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Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls / 2020

Germán Márquez

COL

102

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls2020 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	102
2	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	99
3	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	96
4	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	91
5	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	TEX	89
6	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	SF	88
7	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	87
8	A. CivaleAaron Civale	CLE	87
9	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	82
10	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	81
11	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	80
12	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	79
13	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	77
14	A. MillsAlec Mills	CHC	77
15	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	76
16	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	CWS	75
17	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	75
18	Z. DaviesZach Davies	SD	75
19	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	75
20	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SF	75
21	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	74
22	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	74
23	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	73
24	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	73
25	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	72
26	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	72
27	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	72
28	E. FeddeErick Fedde	WSH	72
29	J. SheffieldJustus Sheffield	SEA	71
30	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	71
31	D. BundyDylan Bundy	LAA	70
32	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	70
33	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	OAK	70
34	M. PérezMartín Pérez	BOS	70
35	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	70
36	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	69
37	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	69
38	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	69
39	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	68
40	C. PaddackChris Paddack	SD	68
41	K. MaedaKenta Maeda	MIN	67
42	G. CanningGriffin Canning	LAA	67
43	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	NYM	67
44	C. BassittChris Bassitt	OAK	66
45	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	66
46	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	66
47	A. HouserAdrian Houser	MIL	66
48	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	66
49	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	65
50	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	65

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, 12:21 PM UTC.