| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 11.0 | 1 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.4 | |
| 2 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 | 2 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.7 | |
| 3 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 10.0 | 3 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.7 | |
| 4 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.7 | 4 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.0 | |
| 5 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 | 5 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.1 | |
| 6 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 | 6 | Gonsolin, Tony 4211 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.0 | |
| 7 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 8.0 | 7 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 8 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 7.7 | 8 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| 9 | Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp | tex al | 7.1 | 9 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 6.7 | |
| 10 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 | 10 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 11.0 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.2 | |
| 2 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 7.2 | 2 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 6.0 | 3 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf | nyy al | 5.5 | 4 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh | phi nl | 5.0 | |
| 5 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 5.2 | 5 | Canha, Mark 3454 | lf cf 1b | nym nl | 4.7 | |
| 6 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf | ana al | 4.9 | 6 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 4.5 | |
| 7 | Arraez, Luis 4219 | 1b 2b | min al | 4.5 | 7 | Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | dc nl | 4.5 | |
| 8 | Rodriguez, Julio 4590 | cf | sea al | 4.5 | 8 | Aguilar, Jesus 3787 | 1b dh | fla nl | 4.5 | |
| 9 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 4.2 | 9 | Pederson, Joc 3621 | rf lf dh ph | sf nl | 4.2 | |
| 10 | Garlick, Kyle 4418 | lf dh | min al | 4.0 | 10 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b dh | stl nl | 4.0 |
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Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to lead Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report.
Top 10 players
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, June 16.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.4 |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 11.0 |
| 3 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 |
| 4 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 10.0 |
| 5 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.2 |
| 6 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.7 |
| 7 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.7 |
| 8 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.7 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
| 10 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
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Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani of the Angels regains the 2022 Box-Toppers points lead among American League pitchers and extends his lead among AL batters. Plus, Pete Alonso maintains his lead among National League batters.
Overall leader—Musgrove takes the top spot with 11.4 Box-Toppers points, rising from fifth overall last week. He passes last week’s leader, Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan, who falls to third with 10.7 points. Musgrove ranks ahead of second-place player Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (11.0).
Musgrove maintains his lead among NL pitchers for the second week, ahead of Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins (8.7).
American League pitchers—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels regains the lead with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader McClanahan (10.7), who falls to second place. Ohtani ranks second among all players, behind Musgrove (11.4). Ohtani led AL pitchers for five straight weeks from April 21 to May 26.
American League batters—Ohtani extends his lead for the ninth straight week with 11.0 points, ahead of second-place Jose Ramirez of the Guardians (7.2 points). Ohtani earned 2.0 points in the past week and ranks second overall.
Ohtani has now won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors seven times this season, four as a starting pitcher and three as a designated hitter. He still qualifies to rank among both pitchers and batters since more than 25 percent of his Player of the Game honors come in both categories. In 2021, he ranked only as a pitcher since only three of his 12 Player of the Game honors (25 percent exactly) came as a batter.
National League batters—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads for the third week with 9.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week, ahead of second-place Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (6.5). Alonso ranks fifth among all players, falling from second place last week.
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—499 (there were 471 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—158 (there were 143 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)—94 (there were 85 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2021—952, an average of 63.5 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—39.2.
In the 96 games completed in the past week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 61 times (63.5 percent) compared to 35 times for batters (36.5 percent). Batters’ overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season declined from 37.7 last week to 37.6 this week (358 out of 952 games). That’s 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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