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 2984 10 49.2% 14.4% 47.9% 23.1% 65.5% 70.7% 34.7% 48.4% 27.7%
Heim, Jonah 1994 9 52% 19.8% 59.5% 33.6% 65.4% 74% 33.1% 50.4% 26.1%
Murphy, Sean 2879 8 49.6% 19.9% 48.5% 20.8% 63.3% 68.9% 31.8% 55.4% 26.6%
Trevino, Jose 2378 8 51.8% 18.3% 57.8% 27.5% 65.5% 70% 37.5% 53.4% 30.9%
Zunino, Mike 2706 7 51.6% 18.8% 56% 29.4% 56.4% 70% 27.1% 56.7% 34.2%
Stassi, Max 2375 6 49.9% 22.1% 41.8% 19.7% 59.2% 75.6% 36% 55.2% 34.7%
Nido, Tomás 1147 5 53.5% 20.3% 50.4% 26.2% 64.7% 80% 42.4% 51% 36.4%
Posey, Buster 2890 5 49.1% 23.9% 51.3% 23.2% 68.2% 62% 34.3% 52.3% 19%
Barnhart, Tucker 2999 5 49.4% 23% 45.3% 22.6% 65.1% 68.1% 34.9% 50.8% 28.6%
McGuire, Reese 1732 4 48.8% 28.7% 48.5% 20.2% 67% 62.3% 32.3% 50.5% 25%
Piña, Manny 1469 4 49.1% 15.2% 54.7% 25% 53.6% 70.8% 34.1% 56.6% 26.8%
Garver, Mitch 1398 3 50.5% 14.9% 51% 33.8% 67.8% 69.4% 34.7% 51.9% 26.2%
Higashioka, Kyle 1635 3 49.8% 17.8% 46.2% 10.6% 67.1% 67.9% 43.8% 52% 33.3%
Raleigh, Cal 1034 3 47.5% 29.8% 53.5% 28.1% 63.4% 60.4% 37.2% 45.3% 13.8%
Realmuto, J.T. 3284 3 48.4% 20.9% 44.5% 12.4% 69.4% 60.5% 38.4% 51.1% 26.8%
Jeffers, Ryan 2061 2 49.2% 21.9% 42.5% 22.5% 65.7% 67.8% 43.8% 55.1% 23.3%
Gallagher, Cam 1032 2 50.1% 12.7% 53.1% 17.6% 67.2% 64.4% 38.9% 55.6% 32.6%
Smith, Will 3438 2 49% 21% 45% 17.8% 65.3% 67.3% 28.6% 53.8% 30.6%
Nola, Austin 1392 2 49.3% 13.6% 45.5% 21% 59.5% 68.8% 38% 57.7% 27.4%
Stallings, Jacob 2961 2 48.1% 15.1% 45.5% 21.1% 61.5% 68.3% 28.9% 56.2% 30.5%
Díaz, Elias 2629 2 47.1% 30.3% 42.5% 26.4% 73% 53.9% 43.4% 48.3% 14.4%
Barnes, Austin 1365 1 49.8% 10.5% 33.2% 15.9% 72.2% 63.3% 35% 61% 35.9%
Vogt, Stephen 1691 1 46.9% 13.7% 49.7% 30% 59.3% 72.1% 29.7% 40.5% 26.9%
Jansen, Danny 1688 1 48.6% 29.3% 41.9% 11.3% 69.8% 60.9% 34.7% 52.1% 27.6%
d'Arnaud, Travis 1951 1 47.5% 17.4% 53.4% 19.4% 55.5% 62% 39.9% 54.8% 28.6%
Gomes, Yan 2616 1 46.9% 21.1% 47.5% 18.7% 69.8% 59.7% 29.7% 44.1% 26.1%
Nuñez, Dom 2149 1 47.1% 17.8% 35.6% 14.1% 67% 61.3% 44.4% 56.1% 21.7%
Maldonado, Martín 3816 1 49% 17.4% 46.2% 21.2% 64.1% 66.4% 37% 53.7% 29.7%
Grandal, Yasmani 2082 1 48.2% 16.4% 53.9% 22.7% 63.9% 66.9% 36.3% 49.4% 25.8%
Casali, Curt 1575 1 49.4% 11.4% 33.3% 10% 65.9% 62.1% 41.2% 59% 28.6%
Vázquez, Christian 3904 1 48.9% 23.7% 54.9% 31.1% 66.3% 66% 24.6% 48.8% 23.8%
Plawecki, Kevin 1168 1 47.3% 29.5% 48.9% 17% 71.4% 59.9% 21.3% 50.7% 17.1%
Hedges, Austin 2354 1 47.2% 19.4% 48.8% 26% 61.1% 66.9% 39.3% 47.6% 23.5%
Kelly, Carson 2446 0 48.2% 23.9% 49.4% 23.3% 62.4% 63.6% 35.2% 49.1% 25.6%
León, Sandy 1320 0 49.9% 32.6% 59.3% 31.8% 59.8% 68% 35.3% 48% 19.1%
Pérez, Roberto 1112 0 48.5% 21.2% 55.6% 27.1% 65.2% 70.5% 26.5% 48% 25.2%
Alfaro, Jorge 1577 0 48.4% 29.5% 58.9% 30.8% 64.1% 58.4% 28% 49.4% 20%
Knapp, Andrew 1111 0 48.2% 11.1% 46.4% 17.4% 64.7% 66.1% 40% 47.8% 26.5%
Varsho, Daulton 1070 -1 47.5% 20.8% 47.8% 23.4% 66.7% 62.6% 38.6% 49.2% 15.6%
Castro, Jason 1179 -1 48% 15.2% 45.6% 30.3% 64.3% 69.8% 30.8% 53.2% 22.9%
Contreras, Willson 3162 -1 49% 21% 55.8% 28.1% 65.7% 64.5% 28.1% 50% 19.5%
Stephenson, Tyler 1976 -1 48.4% 17.7% 44.7% 24.1% 67% 65.7% 28.8% 49.4% 29.5%
Murphy, Tom 2282 -1 47.1% 23.8% 46% 15% 70.4% 62.1% 32.3% 52.1% 18.9%
Kirk, Alejandro 1056 -1 47.2% 21.8% 37.2% 17.6% 56.3% 56.2% 41% 61.7% 27.9%
Perez, Michael 1642 -2 46% 14.5% 58.1% 29.5% 63.7% 62.7% 27.4% 43.2% 14.9%
Contreras, William 1321 -2 45.1% 19% 40.9% 21% 58.3% 56.5% 29.5% 53.2% 26.2%
Caratini, Victor 2741 -3 46.3% 16.5% 41.3% 16% 55.4% 66.8% 34% 49% 32.7%
Molina, Yadier 3468 -3 48.4% 24.5% 58.8% 31.5% 63.8% 68.2% 32.1% 40.5% 24.6%
McCann, James 2603 -3 47.9% 12% 48.2% 17.2% 56.4% 73.6% 24% 51.6% 29.9%
Rogers, Jake 1003 -3 44.4% 14.1% 46.6% 17.2% 58.7% 62.4% 26.2% 51.8% 22.3%
Suzuki, Kurt 1964 -4 45.3% 19% 40.7% 16.5% 64.3% 67.3% 28% 45.6% 19.8%
Knizner, Andrew 1388 -4 43.7% 22.5% 44.6% 28.8% 57.5% 71% 27.3% 35.1% 22.1%
Wynns, Austin 1305 -4 42.9% 19.3% 50.7% 18.2% 65.4% 57% 24.7% 36.8% 14.3%
Mejía, Francisco 1706 -5 44.7% 14% 47.4% 19.3% 60% 64.8% 23.7% 46% 23.6%
Sánchez, Gary 2809 -6 45.9% 21.5% 44.5% 14.4% 64.4% 70.2% 23% 45.8% 29%
Haase, Eric 1766 -6 44.7% 21.1% 42.8% 16% 63.2% 63.9% 28.7% 42.5% 17.9%
Severino, Pedro 3134 -10 43.7% 17.4% 47.7% 18.4% 63.7% 59.6% 26.9% 45.5% 19%
Collins, Zack 1711 -10 41.2% 21.9% 52.2% 19.4% 70.9% 48.8% 19.6% 35.6% 13.9%
Perez, Salvador 3554 -18 44.7% 26% 53.6% 28.1% 65.2% 59.8% 28.3% 36% 19.2%