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Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone 2022

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

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

Miles Mikolas

STL

978

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone2022 season
#	Player	Team	Zone contact
1	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	978
2	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	973
3	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	916
4	N. PivettaNick Pivetta	BOS	889
5	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	881
6	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	SD	879
7	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	867
8	T. McKenzieTriston McKenzie	CLE	857
9	A. WainwrightAdam Wainwright	STL	857
10	R. RayRobbie Ray	SEA	843
11	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	840
12	A. ManoahAlek Manoah	TOR	824
13	J. UrquidyJosé Urquidy	HOU	824
14	C. IrvinCole Irvin	OAK	821
15	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	820
16	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	819
17	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	819
18	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	817
19	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	812
20	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	805
21	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	AZ	803
22	J. LylesJordan Lyles	BAL	800
23	C. BassittChris Bassitt	NYM	799
24	J. UríasJulio Urías	LAD	794
25	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	793
26	C. QuantrillCal Quantrill	CLE	792
27	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	NYY	786
28	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	SF	780
29	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	778
30	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	771
31	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	765
32	K. WrightKyle Wright	ATL	765
33	P. LópezPablo López	MIA	764
34	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	SD	762
35	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	PHI	761
36	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAD	759
37	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	748
38	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	739
39	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	739
40	M. PérezMartín Pérez	TEX	732
41	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	730
42	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	724
43	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	STL	723
44	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	722
45	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	SD	718
46	E. LauerEric Lauer	MIL	715
47	S. OhtaniShohei Ohtani	LAA	711
48	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	708
49	D. Lynch IVDaniel Lynch IV	KC	708
50	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	706

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, 5:19 PM UTC.