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Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone 2025

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, 2025. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone / 2025

Kyle Hendricks

LAA

303

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Outside the Zone2025 season
#	Player	Team	Outside contact
1	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	LAA	303
2	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	TEX	285
3	C. PaddackChris Paddack	DET	276
4	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	264
5	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	262
6	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	261
7	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	AZ	260
8	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	259
9	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	MIL	257
10	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	256
11	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	253
12	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	252
13	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	248
14	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	248
15	Z. LittellZack Littell	CIN	247
16	J. SpringsJeffrey Springs	ATH	247
17	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	ATH	247
18	G. CrochetGarrett Crochet	BOS	246
19	C. HolmesClay Holmes	NYM	246
20	P. SkenesPaul Skenes	PIT	244
21	T. SuganoTomoyuki Sugano	BAL	244
22	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	240
23	M. FriedMax Fried	NYY	236
24	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	SD	236
25	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	LAA	235
26	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	233
27	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	DET	233
28	R. SuarezRanger Suarez	PHI	231
29	D. CeaseDylan Cease	SD	231
30	B. OberBailey Ober	MIN	230
31	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	226
32	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	223
33	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	223
34	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	222
35	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	CHC	221
36	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	SF	221
37	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	220
38	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	219
39	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	218
40	R. RayRobbie Ray	SF	217
41	C. ReaColin Rea	CHC	217
42	M. GoreMacKenzie Gore	WSH	216
43	R. PepiotRyan Pepiot	TB	215
44	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAA	213
45	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	PHI	212
46	J. QuintanaJose Quintana	MIL	212
47	L. AllenLogan Allen	CLE	212
48	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	212
49	N. LodoloNick Lodolo	CIN	211
50	Y. YamamotoYoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	209

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, 5:27 PM UTC.