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Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls 2025

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, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:35 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls / 2025

Kevin Gausman

TOR

151

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Opposite-Field Balls2025 season
#	Player	Team	Oppo balls
1	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	151
2	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	148
3	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	146
4	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	AZ	146
5	B. WooBryan Woo	SEA	141
6	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	140
7	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	140
8	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	CHC	140
9	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	ATH	139
10	C. ReaColin Rea	CHC	138
11	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	138
12	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	137
13	C. PaddackChris Paddack	DET	135
14	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	135
15	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	134
16	N. LodoloNick Lodolo	CIN	131
17	M. LiberatoreMatthew Liberatore	STL	130
18	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	129
19	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	128
20	J. SpringsJeffrey Springs	ATH	128
21	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	127
22	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	LAA	127
23	L. AllenLogan Allen	CLE	127
24	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	126
25	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	LAA	126
26	J. deGromJacob deGrom	TEX	125
27	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	125
28	E. FeddeErick Fedde	MIL	125
29	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	123
30	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	123
31	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	121
32	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	120
33	S. GraySonny Gray	STL	120
34	B. LordBrad Lord	WSH	120
35	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	120
36	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	119
37	S. SmithShane Smith	CWS	118
38	T. SuganoTomoyuki Sugano	BAL	118
39	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	117
40	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	117
41	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	TEX	117
42	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	116
43	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	116
44	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	BOS	115
45	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	115
46	N. MartinezNick Martinez	CIN	114
47	B. SingerBrady Singer	CIN	113
48	M. GoreMacKenzie Gore	WSH	113
49	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	113
50	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	113

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, 12:35 PM UTC.