Last year’s Box-Toppers points leaders in both leagues gained the top spots in this year’s player rankings this week, through the games of Thursday, July 3.
Top players
Through Thursday, July 3| OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 14.4 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 14.4 |
| 3 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 14.0 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 12.7 |
| 5 | Tanaka, Masahiro 3305 | pi sp | nyy al | 12.7 |
| 6 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 12.5 |
| 7 | Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 11.4 |
| 8 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 10.8 |
| 9 | Tulowitzki, Troy 2308 | ss | col nl | 10.6 |
| 10 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 |
| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 14.4 |
| 2 | Tanaka, Masahiro 3305 | pi sp | nyy al | 12.7 |
| 3 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 10.8 |
| 4 | Kazmir, Scott 1947 | pi sp | oak al | 9.7 |
| 5 | Richards, Garrett 3042 | pi sp | ana al | 9.7 |
| 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 9.4 |
| 7 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | tb al | 9.4 |
| 8 | Hutchison, Drew 3038 | pi sp | tor al | 9.0 |
| 9 | Keuchel, Dallas 3050 | pi sp | hou al | 8.7 |
| 10 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 8.4 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 9.5 |
| 2 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | 1b dh lf | tor al | 8.0 |
| 3 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 1b | det al | 7.5 |
| 4 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b | oak al | 6.5 |
| 5 | Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 | lf | oak al | 6.5 |
| 6 | Aybar, Erick 2416 | ss | ana al | 6.0 |
| 7 | Hunter, Torii 1190 | rf | det al | 5.5 |
| 8 | Ramirez, Alexei 2537 | ss | chi al | 5.5 |
| 9 | Colabello, Chris 3235 | 1b dh rf | min al | 5.2 |
| 10 | Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b | sea al | 5.0 |
| NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 14.4 |
| 2 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 14.0 |
| 3 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 12.7 |
| 4 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 12.5 |
| 5 | Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 11.4 |
| 6 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 |
| 7 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 9.0 |
| 8 | Colon, Bartolo | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 |
| 9 | Hammel, Jason 2235 | pi sp | chi nl | 8.7 |
| 10 | Lohse, Kyle 1487 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.4 |
| NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Tulowitzki, Troy 2308 | ss | col nl | 10.6 |
| 2 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | atl nl | 7.7 |
| 3 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | chi nl | 5.5 |
| 4 | Morse, Michael 2020 | lf | sf nl | 5.5 |
| 5 | McCutchen, Andrew 2637 | cf | pit nl | 5.0 |
| 6 | Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | rf | fla nl | 4.7 |
| 7 | Murphy, Daniel 2589 | 2b | nym nl | 4.5 |
| 8 | Braun, Ryan J. 2300 | rf | mil nl | 4.5 |
| 9 | Howard, Ryan 2040 | 1b | phi nl | 4.2 |
| 10 | Smith, Seth 2489 | lf rf | sd nl | 4.0 |
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw took the overall points lead (and National League lead) with 14.4, passing previous overall leader, Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright (14.0), who falls to third overall. Kershaw was last year’s overall leader with 21.7 points. (On Friday, Kershaw was NL Player of the Day and now has 16.1 Box-Toppers points.)
Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer rises to become the top American League player with 14.4 Box-Toppers points. He ranks second overall and passed last week’s AL leader, Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (12.7), who now ranks fifth overall. Scherzer was last year’s AL points leader with 18.1.
Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies remains the leader among NL batters with 10.6 Box-Toppers points. Jose Abreu of the White Sox still leads among AL batters with 9.5 Box-Toppers points.
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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.