| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 | 1 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.7 | |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 9.0 | 2 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.7 | |
| 3 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 9.0 | 3 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.7 | |
| 4 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.7 | 4 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.0 | |
| 5 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 | 5 | Lauer, Eric 4017 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.7 | |
| 6 | Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp | tex al | 7.1 | 6 | Gonsolin, Tony 4211 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.0 | |
| 7 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 7.0 | 7 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 8 | Kluber, Corey 3200 | pi sp | tb al | 7.0 | 8 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 5.7 | |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.7 | 9 | Megill, Tylor 4464 | pi sp | nym nl | 5.7 | |
| 10 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 6.7 | 10 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 5.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 9.0 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.2 | |
| 2 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 6.0 | 2 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 6.5 | |
| 3 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 5.7 | 3 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | dh | phi nl | 5.0 | |
| 4 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf | nyy al | 5.5 | 4 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 4.5 | |
| 5 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 5.2 | 5 | Pederson, Joc 3621 | rf lf dh ph | sf nl | 4.2 | |
| 6 | Ward, Taylor 4345 | rf | ana al | 4.9 | 6 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b dh | stl nl | 4.0 | |
| 7 | Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 4.2 | 7 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 4.0 | |
| 8 | Garlick, Kyle 4418 | lf dh | min al | 4.0 | 8 | Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| 9 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 3.5 | 9 | Kim, Ha-Seong 4373 | ss 3b | sd nl | 4.0 | |
| 10 | Bichette, Bo 4233 | ss | tor al | 3.5 | 10 | Chavis, Michael 4127 | 1b | pit nl | 4.0 |
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Rays pitcher Shane McClanahan leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report.
Meanwhile, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises to lead National League pitchers, while Shohei Ohtani of the Angels maintains the lead among American League batters and Pete Alonso maintains the lead among NL batters.
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, June 9.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 |
| 2 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 9.2 |
| 3 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh pi sp | ana al | 9.0 |
| 4 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 9.0 |
| 5 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 8.7 |
| 6 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 8.7 |
| 7 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.7 |
| 8 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.7 |
| 9 | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | pi sp | nyy al | 8.4 |
| 10 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.0 |
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Overall leader—McClanahan takes the top spot with 10.7 Box-Toppers points, rising from sixth overall and fourth among AL pitchers last week. He passes last week’s leader, Yankees pitcher Nestor Cortes, who tumbles to ninth overall with 8.4 Box-Toppers points. McClanahan ranks ahead of second-place AL pitcher Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (9.0).
National League pitchers—Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove rises this week to lead the category with 8.7 Box-Toppers points, passing last week’s leader Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins (8.7), who falls to second place. Though both Musgrove and Alcantara have 8.7 Box-Toppers points on the season, Musgrove ranks higher because he has more 2021 Box-Toppers points—16.1 vs. 9.7. Musgrove ranks fifth overall.
National League batters—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads for the second week with 9.2 Box-Toppers points, ahead of second-place Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (6.5). Alonso ranks second among all players and led overall player rankings from Saturday until Thursday, when McClanahan took the lead.
American League batters—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads the category for the eighth straight week with 9.0 Box-Toppers points, ahead of second-place Ty France of the Mariners (6.0). Ohtani ranks third among all players.
Ohtani’s earned Player of the Game honors six times so far this season, three times as a designated hitter and three times as a starting pitcher. He has 4.0 points as a batter and 5.0 points as a pitcher.
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.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—471 (there were 447 as of last week).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—143 (there were 124 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)—85 (there were 78 as of last week).
Games completed so far in 2021—856, an average of 57.1 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—35.2.
In the 92 games completed in the past week, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 54 times (58.7 percent) compared to 38 times for batters (41.3 percent). Batters improved their overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season from 37.3 last week to 37.7 this week (323 out of 856 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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