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Free Bases

I saw this online:

We would keep track of these every game. FREE BASES. Our goal was to have 5 or less per game. If we did this we had a 72% chance of winning that game. FREE BASES are…

Walks
Balks
Wild Pitches
Passed Balls
Errors
Stolen Bases
HBP (Hit By Pitch)

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Thinking about it, catchers can greatly control wild pitches, passed balls and stolen bases. That's 3 of the seven. And, he might be able to help with walks by stealing strikes.

So, that's more than half of the free 90s where a great defensive catcher is a huge asset.  Or, am I missing something?

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