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Estimated Balls to Center 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Balls to Center / 2021

J.P. Crawford

SEA

235

Season leader

Estimated Balls to Center2021 season
#	Player	Team	Center balls
1	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	235
2	K. NewmanKevin Newman	PIT	233
3	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	230
4	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	223
5	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	213
6	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	212
7	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	201
8	N. LopezNicky Lopez	KC	200
9	J. SchoopJonathan Schoop	DET	199
10	R. TapiaRaimel Tapia	COL	199
11	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	196
12	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	195
13	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	195
14	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	CLE	195
15	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	195
16	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	193
17	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	191
18	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	190
19	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	189
20	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	189
21	T. FranceTy France	SEA	187
22	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	187
23	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CWS	187
24	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	184
25	J. IglesiasJose Iglesias	BOS	184
26	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	184
27	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	182
28	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	182
29	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	182
30	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	180
31	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	178
32	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	KC	176
33	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	175
34	C. CorreaCarlos Correa	HOU	175
35	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SD	174
36	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	172
37	J. HarrisonJosh Harrison	OAK	171
38	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	171
39	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	170
40	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	169
41	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	168
42	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	167
43	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	167
44	J. TurnerJustin Turner	LAD	167
45	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TOR	167
46	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	166
47	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	165
48	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	164
49	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	164
50	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	163

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, 12:22 PM UTC.