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Opponents' First-Pitch Strikes 2023

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, 2023. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' First-Pitch Strikes / 2023

Miles Mikolas

STL

586

Season leader

Opponents' First-Pitch Strikes2023 season
#	Player	Team	First strikes
1	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	586
2	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	559
3	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	557
4	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	556
5	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	553
6	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	527
7	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	527
8	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	526
9	L. LynnLance Lynn	LAD	519
10	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	518
11	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	515
12	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	512
13	S. StriderSpencer Strider	ATL	512
14	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	BAL	505
15	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	TEX	503
16	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	497
17	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	493
18	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	489
19	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CLE	489
20	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	485
21	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	485
22	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	481
23	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	480
24	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	476
25	J. SteeleJustin Steele	CHC	470
26	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	465
27	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	464
28	S. GraySonny Gray	MIN	463
29	Z. EflinZach Eflin	TB	463
30	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	463
31	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	CHC	457
32	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	456
33	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	453
34	J. LylesJordan Lyles	KC	449
35	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	PHI	446
36	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	444
37	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	443
38	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	443
39	B. SnellBlake Snell	SD	441
40	B. GarrettBraxton Garrett	MIA	441
41	J. GrayJon Gray	TEX	441
42	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	MIA	440
43	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	TEX	435
44	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	435
45	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	433
46	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	433
47	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	TEX	432
48	A. CobbAlex Cobb	SF	426
49	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	424
50	J. OviedoJohan Oviedo	PIT	423

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, 5:21 PM UTC.