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Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone 2018

Swings that touch a pitch outside the zone, including fouls and bunts. 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. 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

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, 2018. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 4:55 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone / 2018

Zack Greinke

359

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone2018 season
#	Player	Team	Outside contact
1	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	AZ	359
2	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	HOU	355
3	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	341
4	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	322
5	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	321
6	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	317
7	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	314
8	J. UreñaJosé Ureña	MIA	309
9	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	301
10	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	AZ	298
11	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	295
12	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	290
13	J. ShieldsJames Shields	CWS	284
14	M. LeakeMike Leake	SEA	282
15	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	ATL	279
16	T. RoarkTanner Roark	WSH	279
17	G. GonzalezGio Gonzalez	MIL	277
18	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	276
19	L. LynnLance Lynn	NYY	274
20	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	PIT	273
21	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	273
22	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	271
23	C. KluberCorey Kluber	CLE	270
24	B. ColonBartolo Colon	TEX	269
25	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	268
26	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	268
27	W. LeBlancWade LeBlanc	SEA	267
28	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	264
29	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	262
30	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	259
31	A. CobbAlex Cobb	BAL	259
32	D. HollandDerek Holland	SF	257
33	M. EstradaMarco Estrada	TOR	257
34	J. ArrietaJake Arrieta	PHI	256
35	I. NovaIván Nova	PIT	255
36	D. PriceDavid Price	BOS	254
37	C. HamelsCole Hamels	CHC	254
38	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	253
39	C. AndersonChase Anderson	MIL	253
40	M. ClevingerMike Clevinger	CLE	252
41	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYY	250
42	C. SabathiaCC Sabathia	NYY	247
43	S. NewcombSean Newcomb	ATL	245
44	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	244
45	A. WoodAlex Wood	LAD	243
46	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	243
47	Z. GodleyZack Godley	AZ	240
48	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	239
49	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	238
50	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	238

Outside contact: Swings that touch a pitch outside the zone, including fouls and bunts. 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. 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 Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone

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, 4:55 PM UTC.