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.
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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 2843 25 52.2% 32.2% 50.8% 20.4% 74% 74.6% 38.1% 36.9% 35.3%
Cervelli, Francisco pit 3511 21 52.5% 14.8% 30.6% 12.5% 71.9% 68% 51.1% 53.6% 33.1%
Posey, Buster sf 2759 15 52.2% 19.5% 46.8% 10.9% 75.2% 69.2% 39.7% 47.1% 28.3%
Norris, Derek sd 3465 15 48.3% 20.1% 36.1% 11.9% 82.9% 57.5% 51.5% 42% 18.8%
Montero, Miguel chc 2798 13 51.2% 16.1% 32.1% 10.7% 78.2% 65.9% 47% 54.4% 28.2%
Castro, Jason hou 2915 10 51.5% 24.1% 35.2% 16.5% 75.1% 73.9% 37.7% 46.3% 28.6%
Molina, Yadier stl 3577 9 48.5% 18.7% 44.6% 13.6% 76.6% 62.1% 36.5% 43% 20.1%
Iannetta, Chris ana 2456 9 48.9% 28% 44.2% 14.7% 74.9% 63.6% 37.6% 45.6% 23.4%
Flowers, Tyler cws 2873 9 50.4% 9.6% 35.1% 11.9% 69.7% 67.5% 41.8% 54.8% 32.1%
Plawecki, Kevin nym 1830 8 51.9% 11.8% 41.8% 6.2% 76.5% 69.3% 41.7% 53.3% 29.2%
Zunino, Mike sea 2875 8 48.6% 26.9% 37.6% 8.9% 77.3% 53.6% 34.3% 53.5% 28%
d'Arnaud, Travis nym 2251 8 50% 17.8% 37.2% 13.3% 77.5% 60.2% 46% 52.4% 25%
Rivera, René tb 2505 7 49.3% 23.4% 35.6% 5.7% 80.2% 59.4% 47.7% 50.6% 21.2%
Hedges, Austin sd 1221 7 51.8% 23.3% 35.6% 18.5% 74.9% 66.9% 43.9% 59.4% 19.1%
Joseph, Caleb bal 2775 5 47.1% 23.6% 38.4% 10.9% 84.1% 51.1% 40.6% 45.4% 19%
Stewart, Chris pit 1129 4 51.2% 4.1% 38.7% 14% 72.1% 63.1% 48.2% 55.2% 31%
Sucre, Jesús sea 1222 3 49.1% 19.4% 36.2% 8.3% 77.9% 55.8% 40.2% 49.3% 26.5%
Ross, David chc 1325 3 52.4% 22.4% 30.2% 6% 76.3% 68.2% 38.8% 49.5% 32.6%
Wilson, Bobby tex 1289 3 47.2% 24.2% 37.6% 14.5% 80% 57% 30.7% 50.7% 22.7%
Maldonado, Martín mil 2062 3 48.5% 15.8% 30.9% 16.7% 77.7% 62.7% 37.4% 48.7% 29.9%
Lobaton, Jose was 1099 3 52.1% 20% 28% 13.7% 80% 61.3% 49.4% 52% 36.2%
Barnhart, Tucker cin 2078 2 47.2% 19% 18.5% 3.3% 73.6% 56.3% 42.7% 49% 30.6%
Mathis, Jeff mia 829 2 49.6% 15.4% 24.3% 10.8% 67.4% 64.8% 42.6% 53.1% 41.2%
Susac, Andrew sf 927 2 49.1% 11.5% 35.3% 13.8% 73.8% 73.7% 37.3% 46.1% 19.6%
Corporán, Carlos tex 1001 2 48.3% 25% 41.5% 8.2% 79.1% 53.9% 49.1% 46.5% 19.1%
Lucroy, Jonathan mil 2416 1 47.5% 20.1% 33.2% 10% 76.4% 62% 42.7% 49.7% 20.4%
Hanigan, Ryan bos 1581 1 48.6% 20.2% 38.8% 16.9% 75.7% 60.5% 41.6% 51.3% 23.4%
Conger, Hank hou 1605 1 48.1% 17.9% 33% 9.3% 75.7% 65.2% 40.7% 48.6% 30.2%
Pérez, Roberto cle 1738 1 47.1% 20.2% 32.5% 16.7% 72.9% 63.5% 39% 46.8% 25.7%
Schwarber, Kyle chc 466 0 48.7% 19.4% 43.8% 11.1% 69.7% 72.5% 25% 32.6% 40%
Baron, Steven sea 104 0 53.8% 0% 60% 100% 87% 52.6% 47.1% 61.9% 8.3%
Clevenger, Steve bal 198 0 44.9% 22.2% 36.8% 0% 70.5% 61.1% 33.3% 37.8% 28%
Stassi, Max hou 136 0 40.4% 0% 38.5% 0% 60.7% 63% 10% 40% 7.7%
Ashley, Nevin mil 151 0 39.7% 25% 42.9% 11.1% 88.9% 50% 25% 40% 13.8%
Holaday, Bryan det 488 0 46.3% 4.3% 22.2% 4.5% 73.4% 63.3% 39.6% 44.4% 23.5%
Mesoraco, Devin cin 148 0 49.3% 20% 25% 0% 84.8% 58.1% 53.3% 41.4% 21.4%
Barnes, Austin la 228 0 41.2% 0% 25% 10% 68.9% 65.9% 38.9% 41% 10.7%
Centeno, Juan mil 170 0 41.2% 0% 32% 0% 71.9% 51.2% 40% 35.3% 12.5%
Maile, Luke tb 294 0 44.6% 31.6% 33.3% 0% 80.6% 36.2% 25% 52.6% 14.3%
Wieters, Matt bal 1646 0 46.3% 28.3% 41.7% 15.9% 82.5% 45.1% 42% 40.1% 8.4%
Nieves, Wil sd 129 0 41.1% 66.7% 31.3% 0% 95% 37% 20% 28.1% 16.7%
Casali, Curt tb 848 0 46.6% 16.9% 33.7% 0% 87.7% 48.1% 39.6% 48.7% 5.6%
Murphy, John Ryan nyy 1434 0 48.2% 19.8% 37.6% 6% 82.6% 55.2% 39.7% 46.2% 15.3%
Cabrera, Ramón cin 159 0 43.4% 18.2% 60% 9.1% 58.3% 55.6% 44% 46.7% 18.8%
Solano, Jhonatan mia 163 0 48.5% 22.2% 33.3% 11.1% 69% 75.8% 16.7% 57.1% 16.7%
Thole, Josh tor 372 0 44.1% 17.9% 44.6% 21.1% 53.2% 72.8% 23.5% 44.2% 17%
Pacheco, Jordan ari 434 0 45.6% 15.4% 23.8% 18.8% 81.3% 54.7% 44.4% 41.9% 18.2%
Fryer, Eric min 216 0 46.8% 25% 18.8% 0% 69.2% 66.7% 50% 50% 13.3%
Gosewisch, Tuffy ari 991 0 46.6% 8.7% 29.6% 10.7% 73.2% 61% 39.7% 43.9% 24.4%
Kratz, Erik phi 111 0 43.2% 28.6% 66.7% 100% 86.4% 50% 30.8% 19% 10.5%
Brown, Trevor sf 357 -1 47.1% 10.3% 43.8% 6.7% 80.4% 51.7% 45.2% 40.9% 12.5%
Pérez, Carlos ana 2130 -1 45.7% 24.8% 38.2% 7.1% 73.9% 52.6% 32.2% 49.2% 18.3%
Cruz, Tony stl 934 -1 45.9% 20% 26.6% 2.6% 75.5% 65.7% 33.7% 38% 23%
Hernández, Óscar ari 235 -1 42.1% 13.3% 38.5% 12.5% 68.9% 65.9% 17.2% 44.4% 16.7%
Telis, Tomás mia 165 -1 30.9% 11.1% 17.6% 0% 68.8% 34.6% 14.3% 30.4% 0%
Monell, Johnny nym 254 -1 40.6% 5.3% 28.6% 0% 70.9% 57.1% 38.1% 36.8% 18.5%
Arencibia, J.P. tb 530 -1 42.8% 28.6% 27.1% 0% 82.2% 48.9% 34.8% 42.6% 17.5%
McKenry, Michael col 850 -1 46.6% 26.2% 47.8% 10.5% 79% 55.3% 36.6% 44.8% 12.8%
Murphy, Tom col 328 -1 40.5% 0% 36% 6.7% 71.4% 36.8% 34.3% 47.2% 15.8%
Sánchez, Héctor sf 303 -1 42.6% 35% 36.7% 0% 73.9% 58% 53.6% 27.4% 13.5%
Soto, Geovany cws 1523 -1 46.8% 11.7% 33.8% 11.7% 74.4% 62.8% 29.4% 48.9% 29.8%
Hicks, John sea 313 -1 42.8% 30% 40% 17.6% 75.8% 51.4% 25% 31.5% 13.5%
Martin, Russell tor 3423 -2 46% 26.7% 36% 10.9% 77.6% 55.1% 37.4% 45% 16.3%
Hayes, Brett cle 286 -2 36% 18.2% 31.8% 0% 56.8% 56.9% 9.5% 40.9% 11.8%
Lavarnway, Ryan atl 769 -2 43.4% 28.4% 42.5% 5.6% 75.7% 56.4% 35.7% 34.6% 9.2%
Gimenez, Chris tex 1023 -2 43.4% 19.2% 28.6% 5% 83.8% 52.7% 43.7% 40.1% 18.6%
Brantly, Rob cws 310 -2 36.1% 15.4% 23.1% 10% 55.3% 57.1% 16.7% 33.3% 14.9%
Blair, Carson oak 330 -3 29.4% 5.3% 16.3% 5% 61.4% 37.8% 26.9% 26.7% 6.5%
Recker, Anthony nym 628 -3 44.9% 5.6% 28.4% 15.4% 73.6% 65.1% 25.5% 39.5% 19%
Castillo, Welington ari 2537 -3 44.7% 11.2% 27.9% 6.5% 68.1% 58.8% 34.1% 48.4% 22.5%
Navarro, Dioner tor 1068 -3 43.5% 24.2% 41.2% 20% 77.6% 58.3% 30.1% 28.6% 14.7%
Vogt, Stephen oak 2661 -3 45.4% 14.4% 27% 12% 77.5% 62.2% 31.2% 38.3% 21.4%
Bethancourt, Christian atl 1217 -3 43.5% 15.7% 30.8% 7.3% 83.3% 46.2% 42.7% 41.1% 11.2%
Ramos, Wilson was 3240 -4 46.6% 34.2% 50.4% 17.3% 82.3% 51.1% 27.2% 35% 7.8%
Phegley, Josh oak 1799 -4 45.8% 14.3% 19.3% 5.3% 79.7% 54.5% 34.8% 47.7% 25.6%
Butera, Drew kc 1032 -4 44.1% 15.3% 32.4% 10.2% 75.1% 61.6% 43.9% 39.7% 16%
Herrmann, Chris min 863 -4 42.2% 18.2% 37.9% 11.1% 63.2% 58.1% 31.5% 35.8% 16.5%
Garneau, Dustin col 599 -5 34.2% 20.5% 23.1% 10.5% 76.5% 44.6% 19.6% 23% 1.4%
McCann, Brian nyy 3560 -5 45.8% 21.2% 22.6% 4.5% 82.6% 48.7% 44.3% 46.3% 15.6%
Saltalamacchia, Jarrod ari 1310 -5 43.8% 16.4% 33.6% 16.3% 73.4% 61.7% 23.6% 35.7% 18.9%
Peña, Brayan cin 2487 -5 43.6% 21% 33.8% 15.7% 71.9% 59.1% 36.2% 34.9% 19.2%
León, Sandy bos 957 -5 42.9% 18.3% 45.7% 16.7% 70.7% 47.6% 32.4% 40.9% 15.5%
Rupp, Cameron phi 2174 -5 44.5% 16.8% 30.4% 13.3% 76.3% 59.8% 25.8% 43.1% 20.8%
Avila, Alex det 1295 -6 42.8% 19.1% 32.1% 16.4% 73.1% 54.2% 35.2% 38.5% 13.6%
Gomes, Yan cle 2415 -6 44.2% 16.1% 33.3% 14.6% 83.3% 46% 41.9% 44.1% 11.8%
Realmuto, J.T. mia 3283 -7 44.6% 15.9% 31.2% 9.9% 72.3% 54.5% 36.1% 47.6% 18%
Chirinos, Robinson tex 2364 -7 44.6% 14% 34.2% 4.1% 75.8% 56.2% 36% 43.2% 20.4%
Ellis, A.J. la 1617 -7 41% 24.1% 51.2% 10.4% 72.1% 59.9% 20% 23.2% 11%
Pierzynski, A.J. atl 2987 -8 44.7% 21.5% 39.5% 14.4% 77.5% 57.4% 37.6% 32.9% 15.7%
Swihart, Blake bos 2440 -8 42.6% 16% 39% 16.7% 65.3% 61.6% 27% 37% 21.6%
Suzuki, Kurt min 3564 -10 45.8% 13.1% 26% 8.1% 75% 59.4% 40.9% 44.2% 23.4%
Ruiz, Carlos phi 2421 -11 43% 13.1% 32% 12.8% 72.1% 49.5% 36.9% 46% 11.7%
Hundley, Nick col 2907 -11 42.3% 21.3% 36.6% 16.9% 70.9% 64.4% 25.2% 29.7% 15.7%
McCann, James det 3151 -15 43% 17.2% 42.3% 15.6% 69.2% 60% 27.4% 35.9% 16%
Perez, Salvador kc 4347 -16 44.2% 23.3% 36.1% 13.5% 73.7% 58.2% 32.3% 40.3% 18.2%