wild pitch

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   an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base

   Broaderpitch

Questions about wild pitch

What does wild pitch mean?

wild pitch means "an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base".

Is wild pitch a common word?

wild pitch is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.