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First-Pitch Strikes 2019

First delivered pitches that are called strikes, missed, fouled or put in play. MLBDB counts delivered pitches, including bunts. Missing results show N/A; zone rates require at least 95% location coverage.

Season

MLBDB counts delivered pitches, including bunts. Caught foul tips count as whiffs. Automatic count awards are excluded. Zone rates require at least 95% location coverage; unknown results remain unavailable. Data through December 31, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.

No. 1 / First-Pitch Strikes / 2019

Marcus Semien

OAK

473

Season leader

First-Pitch Strikes2019 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	473
2	J. VillarJonathan Villar	BAL	452
3	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	450
4	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	445
5	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	441
6	R. Acuña Jr.Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	439
7	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	430
8	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	429
9	T. ManciniTrey Mancini	BAL	428
10	J. PolancoJorge Polanco	MIN	419
11	J. SolerJorge Soler	KC	417
12	K. PillarKevin Pillar	SF	416
13	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	PHI	414
14	E. AndrusElvis Andrus	TEX	413
15	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	411
16	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	CHC	411
17	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	CIN	409
18	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	409
19	P. DeJongPaul DeJong	STL	409
20	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	NYM	408
21	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	408
22	S. CastroStarlin Castro	MIA	407
23	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	406
24	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	405
25	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	400
26	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	399
27	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	397
28	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	393
29	N. AhmedNick Ahmed	AZ	393
30	S. ChooShin-Soo Choo	TEX	391
31	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	389
32	M. ConfortoMichael Conforto	NYM	389
33	L. GarcíaLeury García	CWS	388
34	E. HosmerEric Hosmer	SD	386
35	R. GrichukRandal Grichuk	TOR	386
36	J. DonaldsonJosh Donaldson	ATL	385
37	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	OAK	385
38	V. RoblesVictor Robles	WSH	383
39	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	382
40	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	382
41	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	381
42	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	381
43	T. PhamTommy Pham	TB	381
44	R. HoskinsRhys Hoskins	PHI	381
45	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	380
46	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	380
47	A. EatonAdam Eaton	WSH	380
48	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	380
49	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	377
50	A. GordonAlex Gordon	KC	377

First strikes: First delivered pitches that are called strikes, missed, fouled or put in play. MLBDB counts delivered pitches, including bunts. Missing results show N/A; zone rates require at least 95% location coverage.

Understanding First-Pitch Strikes

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, 4:58 PM UTC.