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a passed ball or wild pitch (how it occurs not the specific stat), after that moment in time, is essentially the same. data showing one is proportionately worse being irrelevant, so just ignoring.
what happens after a ball is determined to be either, does not influence how it occurred. obviously, if no onen advances or a strikeout isn't lost, it isn't tallied as a WP or PB, but the potential was determined the moment the catcher didn't receive the ball - the 'how'.
the catchers ability should reduce each type that gets by him by a similar amount relative to proportion spoken of above, so it's not really part of how they are tallied -- at least at the resolution ootp is looking at it.
the catchers ability won't affect how far away the ball is from him as thrown from the mound. his ability after that point should be similar in effect.
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