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Estimated Pulled Balls 2018

Balls estimated toward the pull side: left field for right-handed hitters, or right 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 Pulled Balls / 2018

José Ramírez

CLE

239

Season leader

Estimated Pulled Balls2018 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	239
2	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	225
3	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	223
4	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	217
5	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	CLE	213
6	A. SimmonsAndrelton Simmons	LAA	212
7	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	212
8	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	PHI	208
9	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	200
10	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	199
11	E. InciarteEnder Inciarte	ATL	198
12	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	196
13	M. AndujarMiguel Andujar	NYY	192
14	M. MoustakasMike Moustakas	MIL	192
15	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	191
16	A. CabreraAsdrúbal Cabrera	PHI	187
17	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	186
18	M. CarpenterMatt Carpenter	STL	186
19	R. HoskinsRhys Hoskins	PHI	185
20	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	185
21	B. DozierBrian Dozier	LAD	185
22	J. LowrieJed Lowrie	OAK	182
23	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	LAD	182
24	S. PerezSalvador Perez	KC	182
25	M. KeplerMax Kepler	MIN	182
26	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	179
27	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	DET	178
28	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	177
29	S. GennettScooter Gennett	CIN	177
30	B. ZobristBen Zobrist	CHC	177
31	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	176
32	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	175
33	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	172
34	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	PHI	171
35	T. ShawTravis Shaw	MIL	171
36	Y. AlonsoYonder Alonso	CLE	170
37	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	169
38	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	169
39	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	168
40	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	TEX	168
41	A. PujolsAlbert Pujols	LAA	168
42	Y. SánchezYolmer Sánchez	CWS	168
43	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	NYY	167
44	V. MartinezVictor Martinez	DET	167
45	M. MachadoManny Machado	LAD	166
46	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	165
47	J. CandelarioJeimer Candelario	DET	165
48	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	164
49	F. GalvisFreddy Galvis	SD	164
50	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	163

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

Understanding Estimated Pulled 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.