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Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:03 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone / 2021

Zack Wheeler

PHI

944

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone2021 season
#	Player	Team	Zone contact
1	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	944
2	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	920
3	N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi	BOS	907
4	R. RayRobbie Ray	TOR	901
5	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	OAK	900
6	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	893
7	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	856
8	C. FlexenChris Flexen	SEA	850
9	J. LylesJordan Lyles	TEX	848
10	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	SF	842
11	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	830
12	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	817
13	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	817
14	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	810
15	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	809
16	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	807
17	F. MontasFrankie Montas	OAK	802
18	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	802
19	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	SEA	796
20	T. MahleTyler Mahle	CIN	788
21	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	787
22	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	785
23	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	771
24	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	771
25	B. WoodruffBrandon Woodruff	MIL	770
26	A. SenzatelaAntonio Senzatela	COL	769
27	J. HappJ.A. Happ	STL	767
28	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	SF	762
29	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	759
30	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	757
31	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	756
32	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	LAD	748
33	S. MatzSteven Matz	TOR	747
34	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	745
35	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	742
36	G. RichardsGarrett Richards	BOS	740
37	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	732
38	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	728
39	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	723
40	L. LynnLance Lynn	CWS	722
41	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	TOR	721
42	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	SEA	719
43	J. GrayJon Gray	COL	711
44	R. HillRich Hill	NYM	708
45	M. MinorMike Minor	KC	703
46	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	692
47	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	NYM	692
48	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	692
49	M. FoltynewiczMike Foltynewicz	TEX	691
50	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	689

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, 5:03 PM UTC.