| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 22.0 | 1 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 18.1 | |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 21.0 | 2 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 18.1 | |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 20.4 | 3 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.7 | |
| 4 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 16.4 | 4 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.4 | |
| 5 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 15.4 | 5 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 16.0 | |
| 6 | Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | sea al | 14.4 | 6 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 15.4 | |
| 7 | Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 14.0 | 7 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 15.1 | |
| 8 | McKenzie, Triston 4303 | pi sp | cle al | 13.0 | 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 13.8 | |
| 9 | Bieber, Shane 4005 | pi sp | cle al | 12.7 | 9 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 13.4 | |
| 10 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 12.7 | 10 | Wright, Kyle 4349 | pi sp | atl nl | 13.4 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 21.0 | 1 | Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 13.2 | |
| 2 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | rf cf | nyy al | 11.2 | 2 | Betts, Mookie 3404 | rf | lad nl | 11.7 | |
| 3 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | 3b | cle al | 10.7 | 3 | Tellez, Rowdy 4078 | 1b | mil nl | 8.2 | |
| 4 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh | hou al | 8.7 | 4 | Riley, Austin 4144 | 3b | atl nl | 8.0 | |
| 5 | Bregman, Alex 3721 | 3b | hou al | 8.7 | 5 | Canha, Mark 3454 | lf | nym nl | 7.7 | |
| 6 | Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | sea al | 8.0 | 6 | Goldschmidt, Paul 2935 | 1b | stl nl | 7.5 | |
| 7 | Rodriguez, Julio 4590 | cf | sea al | 7.5 | 7 | Freeman, Freddie 2887 | 1b | lad nl | 7.5 | |
| 8 | Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | bos al | 7.0 | 8 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 7.2 | |
| 9 | France, Ty 4243 | 1b | sea al | 7.0 | 9 | Arenado, Nolan 3306 | 3b | stl nl | 7.0 | |
| 10 | Story, Trevor 3607 | 2b | bos al | 7.0 | 10 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 7.0 |
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Astros pitcher Justin Verlander leads Box-Toppers weekly player rankings report for the seventh 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, Sept. 15.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verlander, Justin 2112 | pi sp | hou al | 22.0 |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 21.0 |
| 3 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 20.4 |
| 4 | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | sf nl | 18.1 |
| 5 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 18.1 |
| 6 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 17.7 |
| 7 | Urias, Julio 3652 | pi sp | lad nl | 16.4 |
| 8 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 16.4 |
| 9 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 16.0 |
| 10 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 15.4 |
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Meanwhile, Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon rises to lead National League pitchers in Box-Toppers player rankings and the other category leaders remain unchanged: Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads American League batters and Pete Alonso of the Mets leads NL batters.
Overall leader—Verlander leads all players with 22.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks ahead of Shohei Ohtani (21.0 points) and also ranks ahead of Ohtani among AL pitchers.
Verlander was activated Friday from the 15-day injured list and was also scheduled to start Friday.
National League pitchers—Carlos Rodon of the Giants rises to the lead with 18.1 Box-Toppers points, passing Sandy Alcantara of the Marlins, who led for the past eight weeks.
Though both players have 18.1 Box-Toppers points in 2022, Rodon ranks higher because he has more 2021 Box-Toppers points—11.7 vs. 9.7.
Rodon ranks fourth among all players.
American League batters—Shohei Ohtani of the Angels leads for the third week with 21.0 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week. He ranks ahead of second-place Aaron Judge of the Yankees (11.2 points).
While Ohtani has only earned 5.0 of his 21.0 points as a batter this season, he still qualifies to rank among batters because he has more than 25 percent of his Player of the Game honors as a designated hitter (four of 15, 26.7 percent). However, if Ohtani earns his next Player of the Game honor in 2022 as a pitcher, he will no longer qualify to rank among batters, as that will bring his percentage of Player of the Game honors as a batter down to exactly 25 percent (four of 16).
Ohtani led AL batters in Box-Toppers points most of the season until Aug. 9, when he lost his status to be ranked among batters because he earned an overwhelming share of his Player of the Game honors as a starting pitcher (9 of 12). But he regained his status to be ranked among batters Aug. 28, when he earned Player of the Game honors as a batter, giving him four of his 14 honors as a batter, 28.6 percent.
Ohtani earned 16.1 Box-Toppers points in 2021, third among AL pitchers. While Ohtani also played as both a designated hitter and a starting pitcher in 2021, he was ranked only as a pitcher that season because he earned such an overwhelming majority of his Player of the Game honors as a pitcher (nine of 12).
Ohtani ranks second overall and also ranks second among AL pitchers.
National League batters—Pete Alonso of the Mets leads for the 14th week with 13.2 Box-Toppers points, picking up no points in the past week, ahead of second-place Mookie Betts of the Dodgers (11.7). Alonso ranks 18th among all players, down from 15th place last week.
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Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2022—744 (there were 729 a week ago).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—361 (there were 344 a week ago).
Players with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points—44 (there were 40 a week ago). In 2021, 49 players had 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points.
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2022 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—174 (there were 165 a week ago).
Games completed so far in 2022—2,148 an average of 143.2 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—88.4.
In the 94 games completed from Sept. 9 to Sept. 15, pitchers won Player of the Game honors 60 times (63.8 percent) compared to 34 times for batters (36.2 percent). Batters’ overall percentage of Player of the Game honors earned for the season decreased from 38.92 last week to 38.83 this week (834 out of 2,148 games). There have been 2,560.3 total Box-Toppers points awarded to all Player of the Game winners in 2022 (including bonus points for the day’s top players). Pitchers have won 61.08 percent of that total (1,563.9), while batters have won 38.92 percent (996.4). That is on pace to break the record for the all-time record-low for share of a season Box-Toppers points won by batters (39.14 percent in 2014). Last year, in 2021, batters won just 39.15 percent of all Box-Toppers points awarded, 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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