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
Narváez, Omar mil 981 6 53.7% 30.3% 53.1% 16.9% 66.5% 68.6% 44.8% 55.1% 40%
Vázquez, Christian bos 1261 4 51.1% 23.1% 52.1% 33.3% 69.1% 68.1% 24.3% 53.3% 26%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 1009 3 52.2% 24.6% 36.8% 17.6% 76.5% 67% 47.1% 51.2% 30.3%
Grandal, Yasmani cws 1078 3 51.1% 27% 51.1% 18.4% 63.5% 68.4% 40.3% 57.8% 30.7%
Murphy, Sean oak 1385 3 50% 21.3% 42.6% 11.3% 68.3% 67.7% 26.5% 57.1% 25.5%
Molina, Yadier stl 1317 3 50.5% 13.8% 43% 12.5% 65.4% 73.5% 40.2% 61.6% 30%
Caratini, Victor chc 622 2 52.9% 16.2% 58.1% 36% 63.5% 65.4% 48.5% 57% 24.2%
Vogt, Stephen ari 602 2 52.2% 38.7% 37.5% 26.7% 57.5% 68.8% 30.8% 61.4% 36.9%
Pérez, Roberto cle 871 2 51.7% 6.1% 50.4% 19.2% 67.4% 72.6% 31.1% 54.8% 32.1%
Jeffers, Ryan min 597 2 52.6% 21.2% 37.3% 9.5% 72.7% 63.3% 42.3% 58.8% 39.7%
Barnes, Austin la 942 2 52.9% 20.4% 45.6% 16.7% 57.8% 74.1% 38.8% 64.2% 42.9%
Nola, Austin sd 1470 2 52% 13.7% 39.4% 23.5% 59.9% 67.6% 35.1% 68.3% 41.7%
Stallings, Jacob pit 1237 2 48.9% 13.3% 36.1% 25% 60% 66.5% 30.7% 61% 33.1%
Mathis, Jeff tex 699 1 49.9% 22.2% 55% 21.3% 62.6% 68.3% 34.7% 53.4% 26.4%
Stassi, Max ana 794 1 50.8% 15.4% 52.3% 26.3% 59.5% 72.9% 31.4% 58.6% 35.1%
Hedges, Austin cle 745 1 49.7% 22.2% 45.9% 26.2% 60.7% 67.7% 29.7% 55.2% 32.9%
Kelly, Carson ari 1085 1 49.3% 20% 40.7% 23.3% 70.9% 64.1% 41.7% 52.7% 22.1%
Higashioka, Kyle nyy 461 1 50.5% 17.1% 33.3% 18.8% 80.3% 72% 30% 55.6% 30.8%
Tromp, Chadwick sf 547 1 50.5% 18.6% 38.1% 17.4% 70.3% 61.5% 38.6% 57.3% 38.6%
d'Arnaud, Travis atl 1437 1 49.1% 17.5% 52.5% 31% 66.6% 65.8% 28.5% 48.8% 21.6%
Bemboom, Anthony ana 511 1 48.1% 32.6% 36% 11.5% 64.3% 67.9% 33.3% 49.1% 30.8%
McCann, James cws 819 1 51.4% 5% 35.9% 20.9% 62.8% 75.3% 38.1% 62% 31.3%
Casali, Curt cin 733 1 50.5% 15.3% 43.8% 27.3% 64.5% 69.8% 36.4% 60.9% 32.7%
Nottingham, Jacob mil 525 1 50.1% 14.3% 40.4% 26.3% 68.8% 68.2% 34% 56.5% 27.1%
Flowers, Tyler atl 615 1 49.8% 22.4% 52.4% 39.3% 63.5% 68.4% 33.9% 55.2% 23.3%
Ramos, Wilson nym 1145 1 45.1% 25% 57.1% 27% 66.2% 64.4% 22% 30.5% 16.8%
Barnhart, Tucker cin 1009 1 50.4% 18.6% 43.7% 19% 69.9% 67.4% 31.4% 62.8% 26.9%
Piña, Manny mil 339 1 54% 37.9% 61.8% 20% 66.7% 78.7% 40% 48.8% 31%
Contreras, Willson chc 1097 1 51.3% 21% 49.6% 31.6% 64.6% 68.8% 39.2% 53.7% 28.7%
Allen, Austin oak 285 1 54.4% 28.6% 57.7% 10% 65.6% 76.8% 26.3% 48% 34.6%
Garneau, Dustin hou 441 1 48.3% 25% 42.5% 32% 79.2% 63.2% 45.2% 48.6% 10.5%
Castro, Jason sd 727 1 50.8% 30.6% 51% 14.3% 56.3% 69.2% 47.6% 55.9% 30.4%
Trevino, Jose tex 590 0 49.2% 19% 48.2% 29.6% 68.7% 57.7% 50.9% 53.2% 24.6%
Bart, Joey sf 857 0 49.7% 24% 37.6% 27.7% 63.2% 69.8% 40% 52% 38%
Heineman, Tyler sf 417 0 49.6% 7.4% 40.3% 29.2% 70.1% 63.2% 50% 57.3% 20%
Díaz, Elias col 461 0 47.3% 25.7% 31.9% 20% 77.9% 55.7% 36.6% 43.8% 20.5%
Mejía, Francisco sd 352 0 50.3% 20% 43.3% 15.4% 66.1% 66.2% 43.6% 54.4% 35.3%
Garver, Mitch min 559 0 46.5% 14% 46.8% 18.5% 55.4% 58.4% 38.5% 54% 40.5%
Perez, Salvador kc 1015 0 48.9% 17.5% 45.8% 14.5% 76.8% 71% 35.7% 43.9% 26.1%
Viloria, Meibrys kc 289 0 50.5% 23.1% 50% 23.5% 71.2% 61% 38.1% 50.8% 30%
Odom, Joseph sea 472 0 44.3% 13.9% 54.5% 30% 55.3% 54.8% 15.6% 50% 32.8%
Cervelli, Francisco mia 447 0 48.3% 23.8% 43.8% 11.8% 69.2% 68.4% 26.7% 46.2% 15.4%
Butera, Drew col 448 0 46.9% 20.6% 37.8% 18.8% 70% 54.1% 42.3% 59.8% 16.9%
McGuire, Reese tor 365 0 47.7% 18.2% 51.1% 21.1% 55.7% 63.9% 33.3% 51.4% 30.6%
Knapp, Andrew phi 612 0 45.4% 18.4% 43.3% 18.8% 60.7% 52.1% 41.2% 52.5% 25%
Heim, Jonah oak 262 0 46.2% 5.9% 41.7% 36.4% 60% 79.2% 21.1% 48.6% 14.7%
Avila, Alex min 458 0 46.7% 23.3% 57.1% 21.7% 60.4% 62.2% 29.3% 51% 17%
Murphy, John Ryan pit 545 0 50.6% 12.2% 39% 16.7% 67.3% 67.7% 26.1% 62.5% 38.9%
León, Sandy cle 661 0 49.9% 15.1% 53% 26.5% 59.5% 67.7% 48.6% 60.8% 24%
Wallach, Chad mia 530 0 46.8% 17.5% 44.7% 20% 65.9% 60.9% 29.3% 55.4% 28.1%
Greiner, Grayson det 489 -1 46.2% 34.2% 68.3% 24% 54.3% 61% 25% 41.2% 8.3%
Jansen, Danny tor 1293 -1 46.5% 18.8% 38.7% 20.8% 65.2% 68% 26.6% 45.7% 32.3%
Wieters, Matt stl 336 -1 42.3% 19.2% 38.9% 16.7% 63.5% 60.5% 6.7% 43.8% 16.1%
Huff, Sam tex 293 -1 45.4% 13% 48.5% 28.6% 50% 59.2% 28% 53.7% 40%
Gallagher, Cam kc 549 -1 49.7% 15.2% 41.4% 9.5% 68.5% 57.6% 40% 68.1% 25%
Smith, Kevan tb 256 -1 41% 5.9% 47.5% 7.7% 54.1% 64% 22.2% 37.5% 26.5%
Chirinos, Robinson nym 794 -1 46.7% 22.6% 40.2% 20.8% 64.2% 70.2% 38.1% 39.4% 29.4%
Wolters, Tony col 1016 -1 47.5% 21.3% 47.2% 22.9% 64.6% 65.8% 40.5% 47.3% 15.6%
Romine, Austin det 1083 -1 45.8% 11.3% 32% 20.5% 61.2% 67.4% 31.6% 47.7% 30.7%
Maldonado, Martín hou 1879 -1 48% 20.8% 46.7% 22.2% 64.3% 68.9% 26.3% 54.3% 22.1%
Torrens, Luis sea 625 -2 46.2% 20% 46.9% 21.9% 63.6% 57% 37.5% 50.4% 18.6%
Pérez, Michael tb 744 -2 46.8% 18.2% 63.9% 26.3% 64.1% 57.7% 19.6% 45.9% 19.7%
Gomes, Yan was 908 -2 44.9% 21.3% 36.3% 18.4% 67.5% 61.5% 39.3% 45.5% 16.5%
Sánchez, Gary nyy 1170 -2 47.7% 12.8% 31.6% 12.8% 64.7% 69.3% 24.1% 52.2% 43.1%
Sisco, Chance bal 703 -2 46.2% 18.8% 31% 14.3% 68.5% 58% 32.7% 48.9% 21.8%
Suzuki, Kurt was 889 -3 44.1% 22.2% 32.6% 12.1% 64.9% 63.9% 35.6% 43.8% 18%
Plawecki, Kevin bos 605 -3 43.1% 18.2% 50% 15.6% 62.6% 59.2% 31.6% 41.6% 18.6%
Alfaro, Jorge mia 756 -3 41.5% 14.5% 47.8% 18.6% 57.8% 56.4% 22% 44.4% 16.7%
Severino, Pedro bal 1007 -4 45.7% 24.6% 38.6% 15.9% 64.3% 64.7% 33.8% 45.1% 28.3%
Zunino, Mike tb 1308 -5 45.6% 17.1% 49% 26.4% 59.6% 66.4% 23.8% 45.3% 20.1%
Smith, Will la 1144 -5 43.9% 13.3% 50.4% 23.3% 62.6% 62.4% 33% 45.8% 22.6%