Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, the overall leader in Box-Toppers points, has a chance to break the “all-time” single season record for points.
Meanwhile, all four Box-Toppers point category leaders maintained their dominant leads this week.
Top players
Through Thursday, Sept. 4| OVERALL LEADERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 27.8 |
| 2 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 21.1 |
| 3 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 20.9 |
| 4 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 17.4 |
| 5 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 17.4 |
| 6 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 16.8 |
| 7 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 16.1 |
| 8 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 15.7 |
| 9 | Richards, Garrett 3042 | pi sp | ana al | 15.7 |
| 10 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 15.5 |
| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | det al | 21.1 |
| 2 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | cle al | 17.4 |
| 3 | Hernandez, Felix 2064 | pi sp | sea al | 16.8 |
| 4 | Price, David 2593 | pi sp | det al | 16.1 |
| 5 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | chi al | 15.7 |
| 6 | Richards, Garrett 3042 | pi sp | ana al | 15.7 |
| 7 | Kazmir, Scott 1947 | pi sp | oak al | 14.1 |
| 8 | Lester, Jon 2173 | pi sp | oak al | 13.7 |
| 9 | Hughes, Phil 2272 | pi sp | min al | 13.1 |
| 10 | Hutchison, Drew 3038 | pi sp | tor al | 13.0 |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Abreu, Jose 3308 | 1b | chi al | 15.5 |
| 2 | Cabrera, Miguel 1776 | 1b | det al | 10.0 |
| 3 | Jones, Adam 2347 | cf | bal al | 9.5 |
| 4 | Donaldson, Josh 3144 | 3b | oak al | 9.0 |
| 5 | Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 | 1b dh lf | tor al | 8.0 |
| 6 | Carter, Chris 2828 | dh | hou al | 8.0 |
| 7 | Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 | lf | bos al | 8.0 |
| 8 | Trout, Mike 2949 | cf | ana al | 7.5 |
| 9 | Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | lf dh | bal al | 7.0 |
| 10 | Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b | sea al | 7.0 |
| NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 27.8 |
| 2 | Bumgarner, Madison 2753 | pi sp | sf nl | 20.9 |
| 3 | Cueto, Johnny 2400 | pi sp | cin nl | 17.4 |
| 4 | Wainwright, Adam 2150 | pi sp | stl nl | 15.0 |
| 5 | Greinke, Zack 1871 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.8 |
| 6 | Strasburg, Stephen 2736 | pi sp | dc nl | 13.7 |
| 7 | Teheran, Julio 3176 | pi sp | atl nl | 13.4 |
| 8 | Collmenter, Josh 2863 | pi sp | ari nl | 12.0 |
| 9 | Arrieta, Jake 2738 | pi sp | chi nl | 11.7 |
| 10 | Hamels, Cole 2135 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.4 |
| NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |
| 1 | Tulowitzki, Troy 2308 | ss | col nl | 11.6 |
| 2 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | atl nl | 7.7 |
| 3 | Holliday, Matt 1836 | lf | stl nl | 7.5 |
| 4 | Duda, Lucas 2818 | 1b | nym nl | 7.5 |
| 5 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | lf | fla nl | 7.5 |
| 6 | Upton, Justin 2411 | lf | atl nl | 7.2 |
| 7 | Howard, Ryan 2040 | 1b | phi nl | 7.2 |
| 8 | Murphy, Daniel 2589 | 2b | nym nl | 7.0 |
| 9 | Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | rf | fla nl | 6.7 |
| 10 | Lucroy, Jonathan 2744 | ca | mil nl | 6.7 |
Kershaw has 27.8 Box-Toppers points to lead all players. With a little over three weeks left in the season—and three or four starts remaining—he has a shot of breaking the record of 33.7 Box-Toppers points in a single season, done twice by Randy Johnson of the Diamondbacks—in 2000 and 2002.
Box-Toppers “all-time” records go back to 1995, when Box-Toppers record keeping began.
Max Scherzer of the Tigers still leads American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points with 21.1. He ranks second among all players, behind Kershaw.
Jose Abreu of the White Sox still leads AL batters in Box-Toppers points with 15.5. He ranks 10th among all players and is the only batter among the top 10.
Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies still leads National League batters in Box-Toppers points with 11.6. Tulowitzki will have played in just over half the season’s games (91) and is out for the season recovering from hip surgery.
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.