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Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone 2020

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, 2020. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone / 2020

Aaron Nola

PHI

129

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone2020 season
#	Player	Team	Outside contact
1	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	129
2	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	125
3	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	123
4	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	117
5	A. MillsAlec Mills	CHC	113
6	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	111
7	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	SF	111
8	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	110
9	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	108
10	A. CivaleAaron Civale	CLE	108
11	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	107
12	R. YarbroughRyan Yarbrough	TB	106
13	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	106
14	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	PIT	105
15	D. KeuchelDallas Keuchel	CWS	102
16	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	102
17	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	NYM	102
18	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	TEX	101
19	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	99
20	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	99
21	K. MaedaKenta Maeda	MIN	98
22	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	97
23	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	97
24	M. PérezMartín Pérez	BOS	97
25	A. HouserAdrian Houser	MIL	97
26	Z. DaviesZach Davies	SD	96
27	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	96
28	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	96
29	Z. EflinZach Eflin	PHI	95
30	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	94
31	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	LAA	94
32	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	93
33	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	91
34	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	90
35	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	89
36	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SF	87
37	M. MinorMike Minor	OAK	87
38	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	86
39	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	85
40	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	85
41	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	85
42	R. DobnakRandy Dobnak	MIN	83
43	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	83
44	E. FeddeErick Fedde	WSH	83
45	B. SnellBlake Snell	TB	81
46	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	NYY	81
47	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	MIL	80
48	C. BassittChris Bassitt	OAK	78
49	A. YoungAlex Young	AZ	78
50	J. BrubakerJT Brubaker	PIT	77

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, 5:01 PM UTC.