For 9th straight week, Mariners' Felix Hernandez leads Box-Toppers player rankings

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 18.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 13.4 1 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 12.0
2 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 11.0 2 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 11.0
3 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 10.4 3 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 9.7
4 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 10.1 4 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 9.7
5 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 9.4 5 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 9.7
6 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 7.7 6 Heston, Chris 3437 pi sp sf nl 8.7
7 Wilson, C.J. 2074 pi sp ana al 7.4 7 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 8.0
8 Britton, Zachary 2835 pi cp bal al 6.7 8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 7.0
9 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cle al 6.7 9 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp phi nl 7.0
10 Sanchez, Anibal 2187 pi sp det al 6.4 10 Miller, Shelby 3134 pi sp atl nl 7.0
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Fielder, Prince 2029 dh tex al 7.5 1 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 6.5
2 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 5.5 2 Frazier, Todd 2929 3b cin nl 6.2
3 Bautista, Jose Antonio 2169 dh rf tor al 5.5 3 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 6.2
4 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 5.2 4 Upton, Justin 2411 lf sd nl 6.0
5 Hunter, Torii 1190 rf dh min al 5.0 5 Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 rf fla nl 5.5
6 Rasmus, Colby 2608 lf rf cf hou al 5.0 6 McCutchen, Andrew 2637 cf pit nl 5.0
7 Hosmer, Eric 2886 1b kc al 5.0 7 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 5.0
8 Cabrera, Miguel 1776 1b det al 4.7 8 Hechavarria, Adeiny 3445 ss fla nl 4.5
9 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 lf det al 4.7 9 Gonzalez, Adrian 2193 1b lad nl 4.0
10 Rodriguez, Alex dh nyy al 4.5 10 Montero, Miguel 2304 ca chi nl 4.0

For the ninth straight week, Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez leads Box-Toppers player rankings. 

Hernandez has 12.4 Box-Toppers points to lead all players. He has led players all but six days this season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of June 18.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 13.4
2 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 12.0
3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 11.0
4 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 11.0
5 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 10.4
6 Price, David 2593 pi sp det al 10.1
7 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 9.7
8 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 9.7
9 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 9.7
10 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 9.4
What are those numbers after players' names?

Pirates pitcher Gerrit Cole leads NL pitchers with 12.0 Box-Toppers points. Cole leads all NL players for the second week in a row. Cole rises from third to second place among all players.

Prince Fielder of the Rangers continues to lead American League batters in Box-Toppers points with 7.5. Fielder rises to 14th place among all players from 17th place.

Bryce Harper of the Nationals continues to lead NL batters with 6.5 Box-Toppers points. Harper falls from 17th place among all players to 21st place.

There are no batters among the top 10 overall players.

So far this season, 480 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 185 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 report