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Batters Faced 2018

Plate appearances against the pitcher; the workload denominator for pitching K% and BB%.

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

Batters Faced2018 season
#PlayerTeamBF
1D. KeuchelHOU874
2J. ShieldsCWS871
3M. ScherzerWSH866
4K. FreelandCOL844
5C. KluberCLE842
6Z. GreinkeAZ839
7J. deGromNYM835
8J. VerlanderHOU833
9A. NolaPHI831
10K. GibsonMIN826
11G. MárquezCOL817
12K. HendricksCHC812
13M. ClevingerCLE810
14M. MikolasSTL808
15R. PorcelloBOS808
16C. HamelsCHC806
17P. CorbinAZ800
18G. ColeHOU799
19R. LópezCWS799
20J. BerríosMIN797
21J. ChacínMIL796
22Z. GodleyAZ791
23J. TaillonPIT785
24C. CarrascoCLE784
25M. LeakeSEA784
26L. SeverinoNYY780
27K. GausmanATL776
28L. GiolitoCWS775
29J. LesterCHC761
30T. RoarkWSH760
31J. JunisKC758
32D. BundyBAL750
33A. HeaneyLAA749
34G. GonzalezMIL746
35M. FoltynewiczATL744
36Z. WheelerNYM744
37J. GrayCOL743
38J. QuintanaCHC739
39T. AndersonCOL737
40J. HappNYY733
41D. HollandSF727
42J. TeheranATL724
43J. ArrietaPHI724
44D. PriceBOS722
45T. BauerCLE717
46M. FiersOAK714
47J. UreñaMIA712
48J. OdorizziMIN711
49M. BoydDET709
50L. CastilloCIN708
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Plate appearances against the pitcher; the workload denominator for pitching K% and BB%.

Understanding Batters Faced

Plate appearances against the pitcher; the workload denominator for pitching K% and BB%.

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 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.