2021 leaders
Who had the most Box-Toppers points in the 2021 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 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 25.1 |
2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 22.4 |
3 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 21.1 |
4 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 19.1 |
5 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 18.1 |
6 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 17.7 |
7 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 17.4 |
8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 17.1 |
9 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
10 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.7 |
AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 22.4 |
2 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | tor al | 17.7 |
3 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 16.1 |
4 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 15.7 |
5 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 14.4 |
6 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | bos al | 14.1 |
7 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | oak al | 13.7 |
8 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
9 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 12.4 |
10 | Montas, Frankie 3803 | pi sp | oak al | 12.4 |
AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 13.0 |
2 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh | bos al | 10.7 |
3 | Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b | tb al | 10.5 |
4 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 9.0 |
5 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 8.5 |
6 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 8.0 |
7 | Olson, Matt 3836 | 1b | oak al | 8.0 |
8 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 7.5 |
9 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 7.5 |
10 | Walsh, Jared 4332 | 1b | ana al | 7.5 |
NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | lad nl | 25.1 |
2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 21.1 |
3 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 19.1 |
4 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 18.1 |
5 | Marquez, German 3788 | pi sp | col nl | 17.4 |
6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 17.1 |
7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 16.7 |
8 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.7 |
9 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 16.1 |
10 | Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 15.5 |
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2021 leaders
Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer is 2021 Box-Toppers Player of the Year.
Meanwhile Gerrit Cole of the Yankees is Box-Toppers American League Player of the Year, Jose Ramirez of the Indians is Box-Toppers top AL batter and Nick Castellanos of the Reds is Box-Toppers top National League batter.
Scherzer earned 25.1 Box-Toppers points, leading all players and all NL pitchers. This is the second time Scherzer has been Box-Toppers Player of the Year, he also did it in 2016 with the Nationals when he had 25.7 points.
American League pitchers—Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole leads with 22.4 Box-Toppers points. This is the second time Cole has been top AL pitcher. He led all players in 2019 with the Astros (32.2 points).
American League batters—Jose Ramirez of the Indians is AL Batter of the Year, finishing first in the category with 13.0 Box-Toppers points. Ramirez ranks 21st among all players.
National League batters—Nick Castellanos of the Reds is Box-Toppers’ 2021 NL Batter of the Year, finishing with 11.5 Box-Toppers points.
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.