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Estimated Balls to Center 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Balls to Center / 2020

Whit Merrifield

Season leader

Estimated Balls to Center2020 season
#	Player	Team	Center balls
1	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	96
2	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	84
3	M. FrancoMaikel Franco	KC	81
4	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	81
5	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	76
6	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	75
7	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	75
8	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	74
9	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	73
10	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	73
11	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	CIN	73
12	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	72
13	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	72
14	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	72
15	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	71
16	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	70
17	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	70
18	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	70
19	E. JiménezEloy Jiménez	CWS	69
20	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	69
21	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	68
22	R. TapiaRaimel Tapia	COL	67
23	J. Bradley Jr.Jackie Bradley Jr.	BOS	67
24	N. SolakNick Solak	TEX	67
25	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	66
26	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CLE	66
27	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	66
28	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	66
29	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	66
30	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	66
31	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	66
32	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	MIA	65
33	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	64
34	K. PillarKevin Pillar	COL	64
35	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	64
36	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	64
37	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	63
38	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	63
39	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	63
40	K. WongKolten Wong	STL	63
41	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	63
42	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	PHI	63
43	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	62
44	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	62
45	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	62
46	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	62
47	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	62
48	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	62
49	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	62
50	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	62

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, 12:21 PM UTC.