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Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2018

Balls estimated toward the opposite side: right field for right-handed hitters, or left field for left-handed hitters. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

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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 / Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2018

Miles Mikolas

STL

162

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2018 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	162
2	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	152
3	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	150
4	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	150
5	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	150
6	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	149
7	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	148
8	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	145
9	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	142
10	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	140
11	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	139
12	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	138
13	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	138
14	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	136
15	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	136
16	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	135
17	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	135
18	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	135
19	M. HarveyMatt Harvey	CIN	134
20	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	134
21	S. NewcombSean Newcomb	ATL	131
22	C. StrattonChris Stratton	SF	131
23	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	130
24	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	128
25	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	127
26	L. LynnLance Lynn	NYY	127
27	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	126
28	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	126
29	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	124
30	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	122
31	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	120
32	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	120
33	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	119
34	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	118
35	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	118
36	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	118
37	F. LirianoFrancisco Liriano	DET	117
38	D. DuffyDanny Duffy	KC	117
39	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	115
40	J. PaxtonJames Paxton	SEA	115
41	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	114
42	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	114
43	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	114
44	C. RichardClayton Richard	SD	114
45	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	113
46	A. SuárezAndrew Suárez	SF	113
47	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	113
48	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	113
49	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	112
50	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	112

Oppo balls: Balls estimated toward the opposite side: right field for right-handed hitters, or left field for left-handed hitters. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Understanding Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls

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.