| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gil, Luis 4498 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 1 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.4 | |
| 2 | Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 7.7 | 2 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.7 | |
| 3 | Lugo, Seth 3729 | pi sp | kc al | 7.4 | 3 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 8.7 | |
| 4 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | chi al | 6.7 | 4 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 | |
| 5 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 6.4 | 5 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 | |
| 6 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 6.0 | 6 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.7 | |
| 7 | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | pi sp | cle al | 6.0 | 7 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.0 | |
| 8 | Kirby, George 4595 | pi sp | sea al | 5.7 | 8 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.0 | |
| 9 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 5.7 | 9 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.0 | |
| 10 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 5.0 | 10 | Helsley, Ryan 4589 | pi cp | stl nl | 6.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | nyy al | 4.5 | 1 | Chapman, Matt 3849 | 3b | sf nl | 4.5 | |
| 2 | Witt, Bobby Jr. 4592 | ss | kc al | 4.2 | 2 | Stott, Bryson 4607 | 2b | phi nl | 4.5 | |
| 3 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | cf dh | nyy al | 4.0 | 3 | Doyle, Brenton 4803 | cf | col nl | 4.2 | |
| 4 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 3.0 | 4 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | 1b | phi nl | 4.2 | |
| 5 | Naylor, Josh 4154 | dh 1b | cle al | 3.0 | 5 | Garcia, Luis Jr. 4671 | 2b ph | dc nl | 4.2 | |
| 6 | Gimenez, Andres 4288 | 2b | cle al | 3.0 | 6 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss ph | nym nl | 3.2 | |
| 7 | Langeliers, Shea 4715 | ca | oak al | 3.0 | 7 | Contreras, William 4717 | ca dh | mil nl | 3.2 | |
| 8 | Henderson, Gunnar 4739 | ss 3b dh | bal al | 2.5 | 8 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 2.5 | 9 | Taylor, Tyrone 4393 | lf rf ph | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Ramirez, Harold 4164 | dh | tb al | 2.5 | 10 | Estrada, Thairo 4460 | 2b | sf nl | 3.0 |
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil rises to lead Box-Toppers season player rankings this week, a week in which there were five changes in the overall lead.
Gil also rises to lead American League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Ranger Suarez of the Phillies rises to lead National League pitchers, Matt Chapman of the Giants rises to lead NL batters and Juan Soto of the Yankees maintains his lead among AL batters.
Gil leads
Gil has 9.7 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, passing last week’s leader, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease (7.7 points), who falls to sixth overall.
This past week saw five lead changes in Box-Toppers season player rankings:
On May 17, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler took the lead, passing Cease, with 7.7 points. Wheeler now ranks fifth.
On May 18, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga took the lead with 8.7 points. He now ranks fourth.
On May 20, Braves pitcher Chris Sale took the lead with 8.7 points. He now ranks third.
On May 21, Suarez took the lead with 9.4 points. He now ranks second overall.
Gil ranks ahead of second-ranked Suarez (9.4) and ahead of second-ranked AL pitcher Tanner Houck (7.7 points, seventh overall).
National League pitchers
Ranger Suarez of the Phillies rises to lead NL pitchers this week with 9.4 points, passing last week’s leader, Dylan Cease of the Padres, who falls to fifth with 7.7 points.
Suarez ranks second overall.
National League batters
Matt Chapman of the Giants rises to lead NL batters this week with 4.5 points, passing last week’s leader Bryson Stott of the Phillies, who falls to second place with 4.5 points. (Though Chapman and Stott both have 4.5 points in 2024, Chapman ranks higher because he has more 2023 points—3.5 vs. 3.0.)
Chapman ranks 37th overall.
American League batters
Juan Soto of the Yankees leads the category for the fifth straight week with 4.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals, with 4.2 points.
Soto ranks 36th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2024—439 (last week there were 406).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—118 (last week there were 104).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2024 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—59 (last week there were 49).
Games completed so far in 2024—753, an average of 50.2 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—31.0.
Pitchers earned Player of the Game honors in 69 of the 94 games this week (73.4 percent) while batters won in 25 games (26.6 percent). Pitchers increased their share of Player of the Game honors won overall from 67.2 percent last week to 68.0 percent this week (512 times in 753 total games). Batters have won 241 times in 753 games (32.0 percent).
Batters have won 295.5 of the total 898.4 Box-Toppers points awarded this season. Their share of points decreased from last week (33.6 percent) to this week (32.9 percent), falling to under a one-third share. (Pitchers have 602.9 points or 67.1 percent.) The all-time low share of points for batters in a single season is 38.1 percent in 2022. (Batters had 40.7 percent in 2023.) While batters have struggled to reach parity with pitchers in recent seasons, it wasn’t always this way: From 1995 to 2009, batters generally won half or more of all Box-Toppers points each season. But their share of points dropped precipitously after 2009 and is on track to plummet to a record-shattering low in 2024.
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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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