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Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2019

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.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2019

Zack Wheeler

NYM

167

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2019 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	167
2	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	160
3	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	160
4	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	SEA	160
5	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	159
6	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	151
7	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	150
8	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	149
9	M. LeakeMike Leake	AZ	147
10	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	145
11	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	144
12	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	143
13	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	143
14	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	142
15	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	142
16	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	141
17	M. PérezMartín Pérez	MIN	141
18	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	140
19	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	140
20	J. MeansJohn Means	BAL	140
21	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	138
22	S. MatzSteven Matz	NYM	138
23	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	137
24	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	136
25	G. SparkmanGlenn Sparkman	KC	136
26	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	135
27	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	135
28	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	OAK	134
29	H. BaileyHomer Bailey	OAK	132
30	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	131
31	Z. DaviesZach Davies	MIL	131
32	I. NovaIván Nova	CWS	131
33	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	130
34	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	127
35	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	127
36	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	127
37	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	127
38	S. TurnbullSpencer Turnbull	DET	127
39	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	126
40	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	126
41	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	125
42	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	124
43	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BOS	124
44	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	123
45	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	123
46	Z. EflinZach Eflin	PHI	123
47	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	123
48	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	122
49	D. HudsonDakota Hudson	STL	121
50	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	121

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, 12:17 PM UTC.