2020 leaders
Who had the most Box-Toppers points in the 2020 season? Here is a breakdown of the overall leaders, plus the leaders by league in both pitching and batting.OVERALL LEADERS | 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 |
AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 11.4 |
2 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | tex al | 9.1 |
3 | Maeda, Kenta 3609 | pi sp | min al | 8.4 |
4 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 8.0 |
5 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.4 |
6 | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 |
7 | Bundy, Dylan 3655 | pi sp | ana al | 7.0 |
8 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 6.4 |
9 | Ryu, Hyun Jin 3139 | pi sp | tor al | 6.0 |
10 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 6.0 |
AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Voit, Luke 4053 | 1b | nyy al | 6.0 |
2 | Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | lf | chi al | 5.5 |
3 | Kepler, Max 3664 | rf | min al | 5.0 |
4 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | lf | hou al | 5.0 |
5 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 4.5 |
6 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 4.5 |
7 | Anderson, Tim 3659 | ss | chi al | 4.5 |
8 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b ph | min al | 4.0 |
9 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.0 |
10 | Candelario, Jeimer 4025 | 1b 3b | det al | 4.0 |
NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | cin nl | 10.0 |
2 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | chi nl | 9.7 |
3 | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | pi sp | sd nl | 9.0 |
4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 |
5 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.7 |
6 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 |
7 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.7 |
8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 7.0 |
9 | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.0 |
10 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 6.0 |
NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | lf dh | atl nl | 4.5 |
2 | Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | 1b dh 3b 2b | dc nl | 4.5 |
3 | Grisham, Trent 4246 | cf | sd nl | 4.5 |
4 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | lf dh rf ph | atl nl | 4.0 |
5 | Ruf, Darin 3575 | lf dh | sf nl | 4.0 |
6 | Belt, Brandon 2943 | 1b | sf nl | 3.7 |
7 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf | chi nl | 3.7 |
8 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b ph | atl nl | 3.5 |
9 | Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | ca | phi nl | 3.5 |
10 | Gregorius, Didi 3184 | ss | phi nl | 3.5 |
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2020 leaders
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber is Box-Toppers Player of the Year for 2020.
Bieber finished the pandemic-shortened 2020 season with 11.4 Box-Toppers points.
Other category leaders:
Box-Toppers American League Player of the Year—Bieber with 11.4 Box-Toppers points finished 2.3 points ahead of Rangers pitcher Lance Lynn (9.1).
Box-Toppers National League Player of the Year—Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer with 10.0 Box-Toppers points finished 0.3 points ahead of Cubs pitcher Yu Darvish (9.7). Bauer ranks second among all players.
Box-Toppers American League Batter of the Year— Luke Voit of the Yankees had 6.0 Box-Toppers points, leading second-place AL batter Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox (5.5). Voit ranks 22nd among all players.
Box-Toppers National League Batter of the Year—Marcell Ozuna of the Braves with 4.5 Box-Toppers points. Second- and third-place NL batters Asdrubal Cabrera of the Nationals and Trent Grisham of the Padres also had 4.5 Box-Toppers points. But Ozuna ranked ahead because he had the most 2019 Box-Toppers points—Ozuna (12.0), Cabrera (9.0) and Grisham (2.5). Ozuna ranks 38th among all players.
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