Player stats

Batted Balls Allowed 2018

Completed turns to bat that ended with a batted ball, including home runs. Some balls have no speed or angle measurement. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

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 / Batted Balls Allowed / 2018

Dallas Keuchel

HOU

661

Season leader

Batted Balls Allowed2018 season
#	Player	Team	BBE
1	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	661
2	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	630
3	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	626
4	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	624
5	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	598
6	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	595
7	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	591
8	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	583
9	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	571
10	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	564
11	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	563
12	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	558
13	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	554
14	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	554
15	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	554
16	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	545
17	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	542
18	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	542
19	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	536
20	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	532
21	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	531
22	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	530
23	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	530
24	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	521
25	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	520
26	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	520
27	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	519
28	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	519
29	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	516
30	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	516
31	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	516
32	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	515
33	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	514
34	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	513
35	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	512
36	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	511
37	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	510
38	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	509
39	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	506
40	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	506
41	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	504
42	C. RichardClayton Richard	SD	504
43	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	503
44	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	503
45	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	501
46	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	501
47	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	501
48	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	498
49	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	489
50	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	489

BBE: Completed turns to bat that ended with a batted ball, including home runs. Some balls have no speed or angle measurement. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Batted Balls Allowed

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.