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First-Pitch Strikes 2025

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, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC.

No. 1 / First-Pitch Strikes / 2025

Julio Rodríguez

SEA

474

Season leader

First-Pitch Strikes2025 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	J. RodríguezJulio Rodríguez	SEA	474
2	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	NYM	447
3	B. RookerBrent Rooker	ATH	445
4	P. Crow-ArmstrongPete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	443
5	R. ArozarenaRandy Arozarena	SEA	443
6	R. DeversRafael Devers	SF	441
7	E. De La CruzElly De La Cruz	CIN	437
8	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	434
9	M. Harris IIMichael Harris II	ATL	434
10	M. MachadoManny Machado	SD	429
11	V. PasquantinoVinnie Pasquantino	KC	428
12	B. Witt Jr.Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	427
13	H. RamosHeliot Ramos	SF	427
14	C. RaleighCal Raleigh	SEA	425
15	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAD	424
16	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	423
17	G. PerdomoGeraldo Perdomo	AZ	422
18	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	SD	421
19	P. AlonsoPete Alonso	NYM	420
20	M. OlsonMatt Olson	ATL	420
21	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	SEA	420
22	T. StoryTrevor Story	BOS	419
23	S. PerezSalvador Perez	KC	418
24	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	417
25	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	416
26	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	PHI	416
27	C. RafaelaCeddanne Rafaela	BOS	415
28	R. GreeneRiley Greene	DET	414
29	J. ChourioJackson Chourio	MIL	410
30	A. PagesAndy Pages	LAD	409
31	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	408
32	J. DuranJarren Duran	BOS	407
33	J. HollidayJackson Holliday	BAL	407
34	T. WardTaylor Ward	LAA	407
35	T. TurnerTrea Turner	PHI	406
36	W. AdamesWilly Adames	SF	405
37	S. TorkelsonSpencer Torkelson	DET	402
38	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	398
39	D. SwansonDansby Swanson	CHC	397
40	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	396
41	W. ContrerasWilliam Contreras	MIL	396
42	O. AlbiesOzzie Albies	ATL	395
43	J. SotoJuan Soto	NYM	394
44	M. BettsMookie Betts	LAD	394
45	Y. DiazYainer Diaz	HOU	394
46	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	393
47	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	NYY	393
48	C. WalkerChristian Walker	HOU	392
49	J. CamineroJunior Caminero	TB	391
50	I. HappIan Happ	CHC	391

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, 5:27 PM UTC.