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Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed 2018

Batted balls with a recorded launch angle from 8 to 32 degrees, including both ends. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Season

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 / Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed / 2018

James Shields

CWS

235

Season leader

Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed2018 season
#	Player	Team	Sweet spots
1	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	235
2	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	227
3	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	217
4	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	216
5	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	213
6	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	206
7	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	205
8	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	203
9	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	197
10	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	196
11	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	196
12	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	196
13	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	195
14	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	194
15	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	194
16	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	193
17	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	191
18	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	191
19	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	190
20	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	189
21	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	189
22	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	189
23	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	COL	189
24	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	188
25	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	186
26	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	186
27	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	184
28	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	184
29	C. StrattonChris Stratton	SF	184
30	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	183
31	M. EstradaMarco Estrada	TOR	183
32	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	181
33	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	179
34	D. DuffyDanny Duffy	KC	178
35	J. HammelJason Hammel	KC	178
36	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	177
37	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	177
38	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	177
39	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	177
40	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	175
41	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	175
42	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	174
43	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	174
44	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	172
45	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	171
46	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	170
47	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	170
48	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	169
49	F. HernándezFélix Hernández	SEA	169
50	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	168

Sweet spots: Batted balls with a recorded launch angle from 8 to 32 degrees, including both ends. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed

Batted balls with a recorded launch angle from 8 to 32 degrees, including both ends. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

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.