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Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed 2024

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.

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC.

Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed2024 season
#PlayerTeamSweet spots
1M. MikolasSTL220
2P. CorbinWSH219
3A. GomberCOL215
4M. KellerPIT210
5L. WebbSF209
6J. BerríosTOR208
7S. LugoKC204
8A. NolaPHI203
9C. ReaMIL198
10C. FlexenCWS198
11K. GausmanTOR196
12P. LópezMIN195
13B. SingerKC194
14J. IrvinWSH193
15T. AndersonLAA189
16A. HeaneyTEX189
17J. SearsOAK188
18K. CrawfordBOS187
19L. CastilloSEA185
20L. GilbertSEA184
21E. FeddeSTL184
22T. BibeeCLE184
23C. BassittTOR184
24S. ImanagaCHC183
25S. ManaeaNYM183
26G. KirbySEA181
27Z. LittellTB181
28B. PfaadtAZ181
29G. CanningLAA181
30C. SánchezPHI180
31N. CortesNYY180
32M. StromanNYY180
33C. QuantrillCOL179
34M. GoreWSH178
35A. CivaleMIL178
36J. QuintanaNYM176
37K. GibsonSTL176
38C. RodónNYY174
39J. TaillonCHC173
40M. ParkerWSH172
41M. WachaKC171
42R. FeltnerCOL170
43R. NelsonAZ169
44Z. WheelerPHI168
45B. OberMIN168
46B. BelloBOS168
47Y. KikuchiHOU167
48B. FalterPIT167
49N. EovaldiTEX166
50M. KingSD165
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, 12:32 PM UTC.