Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers player rankings for 2nd straight week

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 19.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 8.7 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 10.0
2 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 6.4 2 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 8.0
3 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 6.1 3 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 7.7
4 Price, David 2593 pi sp bos al 5.7 4 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 6.0
5 Quintana, Jose 3040 pi sp chi al 5.7 5 De La Rosa, Rubby 3342 pi sp ari nl 5.7
6 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 5.4 6 Nola, Aaron 3569 pi sp phi nl 5.7
7 Kennedy, Ian 2723 pi sp kc al 5.0 7 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 5.0
8 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 4.7 8 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 5.0
9 Volquez, Edinson 2220 pi sp kc al 4.4 9 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 5.0
10 Tillman, Chris 2754 pi sp bal al 4.0 10 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 5.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Machado, Manny 3087 ss 3b bal al 6.7 1 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 cf lf dh ph nym nl 4.5
2 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 5.5 2 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 4.5
3 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 5.0 3 Jaso, John 2705 1b pit nl 4.0
4 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 4.5 4 Conforto, Michael 3622 lf nym nl 4.0
5 Cano, Robinson 2092 2b sea al 4.5 5 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 3.5
6 Martinez, Victor 1695 dh 1b ph det al 3.5 6 Braun, Ryan J. 2300 lf mil nl 3.5
7 Castellanos, Nick 3349 3b det al 3.0 7 Carter, Chris 2828 1b mil nl 3.5
8 Betts, Mookie 3404 rf bos al 3.0 8 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 3.0
9 Desmond, Ian 2673 cf lf tex al 3.0 9 Markakis, Nick 2116 rf atl nl 3.0
10 Park, Byung Ho 3616 dh min al 3.0 10 Hill, Aaron 2056 3b 2b mil nl 3.0

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings report for the second straight week.

Kershaw has 10.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point since last week.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of May 19:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 10.0
2 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 8.7
3 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 8.0
4 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 7.7
5 Machado, Manny 3087 3b ss bal al 6.7
6 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 6.4
7 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 6.1
8 Velasquez, Vince 3611 pi sp phi nl 6.0
9 Price, David 2593 pi sp bos al 5.7
10 Quintana, Jose 3040 pi sp chi al 5.7
What are those numbers after players' names?

All four Box-Toppers category leaders also maintain their top spot in the rankings:

National League pitchers—Kershaw’s 10.0 Box-Toppers points puts him ahead of second-place NL pitcher Johnny Cueto of the Giants (8.0).

American League pitchers—White Sox pitcher Chris Sale maintains his lead with 8.7 Box-Toppers points. He ranks second among all players.

American League batters—Manny Machado of the Orioles maintains his lead with 6.7 Box-Toppers points. He ranks fifth among all players.

National League batters—Yoenis Cespedes of the mets maintains his lead with 4.5 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 26th among all players.

So far this season, 363 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