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Contact Percentage Outside the Zone 2023

How often a swing at a pitch outside the strike zone touches the ball. MLBDB counts delivered pitches, including bunts. Missing results show N/A; zone rates require at least 95% location coverage. For 2018 through 2024, MLBDB estimates pitch locations inside or outside the zone using recorded coordinates and batter zone heights. From 2025, MLB's recorded zone labels are used. These locations do not describe the umpire's call.

Season

At least 100 swings outside the zone in this 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, 2023. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Contact Percentage Outside the Zone / 2023

Luis Arraez

MIA

86.7%

Season leader

Contact Percentage Outside the Zone2023 season
#	Player	Team	Chase swings	Zone coverage	O-Contact%
1	L. ArraezLuis Arraez	MIA	331	100.0%	86.7%
2	N. MadrigalNick Madrigal	CHC	153	100.0%	79.1%
3	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	210	100.0%	77.6%
4	B. StottBryson Stott	PHI	377	100.0%	76.1%
5	A. KirkAlejandro Kirk	TOR	238	100.0%	76.1%
6	S. FrelickSal Frelick	MIL	134	100.0%	76.1%
7	N. HoernerNico Hoerner	CHC	384	100.0%	76.0%
8	J. TrevinoJose Trevino	NYY	124	100.0%	75.8%
9	M. DubónMauricio Dubón	HOU	340	100.0%	75.6%
10	W. FloresWilmer Flores	SF	276	100.0%	75.4%
11	I. VargasIldemaro Vargas	WSH	140	100.0%	75.0%
12	T. KempTony Kemp	OAK	167	100.0%	74.9%
13	K. RuizKeibert Ruiz	WSH	355	100.0%	74.6%
14	K. NewmanKevin Newman	CIN	117	100.0%	74.4%
15	L. CampusanoLuis Campusano	SD	104	100.0%	73.1%
16	H. KimHa-Seong Kim	SD	263	100.0%	73.0%
17	A. RutschmanAdley Rutschman	BAL	358	100.0%	72.9%
18	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	MIA	184	100.0%	72.8%
19	S. KwanSteven Kwan	CLE	287	100.0%	72.5%
20	W. SmithWill Smith	LAD	298	100.0%	72.5%
21	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	279	100.0%	72.0%
22	W. FrancoWander Franco	TB	245	100.0%	71.8%
23	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	CWS	309	100.0%	71.5%
24	J. McNeilJeff McNeil	NYM	331	100.0%	71.3%
25	M. YoshidaMasataka Yoshida	BOS	295	100.0%	71.2%
26	W. BrennanWill Brennan	CLE	294	99.9%	71.1%
27	L. García Jr.Luis García Jr.	WSH	286	100.0%	71.0%
28	O. MillerOwen Miller	MIL	181	100.0%	70.7%
29	F. MejíaFrancisco Mejía	TB	146	99.8%	70.5%
30	A. BurlesonAlec Burleson	STL	219	100.0%	70.3%
31	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	TOR	361	100.0%	70.1%
32	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	273	100.0%	70.0%
33	B. DonovanBrendan Donovan	STL	166	100.0%	69.9%
34	T. MarcanoTucupita Marcano	PIT	103	100.0%	69.9%
35	J. RamírezJosé Ramírez	CLE	388	100.0%	69.8%
36	R. DeversRafael Devers	BOS	461	100.0%	69.4%
37	N. FortesNick Fortes	MIA	144	100.0%	69.4%
38	J. TurnerJustin Turner	BOS	341	100.0%	68.9%
39	V. PasquantinoVinnie Pasquantino	KC	176	100.0%	68.8%
40	J. SeguraJean Segura	MIA	240	100.0%	68.8%
41	R. Acuña Jr.Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	325	100.0%	68.6%
42	M. RojasMiguel Rojas	LAD	250	100.0%	68.4%
43	R. McGuireReese McGuire	BOS	161	100.0%	68.3%
44	C. BellingerCody Bellinger	CHC	327	100.0%	68.2%
45	G. PerdomoGeraldo Perdomo	AZ	173	100.0%	68.2%
46	A. SantanderAnthony Santander	BAL	526	100.0%	67.9%
47	S. EspinalSantiago Espinal	TOR	126	100.0%	67.5%
48	G. UrshelaGio Urshela	LAA	168	100.0%	67.3%
49	M. GarciaMaikel Garcia	KC	196	100.0%	67.3%
50	A. BohmAlec Bohm	PHI	335	100.0%	67.2%

O-Contact%: How often a swing at a pitch outside the strike zone touches the ball. MLBDB counts delivered pitches, including bunts. Missing results show N/A; zone rates require at least 95% location coverage. For 2018 through 2024, MLBDB estimates pitch locations inside or outside the zone using recorded coordinates and batter zone heights. From 2025, MLB's recorded zone labels are used. These locations do not describe the umpire's call.

Understanding Contact Percentage Outside the Zone

Formula: 100 × contact outside the zone ÷ swings outside the zone

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

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, 5:21 PM UTC.