Why aren't passed balls and wild pitches considered to be errors?
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There are probably 120 - 150 pitches delivered by pitchers on each team during the average nine inning game. Therefore, pitchers and catchers have many more opportunities during a game to handle the ball than players at other position. The rule makers decided that it would not be "fair" to charge an error against the pitcher or catcher for a wild pitch or passed ball. The official scoring rules treat wild pitches and passed balls as separate categories, charged against the pitcher or catcher, but do not consider them as errors. It's simply the way the scoring rules handle passed balls and wild pitches for calculating statistics.
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