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Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2018

Balls estimated toward the opposite side: right field for right-handed hitters, or left field for left-handed hitters. 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, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2018

Whit Merrifield

160

Season leader

Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2018 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	160
2	L. CainLorenzo Cain	MIL	153
3	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	152
4	J. PerazaJosé Peraza	CIN	152
5	J. A. MartínezJosé A. Martínez	STL	136
6	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	COL	135
7	M. DuffyMatt Duffy	TB	134
8	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	133
9	M. MachadoManny Machado	LAD	131
10	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	PIT	130
11	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	126
12	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	125
13	J. SeguraJean Segura	SEA	125
14	J. MauerJoe Mauer	MIN	124
15	A. JonesAdam Jones	BAL	124
16	I. DesmondIan Desmond	COL	124
17	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	123
18	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	123
19	M. SmithMallex Smith	TB	121
20	E. InciarteEnder Inciarte	ATL	120
21	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	WSH	119
22	J. BáezJavier Báez	CHC	119
23	D. Strange-GordonDee Strange-Gordon	SEA	119
24	B. CrawfordBrandon Crawford	SF	118
25	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	117
26	Y. SánchezYolmer Sánchez	CWS	117
27	J. JayJon Jay	AZ	115
28	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	114
29	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	AZ	114
30	B. AndersonBrian Anderson	MIA	114
31	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	NYM	114
32	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	MIA	114
33	S. MarteStarling Marte	PIT	113
34	J. LowrieJed Lowrie	OAK	113
35	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	TEX	112
36	T. ManciniTrey Mancini	BAL	112
37	A. Almora Jr.Albert Almora Jr.	CHC	111
38	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	111
39	S. GennettScooter Gennett	CIN	110
40	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	CLE	109
41	E. NúñezEduardo Núñez	BOS	109
42	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	109
43	M. AndujarMiguel Andujar	NYY	108
44	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	PHI	108
45	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	107
46	J. LucroyJonathan Lucroy	OAK	107
47	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	106
48	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	106
49	O. HerreraOdúbel Herrera	PHI	106
50	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	DET	105

Oppo balls: Balls estimated toward the opposite side: right field for right-handed hitters, or left field for left-handed hitters. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Understanding Estimated Opposite-Field Balls

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, 12:14 PM UTC.