Nationals' Max Scherzer tops Box-Toppers player rankings at the All-Star break

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 12.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 14.4 1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 15.0
2 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 13.4 2 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 13.4
3 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 13.1 3 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 12.0
4 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 12.0 4 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 11.7
5 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 11.1 5 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 11.0
6 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 10.7 6 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 10.7
7 Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp oak al 8.7 7 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 10.0
8 Pineda, Michael 2841 pi sp nyy al 8.7 8 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp cin nl 9.8
9 Wilson, C.J. 2074 pi sp ana al 8.4 9 Heston, Chris 3437 pi sp sf nl 9.7
10 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cle al 8.4 10 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 9.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 9.0 1 Frazier, Todd 2929 3b cin nl 7.2
2 Cain, Lorenzo 3171 cf kc al 8.2 2 Upton, Justin 2411 lf sd nl 7.0
3 Fielder, Prince 2029 dh tex al 7.5 3 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 6.5
4 Hunter, Torii 1190 rf dh min al 6.5 4 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 6.2
5 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf rf cf hou al 6.0 5 Gomez, Carlos 2397 cf mil nl 6.0
6 Rodriguez, Alex dh nyy al 6.0 6 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 6.0
7 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 lf det al 5.7 7 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 5.5
8 Bautista, Jose 2169 dh rf tor al 5.5 8 Bryant, Kris 3465 3b chi nl 5.5
9 Reddick, Josh 2936 rf oak al 5.5 9 McCutchen, Andrew 2637 cf pit nl 5.0
10 Souza, Steven Jr. 3461 rf tb al 5.5 10 Braun, Ryan J. 2300 rf mil nl 5.0

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is tops in Box-Toppers player rankings with 15.0 Box-Toppers points at the All-Star break.

Meanwhile, Mike Trout of the Angels rose to lead American League batters—he was sixth among AL batters at the last player rankings report.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 12.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 15.0
2 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 14.4
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 13.4
4 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 13.4
5 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 13.1
6 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 12.0
7 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 12.0
8 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 11.7
9 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp hou al 11.1
10 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 11.0
What are those numbers after players' names?

Scherzer led the last player rankings report on July 2, but lost the lead July 8 to Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez (14.4 Box-Toppers points). However, Scherzer regained the lead July 12 with 15.0 Box-Toppers points.

Hernandez still leads AL pitchers with 14.4 Box-Toppers points and is second among all players.

Trout picked up 3.5 Box-Toppers points since the last player rankings report on July 2 and has 9.0 Box-Toppers points to lead AL batters. On July 2, he ranked sixth among AL batters with 5.5 Box-Toppers points. Trout ranks 17th among all players.

Todd Frazier of the Reds continues to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points with 7.2. He ranks 31st among all players.

So far this season, 557 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 244 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers 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.

Last week’s player rankings report