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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers player rankings for fourth straight week

Shawn Plank June 2, 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 1.

6/1 AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 9.4 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 10.7
2 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 8.4 2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 10.0
3 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 6.4 3 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 7.7
4 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 6.4 4 Ray, Robbie 3502 pi sp ari nl 7.0
5 McCullers, Lance 3488 pi sp hou al 6.0 5 Wood, Alex 3246 pi sp lad nl 7.0
6 Vargas, Jason 2055 pi sp kc al 6.0 6 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 6.4
7 Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 pi sp bos al 5.7 7 Holland, Greg 2906 pi cp col nl 6.0
8 Severino, Luis 3567 pi sp nyy al 5.7 8 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 5.5
9 Triggs, Andrew 3723 pi sp oak al 5.4 9 Nova, Ivan 2796 pi sp pit nl 5.0
10 Darvish, Yu 3003 pi sp tex al 5.0 10 Chatwood, Tyler 2856 pi sp col nl 4.4
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Judge, Aaron 3767 rf nyy al 6.5 1 Harper, Bryce 3011 rf dc nl 6.0
2 Sano, Miguel 3527 3b min al 5.5 2 Shaw, Travis 3544 3b mil nl 4.5
3 Garcia, Avisail 3256 rf chi al 4.0 3 Altherr, Aaron 3563 lf rf cf ph phi nl 4.5
4 Goins, Ryan 3478 ss tor al 4.0 4 Bruce, Jay 2453 rf nym nl 4.0
5 Gallo, Joey 3485 3b tex al 4.0 5 Conforto, Michael 3622 cf lf nym nl 4.0
6 Andrus, Elvis 2582 ss tex al 3.5 6 Parra, Gerardo 2746 rf lf col nl 4.0
7 Smoak, Justin 2731 1b tor al 3.5 7 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 3.7
8 Healy, Ryon 3685 1b 3b dh oak al 3.5 8 Kemp, Matt 2151 lf atl nl 3.5
9 Morrison, Logan 2794 1b tb al 3.2 9 Duvall, Adam 3573 lf cin nl 3.5
10 Castro, Starlin 2767 2b nyy al 3.0 10 Rendon, Anthony 3258 3b dc nl 3.5
What are those numbers after players' names?

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

Meanwhile, the Box-Toppers points leader among American League batters changed since last week as Aaron Judge of the Yankees has retaken the lead from Miguel Sano of the Twins.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of June 1:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 10.7
2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 10.0
3 Santana, Ervin 2005 pi sp min al 9.4
4 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp bos al 8.4
5 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 7.7
6 Ray, Robbie 3502 pi sp ari nl 7.0
7 Wood, Alex 3246 pi sp lad nl 7.0
8 Judge, Aaron 3767 rf nyy al 6.5
9 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 6.4
10 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 6.4
What are those numbers after players' names?

Kershaw has 10.7 Box-Toppers points, his same total as last week. He leads second-place player, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer (10.0 Box-Toppers points). Kershaw also leads Scherzer among National League pitchers.

Here are the leaders in other key categories:

American League batters—Aaron Judge of the Yankees (6.5 Box-Toppers points) regains the lead from last week’s leader, Miguel Sano of the Twins, who is now second with 5.5 points. Judge ranks eighth among all players, the only batter among Box-Toppers overall top 10 players.

American League pitchers—Ervin Santana of the Twins remains in first place with 9.4 Box-Toppers points, his same total as last week. Second-place player is Chris Sale of the Red Sox (8.4). Santana ranks third among all players.

National League batters—Bryce Harper of the Nationals remains the leader among NL batters with 6.0 Box-Toppers points (his same total as last week), ahead of second-place player Travis Shaw of the Brewers (4.5). Harper ranks 13th among all players.

So far this season, 447 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 151 players who have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points. There are 55 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. Four 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.

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