Zone Explorer
Explore the strike zone across games, teams, and umpires. Toggle between individual pitch dots and aggregated heatmaps to see where calls break down.
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-- Pitches
-- Accuracy
-- False Strikes
-- Missed Strikes
-- In-Zone Miss Rate
-- Out-Zone Miss Rate
Reading this chart
Correct calls
Strike inside the zone or ball outside the zone.
False strikes
Called strike, but ABS says ball. Common at the edges.
Missed strikes
Called ball, but ABS says strike. Concentrated at the top of the zone.
Low miss rate
Umpires are accurate in this region.
Medium miss rate
Some disagreement between umpire and ABS zone.
High miss rate
Umpires frequently miss in this region.
Methodology
This visualization shows called pitches from the 2025 season, classified using the ABS zone model. The strike zone uses per-batter height boundaries from Statcast. Horizontal boundaries extend to the edge of the plate (17 inches) plus ball-diameter extension.