Catcher’s interference in the postseason

Jacoby Ellsbury became the first player ever to draw multiple catcher’s interference calls in a postseason career. Ellsbury also holds the regular season career record (31) and the single-season record (12).

[Update: Tommy La Stella became the second batter to be involved in multiple postseason catcher interference calls on 10/2/2018.]

Dates are linked to the box score at Baseball Reference.

Catcher’s interference, postseason

Batter	Team	Date	Series	Catcher
Roger Peckinpaugh	WAS Senators	10/15/1925	WS	Earl Smith
Bud Metheny	NYY	10/6/1943	WS	Walker Cooper
Ken Boyer	STL	10/12/1964	WS	Elston Howard
Pete Rose	CIN	10/10/1970	WS	Elrod Hendricks
Richie Hebner	PIT	10/8/1974	NLCS	Joe Ferguson
George Hendrick	STL	10/15/1982	WS	Ted Simmons
Mike Scioscia	LAD	10/14/1985	NLCS	Darrell Porter
Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	10/8/2009	ALDS	Jeff Mathis
Lance Berkman	STL	10/7/2011	NLDS	Carlos Ruiz
Jon Jay	STL	10/15/2013	NLCS	A.J. Ellis
Angel Pagan	SF	10/8/2016	NLDS	Willson Contreras
Josh Reddick	LAD	10/19/2016	NLCS	Willson Contreras
Jacoby Ellsbury	NYY	10/11/2017	ALDS	Roberto Perez
Tommy La Stella	CHC	10/12/2017	NLDS	Matt Wieters
Josh Reddick	HOU	10/17/2017	ALCS	Austin Romine
Tommy La Stella	CHC	10/2/2018	NLWC	Drew Butera

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