Fielding Run Value Leaderboard

Fielding Run Value is Statcast’s metric for capturing a player’s measurable defensive performance by converting all of Statcast’s individual defensive metrics from different scales onto the same run-based scale, which can then be read as a player being worth X runs above or Y runs below average. Currently, the conversions for those metrics are as follows. (Unless otherwise noted, all metrics are available since 2016.)

• Outs Above Average (range): 1 out = .9 run (OF) // 1 out = .75 run (IF)
• Fielder Throwing Runs: 1 run = 1 run
• Catcher Blocking: 1 block saved= .25 run (available 2018 – present).
• Catcher Framing: 1 strike saved = .125 run
• Catcher Throwing: 1 SB prevented = .65 run
• Double Plays: 1 DP added = .4 run

How to read it: In 2024, Andrés Giménez had a Fielding Run Value of +17 runs, which came from 14 runs on range and 3 runs via his involvement in double plays, making him the most valuable defender in baseball among non-catchers that season.