| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.7 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.1 | |
| 2 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.0 | 2 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.0 | |
| 3 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 8.0 | 3 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.0 | |
| 4 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 | 4 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 6.7 | |
| 5 | Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 7.7 | 5 | Irvin, Jake 4805 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.7 | |
| 6 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.7 | 6 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 6.4 | 7 | Greene, Hunter 4651 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.7 | |
| 8 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 6.4 | 8 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 5.7 | |
| 9 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | min al | 6.0 | 9 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 5.7 | |
| 10 | Mahle, Tyler 3929 | pi sp | tex al | 5.7 | 10 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 5.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf cf | det al | 6.5 | 1 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| 2 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 5.0 | 2 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh rf | chi nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 4.5 | 3 | Crow-Armstrong, Pete 5073 | cf | chi nl | 6.5 | |
| 4 | O’Hoppe, Logan 4928 | ca | ana al | 4.0 | 4 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | dh | bos al | 3.7 | 5 | Kelly, Carson 4098 | ca | chi nl | 4.5 | |
| 6 | Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | bos al | 3.7 | 6 | Wood, James 5078 | dh lf | dc nl | 3.7 | |
| 7 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.5 | 7 | Hoskins, Rhys 3909 | 1b | mil nl | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | lf dh | hou al | 3.5 | 8 | Nimmo, Brandon 3895 | lf | nym nl | 3.5 | |
| 9 | Perez, Salvador 2972 | dh ca 1b | kc al | 3.5 | 9 | Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b | atl nl | 3.5 | |
| 10 | O’Hearn, Ryan 4043 | rf 1b dh | bal al | 3.5 | 10 | Stowers, Kyle 5019 | rf | fla nl | 3.5 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the third week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Carlos Rodón of the Yankees rises to lead American League pitchers. Both league’s batting leaders remain the same as last week: Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters and Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 11.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up 2.0 points in the past week, maintaining first place overall for the third week. He leads ahead of second-place player, Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers (9.0 points) and also leads NL pitchers ahead of Yamamoto.
Wheeler led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.4.
American League pitchers
Carlos Rodón of the Yankees rises to first place, passing Bryan Woo of the Mariners, who led for the past two weeks. Rodón has 8.7 Box-Toppers points, third overall, ahead of second-place AL pitcher Tarik Skubal of the Tigers (8.0 points). Woo falls from first to third among AL pitchers (8.0 points).
National League batters
Christian Yelich of the Brewers leads NL batters for the second week with 6.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs (6.5 points).
Yelich ranks 12th among all players.
American League batters
Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters for the second week with 6.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox (5.0 points).
Green ranks 14th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters won less than one-third of all Player of the Game honors this week (32.6 percent, 30 of 92), dropping their share of Player of the Game honors won this season from 39.1 percent last week to 38.4 percent this week (322 wins in 839 total games).
Batters also had a decrease in their share of Box-Toppers points earned this season from 39.1 percent last week to 38.5 percent this week (385.5 points out of 1,002.3 total awarded). Pitchers have won 61.5 percent of all points.
Last year, batters had the lowest share of points compared to pitchers (37.2 percent) in any season since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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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