Gerrit Cole leads players in Box-Toppers points over past 2 seasons (2019-20)

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Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.

Box-Toppers points leaders for 2019-20

OVERALL LEADERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 39.6
2 Bieber, Shane 4005 pi sp cle al 29.5
3 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 28.5
4 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 27.8
5 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cin nl 24.1
6 Lynn, Lance 2992 pi sp tex al 24.1
7 Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 pi sp tor al 23.4
8 Buehler, Walker 3943 pi sp lad nl 22.1
9 Flaherty, Jack 3971 pi sp stl nl 21.2
10 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp tb al 20.8
AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 39.6
2 Bieber, Shane 4005 pi sp cle al 29.5
3 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 28.5
4 Lynn, Lance 2992 pi sp tex al 24.1
5 Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 pi sp tor al 23.4
6 Morton, Charlie 2503 pi sp tb al 20.8
7 Giolito, Lucas 3900 pi sp chi al 20.7
8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp hou al 19.9
9 Glasnow, Tyler 3948 pi sp tb al 17.7
10 Maeda, Kenta 3609 pi sp min al 17.1
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Cruz, Nelson 2224 dh min al 15.5
2 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 13.2
3 Jimenez, Eloy 4107 lf chi al 13.0
4 Abreu, Jose 3308 1b chi al 12.0
5 Devers, Rafael 4038 3b bos al 12.0
6 Pujols, Albert 1438 1b ana al 12.0
7 Torres, Gleyber 3972 ss 2b nyy al 12.0
8 Kepler, Max 3664 rf min al 11.7
9 Voit, Luke 4053 1b nyy al 11.5
10 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b ph min al 11.5
NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 27.8
2 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cin nl 24.1
3 Buehler, Walker 3943 pi sp lad nl 22.1
4 Flaherty, Jack 3971 pi sp stl nl 21.2
5 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 20.7
6 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.4
7 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp chi nl 20.1
8 Hendricks, Kyle 3386 pi sp chi nl 19.4
9 Castillo, Luis 3840 pi sp cin nl 19.4
10 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 19.4
NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Ozuna, Marcell 3190 lf dh atl nl 16.5
2 Freeman, Freddie 2887 1b ph atl nl 13.7
3 Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 1b dh 3b 2b dc nl 13.5
4 Yelich, Christian 3334 lf mil nl 13.2
5 Bellinger, Cody 3781 cf lad nl 12.2
6 Betts, Mookie 3404 rf lad nl 11.2
7 Realmuto, J.T. 3491 ca phi nl 10.5
8 Vogelbach, Daniel 4070 dh 1b mil nl 10.0
9 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 10.0
10 Conforto, Michael 3622 rf nym nl 9.7
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Cole has earned 39.6 Box-Toppers points over 2019 and 2020. He led all players in 2019 with 32.2 Box-Toppers points, the fourth-highest single-season total since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. In the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, he had 7.4 Box-Toppers points, 12th among all players and fifth among American League pitchers.

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom ranked fourth overall (and first among National League players) with 27.8 Box-Toppers points over 2019-20. In 2019, deGrom ranked fourth overall and second among NL pitchers with 19.1 Box-Toppers points. In 2020, deGrom ranked sixth overall and fourth among NL pitchers with 8.7 Box-Toppers points.

The leader in Box-Toppers points for the 2020 season, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber, ranks second among all players (and second among AL pitchers) over 2019-20 with 29.5 Box-Toppers points. Bieber led all players in 2020 with 11.4 points.

Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer, who led NL pitchers in 2020 with 10.0 Box-Toppers points, ranks fifth overall for 2019-20 with 24.1 Box-Toppers points, second among NL pitchers.

Marcell Ozuna of the Braves leads NL batters over the past two seasons with 16.5 Box-Toppers points. He led NL batters in each of the past two seasons—in 2019 with the Cardinals, he had 12.0 points and in 2020 with the Braves, he had 4.5 points. He leads second-ranked NL batter Freddie Freeman of the Braves, who has 13.7 Box-Toppers points over 2019-20—he had 10.2 points in 2019, fourth among NL batters and had 3.5 points in 2020, eighth among NL batters.

Nelson Cruz of the Twins leads AL batters over the past two seasons with 15.5 Box-Toppers points. He led AL batters in 2019 with 12.5 Box-Toppers points and had 3.0 points in 2020, 15th among AL batters. Behind Cruz in second place is Mike Trout of the Angels with 13.2 Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons. Trout ranked ninth among AL batters in 2019 with 8.7 points and ranked fifth in 2020 with 4.5 points. The 2020 leader in Box-Toppers points among AL batters, Luke Voit of the Yankees, ranks ninth among AL batters over the past two seasons with 11.5 points. Voit had 5.5 points in 2019, 32nd among AL batters and 6.0 points in 2020, 1st among AL batters.

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