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Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone 2019

Swings that touch a pitch inside 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 Inside the Zone / 2019

Zack Wheeler

NYM

932

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone2019 season
#	Player	Team	Zone contact
1	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	932
2	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	928
3	M. LeakeMike Leake	AZ	928
4	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	921
5	R. LópezReynaldo López	CWS	918
6	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	913
7	R. PorcelloRick Porcello	BOS	898
8	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	885
9	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	881
10	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	870
11	I. NovaIván Nova	CWS	864
12	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	849
13	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	848
14	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	843
15	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	837
16	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	829
17	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	828
18	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	828
19	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	824
20	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	821
21	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	OAK	818
22	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	809
23	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	809
24	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	809
25	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	806
26	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	PIT	803
27	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	796
28	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	SEA	791
29	H. BaileyHomer Bailey	OAK	787
30	J. JunisJakob Junis	KC	782
31	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	775
32	J. LesterJon Lester	CHC	775
33	E. LauerEric Lauer	SD	772
34	T. RoarkTanner Roark	OAK	771
35	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	771
36	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	768
37	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	767
38	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	765
39	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	764
40	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	757
41	D. HudsonDakota Hudson	STL	757
42	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	756
43	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	754
44	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	753
45	S. MatzSteven Matz	NYM	749
46	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	743
47	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	743
48	M. PérezMartín Pérez	MIN	739
49	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	736
50	J. OdorizziJake Odorizzi	MIN	736

Zone contact: Swings that touch a pitch inside 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 Inside 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.