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
Bailey, Patrick sf 2433 16 52.9% 26% 54.4% 32.1% 61.6% 66.2% 36.5% 59.2% 32.1%
Hedges, Austin tex 2003 12 52.3% 27.4% 58% 41.2% 53.5% 69.7% 38.6% 60.5% 27.1%
Heim, Jonah tex 3037 10 49% 20.4% 50.7% 28.7% 63.3% 70.2% 27% 47% 26.7%
Alvarez, Francisco nym 2901 10 49.2% 21.3% 50% 29.2% 67.5% 64.5% 36.7% 53% 25.8%
Murphy, Sean atl 2789 7 49.2% 18.9% 45.2% 22.8% 59.1% 63.2% 32.7% 63.5% 23.9%
Contreras, William mil 3137 7 48.2% 15.3% 49.4% 24.4% 58.3% 64.9% 32.4% 56.3% 27.1%
Higashioka, Kyle nyy 2054 6 48.6% 12.8% 41.5% 26% 58.2% 66.1% 31.8% 63.1% 29.8%
Raleigh, Cal sea 3050 5 47.5% 22.2% 50.1% 22.7% 63.8% 63.8% 32.9% 46.5% 21.2%
Trevino, Jose nyy 1450 5 49.9% 20.2% 49% 19% 65% 65.8% 43.5% 56.5% 22.9%
Gallagher, Cam cle 1386 5 51.2% 22.2% 49.7% 25.4% 66.8% 65.3% 39.1% 53.4% 28.9%
Kirk, Alejandro tor 2419 5 49.3% 17.5% 46.8% 10.3% 64.4% 60.2% 41.6% 59.8% 24.3%
Rutschman, Adley bal 2905 5 48.7% 23% 61.3% 28.3% 70.2% 61.7% 29.8% 42.4% 20.3%
Zavala, Seby ari 1631 4 50.1% 15.9% 53.3% 28.6% 70.8% 66.5% 40% 51.1% 24.7%
Grandal, Yasmani cws 2338 4 47.2% 18.9% 54.9% 34.5% 56.3% 68.7% 26.4% 47.9% 21.1%
Naylor, Bo cle 1632 4 48% 22.9% 52.3% 24.4% 63.5% 67.3% 26.4% 46.2% 26.2%
Caratini, Victor mil 1569 4 47.7% 21.2% 54.3% 23.2% 58.8% 67.4% 25.2% 51.8% 24.7%
Delay, Jason pit 1623 4 48.2% 18.8% 48.9% 29.2% 51.5% 69.6% 29.3% 58.4% 25.3%
Rogers, Jake det 2673 4 48.6% 19% 41% 21% 56.6% 65.5% 35.8% 61% 23.7%
Fortes, Nick mia 2547 3 47.7% 18.7% 46.6% 14% 60.1% 62.1% 32.6% 58% 26.8%
Barnhart, Tucker chc 975 3 49.7% 24.1% 53.2% 26.1% 62.3% 66% 32.6% 54.3% 21.1%
d'Arnaud, Travis atl 1687 3 48.4% 22.2% 50.2% 18.4% 61.5% 64.4% 32.6% 52.6% 23%
Wynns, Austin col 1255 3 47.5% 20.7% 57.7% 36.5% 60% 63.4% 29.8% 44% 16.7%
Vázquez, Christian min 2354 3 47.8% 17.2% 46.7% 30.3% 59.6% 66.6% 34.1% 53.8% 26.3%
Bart, Joey sf 763 2 52.2% 13.7% 56.4% 19.5% 58.5% 67.8% 30.9% 67.4% 27.7%
Jansen, Danny tor 1854 2 47.7% 20.3% 53.7% 19.1% 69% 57.3% 35.3% 49.4% 20.5%
Amaya, Miguel chc 945 2 50.3% 29.3% 53.1% 14.7% 58.5% 64.8% 46.6% 52.7% 28.2%
Sánchez, Gary sd 1842 2 48.4% 17.9% 52.5% 27.6% 56.7% 64.7% 30.6% 54% 27.7%
Pinto, René tb 688 1 50.6% 21.6% 60.2% 40.4% 58.2% 71% 39.5% 48.7% 20.8%
Rortvedt, Ben nyy 581 1 49.7% 12.8% 50.7% 37.9% 45.7% 75.6% 23.1% 58.6% 30.3%
Sabol, Blake sf 1242 1 49% 20.7% 48% 26.8% 57.8% 73.1% 33.7% 50.9% 23.2%
Nido, Tomás nym 538 1 47.2% 16% 46.6% 19% 64.6% 70% 10.5% 50% 26.9%
Serven, Brian col 224 1 49.6% 31.3% 69.2% 25% 62.5% 61.8% 25% 47.4% 26.7%
Zunino, Mike cle 1070 1 47.2% 26.2% 47.3% 18.6% 68.4% 56.1% 33.9% 52.9% 20.3%
Fermin, Freddy kc 1660 1 47.6% 12.9% 47.9% 19% 60.1% 60.2% 43.1% 53.1% 27.4%
McGuire, Reese bos 1381 1 48.1% 23.2% 57.7% 29% 63% 62.8% 35.5% 50% 17.2%
Tromp, Chadwick atl 119 0 46.2% 0% 35.3% 0% 62.5% 60.7% 44.4% 56.3% 36.4%
Herrera, Iván stl 250 0 48% 13.3% 51.7% 26.7% 70.7% 65.5% 33.3% 42.4% 20.8%
Garver, Mitch tex 729 0 46.2% 20.8% 47.8% 7.7% 63% 57.1% 42% 48.6% 19.5%
Pérez, Roberto sf 143 0 49% 25% 41.7% 50% 68.8% 58.1% 20% 47.6% 42.1%
McCann, James bal 1444 0 47.2% 22.5% 50.3% 30.6% 64.9% 60.1% 27.8% 52.7% 18.2%
León, Sandy tex 286 0 47.2% 12% 62.5% 23.5% 60.3% 56.5% 20% 55.6% 24%
Porter, Logan kc 168 0 44.6% 10% 52.2% 0% 50% 64.7% 46.2% 44.7% 30.8%
O'Keefe, Brian sea 148 0 41.9% 16.7% 66.7% 30% 50% 70% 0% 31.8% 5.9%
Alfaro, Jorge bos 157 0 42% 10% 33.3% 0% 64% 50% 11.1% 66.7% 7.1%
Bemboom, Anthony bal 127 0 48% 28.6% 43.8% 50% 60% 82.6% 25% 33.3% 33.3%
Heineman, Tyler tor 371 0 47.7% 19.2% 46.3% 26.7% 58% 72.4% 30% 51.9% 27.1%
Narváez, Omar nym 1117 0 45.1% 18.7% 46.3% 25.4% 63.1% 58.2% 27.4% 48% 22%
Soderstrom, Tyler oak 381 0 42.5% 9.1% 49.2% 20% 63.4% 53.2% 29% 45% 9.7%
Lee, Korey cws 569 0 48.7% 32.3% 56.9% 21.7% 60.4% 63.4% 42.5% 52.4% 19.5%
Wallach, Chad ana 1282 0 46.3% 19.8% 42.3% 14.1% 60.4% 66.8% 36.8% 48.1% 29%
Melendez, MJ kc 214 0 45.3% 9.1% 40% 25% 47.2% 61.4% 29.4% 56% 30.4%
Millas, Drew was 226 0 43.4% 6.7% 26.9% 38.5% 57.1% 72.5% 19% 52.1% 14.3%
Pérez, Carlos cws 288 0 44.1% 29% 45.9% 40% 51.5% 66.7% 31.8% 52.1% 6.7%
Rodríguez, Endy pit 1263 0 46.9% 15% 54.8% 21.8% 61.9% 60.9% 39.5% 48.9% 22.7%
Salazar, César hou 133 0 45.1% 16.7% 75% 0% 48.3% 57.1% 16.7% 47.1% 14.3%
Barnes, Austin la 1373 0 47.9% 9.1% 46.8% 14.9% 51.9% 73.9% 26.4% 53.9% 34.1%
Wells, Austin nyy 379 0 45.1% 19.4% 50% 13.8% 64.2% 59.2% 22.2% 48.1% 32.3%
Huff, Sam tex 140 0 42.9% 28.6% 50% 33.3% 54.5% 61.8% 0% 34.5% 43.8%
Kelly, Carson det 1139 -1 45.2% 8.2% 54.9% 20.4% 57.9% 59.4% 34.5% 50.2% 13.3%
Fry, David cle 401 -1 35.2% 5.6% 23.7% 0% 53.3% 44.6% 35.3% 41.3% 20.6%
Casali, Curt cin 808 -1 44.3% 13.3% 61.7% 11.4% 55.7% 52.3% 27.8% 51.3% 20.3%
Sullivan, Brett sd 580 -1 44.8% 5.3% 39.3% 20% 60.6% 64.7% 7.9% 47.4% 33.9%
Bethancourt, Christian tb 2434 -1 47.1% 25.5% 52.1% 26.7% 66.5% 57.9% 28% 51.2% 18.5%
Moreno, Gabriel ari 2631 -2 45.5% 16.8% 40.6% 13.9% 58.7% 56.9% 32.6% 56.6% 26.1%
Maile, Luke cin 1667 -2 42.4% 11.2% 57.3% 26.8% 54.2% 65% 20.2% 38.7% 13.6%
Thaiss, Matt ana 1987 -2 46.4% 23.6% 48% 20% 54.7% 68.5% 22.6% 51.7% 25%
Haase, Eric cle 1706 -2 46.3% 9.3% 42% 18.6% 59.7% 62.6% 30.4% 57.2% 25.1%
Jeffers, Ryan min 1966 -2 45% 25.5% 54.4% 20% 60.8% 56.2% 31.3% 43.8% 18.4%
Campusano, Luis sd 1125 -2 45.1% 15.3% 39.9% 26.8% 49.5% 73.5% 20.9% 51.8% 29.1%
Nola, Austin sd 1333 -3 43.1% 15.1% 50.5% 23.1% 55.3% 60.7% 23.2% 47.1% 20.7%
Gomes, Yan chc 2610 -3 44.3% 25.4% 51.7% 19% 59.9% 60.7% 29.1% 42.5% 19.7%
Pérez, Carlos oak 954 -3 39.9% 18.7% 47.3% 32.3% 52.6% 59.6% 21.2% 35.3% 7.9%
Stubbs, Garrett phi 885 -3 43.3% 16.9% 41.7% 30.2% 46.6% 56.1% 31.6% 55.5% 20%
Knizner, Andrew stl 1934 -3 44.4% 20% 59.7% 35.5% 62% 62.5% 25.2% 33.9% 13.1%
Murphy, Tom sea 1016 -3 42.8% 13.1% 42.1% 25% 59.7% 51.6% 38.8% 49.4% 15.8%
Herrera, Jose ari 1189 -4 41.5% 19.5% 45.4% 30.8% 49% 64.9% 22.8% 41.2% 15%
Stallings, Jacob mia 1979 -4 44.8% 17.5% 43.9% 22.4% 56.5% 69% 34.2% 46.4% 17.5%
Mejía, Francisco tb 1262 -4 43.5% 9% 49.7% 20% 58.7% 54.9% 25.2% 50.3% 26.7%
Smith, Will la 2948 -4 44.7% 13.3% 45.3% 21.4% 54.8% 65.2% 26.5% 55.4% 20.4%
Wong, Connor bos 2948 -4 43.9% 12.8% 42.5% 27% 51.7% 69.6% 23.2% 47.7% 18%
O'Hoppe, Logan ana 1277 -4 42.2% 23% 45.1% 11.1% 62.5% 50.3% 28.9% 48.7% 15.6%
Diaz, Yainer hou 1286 -4 42.1% 17% 45.5% 20.3% 55.5% 62.4% 35.4% 43.7% 17.1%
Contreras, Willson stl 2765 -5 44.3% 21.3% 50.4% 25.9% 59.8% 59.9% 26.4% 40.2% 18.5%
Adams, Riley was 1209 -5 42.7% 18.3% 43.2% 23.1% 59.5% 64.4% 27.6% 43.7% 14.9%
Perez, Salvador kc 2379 -6 44.1% 16.7% 48.4% 16.2% 60% 60.3% 30.7% 46.6% 20.2%
Díaz, Elias col 3382 -8 43.2% 25.5% 61.1% 25.7% 63.5% 48.6% 28.1% 35% 12.2%
Langeliers, Shea oak 3552 -8 44% 15% 44.2% 19.3% 49.6% 66.9% 26.5% 47.7% 25.1%
Stephenson, Tyler cin 2362 -9 42% 27.2% 59.8% 34.7% 55.4% 50.9% 25.2% 36% 11.8%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 3747 -12 44% 13.1% 50.7% 14.5% 61.5% 56.8% 30.8% 44.9% 20.1%
Ruiz, Keibert was 3550 -12 42.9% 23.4% 53.8% 24.6% 57.9% 59.2% 19.2% 40.1% 17.6%
Maldonado, Martín hou 2988 -17 40.7% 27.1% 46.5% 22.4% 54.5% 55.6% 20.8% 40.2% 14.3%