| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 | 1 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.0 | |
| 2 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 | 2 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 | |
| 3 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 3 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 4 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.7 | 4 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 5 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 4.7 | 5 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 | |
| 6 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 4.7 | 6 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 | |
| 8 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 | 8 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 4.7 | |
| 9 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 | 9 | Buehler, Walker 3943 | pi sp | lad nl | 4.0 | |
| 10 | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | pi sp | oak al | 4.0 | 10 | Bednar, David 4499 | pi cp | pit nl | 4.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 | 1 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 4.0 | |
| 2 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 4.2 | 2 | Chavis, Michael 4127 | 1b | pit nl | 4.0 | |
| 3 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 4.2 | 3 | Bell, Josh E. 3682 | 1b | dc nl | 3.5 | |
| 4 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 4.0 | 4 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 3.4 | |
| 5 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf | nyy al | 3.5 | 5 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b dh | stl nl | 3.0 | |
| 6 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf lf | ana al | 3.2 | 6 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | dh 1b | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 7 | Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.0 | 7 | Stephenson, Tyler 4384 | ca dh | cin nl | 3.0 | |
| 8 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 2.7 | 8 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 2.5 | |
| 9 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 2.5 | 9 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh rf | phi nl | 2.5 | |
| 10 | Bichette, Bo 4233 | ss | tor al | 2.5 | 10 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf cf | lad nl | 2.5 |
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fourth straight week.
Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories.
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Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 12.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 |
| 2 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.0 |
| 3 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 |
| 4 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 |
| 5 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 6 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 5.0 |
| 7 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 |
| 8 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 |
| 9 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 |
| 10 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 |
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Meanwhile, Joe Musgrove of the Padres rises to lead National League pitchers and C.J. Cron of the Rockies maintains his lead among NL batters.
Ohtani has 8.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022, earning Player of the Game honors five times so far this season, three times as a designated hitter and twice as a starting pitcher. He has 4.0 points as a batter and 4.0 points as a pitcher, neither enough to lead the AL categories separately, but enough to lead both when combined.
Ohtani earned 16.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021 but was ranked only as a pitcher because he earned such an overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher.
Ohtani leads AL batters over Jose Ramirez of the Guardians (4.2 points) and leads AL pitchers over Dylan Cease of the White Sox (5.0). Ohtani earned 1.0 point in the past week.
National League pitchers—Joe Musgrove of the Padres rises to lead with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Tylor Megill of the Mets (5.7 Box-Toppers points), who falls to fourth place. Though Musgrove and second-place NL pitcher Max Fried of the Braves both have 6.0 Box-Toppers points, Musgrove ranks ahead because he had more 2021 points—16.1 vs. 11.8. Musgrove ranks second overall.
National League batters—C.J. Cron of the Rockies leads with 4.0 Box-Toppers points, earning no points in the past week. Cron leads over second-place Michael Chavis of the Pirates. Though both have 4.0 points, Cron ranks higher because he had more 2021 Box-Toppers points—6.5 vs. 0.0. Cron ranks 15th overall.
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—314 (there were 273 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—71 (there were 52 as of last week).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2022 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—35 (there were 24 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2021—472, an average of 31.5 per team. (There were 381 games completed as of last week.)
Percentage of scheduled season completed—19.4.
In the 91 games completed in the past week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 59 times (64.8 percent) compared to 32 times for batters (35.2 percent). Batters improved their overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season from 33.9 to 34.1 (161 out of 472 games). That’s still below last year’s near-record low share for batters and the all-time record-low for share of Player of the Game honors won by batters is 39.14 percent in 2014. Last year, batters won just 39.15 percent of all Player of the Game honors, the second-lowest in any season since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
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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