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Measured Balls Used in Estimates 2020

Eligible batted balls with both speed and angle recorded. Defensive awards that do not count as at-bats are excluded. MLBDB estimates describe recorded contact, not future performance.

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MLBDB estimates from recorded ball speed and angle. Every contact contribution needed by the statistic must be available. Missing or unsupported inputs remain N/A. These describe recorded contact, not future performance. Data through December 31, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 13, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Measured Balls Used in Estimates / 2020

Whit Merrifield

216

Season leader

Measured Balls Used in Estimates2020 season
#	Player	Team	Model balls
1	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	216
2	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	196
3	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	196
4	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	191
5	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	190
6	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	189
7	M. FrancoMaikel Franco	KC	187
8	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	187
9	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	186
10	T. La StellaTommy La Stella	OAK	186
11	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	185
12	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	182
13	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	182
14	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	181
15	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	180
16	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	180
17	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CLE	177
18	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	177
19	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	177
20	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	176
21	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	176
22	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	176
23	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	174
24	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	174
25	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	172
26	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	171
27	N. SolakNick Solak	TEX	171
28	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	170
29	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	169
30	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	PHI	168
31	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	168
32	R. GrichukRandal Grichuk	TOR	167
33	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	166
34	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	166
35	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	166
36	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	165
37	K. PillarKevin Pillar	COL	164
38	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	164
39	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	164
40	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	164
41	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	163
42	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	163
43	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	162
44	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	CLE	162
45	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	161
46	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	161
47	K. MarteKetel Marte	AZ	160
48	C. BiggioCavan Biggio	TOR	159
49	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	159
50	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	158

Model balls: Eligible batted balls with both speed and angle recorded. Defensive awards that do not count as at-bats are excluded. MLBDB estimates describe recorded contact, not future performance.

Understanding Measured Balls Used in Estimates

Eligible batted balls with both speed and angle recorded. Defensive awards that do not count as at-bats are excluded. MLBDB estimates describe recorded contact, not future performance.

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 13, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC.