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
Bailey, Patrick sf 2513 16 52.9% 26.8% 54.6% 30.8% 61.4% 66.5% 37.2% 59.3% 31.8%
Hedges, Austin tex 2025 13 52.5% 27.6% 58.3% 42.2% 53.8% 70% 38.8% 60.7% 26.5%
Heim, Jonah tex 3657 10 48.5% 20.1% 49.3% 28% 63.5% 69.2% 27.5% 46.9% 24.4%
Alvarez, Francisco nym 3006 9 48.9% 20.5% 49.1% 28.7% 67.2% 64.2% 35.8% 52.7% 26.1%
Murphy, Sean atl 2913 7 48.9% 18.3% 44.3% 21.8% 59.5% 62.5% 34.1% 62.5% 24.1%
Higashioka, Kyle nyy 2078 7 48.7% 12.7% 41.4% 26% 58.2% 65.8% 32.3% 63.8% 30%
Contreras, William mil 3310 7 48% 15.1% 50.1% 23.8% 58.1% 65.1% 32.4% 56.2% 26%
Caratini, Victor mil 1686 6 47.7% 22.5% 54.8% 23.3% 58.7% 66.7% 26.2% 51.4% 24.6%
Raleigh, Cal sea 3257 6 47.5% 22.4% 50.2% 23% 64.1% 64% 34.6% 46.7% 20.4%
Trevino, Jose nyy 1450 6 49.9% 20.2% 49% 19% 65% 65.8% 43.5% 56.5% 22.9%
Rutschman, Adley bal 3065 5 48.3% 22.2% 60.3% 28.1% 69.7% 61.8% 29.6% 42.1% 21%
Kirk, Alejandro tor 2595 5 49.2% 17% 48% 9.5% 64% 61.9% 40.1% 58.6% 24.5%
Rogers, Jake det 2751 5 48.7% 19.3% 41.9% 20.6% 56.6% 65.5% 36.8% 60.8% 23.8%
Gallagher, Cam cle 1430 5 51.2% 22.2% 49.5% 26.1% 65.9% 65.1% 40% 53.1% 28.9%
Zavala, Seby ari 1669 5 49.9% 15.7% 53.3% 29% 69.2% 66.1% 40.9% 50.8% 24.6%
d'Arnaud, Travis atl 1857 4 48.4% 21.4% 49.8% 17.9% 61.5% 63% 33.1% 54.1% 23.1%
Delay, Jason pit 1669 4 48.2% 18.6% 48.6% 28.4% 51.3% 69.6% 29% 59.1% 25.3%
Grandal, Yasmani cws 2369 4 47.4% 18.9% 55.4% 35.1% 56.2% 68.9% 26.5% 48.3% 21.6%
Barnhart, Tucker chc 975 3 49.7% 24.1% 53.2% 26.1% 62.3% 66% 32.6% 54.3% 21.1%
Naylor, Bo cle 1756 3 47.2% 22.5% 51.6% 25.5% 63.8% 66.4% 26.5% 43.5% 25.8%
Wynns, Austin col 1346 3 47.5% 20.2% 57.1% 38.2% 59.3% 63.8% 30.2% 44% 17.4%
Fortes, Nick mia 2662 3 47.4% 18.4% 46.6% 13.8% 59.9% 62.3% 32.7% 56.7% 26.3%
Vázquez, Christian min 2474 3 47.9% 17.3% 47.1% 29.3% 60.4% 66.5% 35% 53.6% 25.6%
Amaya, Miguel chc 985 2 50.3% 27.9% 53% 13.9% 57.6% 64.8% 44.7% 54.7% 28.6%
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 844 2 50% 25.4% 59.5% 36.4% 56.4% 71.1% 34.8% 50.3% 22.2%
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%
Sabol, Blake sf 1341 1 49% 20.2% 49% 27.7% 56.9% 74.7% 31.7% 50.9% 22.8%
McGuire, Reese bos 1409 1 48.1% 23.8% 57.6% 29% 63% 62.9% 34.8% 50.4% 17%
Barnes, Austin la 1456 1 47.8% 9.7% 45.3% 16.4% 51.5% 74% 27% 54.2% 34.5%
Rortvedt, Ben nyy 601 1 49.9% 12.5% 50% 37.5% 47.4% 74.8% 23.1% 58.8% 29.9%
Fermin, Freddy kc 1660 1 47.6% 12.9% 47.9% 19% 60.1% 60.2% 43.1% 53.1% 27.4%
Zunino, Mike cle 1070 1 47.2% 26.2% 47.3% 18.6% 68.4% 56.1% 33.9% 52.9% 20.3%
Serven, Brian col 224 1 49.6% 31.3% 69.2% 25% 62.5% 61.8% 25% 47.4% 26.7%
Nido, Tomás nym 538 1 47.2% 16% 46.6% 19% 64.6% 70% 10.5% 50% 26.9%
Narváez, Omar nym 1187 1 45.3% 20.5% 46.2% 26.4% 63.2% 59.2% 26.3% 47.6% 21%
Heineman, Tyler tor 403 1 48.9% 17.9% 46.6% 26.7% 59.2% 73.9% 33.3% 53.4% 26.4%
Alfaro, Jorge bos 157 0 42% 10% 33.3% 0% 64% 50% 11.1% 66.7% 7.1%
Garver, Mitch tex 729 0 46.2% 20.8% 47.8% 7.7% 63% 57.1% 42% 48.6% 19.5%
Melendez, MJ kc 214 0 45.3% 9.1% 40% 25% 47.2% 61.4% 29.4% 56% 30.4%
Millas, Drew was 254 0 42.5% 5.3% 27.6% 38.5% 56.5% 70% 17.4% 51% 16%
Tromp, Chadwick atl 119 0 46.2% 0% 35.3% 0% 62.5% 60.7% 44.4% 56.3% 36.4%
Herrera, Iván stl 316 0 46.2% 12.5% 59% 17.4% 64.2% 63.4% 21.1% 41.4% 20%
Huff, Sam tex 140 0 42.9% 28.6% 50% 33.3% 54.5% 61.8% 0% 34.5% 43.8%
O'Keefe, Brian sea 148 0 41.9% 16.7% 66.7% 30% 50% 70% 0% 31.8% 5.9%
Bemboom, Anthony bal 127 0 48% 28.6% 43.8% 50% 60% 82.6% 25% 33.3% 33.3%
Pérez, Roberto sf 143 0 49% 25% 41.7% 50% 68.8% 58.1% 20% 47.6% 42.1%
Salazar, César hou 133 0 45.1% 16.7% 75% 0% 48.3% 57.1% 16.7% 47.1% 14.3%
Wells, Austin nyy 535 0 47.5% 23.1% 49.3% 10.3% 64% 63.6% 23.5% 52% 37.5%
Wallach, Chad ana 1282 0 46.3% 19.8% 42.3% 14.1% 60.4% 66.8% 36.8% 48.1% 29%
León, Sandy tex 286 0 47.2% 12% 62.5% 23.5% 60.3% 56.5% 20% 55.6% 24%
McCann, James bal 1551 0 46.9% 21.4% 50% 29.2% 65.5% 58.7% 27.3% 52% 18.3%
Porter, Logan kc 250 0 48.4% 15.4% 51.5% 0% 51.8% 77.4% 41.7% 50.7% 26.3%
Rodríguez, Endy pit 1380 0 46.8% 13.9% 54.4% 22% 62.6% 58.9% 37.2% 50% 22.5%
Casali, Curt cin 808 -1 44.3% 13.3% 61.7% 11.4% 55.7% 52.3% 27.8% 51.3% 20.3%
Moreno, Gabriel ari 3219 -1 45.6% 15% 38.1% 14.2% 57.8% 57.9% 33.2% 56.5% 26.5%
Soderstrom, Tyler oak 457 -1 42% 7.1% 50% 16.7% 61.9% 53.6% 29.4% 44.7% 10.5%
Pérez, Carlos cws 395 -1 43.5% 27% 51.1% 28.6% 53.4% 61.7% 32.3% 48.7% 5%
Kelly, Carson det 1212 -1 45.9% 10.8% 54.9% 20% 59.3% 59% 35.2% 50.5% 13.6%
Lee, Korey cws 680 -1 46.6% 33.3% 56.3% 17.9% 58.9% 61.8% 38.5% 48.9% 17.2%
Thaiss, Matt ana 1987 -1 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%
Smith, Will la 3143 -2 44.9% 13.4% 45.1% 21.2% 55.1% 65.1% 27.1% 55.9% 20.2%
Sullivan, Brett sd 764 -2 43.7% 5.9% 42.9% 19.4% 60.8% 60.4% 9.1% 46.2% 35.4%
Fry, David cle 401 -2 35.2% 5.6% 23.7% 0% 53.3% 44.6% 35.3% 41.3% 20.6%
Bethancourt, Christian tb 2505 -2 47% 25.5% 51.9% 26.7% 66.7% 57.4% 27.9% 51.7% 18.1%
Maile, Luke cin 1738 -2 42.3% 12.1% 56.4% 26.8% 54.6% 63.9% 20.4% 38.8% 13.5%
Campusano, Luis sd 1125 -2 45.1% 15.3% 39.9% 26.8% 49.5% 73.5% 20.9% 51.8% 29.1%
Pérez, Carlos oak 958 -3 40% 18.7% 47.8% 31.8% 52.3% 59.9% 21.6% 35.1% 7.9%
Murphy, Tom sea 1016 -3 42.8% 13.1% 42.1% 25% 59.7% 51.6% 38.8% 49.4% 15.8%
Gomes, Yan chc 2745 -3 44.1% 25.3% 50.7% 18.7% 59.1% 60.7% 29.8% 42.7% 19.5%
Nola, Austin sd 1333 -3 43.1% 15.1% 50.5% 23.1% 55.3% 60.7% 23.2% 47.1% 20.7%
Stubbs, Garrett phi 966 -3 42.9% 20.6% 42.3% 27.1% 46.4% 54.9% 31% 54.8% 19.1%
Wong, Connor bos 3073 -4 44% 12.5% 41.6% 26.7% 50.7% 69.7% 24.1% 48.5% 18.6%
Herrera, Jose ari 1228 -4 41.7% 20.5% 45.8% 30.9% 50.2% 64.6% 22.8% 40% 16.2%
Mejía, Francisco tb 1262 -4 43.5% 9% 49.7% 20% 58.7% 54.9% 25.2% 50.3% 26.7%
Jeffers, Ryan min 2216 -4 44.3% 23.7% 55% 19.8% 59.2% 55.6% 30.3% 43.5% 17.1%
Knizner, Andrew stl 2064 -4 44% 19.6% 59.8% 34.2% 60.7% 61.2% 25.2% 34.4% 12.8%
O'Hoppe, Logan ana 1458 -5 41.9% 21.4% 45.7% 12.9% 62.7% 50.5% 28.7% 47.1% 14.7%
Diaz, Yainer hou 1339 -5 42% 16.4% 44.8% 20.3% 55.2% 62.6% 34.8% 44.5% 17.4%
Stallings, Jacob mia 2123 -5 44.1% 16.4% 44.9% 21.1% 55.1% 67.9% 32% 46% 18.1%
Adams, Riley was 1209 -5 42.7% 18.3% 43.2% 23.1% 59.5% 64.4% 27.6% 43.7% 14.9%
Contreras, Willson stl 2765 -5 44.3% 21.3% 50.4% 25.9% 59.8% 59.9% 26.4% 40.2% 18.5%
Perez, Salvador kc 2469 -7 43.9% 16.3% 48% 15.4% 60.2% 60.3% 29.2% 46.4% 20%
Langeliers, Shea oak 3642 -8 44% 14.9% 44% 19.2% 49.4% 66.8% 27.1% 47.9% 25.1%
Díaz, Elias col 3530 -8 43.2% 24.7% 61.2% 26.2% 63.4% 48.3% 28.2% 35.4% 11.9%
Stephenson, Tyler cin 2436 -9 42% 27.2% 59.5% 33.3% 55.3% 51.5% 25% 35.8% 11.5%
Ruiz, Keibert was 3676 -13 42.6% 23.1% 53.1% 24.4% 58.1% 58.7% 19.6% 39.6% 17.1%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 4192 -14 43.9% 11.9% 48.2% 13.9% 61.8% 56.3% 31.3% 46% 20.5%
Maldonado, Martín hou 3421 -17 41% 25.4% 46.9% 22.8% 53.5% 57.1% 21.9% 40.7% 15.1%