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Batters Faced 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

Batters Faced2021 season
#PlayerTeamBF
1Z. WheelerPHI849
2S. AlcantaraMIA837
3A. WainwrightSTL828
4W. BuehlerLAD815
5L. CastilloCIN803
6K. HendricksCHC785
7J. BerríosTOR781
8F. MontasOAK778
9K. GausmanSF775
10R. RayTOR773
11J. LylesTEX769
12C. IrvinOAK768
13N. EovaldiBOS764
14T. MahleCIN759
15C. MortonATL756
16G. MárquezCOL756
17K. GibsonPHI754
18S. ManaeaOAK754
19P. CorbinWSH751
20A. NolaPHI749
21J. MusgroveSD748
22J. UríasLAD745
23C. FlexenSEA741
24M. StromanNYM730
25G. ColeNYY726
26L. GiolitoCWS720
27D. KeuchelCWS720
28B. WoodruffMIL708
29D. CeaseCWS708
30T. AndersonSEA703
31H. Jin RyuTOR701
32Z. GreinkeHOU697
33M. ScherzerLAD693
34W. MileyCIN690
35L. McCullers Jr.HOU684
36Y. DarvishSD681
37A. DeSclafaniSF676
38E. RodriguezBOS675
39J. HappSTL671
40A. SenzatelaCOL670
41M. MinorKC669
42Z. DaviesCHC668
43M. FriedATL667
44M. KellyAZ667
45Y. KikuchiSEA666
46J. MontgomeryNYY661
47R. HillNYM661
48N. PivettaBOS661
49C. BurnesMIL657
50T. WalkerNYM654
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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.