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Opponents' Balls with Usable Hit Locations 2018

Balls whose recorded location and batting hand support an estimate of pull, center or opposite-field direction. 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, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Balls with Usable Hit Locations / 2018
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Season leader
Opponents' Balls with Usable Hit Locations2018 season
#PlayerTeamLocated balls
1M. MikolasSTL624
2J. ShieldsCWS610
3D. KeuchelHOU594
4K. HendricksCHC592
5C. KluberCLE580
6K. FreelandCOL570
7Z. GreinkeAZ555
8K. GibsonMIN543
9L. GiolitoCWS543
10M. LeakeSEA540
11A. NolaPHI537
12T. RoarkWSH536
13J. JunisKC535
14M. ClevingerCLE525
15R. LópezCWS522
16K. GausmanATL519
17J. BerríosMIN518
18B. ColonTEX515
19J. deGromNYM511
20Z. GodleyAZ511
21A. HeaneyLAA509
22J. QuintanaCHC506
23J. LesterCHC504
24C. HamelsCHC499
25J. UreñaMIA499
26M. FiersOAK494
27I. NovaPIT492
28G. GonzalezMIL492
29J. TaillonPIT490
30P. CorbinAZ489
31R. PorcelloBOS489
32Z. WheelerNYM486
33J. ChacínMIL486
34A. SuárezSF486
35T. AndersonCOL485
36A. CobbBAL484
37M. ScherzerWSH478
38L. SeverinoNYY476
39J. HappNYY476
40C. RichardSD475
41J. ArrietaPHI473
42A. CashnerBAL473
43J. GrayCOL470
44J. VerlanderHOU469
45D. PriceBOS466
46F. HernándezSEA464
47T. WilliamsPIT462
48G. MárquezCOL461
49C. KershawLAD459
50M. MinorTEX459
Located balls
Balls whose recorded location and batting hand support an estimate of pull, center or opposite-field direction. 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' Balls with Usable Hit Locations

Balls whose recorded location and batting hand support an estimate of pull, center or opposite-field direction. 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, 12:14 PM UTC.