Rays pitcher Nick Martinez is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell, Pedro Ramírez of the Cubs and Nick Loftin of the Royals.
Read MorePhillies’ Wheeler tops players for Sunday, May 17; Rangers’ Eovaldi tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi, Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman, Gavin Sheets of the Padres and Edgar Quero of the White Sox.
Read MoreOrioles’ Morton tops players for Friday, June 13; Skenes, Crochet rise in top 10 list
Orioles pitcher Charlie Morton is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Friday, two players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes rises to fourth place and Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises to fifth place.
Read MoreCardinals’ Gray tops players for Monday, May 19; Bubic, Gray rise in top 10 rankings
Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2024
A look at Box-Toppers season-by-season leaders chart for each of the past 30 seasons, including the leaders in Box-Toppers points each season among four main categories—American League and National League pitchers and batters.
Also, a look at how often Box-Toppers leaders win major postseason awards (Cy Young and Most Valuable Player), what players have led a Box-Toppers season category most often since tracking began in 1995 and what teams have had the most category leaders in 30 seasons. Also, a look at the lowest point totals to lead a season category, which includes 2024 leaders.
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Postseason awards wrap-up: Box-Toppers leaders win 4 of 6 major honors in 2024
Box-Toppers’ choices for baseball’s major postseason player awards won four of six 2024 honors:
Aaron Judge of the Yankees won the American League Most Valuable Player Award.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers won the National League Most Valuable Player Award.
Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal won the AL Cy Young Award.
Yankees pitcher Luis Gil won the AL Rookie of the Year Award.
Orioles’ Eflin tops players Sunday, Sept. 1; Phillies’ Nola, Twins’ Ober rise into top 10
Orioles pitcher Zach Eflin is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, two players rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earn Player of the Game honors: Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola rises to seventh place and Twins pitcher Bailey Ober rises to ninth place.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2023
Analyzing 29 years of Box-Toppers points leaders in pitching and batting in both leagues.
In 2023, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels, American League Most Valuable Player, was the only player who won a major postseason award and also led his Box-Toppers category (leading AL batters with 19.4). Also, Pete Alonso of the Mets became the ninth batter since 1995 to lead his league’s batters in Box-Toppers points more than once, leading NL batters for the second straight season.
Read MorePirates’ Oviedo tops players for Sunday, Aug. 6; Mariners’ Miller rises to 6th in rankings
Pirates pitcher Johan Oviedo is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Mariners pitcher Bryce Miller rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2022
In 2022, Justin Verlander led American League pitchers in season Box-Toppers points for the third time in his career, tied for the seventh-most times a player has led a season points category.
Also in 2022, the New York Mets and Miami Marlins each had their first Box-Toppers points category leader—Pete Alonso and Sandy Alcantara— leaving the Pittsburgh Pirates as the only team to never have a player lead a category since tracking began in 1995.
Read MoreGiants’ Rodon tops players for Saturday, July 9, rising to 8th in player rankings
Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth place in season player rankings.
Rodon pitched a complete game, striking out 12 and allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Padres.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Monday, June 20, rising to 4th in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth in season player rankings.
Also Monday, Braves pitcher Max Fried rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Read MoreHow 2022 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers
Though Box-Toppers would not have voted David Ortiz as a first-ballot Hall of Famer, it’s hard to argue that his performance on the field was not worthy.
Yet, several other candidates with Hall-of-Fame worthy careers were not voted for induction Tuesday because of their ties to the steroid era. In fact, it can be argued that righteous baseball writers did a noble thing Tuesday by blocking three such candidates—Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa—for their 10th and final time on the ballot.
Read MoreInternet writers vote David Ortiz for Hall of Fame; none of Box-Toppers’ 9 choices made the cut
David Ortiz is the only player inducted into internet baseball writers’ Hall of Fame for 2022.
None of the nine candidates Box-Toppers voted for Hall induction received the necessary 75 percent support. And Box-Toppers also did not vote for Ortiz.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2021
Analyzing 27 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
Read MoreBox-Toppers selects 9 players for 2022 Hall of Fame induction in internet writers’ ballot
Box-Toppers is voting for nine players to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 2022 Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) ballot.
Of the nine players, three are in their first year on the ballot—Tim Lincecum, Jake Peavy and Mark Teixeira. The other six all return after not receiving the necessary votes to make the hall last year, including Curt Schilling, who is on the ballot for his 10th and final year.
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Robbie Ray of the Blue Jays and Corbin Burnes of the Brewers were voted winners of the 2021 Cy Young Awards. They beat Box-Toppers top-ranked pitchers, Gerrit Cole of the Yankees in the American League and Max Scherzer of the Dodgers in the National League.
Ray, Burnes win 2021 Cy Young Awards over Box-Toppers leaders Cole, Scherzer
Robbie Ray of the Blue Jays and Corbin Burnes of the Brewers won 2021 Cy Young Awards over Box-Toppers’ two top-ranked pitchers for 2021.
Ray won the American League Cy Young Award after ranking second in 2021 Box-Toppers points among AL pitchers, behind Gerrit Cole of the Yankees. Burnes won the National League Cy Young Award after ranking fourth in 2021 Box-Toppers points among NL pitchers, behind Max Scherzer of the Dodgers.
Read MoreYankees’ Cole tops players for Saturday, July 10, rising to 2nd in player rankings
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to second place in season player rankings.
Meanwhile, Rockies pitcher German Marquez rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Saturday’s National League Player of the Day honors. Plus, Nick Castellanos of the Reds rises to lead NL batters in 2021 Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Read MoreMets’ deGrom tops players for Saturday, June 5, rising to 4th in player rankings
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to fourth place in season player rankings.
deGrom struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 4-0 win over the Padres.
Read MoreA look at Box-Toppers season-by-season AL & NL pitching & batting leaders, 1995-2020
Analyzing 26 years of Box-Toppers points leaders among American League and National League pitchers and batters each season.
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