Did foreign substance ban make any difference? (2023)

Foreign substance ban made no real difference to help batters. While it seemed to have limited effect in 2021, slowing the rate at which pitchers won Player of the Game honors, subsequently, in 2022, pitchers had their most dominant season ever.

Box-Toppers

Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.

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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.