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Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone 2022

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, 2022. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:19 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone / 2022

Cal Quantrill

CLE

366

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone2022 season
#	Player	Team	Outside contact
1	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	366
2	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	362
3	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	STL	324
4	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	319
5	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	315
6	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	306
7	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	306
8	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	298
9	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	295
10	J. CuetoJohnny Cueto	CWS	295
11	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	280
12	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	277
13	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	275
14	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	275
15	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	274
16	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	274
17	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	273
18	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	273
19	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	272
20	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	272
21	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	270
22	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	269
23	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	266
24	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	265
25	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	265
26	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	264
27	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	263
28	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	262
29	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	257
30	C. KluberCorey Kluber	TB	257
31	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	256
32	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	255
33	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	251
34	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	SF	244
35	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	243
36	N. CortesNestor Cortes	NYY	242
37	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	239
38	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	238
39	R. SuarezRanger Suarez	PHI	238
40	J. SpringsJeffrey Springs	TB	236
41	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	NYM	236
42	C. CarrascoCarlos Carrasco	NYM	236
43	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	236
44	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	235
45	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	233
46	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	232
47	E. LauerEric Lauer	MIL	231
48	F. MontasFrankie Montas	NYY	229
49	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	226
50	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	226

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, 5:19 PM UTC.