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Box-Toppers analysis: Why Ichiro Suzuki is not a Hall-of-Famer

Shawn Plank December 2, 2024

As baseball writers push for Ichiro Suzuki to not only be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame but to become only the second player voted in unanimously, what chucklehead will oppose that?

It pains me to say: Me. Let me explain.

Despite earning Most Valuable Player and Rookie of the Year Awards and getting 3,000 hits, Suzuki was not the key player very often in his team’s wins. There was almost always some other teammate outperforming Suzuki in team wins. Suzuki never led his team in a season in Box-Toppers points and never even led his team’s batters.

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Tags Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki, Most Valuable Player Award, Rookie of the Year, Seattle Mariners, Nick Markakis, Jose Guillen, Derek Jeter, Miguel Tejada, Mariano Rivera, Streak with at least 1.0 Box-Toppers point in a season, Felix Hernandez, Raul Ibanez, Richie Sexson, Fred Lynn, Bret Boone, CC Sabathia, Joel Pineiro, Alfonso Soriano, A.J. Pierzynski, Pete Rose, Alex Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente, Robin Yount, Cap Anson, Craig Biggio, Adrian Beltre, Eddie Collins, Lou Brock

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Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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. 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.

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