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Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2019

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, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2019

Mike Leake

611

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2019 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	M. LeakeMike Leake	AZ	611
2	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	593
3	I. NovaIván Nova	CWS	588
4	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	OAK	561
5	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	548
6	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	539
7	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	538
8	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	537
9	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	533
10	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	527
11	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	527
12	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	521
13	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	520
14	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	519
15	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	519
16	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	517
17	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	515
18	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	511
19	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	509
20	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	509
21	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	508
22	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	504
23	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	503
24	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	495
25	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	495
26	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	SEA	492
27	M. PérezMartín Pérez	MIN	491
28	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	489
29	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	482
30	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	481
31	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	480
32	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	478
33	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	478
34	D. HudsonDakota Hudson	STL	477
35	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	PIT	474
36	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	472
37	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	472
38	Z. DaviesZach Davies	MIL	469
39	Z. EflinZach Eflin	PHI	469
40	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	468
41	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	466
42	M. SorokaMichael Soroka	ATL	464
43	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	458
44	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	452
45	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	451
46	H. BaileyHomer Bailey	OAK	450
47	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	448
48	G. SparkmanGlenn Sparkman	KC	448
49	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	445
50	W. MileyWade Miley	HOU	443

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, 12:17 PM UTC.