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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 6th straight week

Shawn Plank June 16, 2017
Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 15.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 11.4 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 14.4
2 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 8.4 2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 12.0
3 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 8.0 3 Ray, Robbie 3502 pi sp ari nl 10.0
4 McCullers, Lance 3488 pi sp hou al 7.7 4 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 7.7
5 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 7.4 5 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 7.5
6 Kimbrel, Craig 2825 pi cp bos al 6.7 6 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 7.4
7 Severino, Luis 3567 pi sp nyy al 6.7 7 Wood, Alex 3246 pi sp lad nl 7.0
8 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 6.4 8 Chatwood, Tyler 2856 pi sp col nl 6.4
9 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp tex al 6.0 9 Samardzija, Jeff 2495 pi sp sf nl 6.0
10 Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 pi sp bos al 5.7 10 Nova, Ivan 2796 pi sp pit nl 6.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Judge, Aaron 3767 rf nyy al 8.2 1 Bruce, Jay 2453 rf nym nl 6.0
2 Sano, Miguel 3527 3b min al 6.5 2 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf dc nl 6.0
3 Healy, Ryon 3685 1b dh 3b oak al 6.2 3 Altherr, Aaron 3563 lf rf cf phi nl 6.0
4 Smoak, Justin 2731 1b tor al 5.5 4 Adams, Matt 3220 1b atl nl 5.0
5 Mancini, Trey 3766 lf 1b ph bal al 5.2 5 Shaw, Travis 3544 3b mil nl 4.5
6 Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 dh cle al 4.7 6 Rendon, Anthony 3258 3b dc nl 4.5
7 Garcia, Avisail 3256 rf chi al 4.0 7 Posey, Buster 2745 ca 1b sf nl 4.5
8 Goins, Ryan 3478 ss tor al 4.0 8 Inciarte, Ender 3360 cf atl nl 4.5
9 Gallo, Joey 3485 3b tex al 4.0 9 Zimmerman, Ryan 2180 1b dc nl 4.5
10 Rosario, Eddie 3542 lf min al 3.7 10 Conforto, Michael 3622 cf lf nym nl 4.0
What are those numbers after players' names?

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw remains atop Box-Toppers weekly player rankings for the sixth straight week.

Meanwhile, the Box-Toppers points leader among batters in both leagues changed since last week:

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 15:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 14.4
2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 12.0
3 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 11.4
4 Ray, Robbie 3502 pi sp ari nl 10.0
5 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 8.4
6 Judge, Aaron 3767 rf nyy al 8.2
7 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 8.0
8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 7.7
9 McCullers, Lance 3488 pi sp hou al 7.7
10 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 7.5
What are those numbers after players' names?

In the American League, Aaron Judge of the Yankees has retaken the lead from Miguel Sano of the Twins.

In the National League, Jay Bruce of the Mets has taken the lead from Bryce Harper of the Nationals.

Kershaw has 14.4 Box-Toppers points, earning none since last week. He leads second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (12.0 Box-Toppers points). Kershaw also leads Scherzer among National League pitchers.

Here are the leaders in other key categories:

American League pitchers—Ervin Santana of the Twins remains in first place with 11.4 Box-Toppers points, earning 2.0 points in the past week. Second-place player is Chris Sale of the Red Sox (8.4). Santana ranks third among all players.

American League batters—Aaron Judge of the Yankees (8.2 Box-Toppers points) regains the lead from last week’s leader, Miguel Sano of the Twins. Judge ranks sixth among all players, the only batter among Box-Toppers’ top 10 players.

National League batters—Jay Bruce of the Mets displaces Bryce Harper of the Nationals to lead NL batters. Though both have 6.0 Box-Toppers points on the season, Bruce leads on a tiebreaker because he had more 2016 Box-Toppers points (8.5 vs. 3.0). Bruce ranks 22nd among all players. Harper had led NL batters in Box-Toppers points the previous eight weeks.

So far this season, 504 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 190 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 69 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. Eight players debuted during the past week.

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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Last week’s player rankings report

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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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