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How 2025 Hall of Fame candidates fared in Box-Toppers

Shawn Plank January 21, 2025

Three players were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday—Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

All three received the necessary 75 percent support of voters from the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Box-Toppers supported Sabathia and Wagner in separate voting by the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA), but notably did not support Suzuki, who was a near-unanimous choice.

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Tags Hall of Fame, Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Felix Hernandez, Torii Hunter, Bret Boone, Joel Pineiro, Trevor Hoffman, Mariano Rivera, Carlos Beltran, Andruw Jones, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, Dustin Pedroia, Joe Mauer, Dick Allen, Dave Parker

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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.

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