| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 13.9 | 1 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 12.7 | |
| 2 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 12.4 | 2 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.7 | |
| 3 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 12.0 | 3 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 11.1 | |
| 4 | Bautista, Felix 4668 | pi cp | bal al | 10.0 | 4 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.7 | |
| 5 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 9.7 | 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | nym nl | 10.4 | |
| 6 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 9.7 | 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 | |
| 7 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 9.4 | 7 | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.7 | |
| 8 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 8.7 | 8 | Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.7 | |
| 9 | Kirby, George 4595 | pi sp | sea al | 8.7 | 9 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.0 | |
| 10 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 8.4 | 10 | Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 13.9 | 1 | Gorman, Nolan 4633 | 2b dh | stl nl | 7.5 | |
| 2 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf dh | nyy al | 7.5 | 2 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | lf | mil nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Duran, Jarren 4783 | cf | bos al | 7.5 | 3 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 6.0 | |
| 4 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 6.5 | 4 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 5 | Paredes, Isaac 4666 | 3b 1b 2b | tb al | 6.2 | 5 | Outman, James 4699 | cf | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 6 | Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf | tb al | 6.0 | 6 | Arraez, Luis 4219 | 2b | fla nl | 5.5 | |
| 7 | Rengifo, Luis 4178 | 2b | ana al | 6.0 | 7 | Fraley, Jake 4430 | lf ph | cin nl | 5.5 | |
| 8 | Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tex al | 5.7 | 8 | Heyward, Jason 2695 | rf cf | lad nl | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 5.5 | 9 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 5.0 | |
| 10 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 5.2 | 10 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | lf cf | pit nl | 4.7 |
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the fifth 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, July 20.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 13.9 |
| 2 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 12.7 |
| 3 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 12.4 |
| 4 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 12.0 |
| 5 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.7 |
| 6 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 11.1 |
| 7 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.7 |
| 8 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | nym nl | 10.4 |
| 9 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 |
| 10 | Bautista, Felix 4668 | pi cp | bal al | 10.0 |
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Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers for the second week.
Ohtani
Ohtani has 13.9 Box-Toppers points to maintain his lead among all players, earning no points since the All-Star break last week. He leads over second-place player, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider (12.7 points). Ohtani also leads over second-place AL pitcher Chris Bassitt of the Blue Jays (12.4), who is third overall.
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Ohtani also leads AL batters for the ninth 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 third among AL batters and his 6.7 points as a pitcher would rank 22nd among AL pitchers.
National League batters
Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals rises to lead the category with 7.5 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves, who falls to third place with 6.0 points. Gorman ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Christian Yelich of the Brewers (6.5 points).
Gorman ranks 29th overall.
National League pitchers
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider leads for the second week with 12.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He ranks ahead of second-place NL pitcher Corbin Burnes of the Brewers (11.7 points).
Strider ranks second overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—630 (there were 609 as of the last player rankings report July 9).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—264 (there were 252 as of July 9).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2023 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—119 (there were 112 as of July 9).
Games completed so far in 2023—1,453, an average of 96.9 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—59.8.
Pitchers had another dominant week, winning Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in 61 of the 96 games completed (63.5 percent), compared to just 35 (36.5 percent) for batters. Pitchers are edging closer to winning 60 percent of all Player of the Game honors for the season. They have now won 867 of 1,453 (59.7 percent), compared to 586 of 1,453 for batters (40.3 percent). Batters are doing only slightly better than they were at the same point last year. A week after the 2022 All-Star break, batters had won Player of the Game honors in 39.5 percent of games (587 out of 1,486). Through the entire 2022 season, batters won a record-low 38 percent share of Player of the Game honors.
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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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