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Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone 2024

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, 2024. Data refreshed Sep 11, 2026, 5:24 PM UTC.

No. 1 / Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone / 2024

Jake Irvin

WSH

928

Season leader

Opponents' Contact Inside the Zone2024 season
#	Player	Team	Zone contact
1	J. IrvinJake Irvin	WSH	928
2	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	926
3	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	893
4	M. GoreMacKenzie Gore	WSH	883
5	S. LugoSeth Lugo	KC	878
6	L. SeverinoLuis Severino	NYM	875
7	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	861
8	P. LópezPablo López	MIN	852
9	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	850
10	K. CrawfordKutter Crawford	BOS	850
11	S. ManaeaSean Manaea	NYM	849
12	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	847
13	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	PHI	838
14	N. CortesNestor Cortes	NYY	837
15	M. KellerMitch Keller	PIT	836
16	J. SearsJP Sears	OAK	836
17	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	TOR	830
18	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	817
19	B. PfaadtBrandon Pfaadt	AZ	815
20	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	814
21	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	SEA	814
22	C. RodónCarlos Rodón	NYY	813
23	B. MillerBryce Miller	SEA	809
24	S. ImanagaShota Imanaga	CHC	806
25	G. CanningGriffin Canning	LAA	805
26	T. SkubalTarik Skubal	DET	804
27	E. FeddeErick Fedde	STL	803
28	Y. KikuchiYusei Kikuchi	HOU	803
29	C. BassittChris Bassitt	TOR	803
30	A. GomberAustin Gomber	COL	803
31	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	TOR	801
32	B. SingerBrady Singer	KC	795
33	D. CeaseDylan Cease	SD	791
34	C. RagansCole Ragans	KC	789
35	R. NelsonRyne Nelson	AZ	789
36	Z. LittellZack Littell	TB	788
37	C. BurnesCorbin Burnes	BAL	787
38	A. HeaneyAndrew Heaney	TEX	786
39	C. ReaColin Rea	MIL	784
40	N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi	TEX	777
41	T. AndersonTyler Anderson	LAA	776
42	J. TaillonJameson Taillon	CHC	771
43	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	770
44	R. FeltnerRyan Feltner	COL	767
45	H. BrownHunter Brown	HOU	760
46	C. MortonCharlie Morton	ATL	755
47	M. ParkerMitchell Parker	WSH	753
48	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	749
49	F. MontasFrankie Montas	MIL	748
50	M. SpenceMitch Spence	OAK	747

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, 5:24 PM UTC.