Passed Ball (PB)

A Passed Ball occurs when a pitch that, in the discretion of the Official Scorer, gets past the catcher that should have been caught, and results in a runner(s) or batter advancing a base(s).

Here’s an example:

There are no outs and a runner on first base. The catcher misses a pitch and the ball rolls all the ways to the backstop. Meanwhile the runner on first base advances to second base.

This Passed Ball situation is recorded as follows:

• A line is drawn from first base to second base in the runner(s) cell to reflect the advancing of one base.
• The letters “PB” are entered in the base runner’s cell, in the space above the line drawn between first and second bases .
• Nothing is recorded in the batter’s cell
• If a base runner scores due to a Passed Ball the batter is not credited with a RBI.
• If multiple men are on base, each base runner’s cell is updated accordingly.