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
Kirk, Alejandro tor 1,532 7 49% 19.6% 43.7% 16.4% 62.5% 58.4% 36.3% 58.5% 28%
Bailey, Patrick sf 1,424 6 47.4% 19.8% 43.4% 26.7% 62.5% 59.7% 37.4% 53.5% 26.9%
Moreno, Gabriel ari 1,381 5 45.8% 16.5% 41% 11.5% 58.5% 57.9% 31.9% 56.3% 28.6%
Narváez, Carlos bos 1,557 5 44.7% 14.8% 45.5% 23.6% 58.6% 63.4% 25.6% 45.8% 23.3%
Wells, Austin nyy 1,596 5 45.8% 13.9% 37.9% 20% 52.9% 64.5% 28.3% 60.5% 29.3%
Dingler, Dillon det 1,516 5 46.4% 14.3% 48.2% 14.3% 52.3% 65.1% 30.5% 54.7% 28.2%
Raleigh, Cal sea 1,617 2 43.2% 19% 44% 26.5% 58.6% 58% 22.2% 47.1% 20%
Hedges, Austin cle 629 2 47.4% 25.7% 55.7% 33.3% 59.8% 61.3% 39.5% 38.4% 27.8%
Torrens, Luis nym 999 2 42.3% 11.3% 36.4% 23.2% 50.3% 63.2% 24.3% 52.6% 20.7%
Escarra, J.C. nyy 513 2 49.7% 16.1% 47.8% 50% 45.8% 65.8% 25.5% 63.6% 33.3%
Huff, Sam sf 509 1 43.2% 19.2% 52.5% 17.2% 60.9% 56% 21.3% 45.2% 15.9%
Naylor, Bo cle 1,571 1 43.2% 20.1% 43.3% 20.2% 65.3% 56.2% 24.4% 44.8% 18.8%
Pagés, Pedro stl 1,420 1 44.6% 16.8% 38% 14.5% 55.5% 62.3% 31.4% 57.1% 22.4%
Fortes, Nick mia 804 1 45.3% 9% 36.4% 15.4% 56.5% 59.5% 31% 59.8% 17.5%
Langeliers, Shea ath 1,641 1 40.9% 10.6% 39.7% 18.7% 46.3% 62.5% 19.5% 45.2% 21.6%
Heineman, Tyler tor 513 1 47.2% 22.6% 42.6% 24.2% 50.5% 71.7% 38.9% 50.5% 29.8%
Rutschman, Adley bal 1,443 1 43.7% 19% 41.2% 20.3% 57.4% 60.7% 31.3% 45.4% 27.2%
Baldwin, Drake atl 913 1 45.1% 6.7% 38.6% 8.6% 54.5% 57.3% 39.7% 56.2% 26.9%
Wong, Connor bos 586 1 42.8% 5.7% 34.7% 10.8% 56% 68.2% 30.9% 47.8% 17%
Fermin, Freddy kc 1,027 0 42.7% 13.9% 34.6% 12.5% 61.5% 59.6% 29% 48.5% 24.4%
Amaya, Miguel chc 764 0 42.1% 10.7% 37.2% 29.5% 49.7% 67.6% 24.3% 48.6% 12.3%
Heim, Jonah tex 1,273 0 41.9% 13.3% 35.4% 17.2% 49.6% 63.2% 17.4% 52.8% 20%
Contreras, William mil 1,909 0 43.7% 21.1% 41.9% 13.1% 58.5% 57.2% 23.1% 51.7% 21.3%
Herrera, Jose ari 890 0 41.9% 11.9% 40.6% 16% 50.7% 63.2% 27.4% 47.7% 23.1%
Trevino, Jose cin 1,143 0 41.6% 6.2% 47.2% 16.1% 42.5% 69.8% 15.6% 40.6% 24.1%
Goodman, Hunter col 1,281 0 42.2% 12.1% 46.6% 21.3% 53.8% 61.8% 24.8% 42.4% 19.5%
Higashioka, Kyle tex 777 0 42% 19.6% 32.9% 9.6% 49.6% 61.4% 39.4% 52.8% 19.7%
Perez, Salvador kc 1,077 0 43.5% 20.3% 48.8% 19.5% 63.2% 49.7% 28.8% 48.5% 14.6%
Murphy, Sean atl 1,204 0 41.9% 11.3% 36.3% 19.7% 46.7% 62.4% 25.3% 48.8% 24%
Marchán, Rafael phi 453 0 44.4% 22.6% 38.8% 4.5% 56% 66.3% 23.7% 46.5% 34.1%
Stallings, Jacob col 754 0 44.4% 14.3% 49.4% 11.1% 54.2% 57.2% 38.8% 46.1% 13%
Pozo, Yohel stl 450 0 43.6% 9.5% 48.6% 37.5% 59.5% 50.6% 40% 41.2% 8.7%
Ramírez, Agustín mia 630 0 44.8% 10% 55.7% 5.3% 51.4% 60.4% 32.4% 55.9% 21.8%
Rortvedt, Ben tb 611 -1 38.3% 0% 36.4% 21.4% 28.2% 64.7% 19% 48.5% 16.4%
Stephenson, Tyler cin 791 -1 41.2% 15.8% 38.3% 19.4% 53.5% 62% 17.5% 41.7% 12.1%
Garver, Mitch sea 511 -1 38% 14.3% 29% 15.4% 48.3% 52.2% 37.5% 43.8% 14%
Kelly, Carson chc 1,160 -1 40.7% 14.6% 48.8% 20% 53.2% 56.5% 11.1% 43.6% 16.4%
Vázquez, Christian min 981 -1 40.7% 20.6% 41.6% 17.6% 49.7% 55.2% 25.6% 44.2% 19.4%
Davis, Henry pit 827 -1 40.3% 15% 46.7% 11.1% 41% 60.1% 16.4% 49.7% 24.1%
Maldonado, Martín sd 928 -1 41.8% 16.7% 49.2% 31% 48.5% 59.4% 25.4% 45.9% 20%
Wynns, Austin ath 518 -1 36.3% 12.8% 39.4% 24.1% 39.4% 62.4% 22.6% 33.3% 9.8%
Thaiss, Matt tb 929 -1 37% 12.2% 31.5% 22.7% 53.1% 62.8% 16.4% 42.1% 8%
Hicks, Liam mia 786 -1 40.7% 16.4% 44.2% 26.9% 44.9% 58.3% 19.1% 49.5% 20.9%
Realmuto, J.T. phi 1,856 -1 41.1% 24.2% 37.9% 15.2% 61.6% 51.5% 16.8% 44.8% 14.9%
d'Arnaud, Travis ana 840 -1 41.7% 19.6% 39.6% 14.7% 59% 64.6% 15.9% 42.4% 14.8%
Díaz, Elias sd 1,219 -2 40.4% 25.5% 43.1% 22.8% 57.9% 52.7% 34.5% 36.4% 9.3%
Bart, Joey pit 1,121 -2 40.8% 9.1% 32.2% 22.8% 52.2% 62.4% 30.1% 48.1% 17.5%
Jeffers, Ryan min 1,159 -2 40.9% 20.7% 47.4% 11.6% 53% 56.6% 28.6% 41.8% 14.8%
Adams, Riley was 469 -2 35% 5% 42.1% 20% 47.4% 45.8% 21.6% 42.9% 8.9%
Caratini, Victor hou 776 -2 40.7% 15.9% 47.2% 11.9% 43.5% 63.6% 18% 44.5% 27%
Quero, Edgar cws 914 -3 36.3% 3.9% 41.7% 14.9% 36% 56.4% 14.8% 45.1% 21.7%
Diaz, Yainer hou 1,471 -3 39.4% 12.6% 39.4% 17.9% 55.1% 56.9% 22.8% 42.9% 15.7%
O'Hoppe, Logan ana 1,450 -4 39.7% 18.8% 44.8% 17.7% 49% 53.6% 22.6% 40% 22.2%
Alvarez, Francisco nym 1,031 -4 37.7% 15.6% 40.3% 9.3% 45.5% 56.9% 23.8% 44% 15.2%
Smith, Will la 1,686 -5 41.2% 5.5% 33.1% 17.3% 57.7% 53.7% 21.6% 49.2% 25.9%
Jansen, Danny tb 1,314 -5 37.5% 11.7% 36.1% 8.6% 54.3% 54.9% 29.5% 38.4% 22.4%
Ruiz, Keibert was 1,898 -6 38.7% 9.9% 40% 21.5% 58% 52.9% 19.4% 42% 12.9%