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Kershaw still leads Box-Toppers player rankings, but new leaders rise among AL batters, pitchers

Shawn Plank July 29, 2016

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 28.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 14.1 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.0
2 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 12.5 2 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 16.4
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 10.7 3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 16.0
4 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 10.5 4 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 14.4
5 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 10.4 5 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 12.4
6 Pomeranz, Drew 3061 pi sp bos al 10.4 6 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 11.0
7 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 9.4 7 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 11.0
8 Happ, J.A. 2536 pi sp tor al 9.0 8 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 10.7
9 Tanaka, Masahiro 3305 pi sp nyy al 8.7 9 Lester, Jon 2173 pi sp chi nl 10.7
10 Sanchez, Aaron 3392 pi sp tor al 8.7 10 Matz, Steven 3516 pi sp nym nl 10.4
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 10.0 1 Carpenter, Matt 2987 3b 1b 2b stl nl 7.5
2 Machado, Manny 3087 ss 3b bal al 8.7 2 Myers, Wil 3228 1b sd nl 7.2
3 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 8.2 3 Bryant, Kris 3465 lf 3b rf chi nl 7.0
4 Correa, Carlos 3506 ss hou al 7.7 4 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 7.0
5 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 7.5 5 Carter, Chris 2828 1b mil nl 7.0
6 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 7.5 6 Bruce, Jay 2453 rf cin nl 6.5
7 Trumbo, Mark 2851 rf bal al 7.2 7 Story, Trevor 3607 ss col nl 6.5
8 Martin, Russell 2202 ca tor al 7.0 8 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 cf lf nym nl 6.0
9 Wieters, Matt 2643 ca bal al 7.0 9 Holliday, Matt 1836 1b lf dh stl nl 6.0
10 Lee, Dae-Ho 3627 1b ph sea al 6.7 10 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 5.5

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw still leads Box-Toppers player rankings, but this week there are new leaders among both American League pitchers and batters.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 28:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.0
2 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 16.4
3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 16.0
4 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 14.4
5 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 14.1
6 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 12.5
7 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 12.4
8 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 11.0
9 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 11.0
10 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 10.7
What are those numbers after players' names?

Kershaw leads with 20.0 Box-Toppers points, despite being on the disabled list since late June with a back injury. He has not earned Box-Toppers points since June 20 and leads second-place player, Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (16.4 Box-Toppers points) by the same 3.6-point margin as last week.

Meanwhile, Jose Altuve of the Astros has taken the Box-Toppers points lead among AL batters and Cole Hamels of the Rangers has taken the lead among AL pitchers.

Altuve has 10.0 Box-Toppers points, passing previous AL batting leader Manny Machado of the Orioles (8.7 Box-Toppers points). Altuve is17th among all players in season player rankings.

Hamels has 14.1 Box-Toppers points, passing previous AL pitching leader Corey Kluber of the Indians (12.5 Box-Toppers points). Kluber is sixth in season player rankings.

National League batters—Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals maintains his lead with 7.5 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 38th among all players.

National League pitchers—Kershaw leads with 20.0 Box-Toppers points.

So far this season, 600 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 264 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 88 players who have made their Box-Toppers debut so far this season, the first time in their career they earned Player of the Game honors.

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

TagsBox-Toppers Player Rankings, Top 10 players, Clayton Kershaw, Jose Fernandez, Jose Altuve, Cole Hamels, Manny Machado, Corey Kluber, Matt Carpenter
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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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