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 2513 16 52.9% 26.8% 54.6% 30.8% 61.4% 66.5% 37.2% 59.3% 31.8%
Hedges, Austin tex 2018 13 52.5% 27.6% 58.3% 42.2% 53.8% 69.9% 38.8% 60.4% 27.1%
Heim, Jonah tex 3226 11 48.8% 20.4% 50.5% 28.3% 63.2% 69.6% 27.4% 47.2% 25.9%
Alvarez, Francisco nym 2977 9 48.9% 20.6% 49.5% 29.1% 67.1% 64.2% 35.8% 52.6% 25.6%
Contreras, William mil 3277 7 48% 15.3% 50.1% 23.2% 58.1% 65.2% 32.7% 56.3% 25.8%
Murphy, Sean atl 2869 7 48.9% 18.5% 44.9% 21.8% 59.1% 62.7% 33% 63.1% 24.1%
Caratini, Victor mil 1686 6 47.7% 22.5% 54.8% 23.3% 58.7% 66.7% 26.2% 51.4% 24.6%
Trevino, Jose nyy 1450 6 49.9% 20.2% 49% 19% 65% 65.8% 43.5% 56.5% 22.9%
Raleigh, Cal sea 3257 6 47.5% 22.4% 50.2% 23% 64.1% 64% 34.6% 46.7% 20.4%
Higashioka, Kyle nyy 2078 6 48.7% 12.7% 41.4% 26% 58.2% 65.8% 32.3% 63.8% 30%
Kirk, Alejandro tor 2570 5 49.3% 17.3% 48.1% 9.6% 63.9% 61.6% 41% 58.8% 24.3%
Rogers, Jake det 2751 5 48.7% 19.3% 41.9% 20.6% 56.6% 65.5% 36.8% 60.8% 23.8%
Zavala, Seby ari 1669 5 49.9% 15.7% 53.3% 29% 69.2% 66.1% 40.9% 50.8% 24.6%
Gallagher, Cam cle 1430 5 51.2% 22.2% 49.5% 26.1% 65.9% 65.1% 40% 53.1% 28.9%
Rutschman, Adley bal 2956 5 48.6% 22.9% 60.8% 28.7% 69.9% 61.7% 29.4% 42.6% 20.4%
d'Arnaud, Travis atl 1788 4 48.8% 21.4% 50.7% 17.4% 61.4% 63.5% 34.3% 54.5% 23.2%
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%
Vázquez, Christian min 2474 4 47.9% 17.3% 47.1% 29.3% 60.4% 66.5% 35% 53.6% 25.6%
Fortes, Nick mia 2648 3 47.4% 18.4% 46.6% 13.9% 59.8% 62.2% 32.9% 56.8% 26.3%
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%
Amaya, Miguel chc 985 2 50.3% 27.9% 53% 13.9% 57.6% 64.8% 44.7% 54.7% 28.6%
Jansen, Danny tor 1854 2 47.7% 20.3% 53.7% 19.1% 69% 57.3% 35.3% 49.4% 20.5%
Sánchez, Gary sd 1842 2 48.4% 17.9% 52.5% 27.6% 56.7% 64.7% 30.6% 54% 27.7%
Zunino, Mike cle 1070 1 47.2% 26.2% 47.3% 18.6% 68.4% 56.1% 33.9% 52.9% 20.3%
Barnes, Austin la 1456 1 47.8% 9.7% 45.3% 16.4% 51.5% 74% 27% 54.2% 34.5%
Fermin, Freddy kc 1660 1 47.6% 12.9% 47.9% 19% 60.1% 60.2% 43.1% 53.1% 27.4%
Sabol, Blake sf 1341 1 49% 20.2% 49% 27.7% 56.9% 74.7% 31.7% 50.9% 22.8%
Narváez, Omar nym 1187 1 45.3% 20.5% 46.2% 26.4% 63.2% 59.2% 26.3% 47.6% 21%
McCann, James bal 1551 0 46.9% 21.4% 50% 29.2% 65.5% 58.7% 27.3% 52% 18.3%
Rodríguez, Endy pit 1380 0 46.8% 13.9% 54.4% 22% 62.6% 58.9% 37.2% 50% 22.5%
Wallach, Chad ana 1282 0 46.3% 19.8% 42.3% 14.1% 60.4% 66.8% 36.8% 48.1% 29%
McGuire, Reese bos 1409 0 48.1% 23.8% 57.6% 29% 63% 62.9% 34.8% 50.4% 17%
Thaiss, Matt ana 1987 -1 46.4% 23.6% 48% 20% 54.7% 68.5% 22.6% 51.7% 25%
Kelly, Carson det 1212 -1 45.9% 10.8% 54.9% 20% 59.3% 59% 35.2% 50.5% 13.6%
Bethancourt, Christian tb 2505 -2 47% 25.5% 51.9% 26.7% 66.7% 57.4% 27.9% 51.7% 18.1%
Haase, Eric cle 1706 -2 46.3% 9.3% 42% 18.6% 59.7% 62.6% 30.4% 57.2% 25.1%
Moreno, Gabriel ari 2804 -2 45.6% 16.8% 39.9% 14.2% 58.6% 57.3% 32.2% 56.3% 26%
Maile, Luke cin 1734 -2 42.3% 12.1% 56.7% 26.8% 54.6% 63.8% 20.4% 38.9% 13.6%
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 2745 -3 44.1% 25.3% 50.7% 18.7% 59.1% 60.7% 29.8% 42.7% 19.5%
Smith, Will la 3040 -3 44.9% 13.6% 44.8% 21.8% 55.1% 65.2% 27.2% 55.6% 20.4%
Murphy, Tom sea 1016 -3 42.8% 13.1% 42.1% 25% 59.7% 51.6% 38.8% 49.4% 15.8%
Jeffers, Ryan min 2077 -3 44.3% 24.3% 53.3% 20.4% 61% 55.3% 30.7% 43.3% 17.7%
Herrera, Jose ari 1189 -4 41.5% 19.5% 45.4% 30.8% 49% 64.9% 22.8% 41.2% 15%
Knizner, Andrew stl 2064 -4 44% 19.6% 59.8% 34.2% 60.7% 61.2% 25.2% 34.4% 12.8%
Mejía, Francisco tb 1262 -4 43.5% 9% 49.7% 20% 58.7% 54.9% 25.2% 50.3% 26.7%
Diaz, Yainer hou 1300 -5 42.1% 17.4% 44.9% 20.3% 55.5% 62.7% 34.8% 43.8% 16.8%
Wong, Connor bos 3073 -5 44% 12.5% 41.6% 26.7% 50.7% 69.7% 24.1% 48.5% 18.6%
Adams, Riley was 1209 -5 42.7% 18.3% 43.2% 23.1% 59.5% 64.4% 27.6% 43.7% 14.9%
Stallings, Jacob mia 2101 -5 44.2% 16.8% 45% 21.4% 55.1% 68.1% 32% 45.9% 18.2%
O'Hoppe, Logan ana 1458 -5 41.9% 21.4% 45.7% 12.9% 62.7% 50.5% 28.7% 47.1% 14.7%
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% 16.8% 48% 15.4% 60.1% 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%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 3866 -12 43.9% 12.4% 49.9% 14.6% 61.6% 56.8% 30.6% 45.1% 20.2%
Ruiz, Keibert was 3676 -13 42.6% 23.1% 53.1% 24.4% 58.1% 58.7% 19.6% 39.6% 17.1%
Maldonado, Martín hou 3145 -18 40.6% 26.8% 46.8% 22.3% 54.6% 56% 19.7% 39.5% 13.9%