| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 17.1 | 1 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 17.4 | |
| 2 | Gil, Luis 4498 | pi sp | nyy al | 15.4 | 2 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 16.7 | |
| 3 | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | pi sp | cle al | 13.0 | 3 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 15.7 | |
| 4 | Miller, Bryce 4797 | pi sp | sea al | 12.7 | 4 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 15.4 | |
| 5 | Ober, Bailey 4441 | pi sp | min al | 12.4 | 5 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 12.4 | |
| 6 | Lugo, Seth 3729 | pi sp | kc al | 12.1 | 6 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.4 | |
| 7 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 12.0 | 7 | Keller, Mitch 4230 | pi sp | pit nl | 11.7 | |
| 8 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 12.0 | 8 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.7 | |
| 9 | Kirby, George 4595 | pi sp | sea al | 11.7 | 9 | King, Michael 4549 | pi sp | sd nl | 11.7 | |
| 10 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.7 | 10 | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | pi sp | lad nl | 11.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh cf | nyy al | 12.0 | 1 | Doyle, Brenton 4803 | cf | col nl | 9.7 | |
| 2 | Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | nyy al | 9.5 | 2 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss | nym nl | 9.4 | |
| 3 | Witt, Bobby Jr. 4592 | ss | kc al | 8.9 | 3 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | 1b | phi nl | 7.7 | |
| 4 | Mountcastle, Ryan 4325 | 1b | bal al | 8.0 | 4 | Happ, Ian 3798 | lf | chi nl | 7.5 | |
| 5 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 7.4 | 5 | Chapman, Matt 3849 | 3b | sf nl | 7.5 | |
| 6 | Neto, Zach 4821 | ss | ana al | 7.0 | 6 | Burleson, Alec 4874 | dh | stl nl | 7.5 | |
| 7 | Naylor, Josh 4154 | 1b | cle al | 6.5 | 7 | Marte, Ketel 3630 | 2b | ari nl | 7.0 | |
| 8 | Rooker, Brent 4795 | dh | oak al | 6.5 | 8 | Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | ari nl | 7.0 | |
| 9 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 6.0 | 9 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 6.5 | |
| 10 | Lowe, Brandon 4108 | dh 2b | tb al | 6.0 | 10 | Pederson, Joc 3621 | dh | ari nl | 6.5 |
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Padres pitcher Dylan Cease leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week.
Meanwhile, all other category leaders remain the same for the fourth straight week. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal leads American League pitchers, Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters and Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads National League batters.
Cease leads
Cease has 17.4 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place player, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (17.1). He leads NL pitchers for the seventh week ahead of second-place Zack Wheeler of the Phillies (16.7).
American League pitchers
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads AL pitchers for the fifth week with 17.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place AL pitcher Luis Gil of the Yankees (15.4 points).
Skubal ranks second overall.
American League batters
Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads AL batters for the 11th straight week with 12.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He is ahead of second-place Juan Soto of the Yankees (9.5 points).
Judge falls from the overall top 10, from 10th place last week to 13th place this week.
National League batters
Brenton Doyle of the Rockies leads NL batters for the seventh week with 9.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place Francisco Lindor of the Mets (9.4).
Doyle ranks 42nd among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
With four weeks left in the season, it is beginning to look likely that batters will break the record for the lowest share of Box-Toppers points earned in a season compared to pitchers.
Batters made up a tiny bit of ground this week but based on their performance in recent weeks, it appears they will finish below the record-low 38.1 percent share of Box-Toppers points won by batters in 2022.
Pitchers won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in 61.2 percent of all games this week (60 times in 98 games) while batters won 38.8 percent (38 times). Batters increased their share of Player of the Game honors for the season from 37.0 percent last week to 37.1 percent this week (746 times in 2,013 total games). Pitchers have now won 62.9 percent of all games (1,267 of 2,013).
Batters’ share of total Box-Toppers points for the season increased marginally from 37.16 percent last week to 37.21 percent this week. Batters have earned 891.0 of the total 2,394.5 points awarded, while pitchers have won 1,503.5 (62.8 percent).
Box-Toppers estimates that batters would need to win more than 42 percent of the season’s remaining Box-Toppers points to avoid breaking the all-time record low share of points (38.1 percent in 2022). Batters have not won more than 40 percent of all Player of the Game honors in the past five weeks. (Batters had 40.7 percent of all points 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.
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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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