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Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2023

Steven Kwan

CLE

201

Season leader

Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2023 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	201
2	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	188
3	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	166
4	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	MIA	164
5	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	161
6	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	161
7	A. RutschmanAdley Rutschman	BAL	151
8	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	147
9	R. Acuña Jr.Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	146
10	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	146
11	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	SD	145
12	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	143
13	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	142
14	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	139
15	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	CWS	138
16	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	TOR	134
17	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	133
18	K. HayesKe'Bryan Hayes	PIT	132
19	J. MenesesJoey Meneses	WSH	131
20	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	131
21	J. TurnerJustin Turner	BOS	130
22	M. VierlingMatt Vierling	DET	129
23	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	127
24	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	126
25	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	125
26	J. RodríguezJulio Rodríguez	SEA	125
27	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	125
28	M. YoshidaMasataka Yoshida	BOS	124
29	M. DubónMauricio Dubón	HOU	123
30	E. TovarEzequiel Tovar	COL	123
31	T. TurnerTrea Turner	PHI	122
32	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	121
33	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	AZ	121
34	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	120
35	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	119
36	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	119
37	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	LAD	119
38	A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn	CWS	119
39	L. TaverasLeody Taveras	TEX	118
40	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	118
41	J. BertiJon Berti	MIA	116
42	B. De La CruzBryan De La Cruz	MIA	116
43	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	114
44	S. SteerSpencer Steer	CIN	114
45	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	HOU	114
46	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	113
47	W. SmithWill Smith	LAD	113
48	T. HernándezTeoscar Hernández	SEA	113
49	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	112
50	I. HappIan Happ	CHC	112

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, 12:29 PM UTC.