There were no changes among leaders in Box-Toppers player rankings categories this week.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw maintains his top spot in Box-Toppers player rankings, while Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers keeps his lead among American League players.
Kershaw has 18.7 Box-Toppers points to lead for the third straight week.
Cabrera has 16.9 points to lead all AL players. He falls from fourth to fifth place among all players.
Indians pitcher Justin Masterson leads among AL pitchers with 16.4 Box-Toppers points. (He falls from fifth to seventh among all players.)
Paul Goldschmidt of the Diamondbacks leads among NL batters with 11.7 Box-Toppers points. Goldschmidt falls from 25th to 27th among all players.
Forty-one players have accumulated 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points so far this season, including nine batters.
Previous player rankings report from Aug. 29.
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Top players
As of Thursday, Sept. 5
| 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 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 17.4 |
| 4 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.4 |
| 5 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 3b | det al | 16.9 |
| 6 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 16.7 |
| 7 | Masterson, Justin 2462 | pi sp | cle al | 16.4 |
| 8 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 15.4 |
| 9 | Moore, Matt 2975 | pi sp | tb al | 15.1 |
| 10 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 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 | Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | bos al | 10.7 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 3b | det al | 16.9 |
| 2 | Davis, Chris 2478 | 1b | bal al | 12.7 |
| 3 | Ortiz, David | dh | bos al | 12.4 |
| 4 | Soriano, Alfonso 1445 | lf | nyy al | 11.9 |
| 5 | Cano, Robinson 2092 | 2b | nyy al | 10.5 |
| 6 | Butler, Billy 2330 | dh | kc al | 9.0 |
| 7 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | 1b dh | tor al | 8.7 |
| 8 | Beltre, Adrian 1141 | 3b | tex al | 8.4 |
| 9 | Jones, Adam 2347 | cf | bal al | 8.0 |
| 10 | Kipnis, Jason 2933 | 2b | cle al | 8.0 |
| 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 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 17.4 |
| 4 | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.4 |
| 5 | Liriano, Francisco 2104 | pi sp | pit nl | 16.7 |
| 6 | Harvey, Matt 3075 | pi sp | nym nl | 15.0 |
| 7 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl 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 | 10.5 |
| 4 | Cuddyer, Michael 1826 | rf | col nl | 10.0 |
| 5 | Venable, Will 2621 | rf cf | sd nl | 9.0 |
| 6 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | lf | dc nl | 8.4 |
| 7 | Phillips, Brandon 1691 | 2b | cin nl | 7.5 |
| 8 | Carpenter, Matt 2987 | 2b | stl nl | 7.5 |
| 9 | Murphy, Daniel 2589 | 2b | nym nl | 7.5 |
| 10 | McCann, Brian 2179 | ca | atl nl | 7.0 |
BTP: Box-Toppers points for 2013 season