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Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center 2019

Balls estimated toward center field, regardless of batting hand. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center / 2019
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Season leader
Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center2019 season
#PlayerTeamCenter balls
1M. LeakeAZ243
2I. NovaCWS235
3B. AndersonOAK234
4M. GonzalesSEA232
5M. MikolasSTL232
6S. AlcantaraMIA228
7M. MinorTEX219
8E. RodriguezBOS219
9R. PorcelloBOS217
10H. Jin RyuLAD215
11J. QuintanaCHC215
12P. CorbinWSH211
13J. BerríosMIN211
14A. WainwrightSTL210
15Z. GreinkeHOU209
16W. MileyHOU208
17L. LynnTEX207
18M. BumgarnerSF206
19T. BauerCIN206
20R. LópezCWS206
21K. HendricksCHC204
22J. SamardzijaSF204
23N. SyndergaardNYM204
24J. HappNYY204
25S. StrasburgWSH203
26J. LesterCHC202
27D. HudsonSTL201
28J. LucchesiSD200
29L. CastilloCIN199
30Z. WheelerNYM199
31Z. EflinPHI195
32J. MusgrovePIT194
33Z. DaviesMIL193
34J. TeheranATL193
35J. JunisKC193
36S. BieberCLE192
37A. SánchezWSH192
38A. NolaPHI192
39M. SorokaATL191
40M. StromanNYM191
41M. KellyAZ191
42G. MárquezCOL190
43A. CashnerBOS188
44J. VerlanderHOU186
45M. TanakaNYY186
46A. DeSclafaniCIN184
47W. BuehlerLAD183
48M. FiersOAK183
49J. deGromNYM182
50T. WilliamsPIT181
Center balls
Balls estimated toward center field, regardless of batting hand. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Understanding Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center

Balls estimated toward center field, regardless of batting hand. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

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, 12:17 PM UTC.