Player stats

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2022

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, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2022

Marco Gonzales

SEA

621

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2022 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	621
2	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	616
3	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	603
4	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	598
5	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	582
6	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	571
7	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	570
8	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	570
9	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	565
10	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	563
11	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	560
12	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	560
13	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	554
14	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	549
15	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	544
16	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	538
17	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	536
18	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	535
19	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	532
20	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	528
21	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	527
22	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	523
23	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	522
24	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	520
25	C. KluberCorey Kluber	TB	519
26	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	517
27	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	517
28	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	515
29	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	514
30	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	CWS	508
31	T. McKenzieTriston McKenzie	CLE	502
32	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	500
33	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	500
34	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	496
35	K. WrightKyle Wright	ATL	496
36	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	492
37	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	491
38	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	STL	488
39	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	488
40	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	482
41	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	476
42	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	474
43	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	473
44	D. BundyDylan Bundy	MIN	469
45	R. SuarezRanger Suarez	PHI	468
46	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	463
47	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	NYM	461
48	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	460
49	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	SD	460
50	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	456

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, 12:26 PM UTC.