Player stats

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2023

Miles Mikolas

STL

674

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2023 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	674
2	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	614
3	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	603
4	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	BAL	589
5	J. LylesJordan Lyles	KC	575
6	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	573
7	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	567
8	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	560
9	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	557
10	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	TEX	556
11	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	548
12	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	545
13	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	543
14	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	539
15	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	539
16	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	537
17	L. LynnLance Lynn	LAD	537
18	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	536
19	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	531
20	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	526
21	J. OviedoJohan Oviedo	PIT	523
22	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	521
23	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	518
24	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	516
25	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	PHI	514
26	S. GraySonny Gray	MIN	510
27	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	510
28	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	509
29	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	509
30	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CLE	507
31	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	505
32	J. SteeleJustin Steele	CHC	497
33	Z. EflinZach Eflin	TB	489
34	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	WSH	486
35	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	485
36	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	484
37	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	481
38	R. NelsonRyne Nelson	AZ	474
39	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	473
40	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	MIA	471
41	A. CobbAlex Cobb	SF	471
42	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	CHC	468
43	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	468
44	A. GomberAustin Gomber	COL	468
45	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	TOR	466
46	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	465
47	J. GrayJosiah Gray	WSH	465
48	R. HillRich Hill	SD	464
49	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	462
50	M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen	PHI	462

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, 12:29 PM UTC.