Astros 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.
Astros pitcher Gerrit Cole ranked second overall with 50.2 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19. He led players in 2019 with 32.2 points and ranked eighth in 2018 with 18.0 points.
Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer ranked third overall (and first among National League players) with 40.5 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19. Scherzer led players in the two-year Box-Toppers point total in both of the previous two seasons. In 2017, he led with 50.7 points over 2016-17 and in 2018, he led with 50.1 points over 2017-18. Scherzer had 25.1 points in 2018, second among all players and 15.4 points in 2019, 15th among all players.
The leader in Box-Toppers points for the 2018 season, Rays pitcher Blake Snell, ranks fourth among all players (third among American League pitchers) over 2018-19 with 37.2 points. Snell led players in 2018 with 27.2 points. In 2019, he had 10.0 points, 45th among all players.
Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom ranks fifth among all players with 35.9 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19, second among NL pitchers. deGrom ranked 12th overall in 2018 with 16.8 points and fourth overall in 2019 with 19.1 points.
Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters over the past two seasons with 23.2 Box-Toppers points. He led NL batters in 2018 with 11.5 Box-Toppers points and ranked second among NL batters in 2019 with 11.7 points. He leads second-ranked NL batter Freddie Freeman of the Braves, who has 17.7 Box-Toppers points over 2018-19. Marcell Ozuna of the Cardinals, who led NL batters in 2019 (12.0), ranks seventh among NL batters over the past two seasons with 14.5 points.
J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox leads AL batters over the past two seasons with 21.0 Box-Toppers points. Martinez led AL batters in 2018 with 12.5 points and ranked 11th among AL batters in 2019 with 8.5 points. Mookie Betts of the Red Sox ranks second among AL batters with 19.6 points over 2018-19. (Betts has since been traded to the Dodgers). Mike Trout of the Angels ranks third with 16.7 points. Nelson Cruz of the Twins, who led AL batters in 2019 with 12.5 points, ranks fifth among AL batters over the past two seasons with 15.0 points.
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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