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Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed 2019

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, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:17 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed / 2019

Iván Nova

CWS

226

Season leader

Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed2019 season
#	Player	Team	Sweet spots
1	I. NovaIván Nova	CWS	226
2	M. LeakeMike Leake	AZ	220
3	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	217
4	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	215
5	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	213
6	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	211
7	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	208
8	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	207
9	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	206
10	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	206
11	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	205
12	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	198
13	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	198
14	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	197
15	Z. DaviesZach Davies	MIL	196
16	G. SparkmanGlenn Sparkman	KC	196
17	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	194
18	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	194
19	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	CHC	194
20	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	193
21	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	192
22	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	192
23	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	190
24	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	190
25	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	189
26	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	OAK	189
27	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	189
28	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	187
29	T. ThorntonTrent Thornton	TOR	185
30	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	184
31	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	184
32	M. PérezMartín Pérez	MIN	184
33	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	SEA	184
34	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	180
35	J. MeansJohn Means	BAL	179
36	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	179
37	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	178
38	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	177
39	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	173
40	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	173
41	M. SorokaMichael Soroka	ATL	172
42	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	172
43	D. HudsonDakota Hudson	STL	171
44	R. RayRobbie Ray	AZ	171
45	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	171
46	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	170
47	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	170
48	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	PIT	168
49	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	166
50	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	CIN	166

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, 12:17 PM UTC.