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Definition of Passed ball
1. Noun. A pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base.
Definition of Passed ball
1. Noun. (baseball) A play where the catcher fails to stop a normally playable pitch and a runner advances. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Passed ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Athletics at Princeton: A History by Frank Presbrey, James Hugh Moffatt (1901)
"He and Stagg were each advanced a base on a passed ball, and then both ...
A passed ball allowed Dann to reach third, and he scored on Spencer's three base ..."
2. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"Finally Lapp had a passed ball. It may have been an intentional one—no one knows but
... He did so this time, then saw the passed ball, sprinted for third, ..."
3. The Oberlin Review (1890)
"Codd hit the ball toward second; Van Zandt made a wild attempt and failed; he
stole second and third and came home on a passed ball of Rowland's. la our ..."
4. The Argo by Williams College (1885)
"Williams was blanked until the eighth inning, when made three runs, on three
singles, three errors, and a passed ball. The nine was in a crippled ..."
5. Baseball: Individual Play and Team Play in Detail by William Jones Clarke, Fredrick Thomas Dawson (1915)
"Always lead well up the base-line on the pitcher's delivery so as to score on a
short passed ball or any other misplay. But do not run away up the base-line ..."
6. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"In the lower right-hand corner B means he reached third on a passed ball. In the
lower left-hand corner 6-2 means he was thrown out to catcher at plate by ..."
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