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All data provided by Retrosheet |
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Initial year in chart is 1892, last
year is 1993 |
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Earlier years omitted because of
missing and possibly incorrect data |
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High team totals in passed balls
are generally associated with knuckleball pitchers, unsurprisingly |
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Passed ball figure for 1900
certainly looks like it could be erroneous |
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Increase in wild pitches in 1936 AL
is due in part to the work of three Philadelphia Athletics pitchers: |
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Stu Flythe, Carl Doyle, and Red
Bullock combined for 28 wild pitches (and 116 walks) in 94 2/3 innings |
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Errors rather than wild pitches
were charged to pitchers when the batter reached base on a wild third
strike from 1950-1956 |
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Progressive team records: |
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Most Wild Pitches |
Fewest Wild Pitches |
Most Passed Balls |
Fewest Passed Balls |
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1876 |
46 |
1876 |
3 |
1876 |
109 |
1876 |
31 |
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1877 |
52 |
1892 |
31 |
1878 |
103 |
1879 |
69 |
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1878 |
58 |
1893 |
29 |
1879 |
150 |
1880 |
61 |
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1879 |
67 |
1894 |
21 |
1880 |
135 |
1881 |
49 |
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1881 |
72 |
1895 |
20 |
1882 |
136 |
1883 |
26 |
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1882 |
76 |
1897 |
16 |
1883 |
213 |
1887 |
44 |
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1883 |
81 |
1898 |
18 |
1884 |
200 |
1888 |
41 |
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1884 |
126 |
1901 |
12 |
1886 |
203 |
1890 |
34 |
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1886 |
128 |
1907 |
11 |
1987 |
73 |
1892 |
30 |
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1915 |
68 |
1919 |
9 |
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1893 |
28 |
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1958 |
70 |
1921 |
8 |
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1894 |
18 |
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1965 |
83 |
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1896 |
17 |
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1970 |
91 |
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1897 |
14 |
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1986 |
94 |
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1898 |
16 |
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1899 |
13 |
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1905 |
11 |
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1906 |
10 |
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1907 |
6 |
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Extra data added due to different
schedule lengths and changing standards |
1920 |
5 |
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Record for fewest passed balls in
1883 by Columbus may well be erroneous |
1922 |
3 |
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I'm rather suspicious of that 1876
wild pitch total of 3 for Chicago as well |
1931 |
0 |
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Only includes teams that played a
full schedule |
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