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Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls 2018

Balls estimated toward the pull side: left field for right-handed hitters, or right 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, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls / 2018

James Shields

CWS

275

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls2018 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	275
2	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	245
3	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	238
4	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	234
5	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	229
6	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	227
7	F. HernándezFélix Hernández	SEA	227
8	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	226
9	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	223
10	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	221
11	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	213
12	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	212
13	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	211
14	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	209
15	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	209
16	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	206
17	A. SuárezAndrew Suárez	SF	206
18	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	205
19	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	205
20	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	203
21	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	202
22	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	201
23	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	199
24	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	196
25	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	196
26	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	195
27	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	195
28	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	194
29	C. RichardClayton Richard	SD	194
30	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	192
31	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	192
32	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	191
33	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	191
34	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	190
35	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	189
36	T. RossTyson Ross	STL	189
37	A. WoodAlex Wood	LAD	187
38	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	187
39	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	185
40	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	184
41	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	183
42	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	183
43	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	181
44	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	180
45	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	180
46	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	177
47	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	177
48	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	176
49	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	ATL	175
50	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	175

Pull balls: Balls estimated toward the pull side: left field for right-handed hitters, or right 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 Pulled 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, 12:14 PM UTC.