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Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2022

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, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2022

Cal Quantrill

CLE

174

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2022 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	174
2	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	154
3	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	154
4	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	148
5	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	147
6	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	147
7	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	147
8	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	145
9	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	143
10	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	143
11	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	139
12	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	139
13	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	138
14	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	136
15	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	136
16	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	134
17	T. McKenzieTriston McKenzie	CLE	133
18	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	131
19	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	130
20	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	129
21	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	129
22	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	128
23	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	127
24	C. KluberCorey Kluber	TB	127
25	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	127
26	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	125
27	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	123
28	R. SuarezRanger Suarez	PHI	123
29	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	123
30	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	123
31	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	STL	122
32	C. FlexenChris Flexen	SEA	122
33	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	122
34	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	122
35	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	121
36	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	121
37	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	121
38	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	SF	120
39	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	120
40	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	119
41	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	CWS	118
42	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	118
43	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	116
44	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	115
45	E. LauerEric Lauer	MIL	115
46	L. GarciaLuis Garcia	HOU	115
47	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	114
48	N. CortesNestor Cortes	NYY	113
49	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	112
50	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	111

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, 12:26 PM UTC.