Catcher framing is the art of a catcher receiving a pitch in a way that makes it more likely for an umpire to call it a strike. This page breaks down the catcher’s view into eight zones around the strike zone and shows the called strike percentage of all non-swings in that zone. Strike Rate shows the cumulative total of all zones. Catcher Framing Runs converts strikes to runs saved on a .125 run/strike basis, and includes park and pitcher adjustments. To qualify, a catcher must receive 6 called pitches per team game.
How to say it: “In 2018, Jeff Mathis converted 55 percent of non-swing pitches into called strikes in the Shadow Zone, the best rate of any catcher in baseball.”
Qualifier: For catchers 6 called pitches (i.e., takes, or non-swings) in the ‘shadow zone’ per team game. For pitchers and batters 1.5 called pitches in the ‘shadow zone’ per team game. (The shadow zone is essentially the edges of the strike zone, roughly one ball width inside and one ball wide outside of the zone. See what that looks like here.)
For pitchers/batters: This shows the framing that occurred behind the plate while the player in question was pitching or hitting.

This archival leaderboard is no longer supported, as it relies on an old framing model, and only shows season-level data from 2015-17. For more robust data from 2018-present using the new framing model, find the updated version of our Catcher Framing Leaderboard at this link.

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Rk. Catcher Team Pitches
Catcher
Framing
Runs
Strike
Rate
 Zone 11
 Zone 12
 Zone 13
 Zone 14
 Zone 16
 Zone 17
 Zone 18
 Zone 19
Grandal, Yasmani la 2,843 25 52.3% 32.2% 50.8% 20.4% 74% 74.8% 38.1% 37% 35.1%
Cervelli, Francisco pit 3,513 21 52.5% 14.9% 30.6% 12.5% 71.9% 68% 51% 53.5% 33.1%
Posey, Buster sf 2,762 15 52.2% 19.5% 46.6% 10.9% 75.2% 69.2% 40.3% 47% 28.6%
Norris, Derek sd 3,477 15 48.3% 19.9% 35.8% 12% 83% 57.8% 51.7% 42.2% 18.6%
Montero, Miguel chc 2,799 13 51.2% 16.1% 32.1% 10.7% 78.2% 65.6% 46.7% 54.6% 28.1%
Castro, Jason hou 2,916 10 51.4% 24.1% 35.1% 16.4% 75.1% 74% 37.7% 46.2% 28.5%
Flowers, Tyler cws 2,876 9 50.4% 9.6% 35.3% 11.9% 69.8% 67.6% 41.6% 54.8% 32.1%
Molina, Yadier stl 3,581 9 48.6% 19.1% 44.6% 13.1% 76.7% 62.2% 36.5% 43.1% 20.3%
Iannetta, Chris ana 2,456 9 48.9% 28.3% 44.1% 14.8% 75.1% 63.3% 37.6% 45.7% 23.3%
Zunino, Mike sea 2,878 8 48.6% 27.1% 37.9% 8.1% 77.1% 53.7% 34.2% 53.8% 27.8%
d'Arnaud, Travis nym 2,253 8 50.1% 17.6% 37.4% 13.3% 77.4% 60.3% 46.3% 52.6% 24.9%
Plawecki, Kevin nym 1,831 8 51.9% 11.8% 41.8% 6.2% 76.5% 69.2% 41.7% 53.4% 29.1%
Rivera, René tb 2,507 7 49.3% 23.7% 35.3% 5.7% 80.2% 59.3% 48% 50.4% 21.7%
Hedges, Austin sd 1,223 7 51.8% 23.3% 35.6% 18.5% 74.5% 66.9% 43.3% 59.4% 19.1%
Joseph, Caleb bal 2,775 5 47.1% 23.6% 38.4% 10.8% 84.2% 51.1% 40.5% 45.5% 18.9%
Stewart, Chris pit 1,133 4 51.1% 4.1% 39.1% 13.7% 72.1% 63% 47.7% 55.3% 31.1%
Sucre, Jesús sea 1,224 4 49.2% 19.4% 36.2% 8.3% 78% 56.4% 40.2% 49.3% 26.1%
Ross, David chc 1,326 3 52.3% 22.4% 30.2% 6% 76% 68.2% 39.3% 49.1% 32.9%
Wilson, Bobby tex 1,293 3 47.2% 23.9% 38.3% 14.8% 79.7% 56.9% 30.9% 50.3% 22.7%
Lobatón, Jose was 1,099 3 52% 20% 28% 13.7% 80% 61.3% 49.4% 51.8% 35.9%
Maldonado, Martín mil 2,066 3 48.5% 15.8% 30.6% 16.7% 77.7% 62.8% 37.6% 48.6% 29.7%
Barnhart, Tucker cin 2,081 2 47.2% 19% 18.6% 3.2% 73.7% 56.2% 42.7% 49% 30.7%
Mathis, Jeff mia 829 2 49.6% 15.4% 24.3% 10.8% 67.4% 65.2% 42.6% 53.1% 40.8%
Susac, Andrew sf 930 2 48.9% 11.3% 35.3% 13.8% 73.4% 73.7% 37.3% 46.1% 19.5%
Corporán, Carlos tex 1,004 2 48.2% 25% 41% 8.2% 78.7% 54.5% 48.6% 46.5% 19.1%
Hanigan, Ryan bos 1,583 1 48.7% 20.2% 38.8% 15.7% 75.7% 60.7% 41.6% 51.5% 23.4%
Lucroy, Jonathan mil 2,419 1 47.5% 20% 33.3% 10% 76.5% 62.1% 42.9% 49.5% 20.4%
Pérez, Roberto cle 1,740 1 47.1% 20% 32.5% 17.7% 72.9% 63.4% 39% 47% 25.7%
Conger, Hank hou 1,606 1 48.1% 17.9% 33% 9.3% 75.8% 65.2% 40.7% 48.5% 30%
Kratz, Erik phi 111 0 43.2% 28.6% 66.7% 100% 86.4% 50% 30.8% 19% 10.5%
Fryer, Eric min 216 0 46.8% 25% 18.8% 0% 69.2% 66.7% 50% 50% 13.3%
Stassi, Max hou 136 0 40.4% 0% 38.5% 0% 60.7% 63% 10% 40% 7.7%
Murphy, John Ryan nyy 1,435 0 48.2% 19.8% 37.6% 6% 82.7% 55% 39.3% 46% 15.4%
Wieters, Matt bal 1,646 0 46.2% 28.3% 41.7% 15.9% 82.5% 44.9% 42% 40.1% 8.3%
Baron, Steven sea 104 0 53.8% 0% 60% 100% 87% 52.6% 44.4% 65% 8.3%
Schwarber, Kyle chc 467 0 48.6% 19.4% 43.8% 11.1% 69.7% 71.9% 25% 32.6% 40%
Solano, Jhonatan mia 163 0 48.5% 30% 33.3% 11.1% 67.9% 75.8% 16.7% 57.1% 16.7%
Maile, Luke tb 296 0 44.6% 30% 33.3% 0% 80.6% 37.5% 25% 52.6% 14.3%
Thole, Josh tor 372 0 44.1% 17.9% 44.6% 21.1% 53.2% 72.8% 23.5% 44.2% 17%
Ashley, Nevin mil 151 0 39.7% 25% 42.9% 11.1% 88.9% 50% 25% 40% 13.8%
Casali, Curt tb 848 0 46.6% 16.9% 33.7% 0% 87.6% 48.1% 40.2% 48.7% 5.6%
Clevenger, Steve bal 199 0 45.2% 22.2% 36.8% 0% 70.5% 61.1% 33.3% 38.5% 29.2%
Cabrera, Ramón cin 159 0 43.4% 18.2% 60% 0% 58.3% 57.1% 44% 46.7% 18.8%
Centeno, Juan mil 169 0 40.8% 0% 32% 0% 71.9% 51.2% 40% 33.3% 12.5%
Pacheco, Jordan ari 434 0 45.6% 15.4% 23.8% 18.8% 81.3% 54.7% 45.5% 41.3% 18.2%
Barnes, Austin la 229 0 41.5% 0% 25% 10% 68.9% 66.7% 38.9% 41% 10.7%
Gosewisch, Tuffy ari 993 0 46.6% 8.7% 30.6% 10.7% 73.1% 61% 40.5% 43.7% 24.2%
Mesoraco, Devin cin 149 0 49.7% 20% 25% 0% 85.3% 58.1% 53.3% 41.4% 21.4%
Holaday, Bryan det 487 0 46.4% 4.5% 22.2% 4.5% 73.4% 63.3% 39.6% 44.4% 23.5%
Nieves, Wil sd 129 0 41.1% 66.7% 31.3% 0% 95% 37% 20% 28.1% 16.7%
Arencibia, J.P. tb 531 -1 42.9% 28.6% 27.1% 0% 82.2% 49.4% 34.8% 42.6% 17.5%
Monell, Johnny nym 252 -1 40.1% 5.3% 28.6% 0% 70.9% 57.1% 35% 35.1% 18.5%
Brown, Trevor sf 356 -1 46.9% 10.3% 43.8% 6.7% 81.3% 51.7% 43.8% 40% 12.5%
Hernández, Óscar ari 235 -1 42.1% 13.3% 38.5% 12.5% 68.9% 65.9% 17.2% 44.4% 16.7%
Soto, Geovany cws 1,524 -1 46.9% 11.7% 33.8% 11.7% 74.4% 62.8% 29.6% 48.9% 29.8%
Telis, Tomás mia 165 -1 31.5% 11.1% 17.6% 0% 71% 34.6% 14.3% 31.9% 0%
Hicks, John sea 314 -1 42.7% 30% 40% 17.6% 75.8% 51.4% 25% 31.5% 13.2%
Cruz, Tony stl 934 -1 45.9% 20% 26.9% 2.5% 75.6% 65.7% 32.9% 38% 23%
McKenry, Michael col 850 -1 46.6% 26.2% 47.8% 10.5% 79% 55.3% 36.6% 45% 12.7%
Sánchez, Héctor sf 302 -1 42.7% 35% 36.7% 0% 73.9% 58% 53.6% 27.4% 13.9%
Murphy, Tom col 330 -1 40.3% 0% 36% 6.7% 70.4% 36.8% 34.3% 46.6% 15.8%
Pérez, Carlos ana 2,129 -1 45.7% 25.3% 38.2% 7.1% 73.8% 52.6% 31.9% 49.4% 18.3%
Martin, Russell tor 3,432 -2 46% 26.8% 36.1% 10.9% 77.5% 55.3% 37.1% 44.9% 16.4%
Hayes, Brett cle 289 -2 36% 18.2% 31.1% 0% 56.8% 56.6% 9.5% 40.9% 11.8%
Lavarnway, Ryan atl 769 -2 43.4% 28.4% 42.5% 5.6% 76.3% 56.4% 34.9% 34.6% 9.2%
Brantly, Rob cws 312 -2 36.2% 15.4% 23.1% 10% 56.3% 57.1% 16.7% 32.8% 14.9%
Gimenez, Chris tex 1,026 -2 43.5% 19.2% 28.6% 5% 83.3% 52.7% 43.7% 40.3% 18.6%
Bethancourt, Christian atl 1,218 -3 43.4% 16.9% 30% 7.3% 83.3% 46.4% 43.4% 40.8% 10.6%
Vogt, Stephen oak 2,662 -3 45.5% 15.1% 26.7% 12% 77.6% 62.3% 31.4% 38.5% 21.4%
Recker, Anthony nym 629 -3 45% 5.6% 28.4% 15.4% 73.6% 65.3% 25% 39.8% 19%
Blair, Carson oak 330 -3 29.4% 5.3% 16.3% 5% 61.4% 37.8% 29.6% 25.4% 6.5%
Ramos, Wilson was 3,247 -3 46.7% 34.2% 50.4% 17.3% 82.3% 51.3% 27.1% 35.2% 7.8%
Navarro, Dioner tor 1,068 -3 43.5% 24.2% 41.2% 20% 77.9% 58.5% 30.6% 28.6% 14.6%
Castillo, Welington ari 2,542 -3 44.7% 11.2% 28.3% 6.5% 68.1% 58.6% 34.1% 48.5% 22.8%
Butera, Drew kc 1,033 -4 44.1% 16.4% 32.1% 10.2% 75.3% 61.9% 43.9% 39.7% 15.9%
Herrmann, Chris min 868 -4 42.5% 18.2% 37.9% 10.8% 63.7% 58.5% 32.4% 36.3% 16.5%
Phegley, Josh oak 1,800 -4 45.8% 14.3% 19.3% 5.3% 79.9% 54.4% 34.8% 47.6% 26%
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod ari 1,314 -5 43.9% 16.4% 33.6% 16.3% 73.6% 61.9% 23.6% 35.7% 18.8%
Rupp, Cameron phi 2,173 -5 44.5% 16.5% 30.4% 13.3% 76.5% 59.8% 25.8% 42.8% 21.2%
McCann, Brian nyy 3,562 -5 45.9% 21.3% 22.7% 4.5% 82.5% 48.7% 44.5% 46.4% 15.7%
Peña, Brayan cin 2,489 -5 43.7% 21% 34.2% 15.8% 72% 58.9% 36.2% 34.9% 19.5%
León, Sandy bos 958 -5 42.9% 18.3% 45.7% 16.4% 70.5% 47.3% 34.3% 40.6% 15.7%
Garneau, Dustin col 601 -5 34.3% 20.5% 23.1% 10.5% 76.7% 44.6% 19.6% 22.8% 1.4%
Gomes, Yan cle 2,419 -6 44.2% 16.1% 33.3% 14.4% 83.3% 46% 41.9% 43.9% 11.8%
Avila, Alex det 1,297 -6 42.8% 19.1% 32.4% 16.1% 73.2% 54.2% 35.2% 38.8% 13.2%
Chirinos, Robinson tex 2,366 -7 44.6% 14% 34.2% 4.1% 75.7% 56.2% 36.1% 42.9% 20.4%
Ellis, A.J. la 1,616 -7 41% 24.1% 51.2% 10.4% 72.1% 59.9% 19.9% 23.3% 10.3%
Realmuto, J.T. mia 3,293 -7 44.5% 15.9% 31.3% 9.8% 72.2% 54.6% 36.2% 47.6% 17.9%
Pierzynski, A.J. atl 2,990 -8 44.6% 21.8% 39.5% 14.4% 77.3% 57.6% 37.6% 32.7% 15.7%
Swihart, Blake bos 2,444 -8 42.6% 15.9% 39% 16.5% 65.6% 61.8% 27.3% 36.6% 21.6%
Suzuki, Kurt min 3,566 -10 45.8% 13% 25.7% 8.1% 75% 59.5% 41.3% 44.1% 23.4%
Ruiz, Carlos phi 2,424 -11 42.9% 14.3% 32.2% 12.6% 72% 49.4% 36.9% 46.1% 11.6%
Hundley, Nick col 2,914 -11 42.4% 21.3% 36.8% 16.8% 71.2% 64.5% 25.1% 30% 15.6%
McCann, James det 3,155 -15 43% 16.9% 42.4% 15.6% 69.3% 60.1% 27.5% 35.9% 16%
Perez, Salvador kc 4,352 -16 44.2% 23.3% 36.1% 13.4% 73.7% 58.4% 32.3% 40.3% 18.2%