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Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2018

All batted balls with a usable speed measurement, including bunts. This is the sample used for hard-hit percentage. 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 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2018

Dallas Keuchel

HOU

620

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2018 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	620
2	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	582
3	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	579
4	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	578
5	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	543
6	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	541
7	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	541
8	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	537
9	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	525
10	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	523
11	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	514
12	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	513
13	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	507
14	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	504
15	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	503
16	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	499
17	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	491
18	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	489
19	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	488
20	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	486
21	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	485
22	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	483
23	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	482
24	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	482
25	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	482
26	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	482
27	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	480
28	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	478
29	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	478
30	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	477
31	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	475
32	C. RichardClayton Richard	SD	475
33	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	474
34	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	474
35	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	473
36	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	471
37	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	470
38	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	470
39	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	464
40	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	464
41	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	463
42	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	461
43	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	457
44	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	455
45	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	454
46	F. HernándezFélix Hernández	SEA	454
47	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	453
48	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	451
49	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	450
50	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	445

EV balls: All batted balls with a usable speed measurement, including bunts. This is the sample used for hard-hit percentage. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Balls with Recorded Speed 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.