Wild pitch

A wild pitch is any pitched ball that is not fielded by the catcher because of a mistake by the pitcher. A wild pitch is only scored when a runner advances one or more bases because of the mistake (if there is no one on base and it is not a dropped third strike, it is simply a ball). Typically, a wild pitch is awarded any time the ball bounces before reaching the catcher, in addition to any pitch that is so far from the strike zone that it cannot be caught with normal effort. A wild pitch, scored WP, is its own category, it is not scored an error.

All Time Leaders
Span	Player	Total	Notes
Career	Nolan Ryan	277
Season (pre-1900)	Bill Stemmeyer	64	1886
Season (modern)	Juan Guzman	26	1993
Game (pre-1900)	Johnny Ryan	10	7/22/1876
Game (modern)	Bill Gullickson	6	4/10/82

See Also: battery error

Further Reading

• David Adler: "These are the wildest pitches ever tracked: Soto joins list with 9.21-foot-high fastball", mlb.com, April 6, 2021. [1]