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
Trevino, Jose 2719 17 54% 20.6% 45.3% 19.8% 71.1% 69.1% 40.7% 62.6% 30.9%
Heim, Jonah 2918 12 51.6% 31% 58.7% 21.6% 65.9% 70.9% 36.2% 48.2% 26.9%
d'Arnaud, Travis 2805 10 48.9% 21.7% 42.8% 25.4% 65.5% 60.1% 38.1% 57% 25.2%
Raleigh, Cal 2778 9 49.2% 22% 54.3% 24.5% 65% 62.8% 26.7% 57.4% 26.4%
Kirk, Alejandro 1971 9 50.9% 24.3% 47.3% 14.5% 71.3% 60.6% 41.5% 58.7% 21%
Murphy, Sean 3263 8 49.7% 25.6% 48.5% 24.5% 61.2% 68.3% 30.1% 54.5% 30.9%
Narváez, Omar 2371 6 49.9% 17.6% 46.8% 21.4% 63.7% 67.4% 37.6% 55.2% 24.4%
Serven, Brian 1560 5 50.1% 15% 60.5% 36.5% 59.2% 68.2% 34.3% 50% 26.4%
Molina, Yadier 2202 5 49.1% 27.9% 60.6% 35.8% 63.8% 65.5% 30.4% 43.4% 23%
Nido, Tomás 2392 5 50.3% 17.4% 50% 29.5% 58.2% 71.7% 31.4% 54.7% 32.9%
Zavala, Seby 1375 4 51.6% 19.2% 55.4% 30.1% 67.6% 68.4% 35.7% 55.9% 27.2%
Higashioka, Kyle 1964 4 48.7% 11.7% 43.9% 14% 70.1% 58.8% 40.7% 59.4% 29.7%
Rutschman, Adley 2357 4 49.6% 28.6% 53% 31.4% 68.1% 62.3% 40.5% 55.2% 18.7%
Grandal, Yasmani 1702 4 47.8% 15.9% 58.9% 34.2% 62.7% 64.1% 19.3% 46.4% 22.8%
Kelly, Carson 2594 3 47.7% 19.3% 51.1% 19.3% 61.1% 58.4% 36.4% 52.8% 23.6%
Heineman, Tyler 1461 3 48% 15.2% 44.6% 21.3% 61.1% 65% 36.1% 57.4% 26.6%
McGuire, Reese 2096 3 46.9% 32.2% 54.9% 23.5% 68.5% 60.4% 23.2% 45.9% 20.4%
Delay, Jason 1448 2 48.6% 28.3% 49.7% 33.3% 55.7% 67.6% 28.9% 55.3% 26.7%
Barnes, Austin 1525 2 49.8% 11.7% 41.1% 14.6% 57.6% 65.3% 37.6% 67.1% 35.1%
Jeffers, Ryan 1538 2 48.2% 24.2% 56.8% 17% 64.2% 66.9% 25.8% 45.7% 28.5%
McCann, James 1410 2 48.1% 15.1% 53.6% 20.9% 49% 70.7% 25% 55.1% 27.8%
Garcia, Aramis 1071 2 49.4% 17.5% 50% 21.6% 71.4% 63.8% 46.2% 48.5% 23.7%
Sanchez, Gary 2278 1 47.2% 23.1% 51.3% 22% 60.4% 65.5% 28.6% 53.8% 23.5%
Plawecki, Kevin 1483 1 48.2% 22.2% 56.3% 33% 62.3% 66.2% 29.3% 46.9% 18.9%
Hedges, Austin 2588 1 48.9% 17.3% 46.5% 24.1% 66.4% 66.5% 34.6% 55.3% 28%
Vázquez, Christian 2908 1 47.8% 23.1% 55.3% 26.5% 62.9% 63.7% 29.7% 50.3% 22.6%
Caratini, Victor 2423 1 48.4% 15.2% 49.8% 20.5% 56.6% 69.8% 32.1% 53% 32%
Gomes, Yan 1996 1 46.7% 27.2% 56.1% 15.6% 66.8% 55% 31.5% 49.9% 15.9%
Contreras, Willson 2049 0 46% 20.3% 58.3% 22.4% 65.4% 55.5% 31.3% 43% 22.1%
Wynns, Austin 1324 0 47.7% 14.9% 54.5% 31.8% 63% 65.1% 17.9% 48.2% 22%
Herrera, Jose 1192 0 46.6% 26.8% 38.5% 26.1% 61.7% 69.9% 30.2% 40.8% 24.3%
Realmuto, J.T. 4144 0 48.1% 21.7% 43.7% 23.5% 66.4% 63.4% 33.2% 52.1% 23.7%
Maldonado, Martín 3268 0 47.9% 25.6% 53.6% 26.9% 65.7% 61.1% 31.4% 48.7% 20.3%
Stassi, Max 2495 0 46.9% 24.8% 46.7% 20.2% 64.6% 58.5% 29.4% 55% 20%
Bethancourt, Christian 1297 0 47.1% 15.2% 46.4% 22.8% 61.8% 67.3% 27% 51.2% 21.8%
Fortes, Nick 1519 -1 48.7% 22.4% 50.3% 30.9% 62% 65.1% 28.1% 53.4% 23.2%
Bart, Joey 2315 -1 47% 18% 55% 15.2% 57.2% 68.5% 28.2% 48.8% 26.4%
Jansen, Danny 1630 -1 46.8% 16.7% 51.3% 11.8% 67.8% 59.9% 36% 48.3% 19.2%
Maile, Luke 1571 -1 44.3% 20.4% 51.3% 21.3% 62.4% 62.5% 24.1% 38.8% 21.4%
Stephenson, Tyler 1355 -2 45.2% 16.8% 44.4% 21.3% 62.2% 63.4% 29.9% 44.8% 26.4%
Casali, Curt 1312 -2 46.6% 19.2% 42.9% 18.8% 59.6% 62.2% 22.7% 52.5% 25.7%
Smith, Will 3028 -2 47.1% 19.4% 44.5% 21.5% 61.6% 67.9% 21.1% 52.1% 26.6%
Alfaro, Jorge 1769 -2 46.6% 16.9% 47.6% 34.1% 54% 71.6% 19.5% 47.8% 22.8%
Romine, Austin 1197 -2 44.1% 18.9% 54.3% 21.4% 58.2% 63.9% 30.9% 43.2% 14.3%
Mejía, Francisco 1962 -3 46.2% 19.4% 48.5% 20% 59.2% 61.5% 35.9% 52.1% 23.6%
Contreras, William 1627 -3 45.2% 18.6% 49.8% 24.1% 59.5% 64.5% 25.9% 43.6% 20.4%
Barnhart, Tucker 2548 -3 46.9% 16.7% 42.3% 21% 62% 66.4% 25.1% 52.3% 27.3%
Perez, Michael 1210 -3 44.2% 23.1% 46.1% 17% 54.6% 57.3% 32.1% 51.9% 21.7%
Suzuki, Kurt 1154 -4 42.5% 16.9% 46.7% 11.7% 63.9% 53.1% 23.9% 48.1% 20%
Stubbs, Garrett 988 -4 43.1% 17.2% 36.4% 17.9% 61.2% 52.2% 29.9% 51.8% 20.5%
Ruiz, Keibert 3118 -4 45.8% 23% 51.2% 25.3% 68.3% 57.7% 34.2% 42.5% 15.6%
Haase, Eric 1981 -5 44.8% 16.1% 43.9% 25.7% 64.3% 56% 31.7% 50.2% 16.7%
Adams, Riley 1280 -6 42.8% 20% 45.9% 26.3% 61% 59% 31.3% 40.8% 12.8%
Knizner, Andrew 2402 -6 44.2% 17% 49% 23.1% 56.1% 67.3% 21.9% 41.1% 22.1%
Díaz, Elias 2931 -7 43.9% 26.8% 54.4% 14.7% 65.7% 51.2% 27.8% 40.7% 16.9%
Perez, Salvador 2189 -8 43% 23.8% 53.5% 16.7% 64.5% 57.6% 25% 36.9% 15.4%
Stallings, Jacob 2950 -8 45.9% 16.2% 43.5% 18.3% 58.5% 58.9% 29.4% 53.9% 26.4%
Nola, Austin 3062 -10 46.4% 23.4% 45.2% 21.2% 59.6% 64.4% 29% 49.5% 22.6%
Melendez, MJ 2100 -12 41.7% 13.3% 38.2% 11.4% 55.9% 59.8% 27.5% 45.3% 21.1%
Chirinos, Robinson 1804 -14 40% 11.6% 41% 18.8% 50.8% 54.5% 32.6% 50.3% 16.9%