Passed ball

Rob Bowen (right) of the Minnesota Twins allows a pitch to deflect off his glove during a 2006 spring training game

In baseball, a catcher is charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or control a legally pitched ball that, with ordinary effort, should have been maintained under his control, and, as a result of this loss of control, the batter or a runner on base advances.[1] A runner who advances due to a passed ball is not credited with a stolen base unless he breaks for the base before the pitcher begins his delivery.[2]

  1. ^ "Definition of PASSED BALL". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2021-06-23.
  2. ^ "Passed Ball (PB)". MLB.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.