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Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone 2019

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, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 4:58 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone / 2019

Eduardo Rodriguez

BOS

369

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone2019 season
#	Player	Team	Outside contact
1	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	369
2	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	361
3	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	353
4	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	345
5	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	334
6	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	334
7	I. NovaIván Nova	CWS	333
8	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	327
9	Z. DaviesZach Davies	MIL	325
10	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	323
11	M. PérezMartín Pérez	MIN	323
12	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	320
13	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	317
14	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	316
15	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	313
16	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	311
17	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	311
18	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	307
19	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	306
20	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	306
21	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	304
22	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	304
23	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	300
24	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	298
25	M. LeakeMike Leake	AZ	298
26	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	296
27	J. MeansJohn Means	BAL	285
28	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	MIN	282
29	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	280
30	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	279
31	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	278
32	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	276
33	W. MileyWade Miley	HOU	273
34	Z. EflinZach Eflin	PHI	272
35	M. SorokaMichael Soroka	ATL	270
36	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	270
37	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	266
38	J. VargasJason Vargas	PHI	266
39	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	265
40	T. ThorntonTrent Thornton	TOR	265
41	R. RayRobbie Ray	AZ	263
42	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	260
43	J. HappJ.A. Happ	NYY	259
44	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	257
45	D. BundyDylan Bundy	BAL	257
46	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	256
47	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	252
48	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	248
49	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	248
50	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	244

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, 4:58 PM UTC.