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. Fielding Team Team Pitches
Catcher
Framing
Runs
Strike
Rate
 Zone 11
 Zone 12
 Zone 13
 Zone 14
 Zone 16
 Zone 17
 Zone 18
 Zone 19
Giants 4785 19 51.6% 22.3% 52.7% 28.6% 60.1% 68.7% 34.7% 57.9% 28.8%
Pirates 4921 15 49.2% 21% 53.6% 32.9% 55.4% 66.4% 34.8% 56.1% 25.3%
Brewers 4996 13 47.9% 17.3% 51.7% 23.7% 58.4% 65.6% 30.2% 54.7% 25.6%
Yankees 4664 13 49.1% 16.2% 45.5% 23% 59.7% 66.9% 34.3% 59.3% 28.7%
Rangers 5035 12 48.3% 20.1% 50.5% 26.4% 62.9% 66.9% 28.6% 48% 24%
Braves 4889 11 48.6% 19% 46.3% 19.5% 60.3% 62.6% 33.9% 59.2% 24%
Mets 4834 10 47.6% 20.1% 47.5% 27.6% 65.1% 63% 32.2% 51.2% 25.3%
Blue Jays 4788 7 48.6% 18.4% 49.7% 15.6% 65.5% 61% 38% 55.2% 23.5%
White Sox 5000 7 47.8% 20.1% 54.4% 30.2% 60.4% 66.9% 32.5% 49.3% 20.7%
Tigers 4830 6 48.3% 15.6% 43.5% 19.6% 57.7% 64.6% 35.9% 59.6% 23.7%
Guardians 4879 6 46.8% 20.6% 47.4% 22.4% 64.4% 61.4% 32.3% 48.1% 23.7%
Orioles 4747 5 47.8% 22.1% 56.8% 28.7% 67.9% 61.3% 28.7% 45.1% 20.1%
Cubs 4723 3 46.5% 25.6% 51.6% 19.3% 59.4% 62.9% 33.5% 47.6% 22.1%
Mariners 4458 2 46.1% 20% 48.4% 23.7% 62.4% 61.5% 34.3% 46.8% 18.6%
Twins 4690 -1 46.2% 20.3% 50.9% 25% 59.8% 61.2% 32.9% 48.9% 21.6%
Dodgers 4726 -2 45.8% 12.7% 45.3% 20.5% 54.3% 68.1% 27% 54.6% 23.9%
Marlins 4785 -3 45.9% 17.3% 45.8% 16.2% 57.8% 64.8% 32.5% 51.6% 22.2%
Rays 4611 -4 46.6% 21.7% 52.9% 26.8% 62.9% 59.6% 28% 51% 21.2%
Rockies 4997 -4 44.6% 23.7% 60.2% 28.8% 62.2% 52.8% 27.8% 38.7% 14.5%
Red Sox 4648 -4 45.2% 16.3% 47.2% 27.6% 55.2% 67.1% 26.9% 49.4% 18.4%
Padres 5005 -5 45.6% 14.7% 48% 24.7% 55.2% 65.3% 22.6% 50.4% 27.2%
Angels 4741 -6 45% 21.7% 45.9% 16.5% 59% 63.4% 28.4% 49.6% 22.7%
Royals 4668 -6 45.4% 14.8% 47.7% 16.4% 59.1% 60.6% 35% 49.7% 23.1%
D-backs 5306 -7 44.5% 15.2% 43.1% 19.9% 56.5% 59.5% 31.3% 50.8% 22.2%
Cardinals 5168 -9 44.3% 20.4% 54.7% 28.4% 60.5% 60.5% 25.6% 37.8% 15.9%
Athletics 5096 -11 43% 15.3% 45.1% 21% 51.3% 64.4% 26.3% 45.1% 20.5%
Reds 4982 -12 42.5% 21.5% 58.9% 27.3% 55.1% 56.1% 23.9% 39.5% 13.6%
Phillies 5158 -17 43.7% 13.8% 47.2% 16.3% 58.8% 56.1% 31.2% 47.8% 20.2%
Nationals 5139 -18 42.6% 21.1% 49.6% 24.8% 58.3% 60.5% 21.3% 41.3% 16.5%
Astros 4893 -22 41.4% 22.2% 47.3% 21.8% 53.8% 58.5% 25.1% 42.1% 15.7%