Dodgers' Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings for 6th week; Indians' Salazar now leads AL pitchers

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 16.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 8.8 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 18.0
2 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 8.7 2 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 11.7
3 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 8.4 3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 10.0
4 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 7.8 4 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 10.0
5 Lewis, Colby 1567 pi sp tex al 7.7 5 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 10.0
6 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 7.4 6 Lackey, John 1640 pi sp chi nl 9.4
7 Fulmer, Michael 3640 pi sp det al 6.7 7 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 9.0
8 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 6.4 8 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 8.7
9 Estrada, Marco 2847 pi sp tor al 6.0 9 Matz, Steven 3516 pi sp nym nl 8.7
10 Kennedy, Ian 2723 pi sp kc al 6.0 10 Strasburg, Stephen 2736 pi sp dc nl 8.4
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Machado, Manny 3087 ss 3b bal al 8.7 1 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 7.0
2 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 7.2 2 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 cf lf nym nl 6.0
3 Lee, Dae-Ho 3627 1b ph sea al 6.7 3 Holliday, Matt 1836 1b lf dh stl nl 6.0
4 Cain, Lorenzo 3171 cf kc al 6.5 4 Carpenter, Matt 2987 3b stl nl 5.5
5 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 6.0 5 Carter, Chris 2828 1b mil nl 5.0
6 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 5.5 6 Conforto, Michael 3622 lf nym nl 5.0
7 Martin, Russell 2202 ca tor al 5.0 7 LeMahieu, DJ 3091 2b col nl 4.5
8 Martinez, Victor 1695 dh 1b det al 5.0 8 Braun, Ryan J. 2300 lf mil nl 4.5
9 Betts, Mookie 3404 rf bos al 4.7 9 Hill, Aaron 2056 2b 3b mil nl 4.5
10 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 4.5 10 Duvall, Adam 3573 lf cin nl 4.5

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

Kershaw has 18.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 3.0 points since last week.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 16:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 18.0
2 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 11.7
3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 10.0
4 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 10.0
5 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 10.0
6 Lackey, John 1640 pi sp chi nl 9.4
7 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 9.0
8 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 8.8
9 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 8.7
10 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 8.7
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Also, Danny Salazar of the Indians is the new leader in Box-Toppers points this week among American League pitchers, passing previous leader Chris Sale of the White Sox. Salazar has 8.8 Box-Toppers points, eighth among all players. Sale falls to second among AL pitchers with 8.7 points, 10th among all players.

The other three category leaders remain the same from last week:

National League pitchers—Kershaw’s 18.0 Box-Toppers points puts him ahead of second-place NL pitcher Jose Fernandez of the Marlins (11.7).

American League batters—Manny Machado of the Orioles maintains his lead with 8.7 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 11th among all players.

National League batters—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds maintains his lead with 7.0 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 21st among all players.

Three players fell from Box-Toppers overall top 10 list since last week:

  • Manny Machado of the Orioles (8.7) fell to 11th.
  • Mets pitcher Steven Matz (8.7) fell to 12th.
  • Athletics pitcher Rich Hill (8.4) fell to 14th.

So far this season, 476 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 177 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