Mets' Jacob deGrom maintains Box-Toppers player rankings lead

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Aug. 13.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Price, David 2593 pi sp tor al 16.1 1 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 18.4
2 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 15.8 2 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 16.7
3 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 15.4 3 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 16.0
4 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 14.4 4 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 15.4
5 Carrasco, Carlos 2885 pi sp cle al 14.0 5 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 15.0
6 Keuchel, Dallas 3050 pi sp hou al 13.7 6 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 14.4
7 Archer, Chris 3194 pi sp tb al 13.0 7 Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp pit nl 13.0
8 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp kc al 12.8 8 Martinez, Carlos 3371 pi sp stl nl 12.7
9 Kazmir, Scott 1947 pi sp hou al 11.7 9 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 11.0
10 Walker, Taijuan 3453 pi sp sea al 10.7 10 Liriano, Francisco 2104 pi sp pit nl 10.9
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 10.0 1 Grichuk, Randal 3474 rf lf cf stl nl 9.5
2 Cain, Lorenzo 3171 cf kc al 8.2 2 McCutchen, Andrew 2637 cf pit nl 8.5
3 Hunter, Torii 1190 rf dh min al 8.0 3 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 lf nym nl 8.2
4 Rodriguez, Alex dh nyy al 7.7 4 Gonzalez, Carlos 2460 rf col nl 8.0
5 Hosmer, Eric 2886 1b kc al 7.5 5 Harper, Bryce 3011 lf rf dc nl 8.0
6 Teixeira, Mark 1738 1b nyy al 7.5 6 Bryant, Kris 3465 3b chi nl 7.5
7 Fielder, Prince 2029 dh tex al 7.5 7 Frazier, Todd 2929 3b cin nl 7.2
8 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 7.0 8 Upton, Justin 2411 lf sd nl 7.0
9 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 7.0 9 Rizzo, Anthony 3063 1b chi nl 7.0
10 Encarnacion, Edwin 2098 dh tor al 6.7 10 Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 1b ari nl 6.2

Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom maintained his lead atop Box-Toppers player rankings for the third week, as of Thursday, Aug. 13.

Meanwhile, Blue Jays pitcher David Price took the lead among American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points.

deGrom gained 2.0 points over the week and has 18.4 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2015 season as of Aug. 13.  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 deGrom, Jacob 3343 pi sp nym nl 18.4
2 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 16.7
3 Price, David 2593 pi sp tor al 16.1
4 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 16.0
5 Gray, Sonny 3259 pi sp oak al 15.8
6 Hernandez, Felix 2064 pi sp sea al 15.4
7 Harvey, Matt 3075 pi sp nym nl 15.4
8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp lad nl 15.0
9 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 14.4
10 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 14.4
What are those numbers after players' names?

American League pitchers—Price, ranked third overall, took the lead among AL pitchers with 16.1 Box-Toppers points, passing previous leader, Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, who has 15.4. Hernandez falls to third place among AL pitchers, behind Sonny Gray of the Athletics (15.8 points).

American League batters—Mike Trout of the Angels, maintained his lead with 10.0 Box-Toppers points, ranked 25th among all players.

National League batters—Randal Grichuk of the Cardinals, maintained his lead with 9.5 Box-Toppers points, ranked 27th among all players.

As of Aug. 13, 632 different players had earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 296 players who had 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