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Opponents' Balls with Unusable Hit Locations 2018

Balls with missing details, unusable coordinates or locations outside the field area used for these estimates. They are excluded from direction percentages. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

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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 / Opponents' Balls with Unusable Hit Locations / 2018

Mike Leake

SEA

Season leader

Opponents' Balls with Unusable Hit Locations2018 season
#	Player	Team	Unmapped balls
1	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	84
2	J. ChacínJhoulys Chacín	MIL	72
3	J. GarcíaJaime García	CHC	71
4	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	69
5	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	67
6	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	67
7	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	67
8	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	65
9	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	64
10	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	62
11	C. ArcherChris Archer	PIT	62
12	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	59
13	M. EstradaMarco Estrada	TOR	59
14	B. SuterBrent Suter	MIL	57
15	L. McCullers Jr.Lance McCullers Jr.	HOU	56
16	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	56
17	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	54
18	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	52
19	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	51
20	W. ChenWei-Yin Chen	MIA	51
21	S. RomanoSal Romano	CIN	50
22	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	49
23	M. WachaMichael Wacha	STL	49
24	T. CahillTrevor Cahill	OAK	47
25	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	47
26	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	46
27	C. MartinezCarlos Martinez	STL	45
28	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	45
29	S. GraySonny Gray	NYY	45
30	J. ZimmermannJordan Zimmermann	DET	44
31	M. FulmerMichael Fulmer	DET	44
32	Y. RamírezYefry Ramírez	BAL	43
33	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	PHI	42
34	C. SabathiaCC Sabathia	NYY	41
35	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	41
36	D. DuffyDanny Duffy	KC	41
37	A. CashnerAndrew Cashner	BAL	41
38	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	40
39	J. GuerraJunior Guerra	MIL	40
40	C. OswaltCorey Oswalt	NYM	40
41	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	39
42	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	39
43	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	38
44	K. MaedaKenta Maeda	LAD	38
45	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	38
46	M. KochMatt Koch	AZ	38
47	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	38
48	F. RomeroFernando Romero	MIN	38
49	L. WeaverLuke Weaver	STL	38
50	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	37

Unmapped balls: Balls with missing details, unusable coordinates or locations outside the field area used for these estimates. They are excluded from direction percentages. For pitchers, these are balls hit against them. MLBDB estimates direction from recorded hit locations and the hand used to bat on that play.

Understanding Opponents' Balls with Unusable Hit Locations

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.