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Opponents' First-Pitch Strikes 2020

First delivered pitches that are called strikes, missed, fouled or put in play. These describe hitters facing this pitcher. 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, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' First-Pitch Strikes / 2020

Germán Márquez

COL

228

Season leader

Opponents' First-Pitch Strikes2020 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	228
2	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	210
3	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	210
4	A. CivaleAaron Civale	CLE	197
5	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	TEX	196
6	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	195
7	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	194
8	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	189
9	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	189
10	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	188
11	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	188
12	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	187
13	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	187
14	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	186
15	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	183
16	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	CLE	179
17	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	179
18	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	178
19	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	177
20	D. LametDinelson Lamet	SD	175
21	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	NYM	175
22	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SF	174
23	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	172
24	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	171
25	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	171
26	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	171
27	M. PérezMartín Pérez	BOS	170
28	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	169
29	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	168
30	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	164
31	C. PaddackChris Paddack	SD	164
32	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	162
33	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	161
34	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	161
35	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	160
36	K. MaedaKenta Maeda	MIN	160
37	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	159
38	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	159
39	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	158
40	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	158
41	Z. EflinZach Eflin	PHI	156
42	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	156
43	Z. DaviesZach Davies	SD	155
44	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	OAK	155
45	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	154
46	A. MillsAlec Mills	CHC	154
47	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	SF	154
48	A. HouserAdrian Houser	MIL	153
49	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	153
50	D. BundyDylan Bundy	LAA	152

First strikes: First delivered pitches that are called strikes, missed, fouled or put in play. These describe hitters facing this pitcher. MLBDB counts delivered pitches, including bunts. Missing results show N/A; zone rates require at least 95% location coverage.

Understanding Opponents' 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, 5:01 PM UTC.