| AL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL PITCHERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Gil, Luis 4498 | pi sp | nyy al | 11.7 | 1 | Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 9.7 | |
| 2 | Ryan, Joe 4539 | pi sp | min al | 7.7 | 2 | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 9.4 | |
| 3 | Houck, Tanner 4342 | pi sp | bos al | 7.7 | 3 | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 8.7 | |
| 4 | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 7.4 | 4 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 7.7 | |
| 5 | Lugo, Seth 3729 | pi sp | kc al | 7.4 | 5 | Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 | |
| 6 | Kirby, George 4595 | pi sp | sea al | 6.7 | 6 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.0 | |
| 7 | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | chi al | 6.7 | 7 | Fried, Max 4011 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.7 | |
| 8 | Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 6.0 | 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 6.7 | |
| 9 | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | pi sp | cle al | 6.0 | 9 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 6.0 | |
| 10 | Burnes, Corbin 4029 | pi sp | bal al | 5.7 | 10 | Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 6.0 | |
| AL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | NL BATTERS | POS | TEAM | BTP | |||
| 1 | Soto, Juan 3994 | rf | nyy al | 5.5 | 1 | Doyle, Brenton 4803 | cf | col nl | 5.2 | |
| 2 | Naylor, Josh 4154 | 1b dh | cle al | 4.5 | 2 | Lindor, Francisco 3586 | ss ph | nym nl | 4.9 | |
| 3 | Witt, Bobby Jr. 4592 | ss | kc al | 4.2 | 3 | Chapman, Matt 3849 | 3b | sf nl | 4.5 | |
| 4 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | cf dh | nyy al | 4.0 | 4 | Stott, Bryson 4607 | 2b | phi nl | 4.5 | |
| 5 | Ramirez, Jose 3436 | dh 3b | cle al | 3.4 | 5 | Harper, Bryce 3011 | 1b | phi nl | 4.2 | |
| 6 | Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | hou al | 3.0 | 6 | Garcia, Luis Jr. 4671 | 2b ph | dc nl | 4.2 | |
| 7 | Gimenez, Andres 4288 | 2b | cle al | 3.0 | 7 | Contreras, William 4717 | ca dh | mil nl | 3.2 | |
| 8 | Velazquez, Nelson 4694 | dh rf | kc al | 3.0 | 8 | Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 3.0 | |
| 9 | Langeliers, Shea 4715 | ca | oak al | 3.0 | 9 | Taylor, Tyrone 4393 | lf rf ph | nym nl | 3.0 | |
| 10 | Henderson, Gunnar 4739 | ss 3b dh | bal al | 2.5 | 10 | Estrada, Thairo 4460 | 2b | sf nl | 3.0 |
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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil leads Box-Toppers season player rankings report for the second straight week.
Meanwhile, Chris Sale of the Braves rises to lead National League pitchers, Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters and Juan Soto of the Yankees extends his lead among American League batters.
Gil leads
Luis Gil @Yankees leads 2024 Box-Toppers points with 11.7. He's earned B-T Player of the Game honors 8 times:
— Box-Toppers (@BoxToppers) May 31, 2024
4/1—1.0 pt
4/21—1.7*
5/1—1.0
5/7—1.0
5/12—1.0
5/18—2.0†
5/23—2.0†
5/29—2.0†
*AL Player of the Day
†Overall Player of the Day
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Gil has 11.7 Box-Toppers points to lead all players, picking up 2.0 points in the past week. Gil led last week, but lost his lead Sunday before regaining it Wednesday. Braves pitcher Chris Sale passed him Sunday with 9.7 points before Gil regained the lead Wednesday with 11.7 points.
Gil leads over second-place Sale (9.7 points) and leads AL pitchers over second-place Joe Ryan of the Twins (7.7).
National League pitchers
Chris Sale of the Braves rises to lead NL pitchers this week with 9.7 points, passing last week’s leader, Ranger Suarez of the Phillies, who falls to second with 9.4 points.
Sale ranks second overall.
National League batters
Brenton Doyle of the Rockies rises to lead NL batters this week with 5.2 points, passing last week’s leader Matt Chapman of the Giants, who falls to third place with 4.5 points. Doyle ranks ahead of second-place NL batter Francisco Lindor of the Mets (4.9).
Doyle ranks 26th overall.
American League batters
Juan Soto of the Yankees leads the category for the sixth straight week with 5.5 Box-Toppers points, picking up 1.0 point in the past week. He leads over second-place Josh Naylor of the Guardians, with 4.5 points.
Soto ranks 24th among all players.
Box-Toppers almanac
Players who have earned Box-Toppers points so far in 2024—464 (last week there were 439).
Players with more than 2.0 Box-Toppers points—143 (last week there were 118).
Players with 10.0 or more Box-Toppers points—One (last week there were none).
Players who’ve made their Box-Toppers debut so far in 2024 (earning their first career Player of the Game honor)—67 (last week there were 59).
Games completed so far in 2024—846, an average of 56.4 per team.
Percentage of scheduled season completed—34.8.
Pitchers earned Player of the Game honors in 64 of the 93 games this week (68.8 percent) while batters won in 29 games (31.2 percent). Pitchers increased their share of Player of the Game honors won overall from 68.0 percent last week to 68.1 percent this week (576 times in 846 total games). Batters have won 270 times in 846 games (31.9 percent).
Batters have won 330.9 of the total 1,008.3 Box-Toppers points awarded this season. Their share of points decreased from last week (32.9 percent) to this week (32.8 percent). (Pitchers have 677.4 points or 67.2 percent.) The all-time low share of points for batters in a single season is 38.1 percent in 2022. (Batters had 40.7 percent in 2023.) While batters have struggled to reach parity with pitchers in recent seasons, it wasn’t always this way: From 1995 to 2009, batters generally won half or more of all Box-Toppers points each season. But their share of points dropped precipitously after 2009 and is on track to plummet to a record-shattering low in 2024.
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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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