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Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:22 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls / 2021

Dallas Keuchel

CWS

245

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls2021 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	CWS	245
2	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	243
3	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	239
4	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	221
5	C. FlexenChris Flexen	SEA	221
6	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	221
7	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	215
8	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	213
9	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	213
10	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SEA	212
11	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	211
12	W. MileyWade Miley	CIN	210
13	M. MinorMike Minor	KC	208
14	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	205
15	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	202
16	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	201
17	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	TEX	197
18	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	193
19	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	192
20	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	192
21	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	192
22	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	191
23	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	191
24	Z. DaviesZach Davies	CHC	191
25	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	190
26	F. MontasFrankie Montas	OAK	189
27	R. RayRobbie Ray	TOR	188
28	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	188
29	T. MahleTyler Mahle	CIN	186
30	R. HillRich Hill	NYM	185
31	Z. PlesacZach Plesac	CLE	185
32	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	184
33	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	184
34	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	182
35	J. LesterJon Lester	STL	182
36	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	178
37	N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi	BOS	177
38	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	175
39	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	174
40	C. MizeCasey Mize	DET	174
41	G. RichardsGarrett Richards	BOS	173
42	A. MillsAlec Mills	CHC	173
43	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	169
44	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	SF	168
45	J. HappJ.A. Happ	STL	168
46	J. MeansJohn Means	BAL	167
47	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	SF	165
48	S. MatzSteven Matz	TOR	164
49	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	164
50	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	NYY	163

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, 12:22 PM UTC.