| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 7.0 | 1 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 2 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 2 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.0 | |
| 3 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 4.7 | 3 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 | |
| 4 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 | 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 | |
| 5 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 | 5 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.0 | |
| 6 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 3.0 | 6 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Manoah, Alek 4424 | pi sp | tor al | 3.0 | 7 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.0 | |
| 8 | Lopez, Jorge 4060 | pi cp sp mr | bal al | 3.0 | 8 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.7 | |
| 9 | Sandoval, Patrick 4357 | pi sp mr | ana al | 3.0 | 9 | Matz, Steven 3516 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.4 | |
| 10 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 3.0 | 10 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 7.0 | 1 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 4.2 | 2 | Chavis, Michael 4127 | 1b | pit nl | 4.0 | |
| 3 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 4.2 | 3 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 3.4 | |
| 4 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 4.0 | 4 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b dh | stl nl | 3.0 | |
| 5 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf lf | ana al | 3.2 | 5 | Peralta, David 3370 | lf | ari nl | 2.5 | |
| 6 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 2.7 | 6 | Aguilar, Jesus 378 | 1b | fla nl | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 2.5 | 7 | KIm, Ha-Seong 4373 | 3b ss | sd nl | 2.5 | |
| 8 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 2.5 | 8 | Bell, Josh E. 3682 | 1b | dc nl | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Bichette, Bo 4233 | ss | tor al | 2.5 | 9 | Beer, Seth 4570 | dh | ari nl | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | nyy al | 2.5 | 10 | Lux, Gavin 4247 | 2b 3b | lad nl | 2.0 |
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the third straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories.
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Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 5.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 7.0 |
| 2 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 3 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.0 |
| 4 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 5 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 |
| 6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
| 7 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 4.7 |
| 8 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 4.2 |
| 9 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 4.2 |
| 10 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 4.0 |
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Meanwhile, Tylor Megill of the Mets rises to lead National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters.
Ohtani has 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022, earning Player of the Game honors four times so far this season, twice as a designated hitter and twice as a starting pitcher. He has 3.0 points as a batter and 4.0 points as a pitcher, neither enough to lead the AL categories separately, but enough to lead both when combined.
Ohtani earned 16.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021 but was ranked only as a pitcher because he earned such an overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher.
Ohtani leads AL batters over Jose Ramirez of the Guardians (4.2 points) and leads AL pitchers over Corey Kluber of the Rays (5.0). Ohtani earned 2.0 points in the past week.
Ohtani lost the lead briefly this week, when he was passed by Tylor Megill on April 29 (5.7 points) before retaking the lead May 5.
National League pitchers—Tylor Megill of the Mets rises to lead with 5.7 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Kyle Wright of the Braves (5.0), who falls to third. Megill leads over second-place Joe Musgrove of the Padres (5.0). Megill ranks second overall.
National League batters—C.J. Cron of the Rockies rises to the lead with 4.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Nolan Arenado of the Cardinals (3.0), who falls to fourth. Cron leads over second-place Michael Chavis of the Pirates. Though both have 4.0 points, Cron ranks higher because he had more 2021 Box-Toppers points—6.5 vs. 0.0. Cron ranks 15th overall.
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—273 (there were 220 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—52 (there were 34 as of last week).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2022 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—24 (there were 17 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2021—381 (there were 287 as of last week), an average of 25.4 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—15.7.
In the 94 games completed in the past week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 55 times (58.5 percent) compared to 39 times for batters (41.5 percent). Batters did better in the past week than they did last week (35.8 percent) and improved their overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season from 31.4 to 33.9. That’s still below last year’s near-record low share for batters and the all-time record-low for share of Player of the Game honors won by batters is 39.14 percent in 2014. Last year, batters won just 39.15 percent of all Player of the Game honors, the second-lowest in any season since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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.
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