List of Major League Baseball career passed balls leaders
Rank Player PB
51 Jack Ryan 182
Ted Simmons * 182
53 Charlie Ganzel 180
John Kerins 180
55 Ed McFarland 176
56 Jim Donahue 173
57 Nat Hicks 169
58 Jimmy Peoples 168
59 Doug Allison 166
Frank Bowerman 166
61 Heinie Peitz 163
62 Lave Cross 157
Mike Hines 157
Benito Santiago 157
65 Tom Daly 155
66 Dick Higham 152
Ernie Lombardi * 152
Sleeper Sullivan 152
69 John Grim 151
70 Jack Warner 147
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Rank Player PB 1 Pop Snyder 763 2 Silver Flint 639 3 Doc Bushong 553 4 Deacon White * 505 5 Deacon McGuire 500 6 Wilbert Robinson * 491 7 King Kelly * 420 8 Jack Clements 417 9 Jocko Milligan 406 10 Bill Holbert 403 11 John Clapp 393 12 Barney Gilligan 377 13 Fred Carroll 369 14 Buck Ewing * 360 15 Chief Zimmer 355 16 Charlie Bennett 352 17 Doggie Miller 346 18 Kid Baldwin 331 19 Connie Mack * 310 20 Jack Boyle 303 21 Jack O'Connor 288 22 Duke Farrell 286 23 Jack O'Brien 279 24 Jim Keenan 278 25 Pat Deasley 274 26 Rudy Kemmler 273 27 Paul Cook 257 Emil Gross 257 Bill Traffley 257 30 George Myers 256 31 Con Daily 254 32 Sam Trott 249 33 Charlie Reipschlager 245 34 Chris Fulmer 244 35 Fatty Briody 243 36 Jack Rowe 240 37 Lew Brown 236 Mert Hackett 236 Ed Whiting 236 40 Dan Sullivan 225 41 Scott Hastings 224 42 Jackie Hayes 218 43 Farmer Vaughn 207 44 Jim O'Rourke * 203 45 Malachi Kittridge 202 46 John Kelly 198 47 Pop Schriver 194 48 Lance Parrish 192 49 Tom Dolan 190 50 Bob Clark 183
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. 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. A passed ball may be scored when a runner on first, second, or third base reaches the next base on a bobble or missed catch by the catcher, or when the batter-runner reaches first base on an uncaught strike three (see also Strikeout). Pop Snyder is the all-time leader in passed balls with 763 and the only player to allow more than 700 career. Silver Flint is second with 639 career and the only other player to allow more than 600 career passed balls.