| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Schlittler, Cam 5261 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.7 | 1 | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | pi sp | phi nl | 14.7 | |
| 2 | Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 11.4 | 2 | Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 | pi sp | mil nl | 14.0 | |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | tor al | 10.4 | 3 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 12.7 | |
| 4 | Soriano, Jose 4884 | pi sp | ana al | 9.7 | 4 | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | pi sp | pit nl | 12.4 | |
| 5 | Williams, Gavin 4865 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 | 5 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 10.0 | |
| 6 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 9.7 | 6 | Harrison, Kyle 4914 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.0 | |
| 7 | Martin, Davis 4657 | pi sp | chi al | 9.7 | 7 | Meyer, Max 4965 | pi sp | fla nl | 9.7 | |
| 8 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | bos al | 9.0 | 8 | Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 9.0 | |
| 9 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 9.0 | 9 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.0 | |
| 10 | Bradley, Taj 4780 | pi sp | min al | 8.7 | 10 | Burns, Chase 5301 | pi sp | cin nl | 8.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Kurtz, Nick 5221 | 1b | oak al | 7.0 | 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | lad nl | 12.7 | |
| 2 | Dingler, Dillon 5081 | ca | det al | 5.0 | 2 | Swanson, Dansby 3751 | ss | chi nl | 8.2 | |
| 3 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 5.0 | 3 | Stewart, Sal 5288 | 1b | cin nl | 7.0 | |
| 4 | Diaz, Yandy 3896 | dh | tb al | 5.0 | 4 | Schwarber, Kyle 3536 | dh | phi nl | 6.7 | |
| 5 | Meckler, Wade 5365 | lf | ana al | 5.0 | 5 | Harris, Michael 4682 | cf ph | atl nl | 6.5 | |
| 6 | Rutschman, Adley 4659 | ca | bal al | 4.7 | 6 | Pages, Andy 5123 | cf | lad nl | 5.7 | |
| 7 | Clemens, Kody 4679 | 1b rf | min al | 4.5 | 7 | Wood, James 5078 | rf | dc nl | 5.5 | |
| 8 | Murakami, Munetaka 5308 | 1b | chi al | 4.5 | 8 | Marte, Ketel 3630 | 2b | ari nl | 5.5 | |
| 9 | Jackson, Jeremiah 5277 | 2b | bal al | 4.2 | 9 | Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf | ari nl | 5.5 | |
| 10 | Bellinger, Cody 3781 | lf cf | nyy al | 4.0 | 10 | McCarthy, Jake 4621 | cf rf | col nl | 5.5 |
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Phillies pitcher Cristopher Sánchez leads the Box-Toppers player rankings for a sixth consecutive week.
Sánchez—who also leads National League pitchers—and all other Box-Toppers category leaders remain unchanged from last week:
Cam Schlittler of the Yankees leads American League pitchers.
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers tops NL batters.
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads AL batters.
Sánchez leads
Sánchez remains in first place overall with 14.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over Jacob Misiorowski of the Brewers (14.0), who is in second place overall and among NL pitchers.
American League pitchers
Yankees pitcher Cam Schlittler leads for the second week with 11.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He leads over second-place Bryan Woo of the Mariners (11.4 points).
Schlittler ranks fifth overall.
National League batters
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers leads for the seventh week with 12.7 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over second-place NL batter, Dansby Swanson of the Cubs (8.2 points).
Ohtani ranks third overall.
Ohtani has earned Player of the Game honors 11 times this season—four as a batter (4.0 points) and seven as a starting pitcher (8.7 points). Because at least 25% of his honors came from each role (36.4% batting, 63.6% pitching), he qualifies to rank at both positions with his full 12.7-point total.
Looked at individually, his 8.7 points as a pitcher would rank 10th among NL pitchers and his 4.0 points as a designated hitter would rank 18th among NL batters.
American League batters
Nick Kurtz of the Athletics leads for the fifth week with 7.0 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 27th overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Batters’ share of Player of the Game honors increased this week. Batters won in 42 of the 96 games played (43.8%), while pitchers won in 54 (56.3).
Batters’ share of Box-Toppers points overall this season increased from 39.9% last week to 40.2% 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
Box-Toppers tracks who contributes most to their team’s victory. Using standard box score statistics, we identify the Player of the Game for every MLB contest. In the regular season, winners earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point, with bonus points awarded to the top overall and league-specific players of the day. More on how Box-Toppers works.
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