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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.


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
1 Bailey, Patrick sf 570 1 44.7% 20.9% 41.1% 24.3% 57.7% 56.9% 39.5% 48.8% 25.6%
2 Hedges, Austin cle 263 1 50.2% 28.6% 70.5% 14.3% 66.7% 63.6% 35.7% 36.7% 13.6%
3 Wells, Austin nyy 587 1 46.2% 9.1% 42.6% 23.9% 52.2% 70.6% 21.4% 55% 29.3%
4 Raleigh, Cal sea 564 1 43.3% 17.1% 52.7% 26.9% 59.6% 55.5% 20% 45.1% 23.6%
5 Contreras, William mil 669 1 44.4% 13.8% 39.8% 6.7% 61.5% 58.8% 24.1% 55.6% 13.5%
6 Senger, Hayden nym 286 1 52.4% 33.3% 50% 33.3% 54.2% 78.1% 21.1% 56.2% 25.9%
7 Escarra, J.C. nyy 189 1 55% 23.5% 66.7% 62.5% 51.5% 69.2% 25% 69% 37.5%
8 Langeliers, Shea ath 680 1 43.2% 11.6% 41.2% 13.5% 50% 62% 16.7% 42.7% 33.3%
9 Higashioka, Kyle tex 317 1 46.7% 27.3% 35.7% 11.1% 58.8% 67.4% 42.9% 52.2% 22.5%
10 Kirk, Alejandro tor 558 1 47.5% 15.6% 42.1% 12.5% 69.3% 48.9% 34.8% 58.1% 22.2%
11 Dingler, Dillon det 463 1 45.4% 15.8% 47.6% 10.5% 54.7% 63.3% 26.2% 52% 29.7%
12 Moreno, Gabriel ari 522 1 47.1% 13.8% 41.2% 16.7% 50.9% 56.4% 27.7% 62.8% 40%
13 Narváez, Carlos bos 557 1 46.1% 20% 52.7% 18.8% 63.7% 66.1% 25% 42.9% 13%
14 Naylor, Bo cle 488 1 47.7% 30.6% 44.7% 17.9% 80.8% 58% 27.3% 49.4% 13.2%
15 Perez, Salvador kc 439 1 47.2% 23.5% 48.1% 11.5% 70.2% 50.7% 39.3% 49.3% 16.7%
16 Heineman, Tyler tor 172 0 46.5% 20% 38.5% 25% 42.9% 73.5% 25% 58.1% 33.3%
17 Marchán, Rafael phi 170 0 47.1% 16.7% 29.4% 0% 61.3% 68.6% 11.1% 57.1% 31.3%
18 Caratini, Victor hou 202 0 41.1% 5.9% 46.9% 18.2% 54.3% 48.6% 30% 43.9% 36.8%
19 Kelly, Carson chc 382 0 40.6% 9.7% 44.2% 21.7% 51.6% 57.7% 7.1% 45.9% 17.1%
20 Maldonado, Martín sd 347 0 41.5% 20% 63.2% 26.3% 46.3% 64.6% 14.8% 28.3% 11.4%
21 Vázquez, Christian min 325 0 42.5% 20.8% 51.9% 20% 61.7% 55.7% 23.5% 38.9% 11.1%
22 Fortes, Nick mia 219 0 42.9% 18.5% 36.8% 0% 62.1% 68.4% 25% 46.6% 6.7%
23 Davis, Henry pit 157 0 36.9% 10% 27.8% 25% 40% 61.3% 20% 40% 26.3%
24 d'Arnaud, Travis ana 207 0 41.5% 9.1% 40% 14.3% 71.4% 64.1% 14.3% 40% 5%
25 Wynns, Austin cin 258 0 37.2% 16% 38.9% 25% 33.3% 70.4% 35.7% 31.1% 8%
26 Wong, Connor bos 162 0 48.8% 12.5% 55.6% 6.3% 50% 73.5% 33.3% 60% 35.3%
27 Trevino, Jose cin 422 0 41.7% 0% 38% 17.4% 44.8% 73.2% 7.1% 43.4% 23.7%
28 Rortvedt, Ben tb 275 0 36.7% 0% 38.3% 21.1% 29.3% 65.6% 28.6% 43.2% 15%
29 Rutschman, Adley bal 529 0 43.5% 20.6% 43.3% 30% 57.7% 53.9% 28.9% 47.3% 26.2%
30 Baldwin, Drake atl 286 0 46.9% 5.6% 54.5% 11.1% 55.6% 50% 36.8% 57.9% 31%
31 Sánchez, Gary bal 209 0 42.1% 15.4% 38.5% 0% 68.6% 54.5% 0% 61.4% 3.7%
32 Pozo, Yohel stl 154 0 42.2% 12.5% 48.3% 25% 69% 58.3% 20% 31.3% 11.1%
33 Haase, Eric mil 182 0 40.1% 21.7% 38.5% 11.1% 56.1% 60.7% 45.5% 32% 30%
34 Huff, Sam sf 252 0 42.9% 13.3% 46.9% 16.7% 55.3% 53.2% 35% 50.8% 18.5%
35 Barnes, Austin la 213 0 46.9% 0% 36.7% 0% 53.3% 71.9% 7.7% 68% 35%
36 Herrera, Iván stl 155 0 43.2% 0% 22.7% 0% 80% 57.6% 45.5% 56.7% 37.5%
37 Heim, Jonah tex 369 0 44.4% 4.3% 32.4% 26.1% 52.6% 61.4% 13% 64.2% 21.6%
38 Quero, Edgar cws 158 0 33.5% 0% 43.8% 40% 26.1% 50% 20% 50% 10.5%
39 Murphy, Sean atl 354 0 40.4% 8% 30.8% 28.6% 45.7% 65% 38.9% 43.8% 16.7%
40 Stallings, Jacob col 303 0 45.9% 16.7% 57.9% 16.7% 55.2% 56.1% 66.7% 43.4% 11.8%
41 Amaya, Miguel chc 422 0 42.4% 9.1% 35.4% 28.6% 48.4% 64.7% 18.2% 50% 7.4%
42 Fermin, Freddy kc 348 0 42.2% 16.1% 38.9% 17.4% 60.7% 60% 25% 38.3% 24%
43 Rogers, Jake det 153 0 48.4% 25% 50% 16.7% 55.2% 56.3% 35.7% 62.9% 26.7%
44 Herrera, Jose ari 246 0 43.9% 0% 42.9% 7.1% 52.2% 68.6% 33.3% 47.3% 28%
45 Torrens, Luis nym 462 0 41.3% 11.1% 35.6% 28% 42.3% 64.8% 14.3% 52.8% 16.4%
46 Garver, Mitch sea 216 0 34.7% 14.3% 25% 25% 39.5% 51% 33.3% 38% 0%
47 Díaz, Elias sd 347 -1 38.9% 27.3% 41.7% 23.8% 59.3% 47.3% 38.5% 36.4% 10.8%
48 Pagés, Pedro stl 455 -1 44% 35.5% 38.3% 8.3% 55.4% 58.6% 26.5% 51% 21.1%
49 Smith, Will la 564 -1 41.5% 9.1% 25.5% 16.7% 57.8% 50% 25.6% 52.7% 22.2%
50 Thaiss, Matt cws 367 -1 34.3% 6.3% 22.9% 11.8% 50.9% 61.2% 21.1% 40% 7.1%
51 Hicks, Liam mia 481 -1 39.7% 11.1% 45.8% 25% 33.7% 63.5% 28.6% 47% 22.9%
52 Diaz, Yainer hou 518 -1 35.9% 23.3% 36.4% 15.4% 45.1% 50.4% 15.4% 40.9% 13.3%
53 Jeffers, Ryan min 436 -1 40.6% 23.1% 50% 11.1% 57.1% 52.9% 38.5% 40% 15.1%
54 Jansen, Danny tb 447 -1 38.5% 13% 42.7% 10.3% 56.9% 57.7% 31.3% 32.1% 27.5%
55 Realmuto, J.T. phi 636 -1 42.9% 13.8% 40.8% 17.6% 62.8% 53.6% 15.6% 48.3% 16%
56 Ruiz, Keibert was 688 -1 39.4% 18.2% 39.6% 16% 48.3% 61.9% 26.9% 44.2% 15.2%
57 O'Hoppe, Logan ana 513 -1 39.2% 27% 47.8% 9.1% 53.8% 56.1% 23.3% 32% 10.3%
58 Goodman, Hunter col 355 -1 39.2% 12.5% 37.5% 14.3% 50% 58.4% 15.6% 46% 17.1%
59 Bart, Joey pit 459 -1 43.1% 3.2% 35.6% 19.2% 54.5% 70.5% 25% 46.2% 23.7%