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Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls 2022

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, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:26 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls / 2022

Marco Gonzales

SEA

272

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls2022 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	272
2	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	256
3	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	241
4	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	241
5	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	241
6	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	239
7	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	238
8	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	237
9	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	231
10	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	231
11	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	229
12	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	224
13	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	224
14	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	223
15	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	220
16	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	220
17	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	215
18	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	215
19	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	213
20	K. WrightKyle Wright	ATL	213
21	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	210
22	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	209
23	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	208
24	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	208
25	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	205
26	D. BundyDylan Bundy	MIN	203
27	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	202
28	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	202
29	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	201
30	C. KluberCorey Kluber	TB	200
31	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	SD	200
32	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	196
33	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	196
34	Z. PlesacZach Plesac	CLE	196
35	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	195
36	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	195
37	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	192
38	C. KuhlChad Kuhl	COL	192
39	T. McKenzieTriston McKenzie	CLE	191
40	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	CWS	191
41	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	NYM	191
42	R. SuarezRanger Suarez	PHI	189
43	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	188
44	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	NYM	187
45	A. CobbAlex Cobb	SF	186
46	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	184
47	J. BrubakerJT Brubaker	PIT	183
48	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	181
49	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	PHI	181
50	D. HudsonDakota Hudson	STL	181

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, 12:26 PM UTC.