| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 18.4 | 1 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 14.4 | |
| 2 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 14.7 | 2 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 13.1 | |
| 3 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 12.4 | 3 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.7 | |
| 4 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 12.1 | 4 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.7 | |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | tex al | 11.4 | 5 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.7 | |
| 6 | Bautista, Felix 4668 | pi cp | bal al | 11.0 | 6 | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | pi sp | fla nl | 10.7 | |
| 7 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 10.7 | 7 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 | |
| 8 | Kirby, George 4595 | pi sp | sea al | 10.7 | 8 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 10.0 | |
| 9 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | min al | 10.7 | 9 | Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.7 | |
| 10 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 9.7 | 10 | Abbott, Andrew 4839 | pi sp | cin nl | 9.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 18.4 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.0 | |
| 2 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 9.5 | 2 | Gorman, Nolan 4633 | 2b dh | stl nl | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf dh | nyy al | 8.5 | 3 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 7.7 | |
| 4 | Duran, Jarren 4783 | cf | bos al | 7.5 | 4 | Outman, James 4699 | cf | lad nl | 7.7 | |
| 5 | Rengifo, Luis 4178 | 2b | ana al | 7.0 | 5 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | lf | mil nl | 6.5 | |
| 6 | Semien, Marcus 3302 | 2b | tex al | 6.7 | 6 | Soto, Juan 3994 | lf | sd nl | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 6.5 | 7 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 8 | Rizzo, Anthony 3063 | 1b | nyy al | 6.4 | 8 | Soler, Jorge 3403 | rf dh | fla nl | 5.7 | |
| 9 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 6.2 | 9 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | lad nl | 5.5 | |
| 10 | Paredes, Isaac 4666 | 3b 1b 2b | tb al | 6.2 | 10 | Arraez, Luis 4219 | 2b | fla nl | 5.5 |
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the eighth 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, Aug. 10.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 18.4 |
| 2 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 14.7 |
| 3 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 14.4 |
| 4 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 13.1 |
| 5 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 12.4 |
| 6 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 12.1 |
| 7 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.7 |
| 8 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | tex al | 11.4 |
| 9 | Bautista, Felix 4668 | pi cp | bal al | 11.0 |
| 10 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.7 |
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Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Spencer Strider of the Braves maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
Ohtani
Ohtani has 18.4 Box-Toppers points to maintain his lead among all players, earning 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over second-place player, Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman (14.7), who is also second among AL pitchers.
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Ohtani also leads AL batters for the 12th straight week, ahead of Kyle Tucker of the Astros (9.5 points).
Ohtani has earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors 15 times in 2023—seven as a designated hitter and eight as a starting pitcher. He’s earned 8.7 of his Box-Toppers points as a batter and 9.7 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. This year, he will almost certainly finish the season ranked among both batters and pitchers.
Ohtani’s 8.7 points as a batter would rank second among AL batters, behind Tucker’s 9.5. Ohtani’s 9.7 points as a pitcher by themselves would rank 10th among AL pitchers.
National League batters
Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to the lead this week with 9.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals, who falls to second. Though Alonso and Gorman both have 9.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, Alonso ranks higher because he has more 2022 Box-Toppers points—14.9 vs. 5.0.
Alonso ranks 24th among all players.
National League pitchers
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider leads the category for the second week with 14.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place NL pitcher Jesus Luzardo of the Marlins (13.1 points).
Strider ranks third overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—679 (there were 662 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—313 (there were 296 as of last week).
Players with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points—17.
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2023 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—138 (there were 129 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2023—1,732, an average of 115.5 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—71.3.
Pitchers won the majority of all Player of the Game honors this week—52 in the 94 games played (55.3 percent), with batters winning in 42 games (44.7 percent). Batters share of Player of the Game honors for the season increased slightly from 40.5 percent last week to 40.8 percent this week (706 of the 1,732 games played). Pitchers have won in 1,026 games (59.2 percent). Batters are faring slightly better than they did at the same point last year. Through 1,775 games last season, batters had won Player of the Game honors in 695 games, 39.1 percent of all games. 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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