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Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed 2025

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.

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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 / Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed / 2025

Brandon Pfaadt

229

Season leader

Sweet-Spot Balls Allowed2025 season
#	Player	Team	Sweet spots
1	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	229
2	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	217
3	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	215
4	T. SuganoTomoyuki Sugano	BAL	211
5	J. SpringsJeffrey Springs	ATH	205
6	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	205
7	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	203
8	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	201
9	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	199
10	N. MartinezNick Martinez	CIN	198
11	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	197
12	C. PaddackChris Paddack	DET	195
13	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	194
14	C. ReaColin Rea	CHC	193
15	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	193
16	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	190
17	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	ATH	188
18	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	185
19	S. GraySonny Gray	STL	184
20	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAA	184
21	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	AZ	184
22	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	LAA	183
23	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	SF	182
24	M. LiberatoreMatthew Liberatore	STL	182
25	B. SingerBrady Singer	CIN	181
26	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	TEX	180
27	D. PetersonDavid Peterson	NYM	180
28	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	180
29	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	179
30	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	179
31	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	LAA	179
32	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	178
33	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	178
34	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	SD	177
35	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	177
36	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	176
37	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	176
38	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	TEX	175
39	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	174
40	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	174
41	E. FeddeErick Fedde	MIL	173
42	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	CHC	171
43	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	BOS	170
44	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	BOS	170
45	R. PepiotRyan Pepiot	TB	170
46	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	170
47	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	168
48	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	167
49	B. OberBailey Ober	MIN	167
50	R. NelsonRyne Nelson	AZ	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, 12:35 PM UTC.