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First-Pitch Strikes 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.

No. 1 / First-Pitch Strikes / 2024

Ezequiel Tovar

COL

474

Season leader

First-Pitch Strikes2024 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	E. TovarEzequiel Tovar	COL	474
2	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	PHI	462
3	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	442
4	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAD	441
5	J. PeñaJeremy Peña	HOU	439
6	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	438
7	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	434
8	M. SemienMarcus Semien	TEX	433
9	E. De La CruzElly De La Cruz	CIN	432
10	J. DuranJarren Duran	BOS	431
11	V. Guerrero Jr.Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	428
12	S. PerezSalvador Perez	KC	425
13	A. VolpeAnthony Volpe	NYY	424
14	T. HernándezTeoscar Hernández	LAD	421
15	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	419
16	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	AZ	418
17	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	418
18	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	417
19	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	416
20	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	SF	415
21	Y. DiazYainer Diaz	HOU	414
22	W. CastroWilli Castro	MIN	414
23	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	412
24	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	SD	411
25	W. AdamesWilly Adames	MIL	411
26	M. OlsonMatt Olson	ATL	411
27	A. GarcíaAdolis García	TEX	411
28	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	410
29	A. SantanderAnthony Santander	BAL	410
30	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	407
31	T. WardTaylor Ward	LAA	405
32	R. ArozarenaRandy Arozarena	SEA	405
33	J. ProfarJurickson Profar	SD	403
34	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	403
35	I. HappIan Happ	CHC	403
36	I. ParedesIsaac Paredes	CHC	403
37	C. RafaelaCeddanne Rafaela	BOS	402
38	B. De La CruzBryan De La Cruz	PIT	402
39	G. SpringerGeorge Springer	TOR	401
40	G. HendersonGunnar Henderson	BAL	400
41	C. RaleighCal Raleigh	SEA	400
42	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	399
43	A. VaughnAndrew Vaughn	CWS	398
44	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	ATL	396
45	A. GiménezAndrés Giménez	CLE	396
46	S. SteerSpencer Steer	CIN	396
47	M. WinnMasyn Winn	STL	395
48	J. BledayJJ Bleday	OAK	395
49	C. MorelChristopher Morel	TB	393
50	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	392

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, 5:24 PM UTC.