| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 19.0 | 1 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 17.1 | |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 18.0 | 2 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.4 | |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 16.7 | 3 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 14.0 | |
| 4 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 14.4 | 4 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.7 | |
| 5 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.4 | 5 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 13.4 | |
| 6 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | min al | 11.1 | 6 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 12.7 | |
| 7 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 10.7 | 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 12.4 | |
| 8 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 10.7 | 8 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.7 | |
| 9 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | sea al | 10.4 | 9 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.4 | |
| 10 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.4 | 10 | Gonsolin, Tony 4211 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 10.7 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 12.2 | |
| 2 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 8.7 | 2 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf | nyy al | 8.2 | 3 | Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b | mil nl | 8.2 | |
| 4 | Rodriguez, Julio 4590 | cf | sea al | 7.5 | 4 | Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b | atl nl | 8.0 | |
| 5 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 7.0 | 5 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 7.0 | |
| 6 | Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tex al | 7.0 | 6 | Aguilar, Jesus 3787 | 1b dh | fla nl | 7.0 | |
| 7 | Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | sea al | 7.0 | 7 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 6.0 | |
| 8 | Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | hou al | 6.7 | 8 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh | phi nl | 6.0 | |
| 9 | Gurriel, Lourdes Jr. 4148 | lf | tor al | 6.5 | 9 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | lad nl | 6.0 | |
| 10 | Rosario, Amed 3879 | ss | cle al | 6.0 | 10 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 5.7 |
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the third straight week.
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, Aug. 18.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 19.0 |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 18.0 |
| 3 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 17.1 |
| 4 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 16.7 |
| 5 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 15.4 |
| 6 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 14.4 |
| 7 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 14.0 |
| 8 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 13.7 |
| 9 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 13.4 |
| 10 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 12.7 |
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Meanwhile, Verlander continues to lead American League pitchers, Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins continues to lead National League pitchers, Jose Ramirez of the Guardians continues to lead AL batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets continues to lead NL batters.
Overall leader—Verlander leads all players with 19.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks ahead of Shohei Ohtani (18.0 points) and also ranks ahead of Ohtani among AL pitchers.
National League pitchers—Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins leads for the fifth week with 17.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.7 points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place Julio Urias of the Dodgers (15.4 points). Alcantara ranks third among all players.
National League batters—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads for the 10th week with 12.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week, ahead of second-place Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (9.0). Alonso ranks 12th among all players, down from 10th place last week.
American League batters—Jose Ramirez of the Guardians leads for the second week with 10.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, ahead of second-place Yordan Alvarez of the Astros (8.7 points). Ramirez ranks 18th among all players, up from 25th last week.
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—678 (there were 658 a week ago).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—304 (there were 294 a week ago).
Players with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points—29 (there were 23 a week ago). In 2021, 49 players had 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points.
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2022 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—142 (there were 136 a week ago).
Games completed so far in 2021—1,775 an average of 118.3 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—73.0.
In the 100 games completed from Aug. 12 to Aug. 18, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 64 times (64.0 percent) compared to 36 times for batters (36.0 percent). Batters’ overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season decreased from 39.34 last week to 39.15 this week (695 out of 1,775 games). There have been 2,116.2 total Box-Toppers points awarded to all Player of the Game winners in 2022 (including bonus points for the day’s top players). Pitchers have won 60.8 percent of that total (1,286.7), while batters have won 39.2 percent (829.5). That’s just above the all-time record-low for share of a season Box-Toppers points won by batters (39.14 percent in 2014). Last year, in 2021, batters won just 39.15 percent of all Box-Toppers points awarded, the second-lowest in any season since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. (In previous week’s player rankings reports, these record-low numbers have been mischaracterized as share of Player of the Game honors won. While the numbers are very similar and are closely approximate, they are for share of overall Box-Toppers points earned rather than Player of the Game honors won.)
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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