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Estimated Balls to Center 2018

Balls estimated toward center field, regardless of batting hand. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Balls to Center / 2018

José Peraza

CIN

212

Season leader

Estimated Balls to Center2018 season
#	Player	Team	Center balls
1	J. PerazaJosé Peraza	CIN	212
2	J. SeguraJean Segura	SEA	206
3	A. SimmonsAndrelton Simmons	LAA	205
4	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	203
5	M. MachadoManny Machado	LAD	198
6	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	197
7	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	194
8	S. CastroStarlin Castro	MIA	189
9	E. InciarteEnder Inciarte	ATL	188
10	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	187
11	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	COL	184
12	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	NYM	184
13	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	183
14	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	178
15	B. AndersonBrian Anderson	MIA	177
16	D. Strange-GordonDee Strange-Gordon	SEA	176
17	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	STL	175
18	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	175
19	F. GalvisFreddy Galvis	SD	174
20	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	173
21	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	CLE	172
22	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	172
23	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	172
24	J. A. MartínezJosé A. Martínez	STL	170
25	I. DesmondIan Desmond	COL	170
26	Y. SánchezYolmer Sánchez	CWS	169
27	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	168
28	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	168
29	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	167
30	A. JonesAdam Jones	BAL	167
31	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	167
32	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	166
33	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	165
34	E. NúñezEduardo Núñez	BOS	164
35	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	NYY	162
36	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	161
37	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	HOU	161
38	T. PhamTommy Pham	TB	160
39	I. KinslerIan Kinsler	BOS	160
40	J. BáezJavier Báez	CHC	159
41	J. JayJon Jay	AZ	159
42	T. ManciniTrey Mancini	BAL	159
43	N. AhmedNick Ahmed	AZ	159
44	A. EscobarAlcides Escobar	KC	159
45	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	NYY	158
46	M. MoustakasMike Moustakas	MIL	158
47	B. GardnerBrett Gardner	NYY	158
48	B. DozierBrian Dozier	LAD	158
49	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	DET	157
50	S. MarteStarling Marte	PIT	157

Center balls: Balls estimated toward center field, regardless of batting hand. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Understanding Estimated Balls to Center

Balls estimated toward center field, regardless of batting hand. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

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, 12:14 PM UTC.