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Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle 2020

Balls that have both a usable speed and angle measurement. These are the balls used to calculate barrel percentage. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

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 / Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle / 2020

Whit Merrifield

216

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle2020 season
#	Player	Team	EV+LA 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

EV+LA balls: Balls that have both a usable speed and angle measurement. These are the balls used to calculate barrel percentage. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle

Balls that have both a usable speed and angle measurement. These are the balls used to calculate barrel percentage. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

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.