| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 | 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.7 | |
| 2 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 | 2 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.7 | |
| 3 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 6.0 | 3 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 4 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 | 4 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 | |
| 5 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 | 5 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 6 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 5.4 | 6 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.7 | |
| 7 | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 7 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | cin nl | 4.7 | |
| 8 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 8 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 4.0 | |
| 9 | Keller, Brad 4008 | pi sp | kc al | 4.0 | 9 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 4.0 | |
| 10 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 10 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | lf | hou al | 5.0 | 1 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf | chi nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 4.5 | 2 | Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 3.5 | |
| 3 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 4.5 | 3 | Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | 1b dh 3b 2b | dc nl | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Anderson, Tim 3659 | ss | chi al | 4.5 | 4 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | lf | pit nl | 3.0 | |
| 5 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.0 | 5 | Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 | ss | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 3.5 | 6 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Biggio, Cavan 4183 | 2b rf | tor al | 3.5 | 7 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b ss | sd nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Reyes, Franmil 4036 | dh | cle al | 3.5 | 8 | Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 2.7 | |
| 9 | Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | min al | 3.0 | 9 | Gosselin, Philip 3398 | dh 2b lf ph | phi nl | 2.7 | |
| 10 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 3.0 | 10 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 2.5 |
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Indians pitcher Shane Bieber maintains his lead in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third week.
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. 3.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 8.7 |
| 2 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.7 |
| 3 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.7 |
| 4 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 |
| 5 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 6.0 |
| 6 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 |
| 7 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 6.0 |
| 8 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 6.0 |
| 9 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 10 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 |
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Meanwhile, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to lead National League pitchers and Kyle Tucker of the Astros rises to lead American League batters. Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters.
Bieber has 8.7 Box-Toppers points through the games of Aug. 27, gaining no Box-Toppers points in the past week. He also leads AL pitchers, ahead of Lucas Giolito of the White Sox (6.0 points).
Kershaw rises to lead NL pitchers with 6.7 Box-Toppers points, ahead of second-place Yu Darvish of the Cubs (6.7). Though Kershaw, Darvish and third-place NL pitcher Aaron Nola of the Phillies all have 6.7 Box-Toppers points this season, Kershaw ranks ahead because he had more 2019 Box-Toppers points—Kershaw 12.7, Darvish 10.4 and Nola 9.7. Kershaw passes last week’s NL pitching leader Trevor Bauer of the Reds, who falls to fourth place with 6.0 points. Kershaw ranks second among all players.
Kershaw has frequently led NL pitchers in Box-Toppers season player rankings but it has been three years since he last led them in a weekly player rankings report. The last time he led was Sept. 14, 2017, when he had 23.1 Box-Toppers points for 2017. It was one of 20 times that season Kershaw led NL pitchers in Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings reports. However, he ended the season in second place among NL pitchers, behind Max Scherzer of the Nationals (25.0-to-23.1). Kershaw led NL pitchers at the end of a season four straight years (2011-14), including leading all players 2011, 2013 and 2014.
Kyle Tucker of the Astros rises to lead AL batters with 5.0 Box-Toppers points, ahead of second-place Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox (4.5 points). Tucker passes last week’s AL batting leader, Luke Voit of the Yankees, who falls to third place with 4.5 points. Tucker ranks 13th among all players.
Jason Heyward of the Cubs maintains his lead among NL batters with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. Heyward ranks 32nd among all players.
So far this season, 367 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 82 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 56 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season—nine in the past week—the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors. There have been 544 games completed in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season in which 900 are scheduled, meaning 60.4 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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