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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2015.
Scherzer has 116.2 Box-Toppers points over the period 2015-2020, 14.6 points ahead of Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who has 101.6 points over that span.
Read MoreNationals pitcher Max Scherzer leads players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2014.
Scherzer has 134.3 Box-Toppers points over the period 2014-2019, 8.9 points ahead of Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who has 125.4 points over that span.
Read MoreAstros pitcher Justin Verlander has more Box-Toppers points over the past two seasons than any other player.
Verlander has earned 51.6 Box-Toppers points over 2018 and 2019. He ranked third in 2018 with 24.1 points and second in 2019 with 27.5.
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With Max Scherzer’s rise into Box-Toppers career points top 10 list during 2018, there are now six active players in the top 10, the most since 2008, when there were eight.
Box-Toppers player tracking began in 1995 and the overall top 10 players in career points was composed entirely of active players until 2008. The number of active players on the list slipped to as low as two as recently as 2014, but grew to six on June 5, when Nationals pitcher Scherzer joined the list, rising to 10th place with 172.1 Box-Toppers points, displacing retired pitcher Roy Halladay. Scherzer finished the season with 181.8 points, ranked ninth.
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Kershaw continues lead in Box-Toppers player rankings. Jay Bruce of the Mets retakes the lead among NL batters. Red Sox' Chris Sale leads AL pitchers, Athletics' Ryon Healy leads AL batters.
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Kershaw tops players in Box-Toppers player rankings for seventh straight week. Matt Adams takes the lead among NL batters. Santana, Judge lead AL players.
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Kershaw tops player rankings for second straight week. Other category leaders unchanged from last week: AL pitchers—Chris Sale, NL batters—Bryce Harper, AL batters—Aaron Judge.
Read MoreClayton Kershaw regains lead in Box-Toppers points in weekly player rankings report. Sale leads AL pitchers, Judge leads AL batters, Harper leads NL batters.
Read MoreMets' Syndergaard tops players in first weekly Box-Toppers player rankings report of the season. Royals' Vargas tops AL players.
Read MoreRandy Johnson tops the list, but Clayton Kershaw and Felix Hernandez joined Box-Toppers "all-time" top 10 during 2016. Miguel Cabrera rose in the top 10 "all-time" batters list.
Read MoreKershaw, who has ranked 1st or 2nd among all players in Box-Toppers points each of the past six seasons, has a dominating lead among players over 2011-2016.
Read MoreThough Kershaw finished runner-up in Box-Toppers points in both 2015 and 2016, he leads all players in combined points over the past two seasons.
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Scherzer tops all players in Box-Toppers points to win Player of the Year honors. Kluber tops AL players. Machado tops AL batters. Arenado tops NL batters with record-low score to lead a category.
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Nationals pitcher Scherzer leads Box-Toppers points for 5th week. Indians' Kluber secures 2016 Box-Toppers AL pitching crown. Rockies' Arenado takes narrow lead in wide-open race among NL batters.
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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer maintains Box-Toppers player rankings lead. Other category leaders remain unchanged: AL pitchers—Kluber, Indians. AL batters—Machado, Orioles. NL batters—Bryant, Cubs.
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Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer tops Box-Toppers season player rankings for 3rd week, Manny Machado of the Orioles rises to lead AL batters in points.
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Scherzer leads for 2nd week after passing Kershaw last week. Kluber leads AL pitchers, Altuve leads AL batters, Bryant leads NL batters.
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It took 2 months for Kershaw to be idle on the disabled list, but Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer finally passed him to take the Box-Toppers season player rankings lead.
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Kris Bryant, Cubs, passes Matt Carpenter, Cardinals, to lead NL batters in Box-Toppers points. Kershaw maintains overall lead. Kluber leads AL pitchers. Altuve leads AL batters.
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Kershaw still holds narrow lead over Nationals' Scherzer. Other Box-Toppers point leaders include Kluber (Indians), Altuve (Astros), Carpenter (Cardinals).
Read MoreBox-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.