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Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2020

Germán Márquez

COL

244

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2020 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	244
2	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	239
3	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	239
4	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	231
5	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	224
6	A. CivaleAaron Civale	CLE	222
7	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	217
8	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	210
9	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	TEX	206
10	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	203
11	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	203
12	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	199
13	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	198
14	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	CWS	197
15	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	196
16	Z. DaviesZach Davies	SD	193
17	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	191
18	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SF	190
19	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	SF	190
20	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	189
21	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	188
22	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	NYM	188
23	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	186
24	C. BassittChris Bassitt	OAK	185
25	A. MillsAlec Mills	CHC	185
26	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	184
27	M. PérezMartín Pérez	BOS	182
28	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	181
29	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	181
30	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	178
31	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	177
32	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	177
33	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	177
34	A. HouserAdrian Houser	MIL	177
35	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	176
36	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	176
37	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	173
38	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	172
39	D. BundyDylan Bundy	LAA	172
40	C. PaddackChris Paddack	SD	172
41	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	170
42	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	170
43	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	168
44	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	168
45	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	167
46	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	OAK	167
47	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	167
48	E. FeddeErick Fedde	WSH	166
49	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	166
50	D. MayDustin May	LAD	162

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, 12:21 PM UTC.