Player stats

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed 2025

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, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed / 2025

Jake Irvin

WSH

592

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed Allowed2025 season
#	Player	Team	EV balls
1	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	592
2	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	585
3	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	576
4	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	569
5	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	567
6	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	558
7	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	547
8	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	542
9	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	541
10	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	539
11	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	538
12	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	536
13	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	534
14	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	LAA	533
15	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	532
16	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	531
17	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	529
18	A. PallanteAndre Pallante	STL	529
19	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	TEX	528
20	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	528
21	T. SuganoTomoyuki Sugano	BAL	523
22	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	LAA	520
23	J. SpringsJeffrey Springs	ATH	518
24	C. PaddackChris Paddack	DET	518
25	N. MartinezNick Martinez	CIN	514
26	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	ATH	513
27	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	CHC	511
28	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	BOS	508
29	S. GraySonny Gray	STL	508
30	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	507
31	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	504
32	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	503
33	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	500
34	C. HolmesClay Holmes	NYM	498
35	D. PetersonDavid Peterson	NYM	498
36	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	495
37	B. WooBryan Woo	SEA	491
38	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	490
39	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	AZ	489
40	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	488
41	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	487
42	C. ReaColin Rea	CHC	485
43	J. SorianoJosé Soriano	LAA	485
44	L. AllenLogan Allen	CLE	484
45	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	484
46	M. LiberatoreMatthew Liberatore	STL	482
47	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	479
48	B. SingerBrady Singer	CIN	478
49	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	TEX	477
50	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	SD	476

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, 12:35 PM UTC.