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
Mathis, Jeff ari 1726 12 55% 18% 31.7% 14.9% 59.8% 80.4% 40.2% 61% 49.1%
Grandal, Yasmani la 3405 11 50.7% 12.2% 35.8% 17.9% 61.7% 68.6% 35.3% 65.7% 36.6%
Stassi, Max hou 1974 10 51.9% 13.6% 50.2% 22.1% 67.9% 70.7% 35.6% 54.5% 33.3%
Flowers, Tyler atl 2148 9 50.7% 16.2% 41.9% 20.6% 65.5% 70.8% 40.3% 60.2% 29.6%
Alfaro, Jorge phi 2875 9 50.7% 20.1% 48.8% 19.8% 73.1% 62.2% 33.3% 51% 26.4%
Wolters, Tony col 1588 8 52.1% 23.4% 39.6% 14.3% 67.4% 68% 45% 59% 37.9%
Gomes, Yan cle 2997 8 51.2% 17.7% 26.5% 12% 73.9% 65% 48.9% 55.9% 28.5%
Zunino, Mike sea 2887 8 50.8% 17.5% 37.8% 23.9% 65.3% 66.4% 34% 60.1% 33%
Iannetta, Chris col 2558 7 50.7% 20.5% 45.6% 15% 72.8% 71.7% 29.9% 41.9% 31.2%
Murphy, John Ryan ari 1492 7 51.7% 8.5% 33.6% 13.6% 64.9% 75.2% 38.8% 60.5% 43.3%
Barnes, Austin la 1599 7 51.6% 5.1% 33.8% 6.5% 54.8% 77.9% 39.1% 61% 47.4%
León, Sandy bos 2440 6 51.2% 19.6% 55.6% 27.6% 71.6% 70.5% 29.8% 47.4% 22.8%
Realmuto, J.T. mia 3313 6 48.4% 11.8% 29.1% 7.2% 71.3% 61.5% 38.7% 54% 27%
Avila, Alex ari 1607 6 51.8% 17.4% 41.4% 20% 71.3% 77.2% 38.7% 49.2% 34.7%
Hedges, Austin sd 2492 6 49.9% 17.7% 47.9% 25.4% 63.7% 67.3% 36.7% 55.4% 30.8%
Maldonado, Martín hou 3436 5 49% 14.4% 39.7% 18.3% 60.3% 71.6% 32.5% 54.4% 33.9%
Kratz, Erik mil 1940 5 49.7% 22.7% 47% 25.8% 64.2% 70.3% 38.6% 51.3% 25.5%
Maile, Luke tor 1842 4 50.5% 26.4% 48.6% 28.6% 71.6% 72.2% 27.8% 47.7% 32.9%
Pérez, Roberto cle 1553 4 50.4% 15.4% 38.2% 22.7% 60.6% 75.7% 35.1% 55.5% 27.6%
Romine, Austin nyy 2128 4 49.7% 21.1% 39.2% 21.5% 71.3% 65.4% 45.7% 48.1% 27.1%
Sánchez, Gary nyy 2420 4 50% 19% 36.5% 20.7% 74.3% 69.7% 32.6% 47.3% 28.2%
Posey, Buster sf 2612 3 49.5% 16.5% 42.1% 18.5% 63.1% 71% 31.3% 52.6% 31.1%
Wilson, Bobby min 1246 3 50.6% 14% 34.1% 7.3% 69.7% 75.1% 34.4% 52.4% 34.1%
Martin, Russell tor 2202 3 48.7% 17.8% 44.1% 28.2% 65.4% 71% 29.3% 51% 27.7%
Vázquez, Christian bos 2349 3 48% 13.8% 41.9% 15.6% 62.4% 71.8% 31.3% 49.7% 32.7%
Holaday, Bryan mia 1254 2 48.8% 6.5% 18.1% 20.6% 60.8% 72.5% 40.6% 55.9% 38%
Caratini, Victor chc 1071 0 45.4% 14.6% 27.5% 12.5% 62.2% 66.1% 31.1% 45% 30.6%
Piña, Manny mil 2661 0 46.3% 11.6% 29.7% 17.3% 57.6% 69.2% 35.3% 51.1% 32.3%
Peña, Francisco stl 1055 -1 46.1% 16.7% 52.1% 12.8% 68.8% 63% 32.8% 40.2% 16.5%
McCann, James det 3410 -1 47.7% 20.7% 37.6% 17.5% 64.4% 68.2% 38.2% 49.6% 19.4%
Wynns, Austin bal 1035 -1 45.4% 24.6% 38.8% 19% 71.5% 53.2% 38.6% 42.8% 24.4%
Briceño, José ana 998 -1 48% 25.4% 44.8% 36.5% 60.3% 74.5% 25.7% 41.5% 30.2%
Sisco, Chance bal 1221 -1 46.2% 14.3% 34% 23.6% 75.2% 61.7% 41.9% 42.2% 18.7%
Díaz, Elias pit 1820 -2 46.1% 15.2% 38.6% 19.4% 68.6% 65% 36.6% 44.7% 19.8%
Lucroy, Jonathan oak 3303 -2 46% 13.2% 32.8% 20% 64.8% 62.6% 29.7% 52.2% 27.6%
Smith, Kevan cws 1462 -2 45.8% 25.2% 58.6% 29.2% 70.8% 66.3% 26% 32.4% 14.4%
Severino, Pedro was 1657 -2 47.4% 12% 29.1% 13% 76.2% 58.1% 46.4% 55.7% 21.2%
Suzuki, Kurt atl 2538 -2 46.2% 14.6% 40.9% 9.4% 65.3% 65% 32.7% 44.8% 26.5%
Ramos, Wilson phi 2614 -2 46.2% 21.2% 50.3% 22.7% 70.4% 65.7% 28.1% 37.9% 17.8%
McCann, Brian hou 1704 -2 46.4% 8.3% 18.3% 14% 68.5% 64.3% 41.7% 50.7% 25.2%
Molina, Yadier stl 3551 -3 46.7% 20.2% 50.9% 20.7% 66.3% 62.7% 27.3% 45.3% 17.3%
Joseph, Caleb bal 2460 -3 45.7% 20.9% 39.3% 17.2% 66.1% 61% 36.1% 45.3% 21.7%
Knapp, Andrew phi 1223 -3 44.6% 16.2% 36% 15.6% 68.7% 57% 38.4% 45.3% 21.2%
Kieboom, Spencer was 1196 -3 43% 16.5% 29.6% 15% 67.7% 62.1% 35% 42.4% 26.7%
Plawecki, Kevin nym 2091 -3 45.4% 21.5% 41.3% 30.2% 55.3% 68.7% 23.7% 42.2% 23.1%
Wieters, Matt was 1732 -5 43.2% 26.2% 38.1% 8.8% 74.4% 55.4% 25.9% 37.7% 17.1%
Kiner-Falefa, Isiah tex 990 -5 40.8% 12.2% 32.7% 10.3% 62.6% 51.5% 24.7% 47.2% 17.9%
Castillo, Welington cws 1317 -5 43.1% 16% 31% 8.6% 60.9% 66% 24.8% 45.9% 19.7%
Hundley, Nick sf 2248 -6 45.1% 10.9% 42.2% 18.9% 59.3% 70.9% 24.6% 39.1% 22.4%
Sucre, Jesús tb 1560 -6 43.8% 13.1% 30.8% 7.4% 68.3% 53.7% 30.3% 52.6% 26.7%
Butera, Drew col 1477 -7 43.5% 14.3% 30.9% 9.1% 68.2% 63.5% 34% 41.9% 22.9%
Ellis, A.J. sd 1308 -7 40.5% 15.7% 39.3% 13.2% 68% 50% 25.2% 38.8% 11.7%
Contreras, Willson chc 3902 -9 46.3% 12.4% 34.3% 19% 62.5% 67.4% 29.1% 45.9% 30.4%
Mesoraco, Devin nym 1933 -9 44.3% 14% 33.9% 11.1% 66.4% 63.4% 28.9% 48.8% 20.4%
Garver, Mitch min 2375 -9 42% 13.9% 35.1% 24.6% 61.8% 67% 28.4% 33.7% 15.2%
Chirinos, Robinson tex 3260 -10 45% 9.2% 27% 15.2% 61.2% 64.8% 28.5% 51.4% 24.5%
Cervelli, Francisco pit 2739 -10 45.5% 18.1% 35% 12.6% 67.2% 64% 33% 47.9% 24.2%
Perez, Salvador kc 2926 -10 43.8% 17.3% 39.6% 20.5% 65.3% 59.3% 34.1% 39.5% 23.7%
Narváez, Omar cws 2218 -13 43.2% 20.7% 49.2% 21.5% 69.2% 57.7% 26.2% 35.9% 11.3%
Barnhart, Tucker cin 3463 -18 43.5% 14.4% 38.5% 14.3% 61.3% 57.8% 40.2% 47.7% 19%