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Estimated Pulled Balls 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Estimated Pulled Balls / 2021

Jose Altuve

HOU

262

Season leader

Estimated Pulled Balls2021 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	262
2	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	247
3	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TOR	246
4	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	245
5	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	237
6	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	231
7	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	218
8	C. SantanaCarlos Santana	KC	213
9	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	207
10	S. PerezSalvador Perez	KC	201
11	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	195
12	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	195
13	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	MIL	195
14	J. IndiaJonathan India	CIN	193
15	K. SeagerKyle Seager	SEA	192
16	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	189
17	M. OlsonMatt Olson	OAK	189
18	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	187
19	J. SolerJorge Soler	ATL	187
20	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	NYY	184
21	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	183
22	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	181
23	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SD	180
24	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	178
25	J. SchoopJonathan Schoop	DET	178
26	E. HernándezEnrique Hernández	BOS	176
27	R. GrossmanRobbie Grossman	DET	176
28	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	175
29	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	174
30	T. FranceTy France	SEA	173
31	I. Kiner-FalefaIsiah Kiner-Falefa	TEX	173
32	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	PHI	173
33	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	172
34	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	172
35	J. CandelarioJeimer Candelario	DET	171
36	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	171
37	H. RenfroeHunter Renfroe	BOS	170
38	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	168
39	M. CanhaMark Canha	OAK	167
40	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	165
41	A. DuvallAdam Duvall	ATL	165
42	J. HarrisonJosh Harrison	OAK	164
43	A. MeadowsAustin Meadows	TB	164
44	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	163
45	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	162
46	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	162
47	L. UríasLuis Urías	MIL	162
48	T. HernándezTeoscar Hernández	TOR	161
49	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	160
50	D. CarlsonDylan Carlson	STL	159

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, 12:22 PM UTC.