Which catcher has the most passed balls?

Which catcher has the most passed balls?

Pop Snyder, who retired in 1891 with a record 877 games as a catcher, is the all-time leader in passed balls with 763, nearly four times as many as any catcher who began their career after 1915. Silver Flint, who ended his career in 1889, is second with 639, and holds the National League record of 602.

How many past balls did Posey have?

During Buster Posey’s 12-year Major League Baseball career, he had 27 passed balls, an average of 2.25 passed balls per season. 2009 was his best season with 0 passed balls and his worst season was 2014 when he had 5 passed balls.

Is Yadier Molina the best catcher ever?

He has won nine Gold Glove Awards and made 10 All-Star appearances. That’s not to mention that he is one of the best defensive catchers of all time, highly regarded for his pitch calling and framing abilities, as well as his ability to throw out runners (369 career caught stealing or 40 percent).

Why are passed balls not errors?

A run scored due to a passed ball is not recorded as an earned run. However, a run scored due to a wild pitch is recorded as an earned run. Passed balls and wild pitches are considered to be part of the act of pitching rather than fielding. Thus they are kept as separate statistics and are not recorded as errors.

Has any catcher caught 2 perfect games?

Hassey is notable for being the only catcher in MLB history to have caught more than one perfect game (the first with Len Barker in 1981 and his second with Dennis Martínez in 1991).

How many passed balls did Johnny Bench allow?

BENCH can hold as many as seven baseballs at a time in his throwing hand. His fingers are long and strong, and he can hold a baseball between the tips of his middle and fourth fingers and snap it toward a target.