Box-Toppers’ top-ranked batters—Judge, Ohtani—win 2024 Hank Aaron Awards

Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani win the 2024 Hank Aaron Awards. Both led their league's batters in 2024 Box-Toppers points.

Box-Toppers’ top two-ranked batters won the 2024 Hank Aaron Awards for top offensive players.

Hank Aaron Awards

Here are finalists for the American League and National League Hank Aaron Awards, given to the best offensive performer in each league. Finalists in each league are shown ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the season. The rank shown is among their league’s batters. The winners are shown highlighted in red and in italics. Aaron Judge of the Yankees, who led AL batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL Award and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led NL batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL Award.

AL finalists Team BTP Rank
> Aaron Judge Yankees 13.0 1
Juan Soto Yankees 11.0 2
José Ramírez Guardians 9.9 3
Bobby Witt Jr. Royals 8.9 5
Yordan Alvarez Astros 7.5 8
Anthony Santander Orioles 6.5 12
Brent Rooker Athletics 6.5 13
Gunnar Henderson Orioles 6.0 16
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Blue Jays 5.0 21
Jarren Duran Red Sox 2.5 68
NL finalists Team BTP Rank
> Shohei Ohtani Dodgers 11.0 1
Francisco Lindor Mets 10.9 2
Bryce Harper Phillies 8.7 6
Kyle Schwarber Phillies 8.5 7
Marcell Ozuna Braves 7.5 9
Ketel Marte D-backs 7.0 12
Freddie Freeman Dodgers 5.5 23
Elly De La Cruz Reds 5.0 26
Jackson Merrill Padres 5.0 34
William Contreras Brewers 4.2 45
BTP—Box-Toppers points
>—Denotes the league winner

Aaron Judge of the Yankees, who led American League batters with 13.0 Box-Toppers points, won the AL award and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers, who led National League batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points, won the NL award.

Both Judge and Ohtani are favorites to win their league’s Most Valuable Player awards to be announced this week.

The Hank Aaron Award is determined by a combination of fan voting and input from a panel of Hall of Famers, according to BaseballReference.com. Names submitted by teams have been narrowed down to a list of finalists by a panel of MLB.com writers.

There are 20 finalists for the award, 10 in each league. In each league, five of the 10 finalists were also among the top 10 batters in Box-Toppers points in their league in 2024.

Here are the five AL finalists who also ranked among the top 10 AL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024:

  • Judge, 13.0 points, first among AL batters. (Judge ranked 21st among all players.)

  • Juan Soto of the Yankees, 11.0 points, second.

  • Jose Ramirez of the Guardians, 9.9 points, third.

  • Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals, 8.9 points, fifth.

  • Yordan Alvarez of the Astros, 7.5 points, eight.

Here are the five NL finalists who also ranked among the top 10 NL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2024:

  • Ohtani, 11.0 points, first among NL batters. (Ohtani ranked 41st among all players.)

  • Francisco Lindor of the Mets, 10.9 points, second.

  • Bryce Harper of the Phillies, 8.7 points, sixth.

  • Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies, 8.5 points, seventh.

  • Marcell Ozuna of the Braves, 7.5 points, ninth.

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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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