Mariners' Hernandez continues Box-Toppers player rankings lead; Hosmer, Harper rise to lead batters

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of May 14.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 8.7 1 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 6.0
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 6.0 2 Harang, Aaron 1599 pi sp phi nl 5.1
3 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 4.7 3 Miller, Shelby 3134 pi sp atl nl 5.0
4 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 4.7 4 Heston, Chris 3437 pi sp sf nl 5.0
5 Gonzalez, Miguel 3062 pi sp bal al 4.7 5 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 4.7
6 Young, Chris R. 1933 pi sp mr kc al 4.0 6 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp cin nl 4.4
7 Pineda, Michael 2841 pi sp nyy al 4.0 7 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 4.0
8 Jimenez, Ubaldo 2349 pi sp bal al 4.0 8 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 4.0
9 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 3.7 9 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 4.0
10 Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp oak al 3.7 10 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp phi nl 4.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hosmer, Eric 2886 1b kc al 5.0 1 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 5.0
2 Cabrera, Miguel 1776 1b det al 4.7 2 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 4.5
3 Rodriguez, Alex dh nyy al 4.5 3 Upton, Justin 2411 lf sd nl 4.0
4 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf hou al 4.0 4 Gonzalez, Adrian 2193 1b lad nl 4.0
5 Hunter, Torii 1190 rf dh min al 3.5 5 Ethier, Andre 2137 rf lad nl 3.5
6 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 3.0 6 Hechavarria, Adeiny 3445 ss fla nl 3.5
7 Ellsbury, Jacoby 2365 cf nyy al 3.0 7 Parra, Gerardo 2746 rf cf mil nl 3.0
8 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 lf det al 2.7 8 Frazier, Todd 2929 3b cin nl 2.7
9 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b dh tor al 2.5 9 McCutchen, Andrew 2637 cf pit nl 2.5
10 Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 dh 1b tor al 2.5 10 Wong, Kolten 3377 2b stl nl 2.5

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez leads all players in Box-Toppers points for the fourth straight week.

Meanwhile, there are new leaders among batters in Box-Toppers points in both the American League (Eric Hosmer of the Royals) and National League (Bryce Harper of the Nationals).

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of May 14.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 8.7
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 6.0
3 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 6.0
4 Harang, Aaron 1599 pi sp phi nl 5.1
5 Miller, Shelby 3134 pi sp atl nl 5.0
6 Hosmer, Eric 2886 1b kc al 5.0
7 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 5.0
8 Heston, Chris 3437 pi sp sf nl 5.0
9 Cabrera, Miguel 1776 1b det al 4.7
10 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 4.7
What are those numbers after players' names?

Hernandez has 8.7 Box-Toppers points, up from 7.7 last week.

Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole leads all National League players for the third straight week. Cole has 6.0 Box-Toppers points, third place overall.

Hosmer rises to the top spot among AL batters with 5.0 Box-Toppers points, passing previous AL batting leader, Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (4.7 Box-Toppers points). Hosmer is in sixth place among all players.

Harper rises to the top spot among NL batters with 5.0 Box-Toppers points, passing previous NL batting leader, Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins (4.5 Box-Toppers points). Harper is in seventh place among all players.

Five players rose onto the overall top 10 list this week:

  • Phillies pitcher Aaron Harang (5.1 Box-Toppers points) rose to fourth place.
  • Braves pitcher Shelby Miller (5.0 Box-Toppers points) rose to fifth place.
  • Hosmer (5.0 points), sixth place.
  • Harper (5.0 points), seventh place.
  • Giants pitcher Chris Heston (5.0 points) rose to eighth place.

Five players also fell out of the overall top 10 this week: Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray, Mets pitcher Matt Harvey, Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez and Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto.

So far this season, 337 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. Eighty-six players have more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points.

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