| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 11.1 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 13.1 | |
| 2 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 10.7 | 2 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 10.4 | |
| 3 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 10.0 | 3 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 9.0 | |
| 4 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 4 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.0 | |
| 5 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 9.4 | 5 | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 8.7 | |
| 6 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.7 | 6 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 8.0 | |
| 7 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 7.7 | 7 | Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.0 | |
| 8 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 | 8 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 7.4 | |
| 9 | Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 7.7 | 9 | Irvin, Jake 4805 | pi sp | dc nl | 6.7 | |
| 10 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 7.0 | 10 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf cf | det al | 6.5 | 1 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh | chi nl | 7.5 | |
| 2 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 6.0 | 2 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| 3 | Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b | tb al | 5.0 | 3 | Crow-Armstrong, Pete 5073 | cf | chi nl | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Baez, Javier 3395 | cf ss | det al | 5.0 | 4 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 4.5 | 5 | Flores, Wilmer 3345 | dh | sf nl | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Caminero, Junior 5089 | 3b dh | tb al | 4.5 | 6 | Goodman, Hunter 5033 | ca dh | col nl | 4.9 | |
| 7 | Springer, George 3337 | dh rf | tor al | 4.0 | 7 | Wood, James 5078 | dh lf | dc nl | 4.7 | |
| 8 | Jeffers, Ryan 4432 | ca dh | min al | 4.0 | 8 | Nimmo, Brandon 3895 | lf | nym nl | 4.5 | |
| 9 | Arias, Gabriel 4920 | ss 2b | cle al | 4.0 | 9 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 4.5 | |
| 10 | O’Hoppe, Logan 4928 | ca | ana al | 4.0 | 10 | Kelly, Carson 4098 | ca | chi nl | 4.5 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler maintains his lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings for the sixth straight week, also leading National League pitchers.
Meanwhile, Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox rises to lead American League pitchers, passing previous leader Tarik Skubal of the Tigers. Also, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises to lead National League batters and Riley Greene of the Tigers maintains his lead among AL batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 13.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up 1.0 point in the past week, leading second-place player, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet (11.1 points). He leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Paul Skenes of the Pirates (10.4 points).
Wheeler led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.4.
American League pitchers
Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox rises from fifth place last week to first place this week with 11.1 Box-Toppers points, picking up 2.7 points in the past week. He passes previous AL pitching leader Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, who falls to second place with 10.7 points.
Crochet ranks second overall.
National League batters
Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises from second place last week to first place this week with 7.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He passes previous NL batting leader Christian Yelich of the Brewers, who led for the past four weeks and falls to second place with 6.7 points.
Suzuki ranks 17th among all players.
American League batters
Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters for the fifth week with 6.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place AL batter Wilyer Abreu of the Red Sox (6.0 points).
Greene ranks 24th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters won Player of the Game honors in 40 of the 95 games played this week (42.1 percent) with pitchers winning the other 55 (57.9 percent).
That increased batters’ share of Player of the Game honors for the season to 38.6 percent (432 times in 1,120 total games) from 38.2 percent last week. Pitchers have won Player of the Game in the other 688 games (61.4 percent).
Batters also had an increase in their share of Box-Toppers points earned this season from 38.5 percent last week to 38.8 percent this week (517.7 points out of 1,336.0 total awarded). Pitchers have won 61.3 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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