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Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone 2023

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

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

Miles Mikolas

STL

1033

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone2023 season
#	Player	Team	Zone contact
1	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	1033
2	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	942
3	G. ColeGerrit Cole	NYY	925
4	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	913
5	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	903
6	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	899
7	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	895
8	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	881
9	Z. GallenZac Gallen	AZ	879
10	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	875
11	L. LynnLance Lynn	LAD	871
12	J. SteeleJustin Steele	CHC	855
13	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CLE	851
14	J. OviedoJohan Oviedo	PIT	844
15	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	834
16	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	HOU	833
17	S. StriderSpencer Strider	ATL	825
18	J. LylesJordan Lyles	KC	825
19	D. KremerDean Kremer	BAL	823
20	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	823
21	J. RyanJoe Ryan	MIN	821
22	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	817
23	D. CeaseDylan Cease	CWS	816
24	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	816
25	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	809
26	S. GraySonny Gray	MIN	794
27	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	794
28	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	785
29	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	TOR	785
30	K. GibsonKyle Gibson	BAL	785
31	J. LuzardoJesús Luzardo	MIA	770
32	J. MontgomeryJordan Montgomery	TEX	768
33	C. SchmidtClarke Schmidt	NYY	765
34	R. NelsonRyne Nelson	AZ	765
35	D. DunningDane Dunning	TEX	764
36	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	757
37	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	MIL	756
38	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	755
39	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	754
40	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	748
41	C. JavierCristian Javier	HOU	746
42	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	744
43	R. DetmersReid Detmers	LAA	733
44	T. WilliamsTrevor Williams	WSH	733
45	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	CHC	732
46	R. HillRich Hill	SD	729
47	K. BradishKyle Bradish	BAL	726
48	J. GrayJosiah Gray	WSH	721
49	B. BelloBrayan Bello	BOS	717
50	T. WalkerTaijuan Walker	PHI	717

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, 5:21 PM UTC.