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
Bailey, Patrick sf 2513 16 52.9% 26.8% 54.6% 30.8% 61.4% 66.5% 37.2% 59.3% 31.8%
Hedges, Austin tex 2025 13 52.5% 27.6% 58.3% 42.2% 53.8% 70% 38.8% 60.7% 26.5%
Heim, Jonah tex 3657 10 48.5% 20.1% 49.3% 28% 63.5% 69.2% 27.5% 46.9% 24.4%
Alvarez, Francisco nym 3006 9 48.9% 20.5% 49.1% 28.7% 67.2% 64.2% 35.8% 52.7% 26.1%
Contreras, William mil 3310 7 48% 15.1% 50.1% 23.8% 58.1% 65.1% 32.4% 56.2% 26%
Murphy, Sean atl 2913 7 48.9% 18.3% 44.3% 21.8% 59.5% 62.5% 34.1% 62.5% 24.1%
Higashioka, Kyle nyy 2078 7 48.7% 12.7% 41.4% 26% 58.2% 65.8% 32.3% 63.8% 30%
Trevino, Jose nyy 1450 6 49.9% 20.2% 49% 19% 65% 65.8% 43.5% 56.5% 22.9%
Caratini, Victor mil 1686 6 47.7% 22.5% 54.8% 23.3% 58.7% 66.7% 26.2% 51.4% 24.6%
Raleigh, Cal sea 3257 6 47.5% 22.4% 50.2% 23% 64.1% 64% 34.6% 46.7% 20.4%
Rogers, Jake det 2751 5 48.7% 19.3% 41.9% 20.6% 56.6% 65.5% 36.8% 60.8% 23.8%
Zavala, Seby ari 1669 5 49.9% 15.7% 53.3% 29% 69.2% 66.1% 40.9% 50.8% 24.6%
Gallagher, Cam cle 1430 5 51.2% 22.2% 49.5% 26.1% 65.9% 65.1% 40% 53.1% 28.9%
Kirk, Alejandro tor 2595 5 49.2% 17% 48% 9.5% 63.9% 61.9% 40.3% 58.6% 24.5%
Rutschman, Adley bal 3064 5 48.3% 22.2% 60.3% 28.1% 69.7% 61.8% 29.6% 42.1% 21%
Delay, Jason pit 1669 4 48.2% 18.6% 48.6% 28.4% 51.3% 69.6% 29% 59.1% 25.3%
d'Arnaud, Travis atl 1857 4 48.4% 21.4% 49.8% 17.9% 61.5% 63% 33.1% 54.1% 23.1%
Grandal, Yasmani cws 2369 4 47.4% 18.9% 55.4% 35.1% 56.2% 68.9% 26.5% 48.3% 21.6%
Naylor, Bo cle 1756 3 47.2% 22.5% 51.6% 25.5% 63.8% 66.4% 26.5% 43.5% 25.8%
Fortes, Nick mia 2662 3 47.4% 18.4% 46.6% 13.8% 59.9% 62.3% 32.7% 56.7% 26.3%
Vázquez, Christian min 2474 3 47.9% 17.3% 47.1% 29.3% 60.4% 66.5% 35% 53.6% 25.6%
Wynns, Austin col 1346 3 47.5% 20.2% 57.1% 38.2% 59.3% 63.8% 30.2% 44% 17.4%
Barnhart, Tucker chc 975 3 49.7% 24.1% 53.2% 26.1% 62.3% 66% 32.6% 54.3% 21.1%
Amaya, Miguel chc 985 2 50.3% 27.9% 53% 13.9% 57.6% 64.8% 44.7% 54.7% 28.6%
Jansen, Danny tor 1854 2 47.7% 20.3% 53.7% 19.1% 69% 57.3% 35.3% 49.4% 20.5%
Sánchez, Gary sd 1842 2 48.4% 17.9% 52.5% 27.6% 56.7% 64.7% 30.6% 54% 27.7%
McGuire, Reese bos 1409 1 48.1% 23.8% 57.6% 29% 63% 62.9% 34.8% 50.4% 17%
Barnes, Austin la 1456 1 47.8% 9.7% 45.3% 16.4% 51.5% 74% 27% 54.2% 34.5%
Fermin, Freddy kc 1660 1 47.6% 12.9% 47.9% 19% 60.1% 60.2% 43.1% 53.1% 27.4%
Zunino, Mike cle 1070 1 47.2% 26.2% 47.3% 18.6% 68.4% 56.1% 33.9% 52.9% 20.3%
Narváez, Omar nym 1187 1 45.3% 20.5% 46.2% 26.4% 63.2% 59.2% 26.3% 47.6% 21%
Sabol, Blake sf 1341 1 49% 20.2% 49% 27.7% 56.9% 74.7% 31.7% 50.9% 22.8%
McCann, James bal 1551 0 46.9% 21.4% 50% 29.2% 65.5% 58.7% 27.3% 52% 18.3%
Wallach, Chad ana 1282 0 46.3% 19.8% 42.3% 14.1% 60.4% 66.8% 36.8% 48.1% 29%
Rodríguez, Endy pit 1380 0 46.8% 13.9% 54.4% 22% 62.6% 58.9% 37.2% 50% 22.5%
Thaiss, Matt ana 1987 -1 46.4% 23.6% 48% 20% 54.7% 68.5% 22.6% 51.7% 25%
Kelly, Carson det 1212 -1 45.9% 10.8% 54.9% 20% 59.3% 59% 35.2% 50.5% 13.6%
Moreno, Gabriel ari 3219 -1 45.6% 15% 38.1% 14.2% 57.8% 57.9% 33.2% 56.5% 26.5%
Smith, Will la 3143 -2 44.9% 13.4% 45.1% 21.2% 55.1% 65.1% 27.1% 55.9% 20.2%
Maile, Luke cin 1738 -2 42.3% 12.1% 56.4% 26.8% 54.6% 63.9% 20.4% 38.8% 13.5%
Bethancourt, Christian tb 2505 -2 47% 25.5% 51.9% 26.7% 66.7% 57.4% 27.9% 51.7% 18.1%
Campusano, Luis sd 1125 -2 45.1% 15.3% 39.9% 26.8% 49.5% 73.5% 20.9% 51.8% 29.1%
Haase, Eric cle 1706 -2 46.3% 9.3% 42% 18.6% 59.7% 62.6% 30.4% 57.2% 25.1%
Gomes, Yan chc 2745 -3 44.1% 25.3% 50.7% 18.7% 59.1% 60.7% 29.8% 42.7% 19.5%
Murphy, Tom sea 1016 -3 42.8% 13.1% 42.1% 25% 59.7% 51.6% 38.8% 49.4% 15.8%
Nola, Austin sd 1333 -3 43.1% 15.1% 50.5% 23.1% 55.3% 60.7% 23.2% 47.1% 20.7%
Mejía, Francisco tb 1262 -4 43.5% 9% 49.7% 20% 58.7% 54.9% 25.2% 50.3% 26.7%
Jeffers, Ryan min 2216 -4 44.3% 23.7% 55% 19.8% 59.2% 55.6% 30.3% 43.5% 17.1%
Herrera, Jose ari 1228 -4 41.7% 20.5% 45.8% 30.9% 50.2% 64.6% 22.8% 40% 16.2%
Knizner, Andrew stl 2064 -4 44% 19.6% 59.8% 34.2% 60.7% 61.2% 25.2% 34.4% 12.8%
Contreras, Willson stl 2765 -5 44.3% 21.3% 50.4% 25.9% 59.8% 59.9% 26.4% 40.2% 18.5%
Diaz, Yainer hou 1339 -5 42% 16.4% 44.8% 20.3% 55.2% 62.6% 34.8% 44.5% 17.4%
O'Hoppe, Logan ana 1458 -5 41.9% 21.4% 45.7% 12.9% 62.7% 50.5% 28.7% 47.1% 14.7%
Wong, Connor bos 3073 -5 44% 12.5% 41.6% 26.7% 50.7% 69.7% 24.1% 48.5% 18.6%
Stallings, Jacob mia 2123 -5 44.1% 16.4% 44.9% 21.1% 55.1% 67.9% 32% 46% 18.1%
Adams, Riley was 1209 -5 42.7% 18.3% 43.2% 23.1% 59.5% 64.4% 27.6% 43.7% 14.9%
Perez, Salvador kc 2469 -7 43.9% 16.3% 48% 15.4% 60.2% 60.3% 29.2% 46.4% 20%
Díaz, Elias col 3530 -8 43.2% 24.7% 61.2% 26.2% 63.4% 48.3% 28.2% 35.4% 11.9%
Langeliers, Shea oak 3642 -8 44% 14.9% 44% 19.2% 49.4% 66.8% 27.1% 47.9% 25.1%
Stephenson, Tyler cin 2436 -9 42% 27.2% 59.5% 33.3% 55.3% 51.5% 25% 35.8% 11.5%
Ruiz, Keibert was 3676 -13 42.6% 23.1% 53.1% 24.4% 58.1% 58.7% 19.6% 39.6% 17.1%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 4192 -14 43.9% 11.9% 48.2% 13.9% 61.8% 56.3% 31.3% 46% 20.5%
Maldonado, Martín hou 3421 -17 41% 25.4% 46.9% 22.8% 53.5% 57.1% 21.9% 40.7% 15.1%