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Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone 2023

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

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone / 2023

Logan Webb

318

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone2023 season
#	Player	Team	Outside contact
1	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	318
2	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	318
3	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	292
4	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	290
5	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	290
6	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	288
7	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	PHI	277
8	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	276
9	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	273
10	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	272
11	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	WSH	267
12	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	266
13	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	264
14	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	264
15	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	264
16	C. JavierCristian Javier	HOU	262
17	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	TEX	261
18	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	260
19	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	259
20	Z. EflinZach Eflin	TB	259
21	L. LynnLance Lynn	LAD	259
22	J. LylesJordan Lyles	KC	259
23	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	257
24	A. CobbAlex Cobb	SF	256
25	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	252
26	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	250
27	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	249
28	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	BAL	247
29	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	TEX	246
30	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	245
31	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	245
32	J. GrayJosiah Gray	WSH	242
33	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	241
34	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	239
35	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	CHC	238
36	D. SmylyDrew Smyly	CHC	238
37	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	237
38	B. OberBailey Ober	MIN	235
39	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	233
40	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	MIA	226
41	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	226
42	M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen	PHI	224
43	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	224
44	J. SteeleJustin Steele	CHC	223
45	B. SnellBlake Snell	SD	222
46	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	221
47	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	220
48	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAA	216
49	P. SandovalPatrick Sandoval	LAA	215
50	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	KC	212

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, 5:21 PM UTC.