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Sweet-Spot Balls 2020

Batted balls with a recorded launch angle from 8 to 32 degrees, including both ends. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Season

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 / Sweet-Spot Balls / 2020

Whit Merrifield

Season leader

Sweet-Spot Balls2020 season
#	Player	Team	Sweet spots
1	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	92
2	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	88
3	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	75
4	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	74
5	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	73
6	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	72
7	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	70
8	D. SolanoDonovan Solano	SF	70
9	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	70
10	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	70
11	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	69
12	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	69
13	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	69
14	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CLE	69
15	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	69
16	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	68
17	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	68
18	M. FrancoMaikel Franco	KC	67
19	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	LAA	66
20	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	66
21	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	65
22	V. ReyesVictor Reyes	DET	65
23	A. McCutchenAndrew McCutchen	PHI	65
24	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	64
25	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	64
26	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	64
27	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	PIT	63
28	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	62
29	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	CIN	62
30	D. SmithDominic Smith	NYM	61
31	T. La StellaTommy La Stella	OAK	61
32	L. VoitLuke Voit	NYY	61
33	A. PollockAJ Pollock	LAD	61
34	D. FletcherDavid Fletcher	LAA	60
35	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	60
36	K. PillarKevin Pillar	COL	60
37	W. MyersWil Myers	SD	60
38	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	60
39	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	60
40	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	60
41	K. TuckerKyle Tucker	HOU	60
42	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	60
43	J. AguilarJesús Aguilar	MIA	59
44	T. GrishamTrent Grisham	SD	59
45	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	58
46	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	58
47	M. ConfortoMichael Conforto	NYM	57
48	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	57
49	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	HOU	57
50	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	57

Sweet spots: Batted balls with a recorded launch angle from 8 to 32 degrees, including both ends. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Sweet-Spot Balls

Batted balls with a recorded launch angle from 8 to 32 degrees, including both ends. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

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, 12:21 PM UTC.