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 2543 17 53.1% 26.6% 54.7% 30.8% 61.2% 66.5% 37.1% 60.1% 31.8%
Hedges, Austin tex 2040 14 52.7% 27.6% 58.7% 43.2% 54.1% 70.3% 38.5% 60.7% 26.5%
Heim, Jonah tex 3700 11 48.6% 20.1% 49.8% 28% 63.6% 69.4% 27.3% 46.8% 24.9%
Alvarez, Francisco nym 3031 9 48.9% 20.7% 49.1% 29.2% 67.1% 64.3% 36% 52.5% 25.9%
Higashioka, Kyle nyy 2108 8 49.1% 12.7% 41.8% 27.6% 58.2% 66.1% 32.8% 64.1% 30.2%
Contreras, William mil 3335 7 48% 15% 49.9% 23.8% 58.1% 65.2% 32.2% 56.2% 26.1%
Murphy, Sean atl 2954 7 48.9% 18.1% 43.8% 22% 59.7% 62.5% 33.9% 62.4% 24.6%
Raleigh, Cal sea 3277 7 47.7% 22.4% 50.6% 24% 64.2% 64.3% 34.6% 46.8% 20.7%
Trevino, Jose nyy 1460 6 49.9% 20.2% 49% 20.3% 64.8% 65.8% 43.5% 56.4% 22.8%
Caratini, Victor mil 1704 6 47.9% 23.3% 55.4% 23.3% 58.9% 66.4% 26.7% 51.4% 24.9%
Rogers, Jake det 2777 6 48.9% 20.6% 41.8% 20.6% 56.7% 65.5% 37% 61.2% 23.8%
Kirk, Alejandro tor 2631 6 49.3% 16.9% 48% 9.3% 64% 61.8% 40.6% 58.5% 24.8%
Gallagher, Cam cle 1441 6 51.4% 22.2% 50% 26.1% 65.9% 65.4% 40% 53% 28.9%
Zavala, Seby ari 1689 5 50.1% 15.7% 53.5% 29% 69.5% 66.2% 41.5% 50.8% 25%
Rutschman, Adley bal 3090 5 48.3% 22% 60.4% 27.9% 69.5% 61.8% 30.2% 42.3% 21.1%
Vázquez, Christian min 2507 4 48.1% 17.1% 47.2% 29.3% 60.4% 66.3% 35.5% 53.7% 25.7%
d'Arnaud, Travis atl 1882 4 48.5% 21.5% 49.8% 18.6% 61.6% 63.4% 33.1% 54.1% 23.3%
Delay, Jason pit 1679 4 48.1% 18.6% 48.4% 27.9% 51.4% 69.6% 28.7% 59% 25.1%
Grandal, Yasmani cws 2404 4 47.4% 18.9% 55% 34.5% 56.5% 68.6% 25.7% 48.4% 21.8%
Sánchez, Gary sd 1865 3 48.7% 17.7% 52.3% 28.1% 56.8% 65% 31.3% 54.4% 29.5%
Naylor, Bo cle 1779 3 47.3% 23.3% 51.9% 25.5% 63.5% 66.9% 26.3% 43.3% 26%
Wynns, Austin col 1361 3 47.7% 20.2% 57.1% 39.1% 59.2% 63.7% 29.5% 45.1% 17.8%
Fortes, Nick mia 2686 3 47.5% 19% 47% 13.8% 60.1% 62.2% 32.5% 56.8% 26.3%
Barnhart, Tucker chc 990 3 50% 24.1% 53.5% 26.1% 62.3% 65.6% 33.3% 54.7% 22.8%
Amaya, Miguel chc 992 2 50.2% 27.9% 52.5% 13.5% 57.8% 64.4% 46.2% 54.5% 28.6%
Jansen, Danny tor 1868 2 47.6% 20.3% 53.4% 20% 69.1% 57.1% 35.5% 49.3% 20.1%
Sabol, Blake sf 1378 2 49.3% 20% 48.5% 27.4% 56.4% 75.8% 31.4% 51.8% 22.9%
Fermin, Freddy kc 1688 1 47.9% 12.9% 49% 18.8% 60.4% 60.5% 42.8% 53% 28.4%
McGuire, Reese bos 1436 1 48.3% 23.8% 57.7% 29% 62.4% 63.5% 35.7% 50.7% 17.2%
Narváez, Omar nym 1198 1 45.4% 20.5% 46.2% 26.4% 63.2% 59.4% 25.9% 47.6% 20.8%
Barnes, Austin la 1474 1 47.8% 9.6% 45.5% 16.2% 51.3% 73.8% 27% 54% 34.5%
Zunino, Mike cle 1079 1 47.3% 25.8% 48.5% 18.3% 68.6% 55.8% 33.9% 52.9% 20.3%
McCann, James bal 1569 0 46.9% 22.2% 50% 28.8% 65.2% 58.4% 27.3% 51.8% 19%
Wallach, Chad ana 1292 0 46.5% 19.8% 42.7% 14.1% 60.4% 67.3% 37.1% 48.2% 29%
Rodríguez, Endy pit 1389 0 47.2% 14.7% 54.6% 22% 62.9% 59.1% 37.2% 50.5% 23%
Kelly, Carson det 1219 -1 45.9% 10.6% 54.5% 20% 59.5% 59% 36.2% 50.5% 13.5%
Bethancourt, Christian tb 2535 -1 47.1% 25.9% 51.9% 28.5% 66.3% 57.6% 27.8% 51.8% 18.4%
Moreno, Gabriel ari 3275 -1 45.7% 15% 37.9% 14% 57.7% 58.2% 33.9% 56.8% 26.9%
Thaiss, Matt ana 2009 -1 46.5% 24.2% 48.2% 20% 55.1% 68.6% 23% 51.5% 24.7%
Campusano, Luis sd 1141 -2 45% 15.9% 39.6% 26.8% 49% 73.8% 20.7% 51.8% 29.1%
Smith, Will la 3187 -2 45% 13.5% 44.7% 20.9% 55.1% 65.5% 27.1% 56.5% 20.1%
Haase, Eric cle 1726 -2 46.5% 9.3% 42.4% 18.6% 59.8% 62.3% 31.6% 57.3% 25.4%
Stubbs, Garrett phi 979 -2 43.3% 20% 42.3% 28.6% 47.2% 54.9% 32.6% 55.4% 19.1%
Maile, Luke cin 1763 -2 42.3% 12% 56.6% 27.9% 54.6% 63.6% 20.2% 39% 13.2%
Nola, Austin sd 1356 -3 43.1% 14.8% 51% 22.8% 56% 60.5% 23.3% 46.4% 20.4%
Gomes, Yan chc 2770 -3 44.1% 24.8% 50.7% 18.6% 59.4% 60.7% 30.1% 42.7% 19.4%
Murphy, Tom sea 1019 -3 42.9% 13.1% 42.1% 25% 60.1% 51.6% 38.8% 49.4% 15.6%
Jeffers, Ryan min 2249 -3 44.6% 23.3% 55.3% 20.4% 59.4% 55.8% 31.3% 43.9% 17.8%
Knizner, Andrew stl 2085 -4 44.1% 19.6% 59.6% 34.2% 61.1% 61.3% 25% 34.5% 12.8%
Herrera, Jose ari 1239 -4 41.5% 20.2% 45.5% 30.4% 50.2% 64.9% 22.2% 39.6% 16.1%
Mejía, Francisco tb 1271 -5 43.4% 9% 49.7% 19.5% 58.7% 54.1% 25.9% 50.5% 26.4%
Contreras, Willson stl 2783 -5 44.2% 21.1% 50% 27.1% 59.5% 59.9% 26.1% 40.2% 18.8%
Wong, Connor bos 3108 -5 44% 12.4% 41.3% 26.8% 50.9% 69.8% 24.1% 48.5% 19%
Diaz, Yainer hou 1362 -5 42.1% 16.2% 44.4% 21.3% 55.3% 62.7% 34.8% 44.4% 17.1%
Adams, Riley was 1209 -5 42.7% 18.3% 43.2% 23.1% 59.5% 64.4% 27.6% 43.7% 14.9%
O'Hoppe, Logan ana 1471 -5 41.9% 21.9% 45.9% 12.8% 62.9% 51% 27.9% 46.9% 14.7%
Stallings, Jacob mia 2133 -6 44% 16.3% 44.9% 21.1% 55% 67.6% 32% 45.8% 18.1%
Perez, Salvador kc 2505 -7 43.9% 16.5% 47.6% 15.3% 60.7% 59.9% 29.8% 46.6% 19.6%
Langeliers, Shea oak 3701 -8 44% 15.8% 43.3% 19.1% 49.5% 66.9% 27% 47.7% 25.5%
Díaz, Elias col 3568 -8 43.3% 24.7% 61.1% 26% 63.9% 48.3% 28.2% 35.2% 11.8%
Stephenson, Tyler cin 2462 -9 42% 26.9% 59.8% 33.1% 55.1% 51.7% 25.5% 35.6% 11.9%
Ruiz, Keibert was 3722 -13 42.5% 23.1% 53.2% 24.6% 57.8% 58.6% 19.7% 39.5% 16.9%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 4235 -14 44% 11.9% 48.5% 13.7% 61.7% 56.4% 31.1% 46% 20.6%
Maldonado, Martín hou 3466 -17 41% 25.1% 47.2% 22.6% 53.4% 57% 22.6% 40.7% 14.9%