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First-Pitch Strikes 2022

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, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.

No. 1 / First-Pitch Strikes / 2022

Dansby Swanson

ATL

470

Season leader

First-Pitch Strikes2022 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	ATL	470
2	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	461
3	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	450
4	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	440
5	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	437
6	M. OlsonMatt Olson	ATL	436
7	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	CLE	435
8	C. SeagerCorey Seager	TEX	427
9	J. CronenworthJake Cronenworth	SD	425
10	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	LAD	421
11	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	416
12	A. GarcíaAdolis García	TEX	412
13	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	411
14	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	411
15	C. WalkerChristian Walker	AZ	409
16	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	405
17	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	404
18	A. JudgeAaron Judge	NYY	403
19	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	403
20	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	401
21	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	WSH	399
22	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	398
23	K. SchwarberKyle Schwarber	PHI	398
24	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	395
25	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	394
26	J. AbreuJosé Abreu	CWS	391
27	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	391
28	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	390
29	J. BáezJavier Báez	DET	390
30	R. ArozarenaRandy Arozarena	TB	389
31	T. PhamTommy Pham	BOS	389
32	C. CronC.J. Cron	COL	388
33	T. EdmanTommy Edman	STL	387
34	R. McMahonRyan McMahon	COL	387
35	A. SantanderAnthony Santander	BAL	386
36	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	386
37	R. MountcastleRyan Mountcastle	BAL	385
38	R. HoskinsRhys Hoskins	PHI	385
39	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	384
40	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	PHI	384
41	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	383
42	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	SEA	383
43	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	382
44	J. PeñaJeremy Peña	HOU	382
45	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	381
46	S. MurphySean Murphy	OAK	381
47	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	STL	380
48	A. HaysAustin Hays	BAL	380
49	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	377
50	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	376

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, 5:19 PM UTC.