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First-Pitch Strikes 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.

No. 1 / First-Pitch Strikes / 2020

Mookie Betts

LAD

169

Season leader

First-Pitch Strikes2020 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	169
2	S. MarteStarling Marte	MIA	168
3	T. TurnerTrea Turner	WSH	167
4	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	162
5	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	161
6	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	CLE	161
7	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	161
8	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	160
9	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	160
10	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	155
11	L. Gurriel Jr.Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	TOR	155
12	N. SolakNick Solak	TEX	155
13	L. VoitLuke Voit	NYY	154
14	L. Robert Jr.Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	154
15	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	153
16	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	152
17	J. DavisJ.D. Davis	NYM	151
18	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	151
19	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	CIN	149
20	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	148
21	H. AlbertoHanser Alberto	BAL	148
22	M. TroutMike Trout	LAA	148
23	M. SemienMarcus Semien	OAK	148
24	C. SeagerCorey Seager	LAD	147
25	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	147
26	K. LewisKyle Lewis	SEA	147
27	J. BáezJavier Báez	CHC	147
28	D. GregoriusDidi Gregorius	PHI	146
29	M. FrancoMaikel Franco	KC	146
30	R. GrichukRandal Grichuk	TOR	146
31	B. AndersonBrian Anderson	MIA	146
32	R. NúñezRenato Núñez	BAL	145
33	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	145
34	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	145
35	E. JiménezEloy Jiménez	CWS	144
36	A. MondesiAdalberto Mondesi	KC	144
37	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	CIN	144
38	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	143
39	A. PollockAJ Pollock	LAD	143
40	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	143
41	W. ContrerasWillson Contreras	CHC	143
42	T. GrishamTrent Grisham	SD	142
43	E. EscobarEduardo Escobar	AZ	142
44	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	NYY	141
45	M. ConfortoMichael Conforto	NYM	141
46	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	LAA	141
47	F. ReyesFranmil Reyes	CLE	141
48	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	141
49	D. SolanoDonovan Solano	SF	140
50	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	140

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, 5:01 PM UTC.