| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 10.4 | 1 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 13.7 | |
| 2 | Soriano, Jose 4884 | pi sp | ana al | 9.7 | 2 | Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.0 | |
| 3 | Williams, Gavin 4865 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 | 3 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 10.7 | |
| 4 | Schlittler, Cam 5261 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 4 | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | pi sp | pit nl | 10.4 | |
| 5 | Martin, Davis 4657 | pi sp | chi al | 9.7 | 5 | Harrison, Kyle 4914 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.0 | |
| 6 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | tor al | 9.4 | 6 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 9.0 | |
| 7 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 8.7 | 7 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.0 | |
| 8 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.0 | 8 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.0 | |
| 9 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 7.0 | 9 | Meyer, Max 4965 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.0 | |
| 10 | Bradley, Taj 4780 | pi sp | min al | 6.7 | 10 | Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.7 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Kurtz, Nick 5221 | 1b | oak al | 5.0 | 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 10.7 | |
| 2 | Dingler, Dillon 5081 | ca | det al | 5.0 | 2 | Harris, Michael 4682 | cf ph | atl nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Rutschman, Adley 4659 | ca | bal al | 4.7 | 3 | Stewart, Sal 5288 | 1b | cin nl | 6.0 | |
| 4 | Murakami, Munetaka 5308 | 1b | chi al | 4.5 | 4 | Wood, James 5078 | rf | dc nl | 5.5 | |
| 5 | Jackson, Jeremiah 5277 | 2b | bal al | 4.2 | 5 | Marte, Ketel 3630 | 2b | ari nl | 5.5 | |
| 6 | Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf | sea al | 4.0 | 6 | Burleson, Alec 4874 | 1b | stl nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Diaz, Yandy 3896 | dh | tb al | 4.0 | 7 | Pages, Andy 5123 | cf | lad nl | 4.7 | |
| 8 | Meckler, Wade 5365 | lf | ana al | 4.0 | 8 | Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf | ari nl | 4.5 | |
| 9 | Okamoto, Kazuma 5331 | 3b | tor al | 4.0 | 9 | Ruiz, Keibert 4616 | ca | dc nl | 4.2 | |
| 10 | Greene, Riley 4675 | lf dh | det al | 3.5 | 10 | Schwarber, Kyle 3536 | dh | phi nl | 4.0 |
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads Box-Toppers player rankings for a fourth consecutive week.
Meanwhile, Bryan Woo of the Mariners rises to lead American League pitchers and batting leaders remain unchanged from last week:
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads National League batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads AL batters.
Sánchez leads
Sánchez remains in first place overall with 13.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over Jacob Misiorowski of the Brewers (13.0), who is in second place overall and among NL pitchers.
American League pitchers
Bryan Woo of the Mariners jumps from fifth place last week to first place this week with 10.4 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, Gavin Williams of the Guardians, who falls to third place with 9.7 points. Woo leads over second-place José Soriano of the Angels (9.7 points).
Woo ranks fourth overall.
National League batters
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads for the fifth week with 10.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place NL batter, Michael Harris II of the Braves (6.5 points).
Ohtani ranks third overall.
Ohtani has earned Player of the Game honors nine times this season—three as a batter (3.0 points) and six as a starting pitcher (7.7 points). Because at least 25% of his honors came from each role (33.3% batting, 66.7% pitching), he qualifies to rank at both positions with his full 10.7-point total.
Separately, his 7.7 points as a pitcher would rank 10th among NL pitchers and his 3.0 points as a designated hitter would rank 26th among NL batters.
American League batters
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads for the third week with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over second-place Dillon Dingler of the Tigers (5.0 points).
Kurtz ranks 34th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters’ share of Player of the Game honors increased slightly this week. Batters won in 37 of the 91 games played (40.7%), while pitchers claimed 54 (59.3%).
Batters’ share of Box-Toppers points overall this season increased from 39.6% last week to 39.7% this week.
Batters have won fewer than 40% of all Box-Toppers points awarded in four of the past five seasons (surpassing it only in 2023 at 40.7%) and set a record-low share of 37.2% in 2024.
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
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