| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 6.0 | 1 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 2 | Lugo, Seth 3729 | pi sp | kc al | 5.4 | 2 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.7 | |
| 3 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 5.0 | 3 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.0 | |
| 4 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 5.0 | 4 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.0 | |
| 5 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 | 5 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 4.7 | 6 | Helsley, Ryan 4589 | pi cp | stl nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 4.7 | 7 | Lodolo, Nick 4586 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | pi sp mr | tb al | 4.7 | 8 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | |
| 9 | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | pi sp | cle al | 4.0 | 9 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 4.7 | |
| 10 | Yates, Kirby 3628 | pi cp | tex al | 4.0 | 10 | Turnbull, Spencer 4086 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | nyy al | 3.5 | 1 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss ph | nym nl | 3.2 | |
| 2 | Gimenez, Andres 4288 | 2b | cle al | 3.0 | 2 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh cf rf | nyy al | 2.5 | 3 | Taylor, Tyrone 4393 | lf rf ph | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 4 | Henderson, Gunnar 4739 | ss 3b dh | bal al | 2.5 | 4 | Gurriel, Lourdes Jr. 4148 | lf | ari nl | 2.7 | |
| 5 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 2.5 | 5 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | ss 2b rf | lad nl | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | 2b | hou al | 2.0 | 6 | Doyle, Brenton 4803 | cf | col nl | 2.5 | |
| 7 | Mountcastle, Ryan 4325 | 1b dh ph | bal al | 2.0 | 7 | d’Arnaud, Travis 3384 | ca dh | atl nl | 2.5 | |
| 8 | Julien, Edouard 4822 | 2b | min al | 2.0 | 8 | Abrams, CJ 4688 | ss | dc nl | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Cabrera, Oswaldo 4747 | 3b lf | nyy al | 2.0 | 9 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | rf | chi nl | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Westburg, Jordan 4969 | 3b | bal al | 2.0 | 10 | Thomas, Lane 4623 | rf | dc nl | 2.0 |
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Phillies pitcher Ranger Suarez rises to lead this week’s Box-Toppers player rankings report.
Suarez also rises to lead National League pitchers, joining two other new category leaders this week—Tanner Houck of the Red Sox rises to lead American League pitchers and Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to lead NL batters. Juan Soto of the Yankees remains this week’s leader among AL batters.
Suarez leads
Suarez has 6.7 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, passing previous leader, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta, who falls to third overall with 6.0 points. Suarez also passes Peralta for the lead among NL pitchers.
Suarez leads over second-place player, Cubs pitcher Shota Imanaga. Though Suarez and Imanaga both have 6.7 points on the season, Suarez ranks ahead because he has the most 2023 points—3.7 vs. 0.0.
American League pitchers
Tanner Houck of the Red Sox rises to lead AL pitchers this week with 6.0 points, passing last week’s leader, Logan Gilbert of the Mariners, who falls to fourth with 5.0 points.
Houck leads ahead of second-place Seth Lugo of the Royals (5.4 points). Houck ranks fourth overall.
National League batters
Francisco Lindor of the Mets rises to lead NL batters this week with 3.2 points, passing last week’s leader, Marcell Ozuna of the Braves, who falls to second place with 3.0 points.
Lindor ranks 32nd overall.
American League batters
Juan Soto of the Yankees maintains his lead in the category with 3.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Andres Gimenez of the Guardians, with 3.0 points.
Soto ranks 31st among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2024—322 (last week there were 280).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—60 (last week there were 46).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2024 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—39 (last week there were 29).
Games completed so far in 2023—473, an average of 31.5 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—19.5.
Pitchers earned Player of the Game honors in 64 of the 92 games this week (69.6 percent) while batters won in 28 games (30.4 percent). Pitchers increased their share of Player of the Game honors won overall from 66.7 percent last week to 67.2 percent this week (318 times in 473 total games). Batters have won 155 times in 473 games (32.8 percent).
Batters have won 190.6 of the total 566.2 Box-Toppers points awarded this season. Their share of point decreased from last week (34.2 percent) to this week (33.7 percent). (Pitchers have 375.6 points or 66.3 percent.) The all-time low share 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.
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.
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