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Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2024

Luis Arraez

180

Season leader

Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2024 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	SD	180
2	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	154
3	B. TurangBrice Turang	MIL	154
4	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	149
5	Y. DíazYandy Díaz	TB	148
6	J. DuranJarren Duran	BOS	147
7	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	145
8	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	144
9	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	STL	144
10	T. WardTaylor Ward	LAA	143
11	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	139
12	M. WinnMasyn Winn	STL	139
13	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	NYY	139
14	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	137
15	R. MountcastleRyan Mountcastle	BAL	137
16	A. VolpeAnthony Volpe	NYY	137
17	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	134
18	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	134
19	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	134
20	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	133
21	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	131
22	J. YoungJacob Young	WSH	130
23	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	125
24	J. RodríguezJulio Rodríguez	SEA	124
25	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	124
26	E. TovarEzequiel Tovar	COL	122
27	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	122
28	Y. AlvarezYordan Alvarez	HOU	120
29	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	AZ	120
30	M. DubónMauricio Dubón	HOU	120
31	J. MerrillJackson Merrill	SD	119
32	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	PHI	119
33	B. De La CruzBryan De La Cruz	PIT	119
34	A. GiménezAndrés Giménez	CLE	118
35	L. TaverasLeody Taveras	TEX	118
36	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	STL	117
37	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	116
38	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	116
39	L. García Jr.Luis García Jr.	WSH	114
40	T. HernándezTeoscar Hernández	LAD	114
41	M. OlsonMatt Olson	ATL	114
42	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	114
43	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	114
44	A. GarcíaAdolis García	TEX	114
45	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAD	112
46	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	111
47	J. BellJosh Bell	AZ	111
48	W. CastroWilli Castro	MIN	111
49	A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn	CWS	111
50	C. CarrollCorbin Carroll	AZ	111

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, 12:32 PM UTC.