Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers player rankings for 7th straight week

Here are the top 10 players by category (AL & NL pitching & batting) in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 23.


AL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP NL PITCHERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 9.8 1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.0
2 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 9.7 2 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 11.7
3 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 9.4 3 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 11.7
4 Salazar, Danny 3223 pi sp cle al 8.8 4 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 10.7
5 Hill, Rich 2215 pi sp oak al 8.4 5 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 10.0
6 Lewis, Colby 1567 pi sp tex al 7.7 6 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 10.0
7 Price, David 2593 pi sp bos al 6.7 7 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 9.7
8 Bauer, Trevor 3065 pi sp cle al 6.7 8 Lackey, John 1640 pi sp chi nl 9.4
9 Fulmer, Michael 3640 pi sp det al 6.7 9 Bumgarner, Madison 2753 pi sp sf nl 9.0
10 Santiago, Hector 3109 pi sp ana al 6.4 10 Matz, Steven 3516 pi sp nym nl 8.7
AL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP NL BATTERS POS TEAM BTP
1 Machado, Manny 3087 ss 3b bal al 8.7 1 Suarez, Eugenio 3355 3b cin nl 7.0
2 Donaldson, Josh 3144 3b tor al 7.2 2 Cespedes, Yoenis 3008 cf lf nym nl 6.0
3 Lee, Dae-Ho 3627 1b ph sea al 6.7 3 Holliday, Matt 1836 1b lf dh stl nl 6.0
4 Cain, Lorenzo 3171 cf kc al 6.5 4 Carpenter, Matt 2987 3b stl nl 5.5
5 Altuve, Jose 3007 2b hou al 6.0 5 Bruce, Jay 2453 rf cin nl 5.0
6 Martin, Russell 2202 ca tor al 6.0 6 Murphy, Daniel 2589 2b dc nl 5.0
7 Wieters, Matt 2643 ca bal al 6.0 7 Carter, Chris 2828 1b mil nl 5.0
8 Trout, Mike 2949 cf ana al 5.5 8 Conforto, Michael 3622 lf nym nl 5.0
9 Davis, Chris 2478 1b bal al 5.5 9 Arenado, Nolan 3306 3b col nl 4.5
10 Correa, Carlos 3506 ss hou al 5.2 10 LeMahieu, DJ 3091 2b col nl 4.5

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw maintains his lead in Box-Toppers player rankings report for the seventh straight week.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of June 23:  


Player Pos Team BTP
1 Kershaw, Clayton 2494 pi sp lad nl 20.0
2 Cueto, Johnny 2400 pi sp sf nl 11.7
2 Fernandez, Jose 3147 pi sp fla nl 11.7
3 Arrieta, Jake 2738 pi sp chi nl 10.7
4 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp dc nl 10.0
6 Syndergaard, Noah 3472 pi sp nym nl 10.0
7 Kluber, Corey 3200 pi sp cle al 9.8
8 Greinke, Zack 1871 pi sp ari nl 9.7
9 Sale, Chris 2806 pi sp chi al 9.7
10 Hamels, Cole 2135 pi sp tex al 9.4
What are those numbers after players' names?

Kershaw has 20.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.0 points since last week.

Also, Corey Kluber of the Indians is the new leader in Box-Toppers points this week among American League pitchers, passing previous leader Danny Salazar of the Indians. Kluber has 9.8 Box-Toppers points, seventh among all players. Salazar falls to fourth among AL pitchers with 8.8 points, 13th among all players.

The other three category leaders remain the same from last week:

National League pitchers—Kershaw’s 20.0 Box-Toppers points puts him ahead of second-place NL pitcher Johnny Cueto of the Giants (11.7).

American League batters—Manny Machado of the Orioles maintains his lead with 8.7 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 14th among all players.

National League batters—Eugenio Suarez of the Reds maintains his lead with 7.0 Box-Toppers points. He ranks 21st among all players.

Three players rose into Box-Toppers overall top 10 list since last week:

  • Kluber (9.8) rises to seventh.
  • Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke (9.7) rises to eighth.
  • Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels (9.4) rises to 10th.

Three players fell from Box-Toppers overall top 10 list since last week:

  • Cubs pitcher John Lackey (9.4) fell from sixth to 11th. He had been in the top 10 the past two weeks.
  • Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (9.4) fell from seventh to 12th.
  • Salazar (8.8) fell from eighth to 13th.

So far this season, 496 different players have earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors. There are 197 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