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
Narváez, Omar 966 5 53.6% 30.3% 54.1% 17.2% 65.9% 68.8% 44.7% 54.3% 39.5%
Murphy, Sean 1356 3 49.4% 20.5% 43.2% 10.1% 67.9% 67.1% 26.3% 56.6% 24.4%
Realmuto, J.T. 977 3 51.8% 23.9% 35.9% 17.6% 76.4% 67% 48.2% 50.4% 28.7%
Vázquez, Christian 1240 3 50.9% 23.8% 51.4% 32.3% 68.6% 67.7% 24.6% 53.3% 25.2%
Grandal, Yasmani 1074 3 50.9% 27.4% 51.1% 18.4% 63% 68.4% 38.7% 57.6% 29.9%
McCann, James 814 2 51.4% 5% 35.6% 22.5% 61.6% 75.5% 38.1% 61.8% 31.3%
Pérez, Roberto 862 2 51.2% 6.3% 50% 17.6% 67.1% 71.8% 31.1% 53.9% 32.1%
Molina, Yadier 1280 2 50.2% 15.2% 43.3% 11.4% 65.2% 74.2% 38.1% 60.3% 29.7%
Stallings, Jacob 1226 2 48.6% 13.3% 35.9% 23.7% 60.1% 66% 29.9% 60.5% 33.3%
Bemboom, Anthony 500 2 48.4% 29.3% 36.7% 12.5% 64.5% 67.1% 35.6% 50% 30.8%
Vogt, Stephen 601 2 51.9% 38.7% 37.5% 26.7% 57.1% 68.8% 30.8% 60.9% 35.9%
Contreras, Willson 1082 2 51.3% 21.7% 50.4% 30.4% 65.5% 68.5% 39.2% 52.6% 28.3%
Caratini, Victor 611 2 52.9% 16.2% 59.5% 33.3% 63.1% 66.2% 48.5% 56.7% 24.2%
Barnes, Austin 936 2 52.6% 20.4% 45.2% 16.7% 57.5% 73.8% 38% 64% 42.9%
Barnhart, Tucker 992 1 50.4% 18.6% 44% 18.4% 69.9% 67.2% 31.4% 63% 26.6%
Tromp, Chadwick 540 1 50% 19% 37.1% 16.7% 70.4% 62.8% 37.9% 55.9% 37.2%
Flowers, Tyler 600 1 49% 22.4% 50.8% 34.6% 63% 67.5% 33.3% 55.3% 20.6%
d'Arnaud, Travis 1409 1 49% 18% 52.1% 30.6% 66.6% 65.7% 28.9% 48.6% 20.8%
Nottingham, Jacob 500 1 49.8% 15.6% 42.2% 26.3% 66.4% 67.5% 36.7% 55.9% 26.3%
Casali, Curt 722 1 50.3% 15% 43.6% 25.6% 65% 69.2% 37.5% 60.9% 33%
Garneau, Dustin 426 1 47.9% 25% 41.5% 30.4% 78.9% 63.5% 42.9% 47.9% 10.8%
Jeffers, Ryan 581 1 51.6% 21.2% 34.5% 9.1% 72.6% 62.5% 40.4% 58.3% 38.7%
Nola, Austin 1444 1 51.7% 13.9% 40% 23.8% 59.7% 67.5% 34.3% 67.8% 40.4%
Stassi, Max 785 1 50.2% 15.6% 50% 26.3% 58.8% 73% 32.9% 57.9% 35.1%
Higashioka, Kyle 457 1 50.1% 17.6% 31.6% 18.8% 79.7% 71.7% 33.3% 54.5% 31.4%
Mathis, Jeff 691 1 49.3% 22.2% 54.5% 21.3% 62.2% 68.5% 32.7% 52.6% 24.3%
Kelly, Carson 1063 1 49.5% 20.7% 41.4% 23.3% 71.4% 64.2% 39.4% 52.9% 22%
Butera, Drew 440 0 46.8% 20.6% 40.5% 18.8% 68.9% 53.6% 44% 58.8% 17.2%
León, Sandy 649 0 49.9% 15.4% 53% 27.1% 59.1% 67.2% 47.2% 60.7% 25%
Hedges, Austin 740 0 49.3% 21.2% 45.3% 25% 60% 68.2% 29.7% 54.7% 32.6%
Heineman, Tyler 408 0 50% 7.4% 41% 30.4% 71.2% 63.8% 46.7% 57.3% 18.8%
Avila, Alex 454 0 46.9% 23.3% 56.3% 22.7% 60.8% 62.2% 27.5% 51.5% 17.4%
Ramos, Wilson 1112 0 44.9% 25% 59% 27.4% 66.2% 63.8% 22.8% 29.6% 15.7%
Garver, Mitch 559 0 46.2% 14% 46% 18.5% 54% 58.9% 38.5% 54% 39.7%
Perez, Salvador 996 0 48.9% 17.9% 45.3% 16.1% 76.2% 71.7% 36.8% 43.5% 26.4%
Bart, Joey 843 0 49.2% 24% 38% 27.1% 62.1% 69.1% 40.4% 51.6% 37.7%
Murphy, John Ryan 532 0 50.6% 12.2% 39% 16.7% 67.3% 67.8% 25% 62.2% 41.5%
Díaz, Elias 453 0 47% 22.9% 31.9% 21.4% 77.5% 56% 36.6% 44.2% 20.5%
Castro, Jason 719 0 50.1% 30% 50% 15.9% 55.9% 68.6% 47.6% 54.9% 29.4%
Trevino, Jose 567 0 49% 19% 48.7% 28% 68.8% 58.9% 51.9% 53.3% 21.7%
Cervelli, Francisco 443 0 47.6% 23.8% 42.6% 6.3% 70.1% 66.7% 27.6% 45.8% 15%
Wolters, Tony 1003 -1 47.5% 21.3% 47.6% 22.9% 63.9% 66% 40.5% 47.8% 15.7%
Odom, Joseph 459 -1 43.8% 14.3% 54.8% 27.8% 54.3% 55.6% 15.6% 49.5% 30.4%
Knapp, Andrew 600 -1 45% 18.4% 42.4% 18.8% 60.2% 52.1% 41.2% 52.2% 25%
Jansen, Danny 1282 -1 46.3% 18.2% 38.3% 19.1% 65% 68.1% 25.5% 45.9% 32.3%
Greiner, Grayson 489 -1 46.2% 34.2% 68.3% 24% 54.3% 61% 25% 41.2% 8.3%
Romine, Austin 1069 -1 45.8% 11.7% 32.4% 20.5% 61% 67.4% 31.6% 47.2% 30.9%
Wallach, Chad 521 -1 45.9% 17.9% 42.6% 14.3% 65.9% 60% 27.3% 55.8% 24.6%
Gallagher, Cam 542 -1 49.1% 14.9% 41.4% 10% 68.3% 57% 40% 67.5% 22.4%
Chirinos, Robinson 780 -1 46.7% 22.6% 40.4% 20.8% 63.6% 70.4% 36.6% 39.7% 28.9%
Torrens, Luis 612 -2 45.8% 20.5% 46.9% 19.4% 63.8% 56.2% 37.1% 48.8% 19%
Perez, Michael 731 -2 46.4% 18.6% 65.3% 24.3% 62.4% 57% 20.4% 45.9% 17.6%
Maldonado, Martín 1828 -2 47.8% 18.8% 47.4% 23.5% 64.3% 68.2% 24.8% 54.4% 22%
Sánchez, Gary 1152 -2 47.7% 13% 32.5% 14.9% 64.5% 67.8% 23.7% 52.4% 43%
Gomes, Yan 885 -2 44.9% 20.7% 37.4% 16.7% 67% 60.7% 38.4% 45.7% 16.3%
Sisco, Chance 700 -3 45.9% 18.8% 31% 13.6% 68.3% 56.9% 32.7% 49.1% 20.9%
Alfaro, Jorge 746 -3 41.4% 14.3% 47.1% 18.6% 58.6% 55.4% 20.7% 45.1% 17.2%
Plawecki, Kevin 598 -3 43.1% 17.9% 49.4% 13.3% 62% 59.3% 31.6% 41.6% 19.7%
Severino, Pedro 995 -4 45.7% 25% 38.4% 16.3% 64.2% 64.6% 33.3% 45.4% 28.5%
Suzuki, Kurt 876 -4 43.8% 22.6% 31.9% 12.5% 64% 64.3% 35.6% 44% 17.3%
Smith, Will 1130 -5 44.1% 13.3% 51.1% 23.3% 62.7% 63% 32.3% 46.2% 22.5%
Zunino, Mike 1277 -5 45.1% 17.3% 49% 26.4% 60% 65.3% 22.2% 44.8% 19.4%