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Balls with Recorded Angle Allowed 2018

All batted balls with a usable angle measurement, including bunts. This is the sample used for sweet-spot 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, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Angle Allowed / 2018

Dallas Keuchel

HOU

620

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Angle Allowed2018 season
#	Player	Team	LA balls
1	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	620
2	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	582
3	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	579
4	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	577
5	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	542
6	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	541
7	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	540
8	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	536
9	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	525
10	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	523
11	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	512
12	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	512
13	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	505
14	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	504
15	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	503
16	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	499
17	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	491
18	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	488
19	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	487
20	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	486
21	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	485
22	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	483
23	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	482
24	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	482
25	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	482
26	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	482
27	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	480
28	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	478
29	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	477
30	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	476
31	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	475
32	C. RichardClayton Richard	SD	475
33	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	474
34	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	474
35	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	473
36	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	470
37	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	470
38	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	470
39	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	464
40	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	464
41	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	463
42	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	461
43	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	457
44	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	455
45	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	454
46	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	453
47	F. HernándezFélix Hernández	SEA	453
48	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	451
49	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	450
50	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	445

LA balls: All batted balls with a usable angle measurement, including bunts. This is the sample used for sweet-spot percentage. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Balls with Recorded Angle 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, 12:14 PM UTC.