the strike zone
noun
baseball
: the area over home plate where the baseball must pass after it is pitched in order to be called a strike
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Another important statistic that portends a player’s success is zone-contact rate, or how often the player makes contact when swinging at pitches in the strike zone.
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Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Bubic was more aggressive in the strike zone and used his fastball more often.
—Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
In at least two cases, money came in on Ortiz to throw balls to start certain innings, and in both cases Ortiz delivered pitches nowhere near the strike zone.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
Darvish missed the strike zone too often and hit the center of the strike zone too often last night in his fourth start.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
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Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Bubic was more aggressive in the strike zone and used his fastball more often.
—Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
In at least two cases, money came in on Ortiz to throw balls to start certain innings, and in both cases Ortiz delivered pitches nowhere near the strike zone.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2025
Darvish missed the strike zone too often and hit the center of the strike zone too often last night in his fourth start.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the strike zone
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“The strike zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20strike%20zone. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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