| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 1 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 | 2 | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | pi sp | col nl | 2.7 | |
| 3 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | tb al | 3.7 | 3 | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.7 | |
| 4 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 | 4 | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | pi sp | sf nl | 2.7 | |
| 5 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | min al | 3.0 | 5 | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | |
| 6 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 3.0 | 6 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | pi sp | sea al | 2.7 | 7 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 2.0 | |
| 8 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp | ana al | 2.0 | 8 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | |
| 9 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 2.0 | 9 | Wacha, Michael 3276 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 2.0 | 10 | Elder, Bryce 4709 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Franco, Wander 4630 | ss | tb al | 3.0 | 1 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 3.7 | |
| 2 | Alvarez, Yordan 4209 | dh lf | hou al | 2.5 | 2 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 3.0 | |
| 3 | Devers, Rafael 4038 | 3b | bos al | 2.5 | 3 | Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 2.5 | |
| 4 | Diaz, Yandy 3896 | 1b 3b dh | tb al | 2.5 | 4 | Winker, Jesse 3988 | dh lf | mil nl | 2.5 | |
| 5 | Torres, Gleyber 3972 | 2b ph | nyy al | 2.5 | 5 | Thompson, Trayce 4567 | cf lf | lad nl | 2.0 | |
| 6 | Mountcastle, Ryan 4325 | 1b | bal al | 1.7 | 6 | Wisdom, Patrick 4042 | 3b rf | chi nl | 2.0 | |
| 7 | Kwan, Steven 4573 | lf | cle al | 1.7 | 7 | Soto, Juan 3994 | lf | sd nl | 2.0 | |
| 8 | Duvall, Adam 3573 | cf | bos al | 1.7 | 8 | Cron, C.J. 3338 | 1b | col nl | 1.5 | |
| 9 | Paredes, Isaac 4666 | 3b 2b 1b | tb al | 1.5 | 9 | Cruz, Nelson Ramon 2224 | dh | sd nl | 1.5 | |
| 10 | Rutschman, Adley 4659 | ca ph | bal al | 1.5 | 10 | Gorman, Nolan 4633 | dh 2b | stl nl | 1.5 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Kevin Gausman of the Blue Jays leads leads Box-Toppers first weekly season player rankings report of the 2023 season.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, April 13.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 |
| 2 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 |
| 3 | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | pi sp | tb al | 3.7 |
| 4 | Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 3.7 |
| 5 | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | fla nl | 3.7 |
| 6 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 |
| 7 | Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | min al | 3.0 |
| 8 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 3.0 |
| 9 | Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 3.0 |
| 10 | Franco, Wander 4630 | ss | tb al | 3.0 |
About Box-Toppers’ team abbreviations
Back to top
Gausman also leads American League pitchers. Meanwhile, Jesus Luzardo of the Marlins leads National League pitchers, Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads NL batters and Wander Franco of the Rays leads AL batters.
Gausman has 4.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022, earning overall Player of the Day honors twice so far this season. Though the overall second-place player, Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen, also has 4.0 Box-Toppers points, Gausman holds the edge as overall leader because he has more 2022 Box-Toppers points—12.7 vs. 11.1.
Gausman’s 12.7 Box-Toppers points in 2022 was 15th among AL pitchers.
National League pitchers—Jesus Luzardo of the Marlins leads with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, fifth among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place Kyle Freeland of the Rockies (2.7 points).
National League batters—Bryan Reynolds of the Pirates leads with 3.7 Box-Toppers points, fourth among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Max Muncy of the Dodgers (3.0 points).
American League batters—Wander Franco of the Rays leads with 3.0 Box-Toppers points, 10th among all players. He ranks ahead of second-place AL batter Yordan Alvarez of the Astros (2.5 points).
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2023—161.
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—20.
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2023 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—12.
Games completed so far in 2023—192, an average of 12.8 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—7.9.
In the 192 games completed in the first two weeks of the season, batters have won Player of the Game honors in 89 games (46.4 percent) while pitchers won in 103 (53.6 percent). In the past week, batters won Player of the Game honors in 42 of the 95 games (44.2 percent) while pitchers won in 53 of the 95 (55.8 percent). While pitchers are still winning a majority of Player of the Game honors in 2023, batters are doing better than last year when they won a record-low 38 percent share of Player of the Game honors. A year ago, after the first two weeks of the 2022 season, batters had won only 29.2 percent of all Player of the Game honors.
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.
Box-Toppers strives for accuracy. See a mistake in a post? A wrong name, wrong team, grammar error, spelling goof, etc.? Thanks for pointing it out! Contact Box-Toppers here. Let's fix it and make it right.