| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 13.9 | 1 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 | |
| 2 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 12.0 | 2 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 9.7 | |
| 3 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 11.4 | 3 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 9.7 | |
| 4 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 9.7 | 4 | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.7 | |
| 5 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 9.4 | 5 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.1 | |
| 6 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 8.4 | 6 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 | |
| 7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 7.7 | 7 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.0 | |
| 8 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 7.7 | 8 | Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.0 | |
| 9 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 | 9 | Keller, Mitch 4230 | pi sp | pit nl | 8.0 | |
| 10 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 7.0 | 10 | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 13.9 | 1 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 6.0 | |
| 2 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf dh | nyy al | 7.5 | 2 | Outman, James 4699 | cf | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 3 | Paredes, Isaac 4666 | 3b 1b 2b | tb al | 6.2 | 3 | Arraez, Luis 4219 | 2b | fla nl | 5.5 | |
| 4 | Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf | tb al | 6.0 | 4 | Fraley, Jake 4430 | lf ph | cin nl | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 5.2 | 5 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Seager, Corey 3587 | ss | tex al | 5.2 | 6 | Gorman, Nolan 4633 | 2b dh | stl nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Vierling, Matt 4652 | rf cf | det al | 5.0 | 7 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 4.7 | |
| 8 | Rengifo, Luis 4178 | 2b | ana al | 5.0 | 8 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | lf cf | pit nl | 4.7 | |
| 9 | Noda, Ryan 4791 | 1b ph | oak al | 5.0 | 9 | Castellanos, Nick 3349 | rf | phi nl | 4.5 | |
| 10 | Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tex al | 4.7 | 10 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | cf rf | lad nl | 4.5 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third straight week.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, June 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 13.9 |
| 2 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 12.0 |
| 3 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 11.4 |
| 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 |
| 5 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 9.7 |
| 6 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 9.7 |
| 7 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 9.7 |
| 8 | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.7 |
| 9 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 9.4 |
| 10 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.1 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Back to top
Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers rankings and Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to lead NL batters.
Ohtani
Ohtani has 13.9 Box-Toppers points to maintain his lead among all players, earning 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman (12.0), who is second among all players and among AL pitchers. Ohtani also leads AL batters for the seventh straight week, ahead of Aaron Judge of the Yankees (7.5 points).
Ohtani has earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors 12 times in 2023—six as a designated hitter and six as a starting pitcher. He’s earned 7.2 of his Box-Toppers points as a batter and 6.7 as a starting pitcher. He is the only player to qualify to rank among both pitchers and batters in Box-Toppers rankings because he’s earned more than 25 percent of his Player of the Game honors in both categories.
In both 2021 and 2022, Ohtani spent periods of both seasons ranked among batters but finished both years ranked only as a starting pitcher because he earned such an overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher.
By themselves, Ohtani’s 7.2 points as a batter would rank second among AL batters and his 6.7 points as a pitcher would rank 13th among AL pitchers.
National League pitchers
Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw rises to lead the category this week, passing Zac Gallen of the Diamondbacks, who led the previous 10 weeks. Kershaw has 10.1 Box-Toppers points to lead over Gallen, who falls to second place with 9.7 points.
Kershaw ranks fourth among all players.
National League batters
Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves rises to first place in the category with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Luis Arraez of the Marlins (5.5), who falls to third place. Acuna leads over second-place NL batter James Outman of the Dodgers (5.7).
Arraez ranks 38th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—583 (there were 566 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—221 (there were 198 as of last week).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2023 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—108 (there were 100 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2023—1,216, an average of 81.1 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—50.0.
In the 92 games played this week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors in 52 (56.5 percent) while batters won in 40 (43.5 percent). Batters overall share of Player of the Game honors won this season increased slightly from 40.1 percent last week to 40.4 percent this week (491 of 1,216 games). Pitchers have won Player of the Game in 59.6 percent of all games in 2023. Batters are doing only slightly better than they were at the same point last year. Through 13 weeks in 2022, batters had won 39.3 percent of all Player of the Game honors (489 out of 1,243 games). Through the entire 2022 season, batters won a record-low 38 percent share of Player of the Game honors.
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.
Box-Toppers strives for accuracy. See a mistake in a post? A wrong name, wrong team, grammar error, spelling goof, etc.? Thanks for pointing it out! Contact Box-Toppers here. Let's fix it and make it right.