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Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2023

Miles Mikolas

STL

167

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2023 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	167
2	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	162
3	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	156
4	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	153
5	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	153
6	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	TEX	152
7	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	152
8	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	146
9	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	145
10	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	136
11	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	TOR	136
12	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CLE	136
13	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	133
14	S. StriderSpencer Strider	ATL	133
15	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	132
16	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	MIA	132
17	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	131
18	J. GrayJon Gray	TEX	131
19	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	130
20	J. SteeleJustin Steele	CHC	128
21	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	BAL	128
22	L. LynnLance Lynn	LAD	128
23	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	127
24	J. LylesJordan Lyles	KC	127
25	S. GraySonny Gray	MIN	126
26	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	126
27	C. JavierCristian Javier	HOU	126
28	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	124
29	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	DET	124
30	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	124
31	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	123
32	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	123
33	K. BradishKyle Bradish	BAL	120
34	J. GrayJosiah Gray	WSH	119
35	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	119
36	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	118
37	J. OviedoJohan Oviedo	PIT	117
38	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	117
39	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	116
40	G. AshcraftGraham Ashcraft	CIN	116
41	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	WSH	116
42	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	115
43	J. FranceJ.P. France	HOU	113
44	M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen	PHI	113
45	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAA	113
46	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	112
47	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	112
48	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	110
49	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	110
50	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	110

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, 12:29 PM UTC.