Player stats

Average Launch Angle Sample 2020

Balls with recorded angle, excluding labelled bunts. Used for average launch angle. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Average Launch Angle Sample / 2020

Whit Merrifield

214

Season leader

Average Launch Angle Sample2020 season
#	Player	Team	Avg LA balls
1	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	214
2	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	196
3	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	194
4	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	190
5	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	187
6	M. FrancoMaikel Franco	KC	187
7	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	187
8	T. La StellaTommy La Stella	OAK	185
9	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	184
10	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	183
11	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	182
12	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	182
13	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	181
14	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	180
15	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	179
16	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	178
17	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	176
18	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	176
19	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	175
20	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	175
21	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	175
22	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	174
23	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	172
24	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	172
25	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	171
26	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CLE	171
27	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	170
28	N. SolakNick Solak	TEX	170
29	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	169
30	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	PHI	168
31	R. GrichukRandal Grichuk	TOR	167
32	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	167
33	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	166
34	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	165
35	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	164
36	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	164
37	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	164
38	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	164
39	K. PillarKevin Pillar	COL	163
40	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	163
41	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	163
42	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	163
43	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	162
44	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	CLE	162
45	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	161
46	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	161
47	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	159
48	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	158
49	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	158
50	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	158

Avg LA balls: Balls with recorded angle, excluding labelled bunts. Used for average launch angle. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Average Launch Angle Sample

Balls with recorded angle, excluding labelled bunts. Used for average launch angle. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.