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Estimated Balls to Center 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Balls to Center / 2024

Luis Arraez

224

Season leader

Estimated Balls to Center2024 season
#	Player	Team	Center balls
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	SD	224
2	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	220
3	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	214
4	A. VolpeAnthony Volpe	NYY	205
5	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	200
6	J. DuranJarren Duran	BOS	198
7	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	193
8	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	193
9	J. PeñaJeremy Peña	HOU	193
10	J. MerrillJackson Merrill	SD	187
11	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	187
12	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	STL	186
13	Y. DiazYainer Diaz	HOU	185
14	M. WinnMasyn Winn	STL	184
15	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	183
16	B. TurangBrice Turang	MIL	182
17	A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn	CWS	181
18	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	181
19	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	STL	179
20	J. ChourioJackson Chourio	MIL	178
21	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	175
22	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	175
23	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	175
24	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	PHI	174
25	S. FrelickSal Frelick	MIL	173
26	G. HendersonGunnar Henderson	BAL	172
27	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	172
28	E. TovarEzequiel Tovar	COL	172
29	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	172
30	A. GiménezAndrés Giménez	CLE	172
31	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	170
32	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	170
33	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	168
34	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	167
35	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	167
36	J. NaylorJosh Naylor	CLE	166
37	L. García Jr.Luis García Jr.	WSH	165
38	Y. AlvarezYordan Alvarez	HOU	164
39	J. IndiaJonathan India	CIN	164
40	C. CarrollCorbin Carroll	AZ	164
41	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	163
42	B. RodgersBrendan Rodgers	COL	163
43	A. RutschmanAdley Rutschman	BAL	161
44	W. AdamesWilly Adames	MIL	160
45	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	SF	160
46	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	NYY	159
47	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	158
48	N. SchanuelNolan Schanuel	LAA	158
49	B. DoyleBrenton Doyle	COL	157
50	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	PIT	156

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, 12:32 PM UTC.