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2021: All Designated Hitters, by Name


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2021 Major-League Designated Hitters, Batter-Performance Results

Note! Men are included in this list if they have played this position at all this season; that will include some men who have played it only infrequently.
Through games of Saturday, 31 July 2021.
All results are from true, unadjusted data.

Handedness Key:   + R   * L   # S

(You can also look up the stat definitions.)

Batters, listed in alphabetical order by name:

(or view batters sorted by TOP, or view only “regulars”—men meeting a minimum-PA criterion)


Intra-Page Jumps:
Last names start with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(If no jump, no player last names begin with that letter.)

Each name is a click-on link to that man’s career stats.

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Player Team PA BA BABIP SA HA PF BBA KA OBA TBA TOP
Pete Alonso + Mets 378 0.260 0.268 0.504 0.230 1.943 0.093 0.201 0.336 0.447 898
Bobby Bradley * Indians 158 0.201 0.232 0.485 0.171 2.407 0.114 0.348 0.316 0.411 820
Jake Burger + White Sox 42 0.263 0.409 0.474 0.238 1.800 0.095 0.357 0.333 0.429 858
Nick Castellanos + Reds 368 0.329 0.386 0.582 0.302 1.766 0.073 0.215 0.383 0.533 1191
Willi Castro # Tigers 320 0.214 0.266 0.352 0.194 1.645 0.056 0.247 0.269 0.319 508
Nelson Cruz + Twins 346 0.294 0.308 0.537 0.251 1.828 0.101 0.182 0.367 0.460 1136
Nelson Cruz + Rays 29 0.154 0.133 0.385 0.138 2.500 0.103 0.310 0.241 0.345 553
Travis d'Arnaud + Braves 87 0.220 0.262 0.341 0.207 1.556 0.046 0.230 0.253 0.322 399
Ronnie Dawson * Astros 6 0.200 0.200 0.200 0.167 1 0.167 0 0.333 0.167 229
Aledmys Díaz + Astros 146 0.299 0.315 0.515 0.274 1.725 0.034 0.137 0.356 0.473 941
Yandy Díaz + Rays 365 0.260 0.294 0.373 0.219 1.438 0.148 0.148 0.373 0.315 839
Josh Donaldson + Twins 329 0.250 0.261 0.482 0.207 1.926 0.149 0.195 0.359 0.398 933
Hunter Dozier + Royals 333 0.198 0.255 0.359 0.177 1.814 0.087 0.279 0.273 0.321 483
Maikel Franco + Orioles 339 0.215 0.225 0.377 0.201 1.750 0.056 0.159 0.263 0.351 497
Aramis Garcia + Athletics 94 0.205 0.263 0.318 0.191 1.556 0.011 0.298 0.234 0.298 366
Jose Godoy * Mariners 40 0.162 0.261 0.189 0.150 1.167 0.075 0.350 0.225 0.175 157
Paul Goldschmidt + Cardinals 437 0.269 0.314 0.449 0.243 1.670 0.092 0.217 0.339 0.405 857
Yasmani Grandal # White Sox 246 0.188 0.189 0.436 0.138 2.324 0.244 0.260 0.386 0.321 992
Robbie Grossman # Tigers 446 0.227 0.266 0.405 0.186 1.783 0.155 0.229 0.352 0.332 860
Player Team PA BA BABIP SA HA PF BBA KA OBA TBA TOP
Eric Haase + Tigers 225 0.246 0.275 0.556 0.227 2.255 0.067 0.311 0.302 0.511 881
Kyle Isbel * Royals 36 0.265 0.474 0.324 0.250 1.222 0.056 0.417 0.306 0.306 645
Max Kepler * Twins 292 0.209 0.221 0.438 0.185 2.093 0.092 0.223 0.295 0.387 719
Alejandro Kirk + Blue Jays 62 0.255 0.250 0.455 0.226 1.786 0.097 0.129 0.339 0.403 787
Jake Lamb * White Sox 99 0.224 0.269 0.424 0.192 1.895 0.131 0.283 0.333 0.364 804
Nate Lowe * Rangers 419 0.254 0.332 0.397 0.217 1.560 0.136 0.263 0.358 0.339 830
Jed Lowrie # Athletics 386 0.259 0.302 0.409 0.233 1.578 0.096 0.197 0.329 0.368 740
Nick Madrigal + White Sox 215 0.305 0.324 0.425 0.284 1.393 0.051 0.079 0.349 0.395 879
Nomar Mazara * Tigers 181 0.212 0.271 0.321 0.193 1.514 0.083 0.249 0.276 0.293 460
Mitch Moreland * Athletics 209 0.228 0.275 0.386 0.206 1.698 0.077 0.258 0.287 0.349 622
Josh Naylor * Indians 250 0.253 0.287 0.399 0.236 1.576 0.056 0.180 0.300 0.372 616
Josh Palacios * Blue Jays 35 0.250 0.318 0.250 0.200 1 0.086 0.200 0.343 0.200 666
Albert Pujols + Angels 92 0.198 0.176 0.372 0.185 1.882 0.033 0.141 0.250 0.348 484
Albert Pujols + Dodgers 142 0.267 0.259 0.459 0.254 1.722 0.035 0.141 0.296 0.437 667
Jose Ramirez # Indians 383 0.255 0.243 0.523 0.222 2.047 0.104 0.144 0.345 0.454 928
Hunter Renfroe + Red Sox 366 0.255 0.289 0.453 0.230 1.774 0.082 0.221 0.314 0.407 791
JT Riddle * Twins 6 0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333 1 0 0 0.333 0.333 674
Brent Rooker + Twins 66 0.197 0.216 0.443 0.182 2.250 0.061 0.303 0.258 0.409 632
Miguel Sano + Twins 311 0.211 0.277 0.447 0.186 2.121 0.109 0.357 0.299 0.395 705
Frank Schwindel + Athletics 20 0.150 0.143 0.350 0.150 2.333 0 0.250 0.150 0.350 381
Player Team PA BA BABIP SA HA PF BBA KA OBA TBA TOP
Frank Schwindel + Cubs 1 0 0 0 0 --- 0 0 0 0 0
Kyle Seager * Mariners 430 0.221 0.243 0.442 0.198 2 0.091 0.249 0.295 0.395 704
Pedro Severino + Orioles 263 0.231 0.280 0.372 0.205 1.611 0.103 0.243 0.308 0.331 631
Chance Sisco * Orioles 73 0.154 0.213 0.185 0.137 1.200 0.082 0.247 0.247 0.164 234
Nick Solak + Rangers 371 0.225 0.275 0.353 0.202 1.573 0.057 0.235 0.294 0.318 547
Trevor Story + Rockies 379 0.241 0.286 0.432 0.214 1.790 0.087 0.237 0.314 0.383 763
Rowdy Tellez * Blue Jays 151 0.209 0.245 0.338 0.192 1.621 0.060 0.219 0.272 0.311 467
Rowdy Tellez * Brewers 51 0.349 0.344 0.674 0.294 1.933 0.118 0.157 0.431 0.569 1781
Yoshi Tsutsugo * Rays 87 0.167 0.255 0.218 0.149 1.308 0.092 0.310 0.241 0.195 231
Yoshi Tsutsugo * Dodgers 31 0.120 0.231 0.120 0.097 1 0.194 0.387 0.290 0.097 264
Joey Votto * Reds 318 0.276 0.306 0.556 0.239 2.013 0.123 0.236 0.371 0.481 1116
Nick Williams * White Sox 13 0 0 0 0 --- 0.077 0.308 0.231 0 54

For explanations of unconventional stats, see the Baseball Stats Definitions page.



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