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Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls 2025

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

No. 1 / Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls / 2025

Jake Irvin

WSH

256

Season leader

Opponents' Estimated Pulled Balls2025 season
#	Player	Team	Pull balls
1	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	256
2	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	255
3	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	249
4	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	244
5	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	TEX	241
6	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	240
7	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	232
8	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	230
9	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	228
10	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	223
11	A. PallanteAndre Pallante	STL	222
12	C. HolmesClay Holmes	NYM	220
13	N. MartinezNick Martinez	CIN	219
14	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	218
15	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	218
16	C. PaddackChris Paddack	DET	218
17	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	215
18	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	215
19	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	215
20	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	SF	213
21	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	212
22	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	TEX	212
23	D. PetersonDavid Peterson	NYM	211
24	S. GraySonny Gray	STL	211
25	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	LAA	210
26	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	209
27	T. SuganoTomoyuki Sugano	BAL	209
28	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	208
29	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	207
30	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	207
31	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	BOS	206
32	B. OberBailey Ober	MIN	206
33	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	206
34	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	201
35	D. MartinDavis Martin	CWS	199
36	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	CHC	198
37	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	197
38	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	197
39	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	195
40	P. SkenesPaul Skenes	PIT	194
41	J. SorianoJosé Soriano	LAA	194
42	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	193
43	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	191
44	S. ImanagaShota Imanaga	CHC	191
45	C. ReaColin Rea	CHC	191
46	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	ATH	191
47	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	LAA	190
48	L. AllenLogan Allen	CLE	189
49	Q. PriesterQuinn Priester	MIL	187
50	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	187

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, 12:35 PM UTC.