| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 16.4 | 1 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 19.1 | |
| 2 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 13.1 | 2 | Pivetta, Nick 3825 | pi sp | sd nl | 14.7 | |
| 3 | Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 12.4 | 3 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 14.4 | |
| 4 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 12 | 4 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 13.0 | |
| 5 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.7 | 5 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 12.7 | |
| 6 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.7 | 6 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 11.0 | |
| 7 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 10.4 | 7 | Boyd, Matthew 3550 | pi sp | chi nl | 10.7 | |
| 8 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 10.4 | 8 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.1 | |
| 9 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 9.7 | 9 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.0 | |
| 10 | Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 9.7 | 10 | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | pi sp | pit nl | 8.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf cf | det al | 9.0 | 1 | Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 9.7 | |
| 2 | Springer, George 3337 | dh rf | tor al | 8.7 | 2 | Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh | chi nl | 9.5 | |
| 3 | Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 8.5 | 3 | Crow-Armstrong, Pete 5073 | cf | chi nl | 9.5 | |
| 4 | Altuve, Jose 3007 | lf 2b | hou al | 7.0 | 4 | Wood, James 5078 | lf dh | dc nl | 7.7 | |
| 5 | Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | sea al | 6.5 | 5 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 7.2 | |
| 6 | Perez, Salvador 2972 | ca 1b | kc al | 6.5 | 6 | Stowers, Kyle 5019 | rf | fla nl | 7.0 | |
| 7 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 6.0 | 7 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | sf nl | 6.5 | |
| 8 | Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf | sea al | 5.5 | 8 | Schwarber, Kyle 3536 | dh | phi nl | 6.5 | |
| 9 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 5.5 | 9 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 6.0 | |
| 10 | Story, Trevor 3607 | ss | bos al | 5.5 | 10 | Kelly, Carson 4098 | ca | chi nl | 6.0 |
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Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler leads Box-Toppers season player rankings for the 11th straight week.
Meanwhile, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to lead National League batters this week, while other category leaders remain the same: Tarik Skubal of the Tigers continues to lead American League pitchers and Riley Greene of the Tigers continues to lead AL batters.
Wheeler leads
Wheeler has 19.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, picking up no points in the past week, leading second-place player, Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (16.4 points). He leads NL pitchers ahead of second-place Nick Pivetta of the Padres (14.7 points).
Wheeler led all players in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.4.
American League pitchers
Tarik Skubal of the Tigers leads for the fourth week with 16.4 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place AL pitcher Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox (13.1 points).
Skubal ranks second overall.
National League batters
Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises from second place to lead NL batters this week with 9.7 Box-Toppers points, earning 1.5 in the past week. He passes previous leader, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs, who falls to second place with 9.5 points.
Yelich ranks 19th among all players.
American League batters
Riley Greene of the Tigers leads AL batters for the 10th week with 9.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads ahead of second-place AL batter George Springer of the Blue Jays (8.7 points).
Greene ranks 25th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters won Player of the Game honors in 36 of the 94 games played in the past week (38.3 percent) with pitchers winning the other 58 (61.7 percent).
Batters’ share of Player of the Game honors for the season decreased from 39.3 percent last week to 39.2 percent this week (641 times in 1,634 total games). Pitchers have won Player of the Game honors in the other 993 games (60.8 percent).
Batters’ share of Box-Toppers points earned this season held steady at 39.4 percent this week (767.3 points out of 1,945.6 total awarded). Pitchers have won 60.6 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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