| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 17.4 | 1 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 14.4 | |
| 2 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 13.0 | 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 | Bautista, Felix 4668 | pi cp | bal al | 11.0 | 4 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.7 | |
| 5 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | tex al | 10.4 | 5 | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | pi sp | fla nl | 10.7 | |
| 6 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 10.4 | 6 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.1 | |
| 7 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 9.7 | 7 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 10.0 | |
| 8 | Kirby, George 4595 | pi sp | sea al | 9.7 | 8 | Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 9.7 | |
| 9 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 9.7 | 9 | Abbott, Andrew 4839 | pi sp | cin nl | 9.0 | |
| 10 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 9.0 | 10 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 17.4 | 1 | Gorman, Nolan 4633 | 2b dh | stl nl | 9.0 | |
| 2 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf dh | nyy al | 8.5 | 2 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 7.7 | |
| 3 | Duran, Jarren 4783 | cf | bos al | 7.5 | 3 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 7.5 | |
| 4 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 7.0 | 4 | Outman, James 4699 | cf | lad nl | 6.7 | |
| 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 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | lad nl | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 6.2 | 9 | Arraez, Luis 4219 | 2b | fla nl | 5.5 | |
| 10 | Paredes, Isaac 4666 | 3b 1b 2b | tb al | 6.2 | 10 | Meneses, Joey 4725 | dh 1b | dc nl | 5.5 |
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the seventh 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 Thursdsay, Aug. 3.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 17.4 |
| 2 | Strider, Spencer 4626 | pi sp | atl nl | 14.4 |
| 3 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 13.1 |
| 4 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 13.0 |
| 5 | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | pi sp | tor al | 12.4 |
| 6 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.7 |
| 7 | Bautista, Felix 4668 | pi cp | bal al | 11.0 |
| 8 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 10.7 |
| 9 | Garrett, Braxton 4341 | pi sp | fla nl | 10.7 |
| 10 | Scherzer, Max 2588 | pi sp | tex al | 10.4 |
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Ohtani also leads American League pitchers and batters. Also this week, Spencer Strider of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers points and Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals maintains his lead among NL batters for the third week.
Ohtani
Ohtani has 17.4 Box-Toppers points to maintain his lead among all players, earning no points in the past week. He leads over second-place player, Braves pitcher Spencer Strider (14.4 points). Ohtani also leads over second-place AL pitcher Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays (13.0), who is fourth overall.
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Ohtani also leads AL batters for the 11th straight week, ahead of Aaron Judge of the Yankees (8.5 points).
Ohtani has earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors 14 times in 2023—seven as a designated hitter and seven as a starting pitcher. He’s earned 8.7 of his Box-Toppers points as a batter and 8.7 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 is second-most among all batters, behind of Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals with 9.0. Ohtani’s 8.7 points as a pitcher by themselves would rank 13th among AL pitchers.
National League pitchers
Braves pitcher Spencer Strider rises to lead the category with 14.4 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Marlins pitcher Jesus Luzardo, who falls to second with 13.1 points.
Strider ranks second overall.
National league batters
Nolan Gorman of the Cardinals leads for the third week with 9.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Braves (7.7).
He ranks 21st among all players.
Scherzer
There is only one player in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings list who changed teams at this year’s trade deadline: Pitcher Max Scherzer was traded from the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers. Scherzer with 10.4 Box-Toppers points in 2023, maintains 10th place overall, but he moves from fifth place among NL pitchers last week with the Mets to fifth place this week among AL pitchers with the Rangers.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—662 (there were 652 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—296 (there were 277 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)—129 (there were 125 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2023—1,638, an average of 109.2 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—67.4.
Pitchers returned to their previous dominance this week, winning nearly two-third of all Player of the Game honors, after batters won a bare majority of honors for the first time all season last week. Pitchers won Player of the Game honors in 63 of the 96 games played (65.6 percent), compared to 33 for batters (34.4 percent). Pitchers share of Player of the Game honors for the season rises from 59.1 percent last week to 59.5 percent this week (974 of the 1,638 games played). Batters now have won Player of the Game honors in 664 games in 2023 (40.5 percent), faring slightly better than they did at the same point last year. Through 1,675 games last season, batters had won Player of the Game honors in 659 games, 39.3 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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