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Estimated Balls to Center 2022

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.

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All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Balls to Center / 2022

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

TOR

202

Season leader

Estimated Balls to Center2022 season
#	Player	Team	Center balls
1	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	202
2	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	198
3	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	CLE	191
4	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	189
5	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	MIN	188
6	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	188
7	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	188
8	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	186
9	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	185
10	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	184
11	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	184
12	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	184
13	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	183
14	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	182
15	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	178
16	C. CronC.J. Cron	COL	178
17	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	178
18	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	176
19	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	175
20	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	174
21	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	174
22	L. RengifoLuis Rengifo	LAA	173
23	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	172
24	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	172
25	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	171
26	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	171
27	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	171
28	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	168
29	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	168
30	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SEA	168
31	C. CorreaCarlos Correa	MIN	167
32	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	WSH	166
33	M. OlsonMatt Olson	ATL	166
34	T. FranceTy France	SEA	165
35	G. UrshelaGio Urshela	MIN	163
36	R. ArozarenaRandy Arozarena	TB	163
37	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	NYY	163
38	E. AndrusElvis Andrus	CWS	163
39	C. SeagerCorey Seager	TEX	163
40	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	162
41	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	162
42	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	162
43	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	162
44	T. KempTony Kemp	OAK	162
45	R. TellezRowdy Tellez	MIL	162
46	B. RodgersBrendan Rodgers	COL	161
47	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	TOR	161
48	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	161
49	A. KirkAlejandro Kirk	TOR	160
50	T. PhamTommy Pham	BOS	160

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, 12:26 PM UTC.