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Catcher's Interference

There have been 1,970 catcher's-interference calls since 1897, measured across 207,975 games, one every 105 games. The most recent was the Los Angeles Angels on 20 September 2025; the first was the Cleveland Guardians on 4 September 1909.

A batter awarded first for interference.
1,970times in history
1 in 105games · 1897+
1909first · Cleveland Guardians
2025-09-20most recent · Los Angeles Angels
3y 0mlongest drought · 1918-05-15 to 1921-05-15

By decade

1900s1
1910s16
1920s30
1930s75
1940s65
1950s56
1960s141
1970s220
1980s205
1990s188
2000s173
2010s345
2020s455

Done it most

Pittsburgh Pirates117×
St. Louis Cardinals112×
Cincinnati Reds95×
Houston Astros95×
Philadelphia Phillies94×
New York Yankees90×
Milwaukee Brewers71×
San Diego Padres70×
Seattle Mariners66×
Cleveland Guardians64×
Kansas City Royals64×
Chicago Cubs62×

Every occurrence (1,970 of them) · 1,751–1,970 of 1,970

DateTeam#Game
1956-06-26New York Yankees220↗
1956-04-25Philadelphia Phillies219↗
1955-08-11Kansas City Athletics218↗
1955-06-28Boston Red Sox217↗
1954-06-20Brooklyn Dodgers216↗
1954-05-23Pittsburgh Pirates215↗
1954-05-09St. Louis Cardinals214↗
1954-04-19Pittsburgh Pirates213↗
1954-04-18Philadelphia Athletics212↗
1953-09-26Philadelphia Phillies211↗
1953-09-26Philadelphia Athletics210↗
1953-09-26Philadelphia Athletics209↗
1953-09-20Pittsburgh Pirates208↗
1953-07-31St. Louis Cardinals207↗
1953-07-26Boston Red Sox206↗
1952-07-12Cincinnati Reds205↗
1952-06-06Washington Senators (1901-60)204↗
1952-06-01Boston Red Sox203↗
1952-05-23Pittsburgh Pirates202↗
1952-05-06New York Giants201↗
1952-04-16St. Louis Cardinals200↗
1951-09-29Boston Red Sox199↗
1951-08-04Philadelphia Phillies198↗
1951-08-01Boston Braves197↗
1951-07-17Philadelphia Phillies196↗
1951-06-12Boston Braves195↗
1951-05-18Chicago White Sox194↗
1951-05-06Cleveland Guardians193↗
1951-04-26Boston Braves192↗
1950-09-25Philadelphia Athletics191↗
1950-07-23Pittsburgh Pirates190↗
1950-07-22Pittsburgh Pirates189↗
1950-06-25Philadelphia Phillies188↗
1949-09-21Boston Braves187↗
1949-09-03Boston Red Sox186↗
1949-09-03Philadelphia Athletics185↗
1949-08-31Cleveland Guardians184↗
1949-07-04St. Louis Cardinals183↗
1949-06-02New York Giants182↗
1949-05-01New York Giants181↗
1948-08-21Philadelphia Phillies180↗
1948-08-01Birmingham Black Barons179↗
1948-07-27Philadelphia Phillies178↗
1948-07-02New York Giants177↗
1948-05-28Philadelphia Phillies176↗
1947-06-20Philadelphia Phillies175↗
1947-05-12Philadelphia Athletics174↗
1946-09-15Chicago Cubs173↗
1946-07-26Pittsburgh Pirates172↗
1946-07-13Pittsburgh Pirates171↗
1946-06-25Chicago White Sox170↗
1946-06-09Pittsburgh Pirates169↗
1946-06-04Pittsburgh Pirates168↗
1946-05-25Brooklyn Dodgers167↗
1946-05-18Chicago White Sox166↗
1946-05-10New York Yankees165↗
1945-08-03New York Yankees164↗
1945-07-07Chicago White Sox163↗
1945-05-29Philadelphia Athletics162↗
1945-05-02Brooklyn Dodgers161↗
1945-04-27New York Yankees160↗
1944-09-20Brooklyn Dodgers159↗
1944-08-30Boston Braves158↗
1944-08-12Washington Senators (1901-60)157↗
1944-07-24New York Yankees156↗
1944-05-18New York Yankees155↗
1944-05-14Cleveland Guardians154↗
1944-04-29Cleveland Guardians153↗
1943-09-03Pittsburgh Pirates152↗
1943-09-03Pittsburgh Pirates151↗
1943-08-31Chicago Cubs150↗
1943-08-19Cleveland Guardians149↗
1943-07-03New York Yankees148↗
1943-04-25Boston Red Sox147↗
1942-07-26Pittsburgh Pirates146↗
1942-07-19Brooklyn Dodgers145↗
1942-06-28Pittsburgh Pirates144↗
1942-05-12Pittsburgh Pirates143↗
1942-05-10Cincinnati Reds142↗
1942-04-26Detroit Tigers141↗
1942-04-24Chicago Cubs140↗
1942-04-18Pittsburgh Pirates139↗
1941-09-07St. Louis Cardinals138↗
1941-08-26Cleveland Guardians137↗
1941-08-17Pittsburgh Pirates136↗
1941-07-11Boston Braves135↗
1941-05-25Cleveland Guardians134↗
1941-05-18New York Yankees133↗
1940-09-15Brooklyn Dodgers132↗
1940-09-14St. Louis Cardinals131↗
1940-09-07Chicago White Sox130↗
1940-07-19St. Louis Cardinals129↗
1940-07-16Cleveland Guardians128↗
1940-07-15Chicago White Sox127↗
1940-06-16St. Louis Cardinals126↗
1940-06-08Chicago White Sox125↗
1940-05-27Cleveland Guardians124↗
1940-05-12Chicago Cubs123↗
1939-09-30Boston Braves122↗
1939-09-09Cleveland Guardians121↗
1939-08-23Boston Braves120↗
1939-08-01Chicago Cubs119↗
1939-07-30Chicago White Sox118↗
1939-05-30Cleveland Guardians117↗
1939-05-05Brooklyn Dodgers116↗
1939-05-01Brooklyn Dodgers115↗
1938-09-18Pittsburgh Pirates114↗
1938-09-17New York Giants113↗
1938-09-14Brooklyn Dodgers112↗
1938-09-13Boston Braves111↗
1938-08-14Brooklyn Dodgers110↗
1938-07-26Chicago Cubs109↗
1938-07-15Pittsburgh Pirates108↗
1938-06-19Pittsburgh Pirates107↗
1938-05-20Pittsburgh Pirates106↗
1938-05-07Brooklyn Dodgers105↗
1938-05-03Chicago Cubs104↗
1938-04-24New York Yankees103↗
1938-04-21Cleveland Guardians102↗
1937-09-03St. Louis Cardinals101↗
1937-08-27St. Louis Cardinals100↗
1937-08-26Detroit Tigers99↗
1937-07-29Philadelphia Athletics98↗
1937-07-18Pittsburgh Pirates97↗
1937-07-02Chicago White Sox96↗
1937-07-01New York Giants95↗
1937-05-30Chicago White Sox94↗
1937-05-18Detroit Tigers93↗
1937-04-24Boston Braves92↗
1936-09-27Philadelphia Athletics91↗
1936-09-26Brooklyn Dodgers90↗
1936-08-25St. Louis Browns89↗
1936-08-12Washington Senators (1901-60)88↗
1936-07-25New York Black Yankees87↗
1936-07-16New York Giants86↗
1936-05-10Brooklyn Dodgers85↗
1936-05-01Brooklyn Dodgers84↗
1936-04-26Brooklyn Dodgers83↗
1936-04-26Brooklyn Dodgers82↗
1936-04-21Brooklyn Dodgers81↗
1935-07-14Boston Red Sox80↗
1935-06-22Pittsburgh Pirates79↗
1935-06-19Boston Braves78↗
1934-09-17Cleveland Guardians77↗
1934-09-09Philadelphia Phillies76↗
1934-09-06Boston Braves75↗
1934-08-27Boston Red Sox74↗
1934-07-31Pittsburgh Pirates73↗
1934-07-04Boston Braves72↗
1934-06-27St. Louis Cardinals71↗
1934-04-29Pittsburgh Pirates70↗
1933-10-01Philadelphia Phillies69↗
1933-08-03Brooklyn Dodgers68↗
1933-07-25Cincinnati Reds67↗
1933-07-19New York Giants66↗
1933-06-03New York Giants65↗
1932-07-03Washington Senators (1901-60)64↗
1932-05-05Cincinnati Reds63↗
1932-04-21Boston Red Sox62↗
1932-04-16Detroit Tigers61↗
1931-08-23St. Louis Cardinals60↗
1931-08-12St. Louis Cardinals59↗
1931-05-26Cleveland Guardians58↗
1931-05-23Cleveland Guardians57↗
1931-05-03Chicago Cubs56↗
1931-04-30New York Giants55↗
1930-09-20St. Louis Browns54↗
1930-09-07Brooklyn Dodgers53↗
1930-07-26St. Louis Cardinals52↗
1930-05-31St. Louis Cardinals51↗
1930-05-25Pittsburgh Pirates50↗
1930-05-22Philadelphia Phillies49↗
1930-04-19Boston Red Sox48↗
1929-09-15St. Louis Cardinals47↗
1929-05-30Pittsburgh Pirates46↗
1929-04-17Cincinnati Reds45↗
1928-09-16Brooklyn Dodgers44↗
1928-09-07Boston Braves43↗
1928-09-01Boston Braves42↗
1927-08-27St. Louis Browns41↗
1927-07-04Brooklyn Dodgers40↗
1927-07-03Boston Braves39↗
1927-07-03New York Giants38↗
1927-06-29St. Louis Cardinals37↗
1927-04-24St. Louis Cardinals36↗
1926-09-18Washington Senators (1901-60)35↗
1926-09-15Boston Braves34↗
1926-06-27Chicago Cubs33↗
1925-09-08Boston Red Sox32↗
1925-08-18St. Louis Cardinals31↗
1925-07-08Philadelphia Athletics30↗
1925-04-15Boston Red Sox29↗
1924-08-22St. Louis Cardinals28↗
1924-06-05Washington Senators (1901-60)27↗
1923-08-08Chicago Cubs26↗
1922-08-17St. Louis Cardinals25↗
1922-07-08St. Louis Browns24↗
1922-06-23St. Louis Cardinals23↗
1922-05-13Boston Braves22↗
1921-07-23Pittsburgh Pirates21↗
1921-07-04St. Louis Browns20↗
1921-06-22St. Louis Browns19↗
1921-05-15Brooklyn Dodgers18↗
1918-05-15Cleveland Guardians17↗
1917-06-16St. Louis Browns16↗
1917-05-17Philadelphia Phillies15↗
1915-09-23St. Louis Terriers14↗
1915-09-11Detroit Tigers13↗
1915-08-28Washington Senators (1901-60)12↗
1915-07-24St. Louis Terriers11↗
1915-07-03Boston Red Sox10↗
1915-05-20Buffalo Blues9↗
1914-05-21Chicago White Sox8↗
1913-07-19Washington Senators (1901-60)7↗
1912-07-23Cleveland Guardians6↗
1911-07-30Cincinnati Reds5↗
1911-07-05St. Louis Browns4↗
1911-07-04Philadelphia Phillies3↗
1911-05-14Chicago White Sox2↗
1909-09-04Cleveland Guardians1↗

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