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer rises to regain the 2020 Box-Toppers points lead among NL pitchers with 10.0 Box-Toppers points, passing Jacob deGrom of the Mets (8.7 points), who led Sept. 17, but falls to fourth among NL pitchers in the final rankings. Bauer led NL pitchers in ranking reports on Aug. 20 and Aug. 27.
Marcell Ozuna of the Braves rises to lead NL batters with 4.5 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader teammate Adam Duvall (4.0 points), who falls to fourth among NL batters. Two other NL batters also have 4.5 Box-Toppers points, but Ozuna ranks ahead of them because he has more 2019 points—Ozuna (12.0), Asdrubal Cabrera of the Nationals (9.0) and Trent Grisham of the Padres (2.5). Ozuna ranks 38th among all players in 2020 Box-Toppers points.
Ozuna was also Box-Toppers points leader among NL batters in 2019 when he was with the Cardinals (12.0), making him the 17th player—and eighth batter—to lead a Box-Toppers points category in more than one season (player tracking began in 1995).
Luke Voit of the Yankees is first in Box-Toppers points lead among AL batters with 6.0. He also led Sept. 17. Voit leads second-place AL batter Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox (5.5). Voit ranks 22nd among all players in 2020 Box-Toppers points.
In 2020, 497 different players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 129 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 96 players who made their Box-Toppers debut this season—19 since Sept. 17—the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors. There were 898 games completed in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season in which 900 were scheduled. Remarkably, despite the pandemic, only two games were missed. Every team but the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals played the full 60-game schedule. Both of those teams played 58 games each.
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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Previous Box-Toppers season player rankings report from Sept. 17