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Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2024

George Kirby

SEA

176

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2024 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	176
2	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	157
3	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	145
4	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYM	145
5	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	141
6	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	138
7	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	137
8	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	136
9	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	135
10	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	134
11	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	132
12	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	HOU	132
13	C. FlexenChris Flexen	CWS	131
14	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	130
15	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	129
16	E. FeddeErick Fedde	STL	129
17	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	NYM	129
18	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	129
19	N. CortesNestor Cortes	NYY	129
20	R. NelsonRyne Nelson	AZ	129
21	C. ReaColin Rea	MIL	129
22	C. RagansCole Ragans	KC	128
23	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	128
24	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	128
25	A. GomberAustin Gomber	COL	128
26	G. CanningGriffin Canning	LAA	128
27	B. MillerBryce Miller	SEA	127
28	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	127
29	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	127
30	B. FalterBailey Falter	PIT	127
31	S. LugoSeth Lugo	KC	125
32	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	124
33	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	124
34	A. CivaleAaron Civale	MIL	124
35	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	124
36	M. GoreMacKenzie Gore	WSH	123
37	K. CrawfordKutter Crawford	BOS	123
38	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	123
39	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	BAL	122
40	R. FeltnerRyan Feltner	COL	121
41	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	120
42	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	119
43	S. Woods RichardsonSimeon Woods Richardson	MIN	117
44	Z. EflinZach Eflin	BAL	116
45	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	116
46	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	TEX	116
47	N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi	TEX	114
48	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	114
49	N. MartinezNick Martinez	CIN	113
50	J. AssadJavier Assad	CHC	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, 12:32 PM UTC.