Tigers' Max Scherzer rises to top Box-Toppers weekly player rankings

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 2.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 13.4 1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 14.0
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 12.0 2 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 12.0
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 11.4 3 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 11.4
4 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 11.1 4 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 10.7
5 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 10.7 5 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 9.7
6 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 9.4 6 Heston, Chris 3437 pi sp sf nl 8.7
7 Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp oak al 8.7 7 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 8.0
8 Wilson, C.J. 2074 pi sp ana al 8.4 8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 8.0
9 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 8.0 9 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 8.0
10 Britton, Zachary 2835 pi cp bal al 7.7 10 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp cin nl 7.8
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Fielder, Prince 2029 dh tex al 7.5 1 Frazier, Todd 2929 3b cin nl 7.2
2 Hunter, Torii 1190 rf dh min al 6.5 2 Upton, Justin 2411 lf sd nl 7.0
3 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf rf cf hou al 6.0 3 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 6.5
4 Rodriguez, Alex dh nyy al 6.0 4 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 6.2
5 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 lf det al 5.7 5 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 6.0
6 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 5.5 6 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 5.5
7 Bautista, Jose 2169 dh rf tor al 5.5 7 McCutchen, Andrew 2637 cf pit nl 5.0
8 Souza, Steven Jr. 3461 rf tb al 5.5 8 Braun, Ryan J. 2300 rf mil nl 5.0
9 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 5.2 9 Hechavarria, Adeiny 3445 ss fla nl 4.5
10 Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 dh 1b tor al 5.2 10 Gonzalez, Adrian 2193 1b lad nl 4.0

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer rises to the top of Box-Toppers player rankings this week, unseating Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, the leader for 10 previous weeks.

Scherzer now has 14.0 Box-Toppers points this season, passing Hernandez, who has 13.4. Hernandez led all players in Box-Toppers points from April 18 to June 25.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of July 2.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 14.0
2 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 13.4
3 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 12.0
4 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 12.0
5 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 11.4
6 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 11.4
7 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 11.1
8 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 10.7
9 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 10.7
10 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 9.7
What are those numbers after players' names?

Hernandez still leads American League players in Box-Toppers points and ranks second among all players.

Prince Fielder of the Rangers continues to lead AL batters in Box-Toppers points with 7.5. Fielder ranks 23rd among all players.

Todd Frazier of the Reds continues to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points with 7.2. Frazier ranks 25th among all players. 

So far this season, 527 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 223 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