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Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed 2022

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

No. 1 / Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed / 2022

Adam Wainwright

STL

230

Season leader

Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed2022 season
#	Player	Team	Sweet spots
1	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	230
2	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	217
3	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	217
4	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	216
5	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	213
6	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	212
7	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	210
8	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	210
9	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	208
10	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	208
11	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	205
12	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	205
13	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	199
14	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	198
15	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	195
16	T. McKenzieTriston McKenzie	CLE	192
17	C. KluberCorey Kluber	TB	192
18	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	191
19	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	191
20	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	187
21	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	186
22	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	184
23	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	184
24	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	184
25	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	182
26	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	181
27	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	180
28	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	STL	179
29	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	CWS	177
30	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	176
31	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	175
32	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	175
33	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	174
34	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	174
35	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	173
36	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	172
37	D. BundyDylan Bundy	MIN	172
38	K. BubicKris Bubic	KC	171
39	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	170
40	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	PHI	169
41	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	167
42	C. KuhlChad Kuhl	COL	167
43	E. LauerEric Lauer	MIL	164
44	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	164
45	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	NYM	163
46	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	162
47	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	162
48	C. FlexenChris Flexen	SEA	162
49	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	NYM	162
50	Z. PlesacZach Plesac	CLE	162

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, 12:26 PM UTC.