Box-Toppers 2020 year-end All-Star teams
Here are Box-Toppers 2020 year-end All-Star teams. The player with the highest Box-Toppers point total (BTP) at each position in each league was named an All-Star. Their overall rank among all players for the season is also shown.| American League | Team | BTP | Rank | Pos | National League | Team | BTP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voit, Luke 4053 | nyy al | 6.0 | 22 | 1B | Belt, Brandon 2943 | sf nl | 3.7 | 66 |
| Biggio, Cavan 4183 | tor al | 3.5 | 72 | 2B | *Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | dc nl | 4.5 | 39 |
| Anderson, Tim 3659 | chi al | 4.5 | 42 | SS | Gregorius, Didi 3184 | phi nl | 3.5 | 74 |
| Donaldson, Josh 3144 | min al | 4.0 | 48 | 3B | Davis, J.D. 4146 | nym nl | 3.5 | 77 |
| Jansen, Danny 4163 | tor al | 2.5 | 147 | CA | *Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | phi nl | 3.5 | 71 |
| *Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | chi al | 5.5 | 28 | OF | *Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | atl nl | 4.5 | 38 |
| *Kepler, Max 3664 | min al | 5.0 | 31 | OF | Grisham, Trent 4246 | sd nl | 4.5 | 43 |
| Tucker, Kyle 4277 | hou al | 5.0 | 32 | OF | Duvall, Adam 3573 | atl nl | 4.0 | 55 |
| Reyes, Franmil 4036 | cle al | 3.5 | 73 | DH | Ruf, Darin 3575 | sf nl | 4.0 | 58 |
| *Bieber, Shane 4005 | cle al | 11.4 | 1 | SP | *Bauer, Trevor 3065 | cin nl | 10.0 | 2 |
| *Lynn, Lance 2992 | tex al | 9.1 | 4 | SP | Darvish, Yu 3003 | chi nl | 9.7 | 3 |
| Maeda, Kenta 3609 | min al | 8.4 | 7 | SP | Lamet, Dinelson 3808 | sd nl | 9.0 | 5 |
| Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | tb al | 8.0 | 8 | SP | *deGrom, Jacob 3343 | nym nl | 8.7 | 6 |
| *Hendriks, Liam 3339 | oak al | 4.0 | 49 | CP | Rosenthal, Trevor 3124 | sd nl | 4.0 | 57 |
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Box-Toppers 2019-20 year-end All-Star teams
Here are Box-Toppers 2019-20 year-end All-Star teams. The player with the highest Box-Toppers point total (BTP) at each position in each league over the past two seasons was named an All-Star. Their overall rank among all players for the combined 2019 and 2020 seasons is also shown.| American League | Team | BTP | Rank | Pos | National League | Team | BTP | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abreu, Jose 3308 | chi al | 12.0 | 51 | 1B | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | atl nl | 13.7 | 37 |
| Torres, Gleyber 3972 | nyy al | 12.0 | 56 | 2B | *Cabrera, Asdrubal 2362 | dc nl | 13.5 | 39 |
| Semien, Marcus 3302 | oak al | 10.7 | 76 | SS | Ahmed, Nick 3520 | ari nl | 8.7 | 111 |
| Devers, Rafael 4038 | bos al | 12.0 | 53 | 3B | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | col nl | 10.0 | 90 |
| McCann, James 3649 | chi al | 8.2 | 122 | CA | *Realmuto, J.T. 3491 | phi nl | 10.5 | 79 |
| Trout, Mike 2949 | ana al | 13.2 | 40 | OF | Yelich, Christian 3334 | mil nl | 13.2 | 41 |
| *Jimenez, Eloy 4107 | chi al | 13.0 | 44 | OF | Bellinger, Cody 3781 | lad nl | 12.2 | 49 |
| *Kepler, Max 3664 | min al | 11.7 | 59 | OF | Betts, Mookie 3404 | lad nl | 11.2 | 68 |
| Cruz, Nelson 2224 | min al | 15.5 | 30 | DH | *Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | atl nl | 16.5 | 26 |
| Cole, Gerrit 3232 | nyy al | 39.6 | 1 | SP | *deGrom, Jacob 3343 | nym nl | 27.8 | 4 |
| *Bieber, Shane 4005 | cle al | 29.5 | 2 | SP | *Bauer, Trevor 3065 | cin nl | 24.1 | 5 |
| Verlander, Justin 2112 | hou al | 28.5 | 3 | SP | Buehler, Walker 3943 | lad nl | 22.1 | 8 |
| *Lynn, Lance 2992 | tex al | 24.1 | 6 | SP | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | stl nl | 21.2 | 9 |
| *Hendriks, Liam 3339 | oak al | 11.0 | 71 | CP | Hader, Josh 3881 | mil nl | 17.7 | 23 |
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Small sample size.
These are the operative words when describing the 2020 Major League Baseball season, shortened from 162 to 60 games by the global coronavirus pandemic.
Looking at statistics from the past regular season seems incomplete—it was only about one-third of a normal season, after all.
So this year, looking at Box-Toppers All-Star teams for 2020 also seems incomplete. For added context, Box-Toppers is also looking at the All-Star teams over the past two seasons.
The American League and National League All-Star teams for both the 2020 and 2019-20 seasons are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league over those two time frames. In addition to the batters are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher. (Normally, there would be no designated hitter All-Star spot for NL teams, but because the DH rule was used in the NL for the 2020 season, we use it here for both seasons’ NL All-Star teams.)
Top AL pitcher for 2020: Shane Bieber
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber led all players in 2020 Box-Toppers points (11.4) and is the top starting pitcher on Box-Toppers’ AL All-Star team for 2020. Bieber is one of 10 players to make Box-Toppers’ All-Star teams for both 2020 and 2019-20. He is the second-ranked AL pitcher on the 2019-20 AL All-Star team with 29.5 Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons (he had 18.1 points in 2019).
Top AL pitcher for 2019-20: Gerrit Cole
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole led all players in Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons with 39.6 and is the top starting pitcher on the AL All-Star team for 2019-20. Cole had 32.2 Box-Toppers points in 2019 (first among all players) and 7.4 in 2020, which was fifth among AL pitchers, just short of the top four to make the 2020 AL All-Star team.
Top NL pitcher for 2020: Trevor Bauer
Reds pitcher Trevor Bauer led all NL players in 2020 Box-Toppers points (10.0) and is top starting pitcher on Box-Toppers’ NL All-Star team for 2020. He is the second-ranked NL pitcher on the 2019-20 All-Star team with 24.1 Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons.
Top NL pitcher for 2019-20: Jacob deGrom
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom led all NL players in Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons with 27.8 (fourth-most overall, behind Cole, Bieber and Astros pitcher Justin Verlander) and is the top starting pitcher on the NL All-Star team for 2019-20. He is also the fourth-ranked NL pitcher on the 2020 All-Star team with 8.7 points this past season.
Top AL batter for 2020: Luke Voit
Top AL batter for the past season is Luke Voit of the Yankees with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked 22nd overall. He is AL All-Star first baseman for 2020.
Top AL batter for 2019-20: Nelson Cruz
Top AL batter for the past two seasons is Nelson Cruz of the Twins with 15.5 Box-Toppers points (12.5 in 2019 and 3.0 in 2020). He is AL All-Star designated hitter for 2019-20.
Top NL batter for 2020 and 2019-20: Marcell Ozuna
Top NL batter for the both the past season and past two seasons is Marcell Ozuna of the Braves. Ozuna has led NL batters for two straight seasons with 12.0 in 2019 (when he was with the Cardinals) and 4.5 in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Ozuna serves as top-ranked outfielder on the NL All-Star team for 2020 and top-ranked designated hitter on the NL All-Star team for 2019-20 (with 16.5 points, most among all NL batters over the past two seasons).
10 players on both All-Star teams
There are 10 players who made both All-Star teams:
Bieber, top pitcher on the 2020 AL All-Star team (11.4) and second-ranked pitcher on the 2019-20 AL All-Star team (29.5).
Bauer, top pitcher on the 2020 NL All-Star team (10.0) and second-ranked pitcher on the 2019-20 NL All-Star team (24.1).
DeGrom, fourth-ranked pitcher on the 2020 NL All-Star team (8.7) and top pitcher on the 2019-20 NL All-Star team (27.8).
Ozuna, top outfielder on the 2020 NL All-Star team (4.5) and designated hitter on the 2019-20 NL All-Star team (16.5).
Eloy Jimenez of the White Sox, top outfielder on the 2020 AL All-Star team (5.5) and second-ranked outfielder on the 2019-20 AL All-Star team (13.0).
Max Kepler of the Twins, second-ranked outfielder on the 2020 AL All-Star team (5.0) and third-ranked outfielder on the 2019-20 AL All-Star team (11.7).
Lance Lynn of the Rangers, second-ranked pitcher on the 2020 AL All-Star team (9.1) and third-ranked pitcher on the 2019-20 AL All-Star team (24.1).
Liam Hendriks of the Athletics, closing pitcher on both the 2020 AL All-Star team (4.0) and the 2019-20 AL All-Star team (11.0).
Asdrubal Cabrera of the Nationals, second baseman on both the 2020 NL All-Star team (4.5) and the 2019-20 NL All-Star team (13.5).
J.T. Realmuto of the Phillies, catcher on both the 2020 NL All-Star team (3.5) and the 2019-20 NL All-Star team (10.5).
All-Stars two years in a row
There are five players on the 2020 All-Star teams who were also on Box-Toppers’ year-end 2019 All-Star teams:
Bieber, fourth-ranked AL pitcher on the 2019 AL-Star team (18.1) and top AL pitcher on the 2020 AL All-Star team (11.4).
Cabrera, second baseman on both the 2019 NL All-Star team (9.0) and 2020 NL All-Star team (4.5).
Realmuto, catcher on both the 2019 NL All-Star team (7.0) and the 2020 NL All-Star team (3.5).
Ozuna, top outfielder on the 2019 NL All-Star team with the Cardinals (12.0) and top outfielder on the 2020 NL All-Star team with the Braves (4.5).
deGrom, second-ranked pitcher on the 2019 NL All-Star team (19.1) and fourth-ranked pitcher on the 2019-20 NL All-Star team (27.8).
2019 All-Stars on the 2019-20 All-Star team
There are 18 players on the 2019 All-Star teams who are on the 2019-20 All-Star teams. That large overlap is to be expected because of the comparatively long 2019 season (162 games) and the comparatively short 2020 season (60 games). Nearly three-quarters of the games played over the past two seasons were played in 2019.
There are two players on both the 2019 All-Star teams and the 2019-20 All-Star teams who earned all their points in 2019 and none in 2020:
Gleyber Torres of the Yankees, top AL second baseman on both teams, earned 12.0 points in 2019 and none in 2020.
Josh Hader of the Brewers, top NL closing pitcher on both teams, earned 17.7 points in 2019 and none in 2020.
There are three players on both the 2019 All-Star teams and the 2019-20 All-Star teams who earned just 1.0 point in 2020:
Justin Verlander of the Astros, second-ranked AL pitcher on the 2019 All-Star team (27.5) and third-ranked AL pitcher on the 2019-20 All-Star team (28.5).
Nolan Arenado of the Rockies, top-ranked NL third baseman on both the 2019 All-Star team (9.0) and the 2019-20 All-Star team (10.0).
Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers, third-ranked NL outfielder on the 2019 All-Star team (11.2) and second-ranked NL outfielder on the 2019-20 All-Star team (12.2).
The other players on both AL All-Star teams for both 2019 and 2019-20 are shortstop Marcus Semien of the Athletics (8.7 in 2019, 10.7 over 2019-20), outfielder Mike Trout of the Angels (8.7 in 2019, 13.2 over 2019-20), designated hitter Nelson Cruz of the Twins (12.5 in 2019, 15.5 over 2019-20), pitcher Gerrit Cole of the Astros in 2019 and Yankees in 2020 (32.2 in 2019, 39.6 over 2019-20) and pitcher Shane Bieber of the Indians (18.1 in 2019, 29.5 over 2019-20).
The other players on both NL All-Star teams for both 2019 and 2019-20 are first baseman Freddie Freeman of the Braves (10.2 in 2019, 13.7 in 2019-20), second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera of the Nationals (9.0 in 2019, 13.5 in 2019-20), outfielder Christian Yelich of the Brewers (11.7 in 2019, 13.2 in 2019-20), Marcell Ozuna who was top outfielder in 2019 with the Cardinals and top designated hitter over 2019-20 with the Braves (12.0 in 2019, 16.5 over 2019-20), pitcher Jacob deGrom of the Mets (19.1 in 2019, 27.8 over 2019-20) and pitcher Jack Flaherty of the Cardinals (16.5 in 2019, 21.2 over 2019-20).
In addition, outfielder Mookie Betts made the AL All-Star team in 2019 with the Red Sox (8.7) and the NL All-Star team over 2019-20 with the Dodgers (11.2).
Teams with most players
The Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres each have three players on the 2020 All-Star teams, most of any team.
The Twins have:
Josh Donaldson, top AL second baseman (4.0).
Max Kepler, second-ranked AL outfielder (5.0).
Kenta Maeda, third-ranked AL pitcher (8.4).
The Padres have:
Trent Grisham, second-ranked NL outfielder (4.5).
Dinelson Lamet, third-ranked NL pitcher (9.0).
Trevor Rosenthal, NL closing pitcher (4.0).
The Los Angeles Dodgers have three players on the 2019-20 All-Star teams, most of any team:
Cody Bellinger, second-ranked NL outfielder (12.2).
Mookie Betts, third-ranked NL outfielder (11.2).
Walker Buehler, third-ranked NL pitcher (22.1).
About Box-Toppers—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. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point 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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Box-Toppers year-end All-Star teams: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013.
Box-Toppers previous two-year All-Star teams: 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16.