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Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center 2020

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.

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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 / Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center / 2020

Kyle Hendricks

CHC

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Balls to Center2020 season
#	Player	Team	Center balls
1	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	99
2	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	92
3	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	91
4	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	89
5	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	89
6	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	87
7	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	TEX	87
8	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	86
9	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	CWS	85
10	A. CivaleAaron Civale	CLE	82
11	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	82
12	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	81
13	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	79
14	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	79
15	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	NYM	79
16	C. BassittChris Bassitt	OAK	78
17	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	78
18	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SF	77
19	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	76
20	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	MIL	76
21	Z. DaviesZach Davies	SD	75
22	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	75
23	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	73
24	R. StriplingRoss Stripling	TOR	73
25	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	72
26	S. TurnbullSpencer Turnbull	DET	72
27	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	71
28	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	71
29	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	71
30	D. MayDustin May	LAD	70
31	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	70
32	M. PérezMartín Pérez	BOS	70
33	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	SF	70
34	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	69
35	A. HouserAdrian Houser	MIL	69
36	A. YoungAlex Young	AZ	68
37	D. BundyDylan Bundy	LAA	67
38	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	67
39	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	OAK	67
40	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	67
41	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	SF	66
42	R. DobnakRandy Dobnak	MIN	66
43	C. PaddackChris Paddack	SD	66
44	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	66
45	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	65
46	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	65
47	A. MillsAlec Mills	CHC	65
48	D. DuffyDanny Duffy	KC	65
49	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	65
50	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	64

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

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.