2013-2014 leaders
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.
Kershaw earned 53.2 Box-Toppers points over the 2013 and 2014 seasons—he led all players in 2013 (21.7) and led all players in 2013 (31.5).
Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer, in second place overall, leads all American League players in Box-Toppers points over the two-season period. Scherzer earned 40.2 points.
Another Tiger player, Miguel Cabrera, leads all American League batters in Box-Toppers points over the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Cabrera had 29.4 points. He is also the only batter in the top 10 of all players for the combined two seasons—he ranks 10th. Cabrera led AL batters in 2013 with 16.9 Box-Toppers points and ranked second in 2014 with 12.5.
Freddie Freeman of the Braves has the most Box-Toppers points among National League batters during this span with 19.2. While Freeman did not lead NL batters in either 2013 or 2014, he ranked second in 2013 with 11.5 Box-Toppers points and seventh in 2014 with 7.7.
This list includes only MLB players active at the close of the 2013 season and includes them with the team they were with and the league they were in at the end of the season.
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Box-Toppers points leaders over the period 2013-2014
OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 53.2 |
2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 40.2 |
3 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 38.9 |
4 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 38.3 |
5 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 35.9 |
6 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 35.6 |
7 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 33.5 |
8 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 30.8 |
9 | Zimmermann, Jordan 2612 | pi sp | dc nl | 29.7 |
10 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 1b | det al | 29.4 |
AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 40.2 |
2 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 35.6 |
3 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 33.5 |
4 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 30.8 |
5 | Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | oak al | 29.1 |
6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 28.4 |
7 | Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048 | pi sp | sea al | 28.1 |
8 | Kazmir, Scott 1947 | pi sp | oak al | 27.9 |
9 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 26.8 |
10 | Archer, Chris 3194 | pi sp | tb al | 24.1 |
AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 1b | det al | 29.4 |
2 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b | oak al | 20.0 |
3 | Jones, Adam 2347 | cf | bal al | 19.5 |
4 | Ortiz, David | dh | bos al | 19.4 |
5 | Cano, Robinson 2092 | 2b | sea al | 19.0 |
6 | Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 18.9 |
7 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | 1b dh lf | tor al | 18.2 |
8 | Carter, Chris 2828 | dh | hou al | 15.9 |
9 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 15.5 |
10 | Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 | lf | bos al | 15.0 |
NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 53.2 |
2 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 38.9 |
3 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 38.3 |
4 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 35.9 |
5 | Zimmermann, Jordan 2612 | pi sp | dc nl | 29.7 |
6 | Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 28.1 |
7 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 27.8 |
8 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | stl nl | 26.8 |
9 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 26.4 |
10 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 26.0 |
NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
1 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | atl nl | 19.2 |
2 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | ari nl | 16.7 |
3 | Tulowitzki, Troy 2308 | ss | col nl | 15.6 |
4 | Posey, Buster 2745 | ca | sf nl | 15.5 |
5 | Murphy, Daniel 2589 | 2b | nym nl | 15.5 |
6 | Cuddyer, Michael 1826 | rf 1b | col nl | 14.5 |
7 | Holliday, Matt 1836 | lf | stl nl | 14.0 |
8 | Upton, Justin 2411 | lf | atl nl | 12.7 |
9 | Zimmerman, Ryan 2180 | 3b | dc nl | 12.7 |
10 | McCutchen, Andrew 2637 | cf | pit nl | 12.5 |
BTP: Box-Toppers points