| 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 | 6.0 | 2 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 | |
| 3 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 5.7 | 3 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 4 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.7 | 4 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 5 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 5.7 | 5 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.4 | |
| 6 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 5.7 | 6 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 5.0 | |
| 7 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 5.0 | 7 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 5.0 | |
| 8 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 5.0 | 8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 4.7 | |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 4.7 | 9 | Lopez, Pablo 4028 | pi sp | fla nl | 4.7 | |
| 10 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 10 | Matz, Steven 3516 | pi sp | stl nl | 4.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 8.0 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 6.0 | |
| 2 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 5.0 | 2 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 4.5 | |
| 3 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf | ana al | 4.9 | 3 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 4.0 | |
| 4 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf | nyy al | 4.5 | 4 | Kim, Ha-Seong 4373 | ss 3b | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| 5 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 4.2 | 5 | Chavis, Michael 4127 | 1b | pit nl | 4.0 | |
| 6 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 4.2 | 6 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh | phi nl | 3.5 | |
| 7 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 4.2 | 7 | Bell, Josh E. 3682 | 1b | dc nl | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Stanton, Giancarlo 2737 | rf dh | nyy al | 3.0 | 8 | Adames, Willy 4041 | ss | mil nl | 3.4 | |
| 9 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 2.5 | 9 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b dh | stl nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 2.5 | 10 | Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | dc nl | 3.0 |
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Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads Box-Toppers weekly season player rankings report for the fifth straight week.
Top 10 players
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 19.| 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 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 6.0 |
| 4 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 |
| 5 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 6.0 |
| 6 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 5.7 |
| 7 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 |
| 8 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 |
| 9 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.7 |
| 10 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 5.7 |
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Ohtani also leads both American League pitching and batting categories.
Meanwhile, Pete Alonso of the Mets rises to lead National League batters in Box-Toppers points and Joe Musgrove of the Padres maintains his lead among NL pitchers.
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 Ty France of the Mariners (5.0 points) and leads AL pitchers over Dylan Cease of the White Sox (6.0). Ohtani earned no points in the past week.
National League batters—Pete Alonso rises to the lead with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader, C.J. Cron of the Rockies, who falls to third with 4.0 points. Alonso leads over second-place NL batter Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (4.5). Alonso ranks fifth among all players.
National League pitchers—Joe Musgrove of the Padres leads the category for the second straight week with 6.0 Box-Toppers points, earning no points in the past week. He leads over second-place NL pitcher Max Fried of the Braves (6.0). (Though both Musgrove and Fried have 6.0 points on the season, Musgrove ranks ahead because he has more 2021 Box-Toppers points—16.1 vs 11.8.)
Musgrove ranks second overall.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—354 (there were 314 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—91 (there were 71 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)—48 (there were 35 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2021—570 (there were 472 as of last week), an average of 38.0 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—23.5.
In the 98 games completed in the past week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 58 times (59.2 percent) compared to 40 times for batters (40.8 percent). Batters improved their overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season from 34.1 last week to 35.3 this week (201 out of 570 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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