Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw maintains his top spot in Box-Toppers player rankings, while Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers takes the lead among American League players.
Kershaw has 18.7 Box-Toppers to lead for the second straight week.
Cabrera has 16.9 points to rise from 10th overall last week to fourth this week. He passes Indians pitcher Justin Masterson (16.4 points, now in fifth overall), the previous AL leader.
Masterson still leads in Box-Toppers points among AL pitchers.
Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks leads among NL batters with 11.7 Box-Toppers points. Goldschmidt is in 25th place among all players.
Thirty-five players have accumulated 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points so far this season. Only five are batters—Cabrera, Goldschmidt, Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies (11.0), Chris Davis of the Orioles (12.7) and Alfonso Soriano of the Yankees (11.9).
Previous player rankings report from Aug. 22.
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Top players
As of Thursday, Aug. 29
| 2013 LEADERS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 18.7 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 18.0 |
| 3 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.4 |
| 4 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 3b | det al | 16.9 |
| 5 | Masterson, Justin 2462 | pi sp | cle al | 16.4 |
| 6 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.7 |
| 7 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 15.4 |
| 8 | Moore, Matt 2975 | pi sp | tb al | 15.1 |
| 9 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 15.0 |
| 10 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.0 |
| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Masterson, Justin 2462 | pi sp | cle al | 16.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 15.4 |
| 3 | Moore, Matt 2975 | pi sp | tb al | 15.1 |
| 4 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 15.0 |
| 5 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 14.4 |
| 6 | Sanchez, Anibal 2187 | pi sp | det al | 14.4 |
| 7 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 13.1 |
| 8 | Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048 | pi sp | sea al | 12.4 |
| 9 | Tillman, Chris 2754 | pi sp | bal al | 11.7 |
| 10 | Kuroda, Hiroki 2401 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.4 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 3b | det al | 16.9 |
| 2 | Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 12.7 |
| 3 | Soriano, Alfonso 1445 | lf | nyy al | 11.9 |
| 4 | Cano, Robinson 2092 | 2b | nyy al | 9.5 |
| 5 | Ortiz, David | dh | bos al | 9.2 |
| 6 | Beltre, Adrian 1141 | 3b | tex al | 8.4 |
| 7 | Jones, Adam 2347 | cf | bal al | 8.0 |
| 8 | Kipnis, Jason 2933 | 2b | cle al | 8.0 |
| 9 | Raburn, Ryan 2340 | rf dh ph | cle al | 8.0 |
| 10 | Carter, Chris 2828 | dh lf 1b | hou al | 7.9 |
| NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 18.7 |
| 2 | Fernandez, Jose 3147 | pi sp | fla nl | 18.0 |
| 3 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.4 |
| 4 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.7 |
| 5 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.0 |
| 6 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 14.7 |
| 7 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 14.7 |
| 8 | Miller, Shelby 3134 | pi sp | stl nl | 14.4 |
| 9 | Latos, Mat 2644 | pi sp | cin nl | 13.4 |
| 10 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | stl nl | 13.1 |
| NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | ari nl | 11.7 |
| 2 | Gonzalez, Carlos 2460 | lf | col nl | 11.0 |
| 3 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | atl nl | 9.5 |
| 4 | Venable, Will 2621 | rf cf | sd nl | 9.0 |
| 5 | Cuddyer, Michael 1826 | rf | col nl | 8.5 |
| 6 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | lf | dc nl | 8.4 |
| 7 | Carpenter, Matt 2987 | 2b | stl nl | 7.5 |
| 8 | McCann, Brian 2179 | ca | atl nl | 7.0 |
| 9 | Posey, Buster 2745 | ca | sf nl | 7.0 |
| 10 | Zimmerman, Ryan 2180 | 3b | dc nl | 6.7 |
BTP: Box-Toppers points for 2013 season