There was little change atop Box-Toppers leaderboards for the week ending Aug. 7.
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw remained the overall leader in Box-Toppers points with 21.1.
Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer remained the overall American League leader with 18.1 Box-Toppers points.
Top players
Through Thursday, Aug. 7| OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 21.1 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 18.1 |
| 3 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 17.9 |
| 4 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 16.4 |
| 5 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 15.1 |
| 6 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 15.0 |
| 7 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 14.8 |
| 8 | Richards, Garrett 3042 | pi sp | ana al | 14.7 |
| 9 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 14.4 |
| 10 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.8 |
| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 18.1 |
| 2 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 15.1 |
| 3 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 14.8 |
| 4 | Richards, Garrett 3042 | pi sp | ana al | 14.7 |
| 5 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 14.4 |
| 6 | Kazmir, Scott 1947 | pi sp | oak al | 13.1 |
| 7 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 12.7 |
| 8 | Tanaka, Masahiro 3305 | pi sp | nyy al | 12.7 |
| 9 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | tex al | 12.4 |
| 10 | Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | oak al | 12.0 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 13.0 |
| 2 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 1b | det al | 8.5 |
| 3 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | 1b dh lf | tor al | 8.0 |
| 4 | Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 | lf | bos al | 8.0 |
| 5 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b | oak al | 7.5 |
| 6 | Jones, Adam 2347 | cf | bal al | 7.5 |
| 7 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 7.5 |
| 8 | Carter, Chris 2828 | dh | hou al | 7.0 |
| 9 | Murphy, David 2348 | rf | cle al | 6.5 |
| 10 | Colabello, Chris 3235 | 1b dh rf | min al | 6.2 |
| NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 21.1 |
| 2 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 17.9 |
| 3 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 16.4 |
| 4 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 15.0 |
| 5 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.8 |
| 6 | Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 11.4 |
| 7 | Lincecum, Tim 2288 | pi sp | sf nl | 10.4 |
| 8 | Kimbrel, Craig 2825 | pi cp | atl nl | 10.0 |
| 9 | Santana, Ervin 2005 | pi sp | atl nl | 10.0 |
| 10 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 10.0 |
| NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Tulowitzki, Troy 2308 | ss | col nl | 11.6 |
| 2 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | atl nl | 7.7 |
| 3 | Murphy, Daniel 2589 | 2b | nym nl | 7.0 |
| 4 | McCutchen, Andrew 2637 | cf | pit nl | 6.5 |
| 5 | Howard, Ryan 2040 | 1b | phi nl | 6.2 |
| 6 | Lucroy, Jonathan 2744 | ca | mil nl | 5.7 |
| 7 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | chi nl | 5.5 |
| 8 | Morse, Michael 2020 | lf | sf nl | 5.5 |
| 9 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | lf | fla nl | 5.5 |
| 10 | Upton, Justin 2411 | lf | atl nl | 5.2 |
Jose Abreu of the White Sox remained the leader among AL batters with 13.0. And Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies remained atop the NL batters list, with 11.6 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.