Wild pitch Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries Wikipedia Dictionaries English Wikipedia The Free Encyclopedia In baseball, a wild pitch (abbreviated WP) is charged against a pitcher when his pitch is too high, too short, or too wide of home plate for the catcher to control with ordinary effort,Wild pitch A careless statement or action, as in Calling comic books great literature—that's a wild pitch This term comes from baseball, where it signifies a pitched ball so far off target that the catcher misses it, enabling a base runner to advance A wild pitch is defined in the Definition of Terms (Wild Pitch) A passed ball is a statistic charged against a catcher whose action has caused a runner or runners to advance, as set forth in this Rule 913 (a) The Official Scorer shall charge a pitcher with a wild pitch
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