Felix Hernandez leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 5th week, but earns no points in past week

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of May 21.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 8.7 1 Miller, Shelby 3134 pi sp atl nl 7.0
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 7.0 2 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 6.7
3 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 5.7 3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 6.0
4 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 5.4 4 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 6.0
5 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 4.7 5 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 5.7
6 Gonzalez, Miguel 3062 pi sp bal al 4.7 6 Lincecum, Tim 2288 pi sp sf nl 5.7
7 Happ, J.A. 2536 pi sp sea al 4.7 7 Harang, Aaron 1599 pi sp phi nl 5.1
8 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 4.4 8 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 5.0
9 Young, Chris R. 1933 pi sp mr kc al 4.0 9 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp phi nl 5.0
10 Ventura, Yordano 3294 pi sp kc al 4.0 10 Heston, Chris 3437 pi sp sf nl 5.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf rf cf hou al 5.0 1 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 6.5
2 Hosmer, Eric 2886 1b kc al 5.0 2 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 4.5
3 Cabrera, Miguel 1776 1b det al 4.7 3 Upton, Justin 2411 lf sd nl 4.0
4 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 4.5 4 Gonzalez, Adrian 2193 1b lad nl 4.0
5 Rodriguez, Alex dh nyy al 4.5 5 Ethier, Andre 2137 rf lad nl 3.5
6 Bautista, Jose 2169 dh rf tor al 4.0 6 Hechavarria, Adeiny 3445 ss fla nl 3.5
7 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 lf det al 3.7 7 Pollock, A.J. 3142 cf ph ari nl 3.0
8 Hunter, Torii 1190 rf dh min al 3.5 8 Parra, Gerardo 2746 rf cf mil nl 3.0
9 Escobar, Eduardo 3135 lf ss min al 3.2 9 Bryant, Kris 3465 3b chi nl 3.0
10 Cain, Lorenzo 3171 cf kc al 3.2 10 Frazier, Todd 2929 3b cin nl 2.7

Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez maintained his Box-Toppers points lead for the fifth straight week despite earning no Player of the Game honors in the past week.

Meanwhile, Braves pitcher Shelby Miller rose to become the new leader among National League pitchers and Colby Rasmus of the Astros rose to become the new leader among American League batters.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of May 21.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 8.7
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 7.0
3 Miller, Shelby 3134 pi sp atl nl 7.0
4 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 6.7
5 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 6.5
6 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 6.0
7 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 6.0
8 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 5.7
9 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 5.7
10 Lincecum, Tim 2288 pi sp sf nl 5.7
What are those numbers after players' names?

Hernandez has 8.7 Box-Toppers points, the same total as last week.

Shelby Miller of the Braves has 7.0 Box-Toppers points to take the lead among NL pitchers from Gerrit Cole of the Pirates, who has 6.0 Box-Toppers points and fell to fourth among NL pitchers. Miller ranks third among all players.

Colby Rasmus of the Astros has 5.0 Box-Toppers points to take the lead among AL batters. He passes Eric Hosmer of the Royals, who also has 5.0 Box-Toppers points, but Rasmus wins the tie-breaker because he has more 2014 Box-Toppers points—3.2 vs. 2.5. Rasmus ranks 15th among all players.

Bryce Harper of the Nationals leads NL batters for the second straight week with 6.5 Box-Toppers points. He ranks fifth among all players and is currently the only batter in Box-Toppers top 10 overall player rankings.

So far this season, 376 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 105 players who 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