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
Maldonado, Martín ana 3,716 21 52% 16% 38.1% 16.2% 64.3% 74.4% 38.5% 57.1% 37.4%
Flowers, Tyler atl 2,400 16 54.3% 14.8% 31.4% 15.1% 65% 82.2% 38% 62.2% 46.2%
Hedges, Austin sd 3,121 10 51.9% 17% 37.2% 13.3% 70.2% 64.6% 40.4% 60.4% 34%
Pérez, Roberto cle 2,078 8 49.9% 13.3% 37.5% 20.5% 65.1% 70.8% 41.5% 55.3% 33.3%
Grandal, Yasmani la 3,168 8 50.5% 13.2% 28.9% 12.4% 62.6% 76.2% 34.9% 63.9% 37.3%
Molina, Yadier stl 3,781 7 49.2% 22.1% 40.4% 22.3% 66.3% 67.5% 39.3% 50.3% 26.6%
Zunino, Mike sea 3,324 7 47.4% 15.2% 35.6% 18.1% 62.7% 67% 31.8% 54.5% 26.7%
Gomes, Yan cle 2,739 7 49.5% 23.2% 29.2% 12.6% 73% 58.5% 46.2% 60.8% 24%
d'Arnaud, Travis nym 2,773 7 49.9% 21.4% 47.1% 20.1% 67.8% 67% 39.3% 48.5% 30.3%
Joseph, Caleb bal 2,058 6 51.7% 15.6% 27.8% 9% 73.9% 68.7% 38.9% 54.8% 37.2%
Vogt, Stephen mil 1,985 6 50.6% 16.3% 32.6% 19.7% 58.4% 71.8% 38.7% 53% 39.3%
Vázquez, Christian bos 2,717 5 49.9% 14.1% 38.9% 23.8% 68.5% 72.7% 37.6% 49.3% 33.8%
Mathis, Jeff ari 1,552 5 54.3% 8.6% 11.6% 3.8% 60.4% 70.1% 50.9% 69.9% 52.4%
Romine, Austin nyy 1,747 5 50.2% 20.5% 40.1% 11.8% 67.4% 68.1% 41.9% 53.3% 29.5%
Realmuto, J.T. mia 3,819 4 46.7% 14.5% 33.3% 10.6% 68.8% 60.7% 39.7% 48.8% 24.4%
Sucre, Jesús tb 1,571 4 49.3% 8% 32.1% 15.5% 72.8% 66.7% 43.2% 54.3% 28.8%
Montero, Miguel tor 1,470 3 48.3% 10.2% 42.9% 17.2% 60.4% 68.9% 27.6% 54.7% 32%
Barnes, Austin la 1,732 3 49.6% 14.6% 24.4% 8.7% 57.1% 71.3% 42.2% 63.8% 45.7%
Martin, Russell tor 2,272 3 49.5% 23.8% 38% 26.6% 63.4% 70.7% 28% 49.7% 32.5%
Posey, Buster sf 2,632 3 49.1% 25.9% 38.9% 12.7% 72.4% 62.7% 33.9% 51.5% 26.5%
Garneau, Dustin oak 1,029 3 48.4% 7.9% 30.5% 18.2% 61% 70.9% 40% 50.4% 37.6%
Phegley, Josh oak 1,338 3 50.4% 11.1% 16.3% 10.9% 66.8% 69.4% 43.9% 59.6% 34.6%
Rivera, René chc 2,014 3 47.8% 12.5% 34.1% 14.5% 62.5% 69.9% 29.9% 51.9% 37.9%
Stewart, Chris pit 1,150 1 48.3% 17.2% 33.1% 11.1% 63.2% 67.1% 42.1% 54.9% 30.9%
Gattis, Evan hou 1,423 1 49.2% 2% 36.5% 27.9% 65.6% 70.2% 37.5% 58.8% 23.6%
Iannetta, Chris ari 2,185 1 48.1% 6.7% 27.3% 11.2% 62.4% 69.8% 33.9% 53.3% 39.5%
Norris, Derek tb 1,570 1 47.6% 7.6% 32% 16.1% 64.1% 72.1% 43% 55.2% 27.9%
Castro, Jason min 2,913 1 47.3% 10.6% 38.6% 22.2% 63.4% 74.1% 27.6% 44.3% 25.9%
Gimenez, Chris min 1,658 1 46.8% 17.8% 35.4% 19.6% 63% 71.4% 28% 44.3% 22.7%
Lobatón, Jose was 1,331 1 47% 18.3% 33.6% 7.9% 66.7% 62.4% 34.1% 48.6% 33%
Ramos, Wilson tb 1,634 0 46.8% 21.2% 41.9% 21.3% 72% 67.2% 25.3% 37% 25.8%
Cervelli, Francisco pit 2,100 0 48% 13.1% 17.2% 4.2% 68.8% 60.9% 44.7% 58.1% 29.5%
Bandy, Jett mil 1,374 0 49.8% 12.7% 34.2% 17.6% 68.9% 66.2% 50.4% 50.2% 28.7%
Smith, Kevan cws 2,177 0 46.5% 21.7% 46% 19.2% 69.9% 67.6% 25.6% 36.8% 22.7%
Narváez, Omar cws 2,349 -1 45.6% 26.2% 46.2% 19.3% 67.8% 63.2% 24.6% 37.8% 21.1%
McCann, Brian hou 3,264 -1 49.1% 10.9% 18.1% 13.2% 70.3% 62.4% 48.9% 59.3% 31.5%
Maxwell, Bruce oak 1,894 -1 45.1% 18.1% 34.7% 17.2% 67.8% 58.1% 40.1% 46.6% 26.4%
Wolters, Tony col 2,081 -1 43.2% 9.9% 32.3% 15.1% 58.3% 60.9% 32.2% 50% 28.1%
León, Sandy bos 2,390 -1 47.6% 23.5% 45.2% 24.8% 64.6% 66.8% 29.4% 46.2% 19.8%
Maile, Luke tor 1,069 -1 49.4% 20% 40.5% 27.1% 68.4% 72.9% 31.2% 49.8% 33.6%
Hundley, Nick sf 2,119 -2 45.5% 12% 39.5% 13.4% 63.3% 67.6% 29.4% 44.2% 26.5%
Ellis, A.J. mia 1,073 -2 43.3% 16.2% 44.5% 15.8% 67.9% 62.4% 26.5% 39.6% 12.8%
Sánchez, Gary nyy 3,243 -2 46.8% 18.1% 47% 22.1% 66.8% 73.6% 26.3% 38.1% 22.1%
Knapp, Andrew phi 1,573 -3 46.7% 16.8% 41.9% 17.9% 68.3% 66.5% 38.8% 37.6% 22.2%
Castillo, Welington bal 2,680 -3 47.6% 16.7% 23.2% 14.3% 67.7% 70.2% 33.2% 48.9% 30.5%
Torrens, Luis sd 1,029 -3 44% 11% 33.3% 17.5% 72.1% 56.3% 26.6% 45.8% 18.9%
Chirinos, Robinson tex 2,328 -3 44.4% 13.1% 36.1% 11.9% 61.8% 67.2% 26.6% 45.8% 28.5%
Contreras, Willson chc 3,273 -4 46% 12.5% 29.5% 15.8% 57.4% 69.7% 32.4% 44.3% 33.3%
Herrmann, Chris ari 1,069 -4 45.3% 8.5% 27.5% 7.8% 59.9% 71.2% 26.1% 48.4% 36.6%
Ruiz, Carlos sea 1,195 -5 41.3% 15.3% 16.4% 14.3% 62% 53% 26.5% 51.2% 20.7%
Mesoraco, Devin cin 1,098 -5 41.3% 13.8% 35.1% 12.2% 63.4% 53.5% 24.7% 45.4% 18.6%
Piña, Manny mil 2,532 -5 46.8% 20.1% 37.3% 15.6% 69.2% 71% 31.4% 40.3% 22.5%
Suzuki, Kurt atl 2,115 -5 46.1% 14.5% 36.4% 17% 56% 72.3% 25.2% 44.1% 28%
Avila, Alex chc 2,162 -5 43.4% 19.2% 40.1% 14% 66.1% 57.2% 25.1% 40.7% 19.4%
Butera, Drew kc 1,543 -6 42.6% 9.2% 33.6% 8% 64.8% 57.7% 36.9% 43.3% 22.8%
Díaz, Elias pit 1,455 -8 40.8% 20.6% 35.3% 10.4% 70.2% 50.8% 30.2% 39% 14.5%
McCann, James det 3,072 -10 42.6% 20.1% 38.8% 14.9% 65.5% 60.2% 27.3% 38.8% 15.2%
Rupp, Cameron phi 2,519 -10 43.3% 17.2% 38.6% 18.9% 65.2% 68% 19.3% 36.5% 16%
Barnhart, Tucker cin 3,135 -10 43.5% 15.2% 32.7% 12.5% 60.1% 65.3% 34% 43.4% 23.3%
Lucroy, Jonathan col 3,215 -11 41.8% 14.4% 26.3% 10.1% 58.4% 61.4% 29.1% 44.6% 25.1%
Wieters, Matt was 3,456 -12 43.5% 21.4% 34.6% 15% 66.2% 58.8% 28.1% 42.9% 18.3%
Perez, Salvador kc 3,278 -13 44.1% 15.6% 33.2% 15.2% 67.1% 58% 33.7% 46.9% 19.9%