Player stats

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2021

Kyle Hendricks

CHC

597

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2021 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	597
2	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	594
3	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	591
4	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	576
5	C. FlexenChris Flexen	SEA	570
6	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	560
7	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	CWS	557
8	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	546
9	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	544
10	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	542
11	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	539
12	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SEA	528
13	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	527
14	N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi	BOS	527
15	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	527
16	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	522
17	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	519
18	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	518
19	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	517
20	W. MileyWade Miley	CIN	511
21	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	510
22	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	506
23	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	503
24	F. MontasFrankie Montas	OAK	503
25	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	500
26	J. HappJ.A. Happ	STL	497
27	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	SF	492
28	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	492
29	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	SF	479
30	J. LesterJon Lester	STL	478
31	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	477
32	T. MahleTyler Mahle	CIN	474
33	M. MinorMike Minor	KC	473
34	Z. DaviesZach Davies	CHC	472
35	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	470
36	R. RayRobbie Ray	TOR	467
37	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	463
38	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	462
39	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	460
40	Z. PlesacZach Plesac	CLE	456
41	S. MatzSteven Matz	TOR	454
42	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	447
43	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	NYM	447
44	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	NYY	445
45	M. HarveyMatt Harvey	BAL	445
46	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	TEX	443
47	C. MizeCasey Mize	DET	442
48	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	441
49	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	439
50	R. HillRich Hill	NYM	438

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, 12:22 PM UTC.