what catcher had the most passed balls in mlb

Jason Kendall has the most career balls by a catcher, with 11,392 balls.

NAME BALL G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO PA TB XBH SH SF IBB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Jason Kendall
J. Kendall
11,392
2,013
7,472
2,160
390
35
74
728
709
250
677
8,531
2,842
499
36
63
49
.289
.367
.380
.748
2 Ivan Rodriguez
I. Rodriguez
10,086
2,377
9,265
2,749
551
51
304
1,290
493
55
1,410
9,916
4,314
906
30
73
62
.297
.334
.466
.799
3 Yadier Molina
Y. Molina
9,714
2,137
7,727
2,146
404
7
174
1,010
535
76
910
8,456
3,086
585
43
74
48
.278
.328
.399
.727
4 Russell Martin
R. Martin
9,450
1,549
5,412
1,365
244
9
188
747
740
96
1,131
6,294
2,191
441
11
35
46
.252
.350
.405
.755
5 Jorge Posada
J. Posada
9,339
1,518
5,276
1,472
344
9
246
954
818
66
1,236
6,200
2,572
599
1
39
66
.279
.380
.487
.868
6 Brad Ausmus
B. Ausmus
9,075
1,843
6,238
1,573
270
34
80
605
630
68
1,026
7,052
2,151
384
78
37
69
.252
.326
.345
.671
7 Brian McCann
B. McCann
8,993
1,575
5,684
1,501
281
4
269
968
605
70
962
6,425
2,597
554
9
57
67
.264
.339
.457
.796
8 Mike Piazza
M. Piazza
8,583
1,611
6,084
1,906
298
6
396
1,205
676
27
961
6,826
3,404
700
0
39
136
.313
.382
.560
.942
9 Jason Varitek
J. Varitek
7,818
1,418
4,971
1,269
299
14
190
739
599
60
1,187
5,694
2,166
503
21
43
56
.255
.340
.436
.776
10 Benito Santiago
B. Santiago
7,556
1,864
6,808
1,792
316
41
213
888
413
36
1,229
7,352
2,829
570
26
68
50
.263
.306
.416
.721
11 A.J. Pierzynski
A.J. Pierzynski
7,393
1,881
7,015
1,971
394
24
180
877
293
126
854
7,519
2,953
598
28
55
63
.281
.319
.421
.740
12 Kurt Suzuki
K. Suzuki
7,284
1,490
5,351
1,364
279
6
138
692
367
114
722
5,923
2,069
423
26
65
22
.255
.313
.387
.700
13 Ramon Hernandez
R. Hernandez
6,994
1,394
4,869
1,298
257
7
162
720
413
71
692
5,441
2,055
426
37
51
22
.267
.330
.422
.752
14 Yasmani Grandal
Y. Grandal
6,432
1,064
3,558
859
165
6
174
511
577
24
927
4,195
1,558
345
6
30
11
.241
.349
.438
.786
15 Chris Iannetta
C. Iannetta
6,420
1,076
3,453
792
177
11
134
483
552
66
987
4,114
1,393
322
9
34
28
.229
.343
.403
.747
16 Buster Posey
B. Posey
6,358
1,080
4,041
1,205
229
6
129
583
444
38
596
4,570
1,833
364
1
46
46
.298
.369
.454
.823
17 J.T. Realmuto
J.T. Realmuto
6,324
1,173
4,469
1,212
250
33
165
611
329
70
1,015
4,906
2,023
448
1
32
20
.271
.329
.453
.781
18 Joe Mauer
J. Mauer
6,053
897
3,413
1,118
221
14
91
514
478
13
416
3,943
1,640
326
4
35
79
.328
.408
.481
.889
19 Todd Hundley
T. Hundley
5,980
1,028
3,510
835
158
7
193
562
429
30
895
4,014
1,586
358
17
28
63
.238
.324
.452
.776
20 Charles Johnson
C. Johnson
5,861
1,134
3,804
932
210
4
164
562
470
23
982
4,347
1,642
378
18
31
29
.245
.329
.432
.761
21 Terry Steinbach
T. Steinbach
5,858
1,333
4,829
1,314
255
19
146
673
380
42
832
5,315
2,045
420
14
42
29
.272
.328
.423
.751
22 Javy Lopez
J. Lopez
5,762
1,308
4,790
1,404
245
17
243
796
326
63
845
5,229
2,412
505
6
44
40
.293
.343
.504
.847
23 Miguel Montero
M. Montero
5,706
1,043
3,640
940
192
7
121
528
422
49
832
4,152
1,509
320
5
36
53
.258
.340
.415
.755
24 Mike Lieberthal
M. Lieberthal
5,681
1,136
4,150
1,143
255
10
149
603
334
89
551
4,626
1,865
414
10
43
34
.275
.339
.449
.789
25 Matt Wieters
M. Wieters
5,656
1,045
3,733
947
184
4
140
532
350
19
768
4,146
1,559
328
4
40
29
.254
.318
.418
.735
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