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Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2020

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.

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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 / Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2020

DJ LeMahieu

NYY

Season leader

Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2020 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	71
2	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	59
3	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	58
4	R. TapiaRaimel Tapia	COL	57
5	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	54
6	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	53
7	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	52
8	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	52
9	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	52
10	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	50
11	R. GrichukRandal Grichuk	TOR	50
12	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	49
13	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	49
14	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	48
15	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	48
16	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CLE	47
17	K. WongKolten Wong	STL	47
18	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	MIA	47
19	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	47
20	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	46
21	N. SolakNick Solak	TEX	46
22	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	46
23	D. SolanoDonovan Solano	SF	45
24	V. ReyesVictor Reyes	DET	45
25	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	44
26	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	44
27	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	44
28	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	44
29	S. AkiyamaShogo Akiyama	CIN	44
30	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	43
31	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	43
32	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	43
33	J. AguilarJesús Aguilar	MIA	43
34	M. ConfortoMichael Conforto	NYM	42
35	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	42
36	E. JiménezEloy Jiménez	CWS	42
37	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	41
38	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	41
39	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	41
40	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	41
41	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	41
42	M. TroutMike Trout	LAA	41
43	T. La StellaTommy La Stella	OAK	41
44	K. PillarKevin Pillar	COL	40
45	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	40
46	W. MyersWil Myers	SD	39
47	F. ReyesFranmil Reyes	CLE	39
48	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	39
49	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	38
50	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	38

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

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Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.