Learn about Major League Baseball umpires, their roles, responsibilities, and more.

Upon being named a Major League umpire, he said: “I am honored and blessed to have the privilege of becoming the first Puerto Rican umpire to be hired by MLB. It fills me with pride to be able to represent my family and my island of Puerto Rico in what I …

Oct 1, 2024 · Major League Baseball today announced the Major League Umpires who have been assigned to the 2024 Wild Card Series presented by T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. The four Wild Card Series crew chiefs will be Dan Iassogna, Alfonso Márquez, Bill Miller and Alan Porter.

A regular-season contest will have four umpires: one behind home plate and one stationed near each of the other three bases. Each umpire makes "out" or "safe" decisions at his designated base, and the home-plate umpire is responsible for calling balls and strikes on …

• Known as "The Old Arbitrator," Klem umpired in the National League for 37 years before retiring in 1941. He spent his first 16 seasons as an umpire working exclusively behind the plate because of his superior ability to call balls and strikes. Upon his retirement, Klem became the NL's first modern chief of umpires. William Aloysius (Bill ...

2020 - Major League Umpire Ramon De Jesus becomes the first Dominican-born member of the full-time Major League staff. 2021 - Joe West works his 5,376th career game on May 25 to break the all-time record for games umpired, surpassing Hall of Famer Bill Klem’s longstanding mark.

Mike Everitt was named an MLB Umpire Supervisor in February 2020 following 21 years as a Major League Umpire, including his final three seasons as a crew chief. Everitt worked three World Series (2007, 2009 and 2015) and six League Championship Series in his career.

Oct 24, 2024 · Major League Baseball today announced the Major League Umpires who have been assigned to the 2024 World Series presented by Capital One. Mark Carlson, who has more than 25 years of experience as a Major League Umpire, will work his third career World Series, including his first as the crew

Oct 26, 2022 · Major League Baseball today announced the Major League Umpires who have been assigned to the 2022 World Series presented by Capital One between the American League Champion Houston Astros and the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies.

Jan 19, 2023 · When MLB announced Thursday the appointment of an unusually large rookie class of umpires for 2023, it was notable that four of the 10 new hires were products of MLB Umpire Camps -- the events that now serve as a precursor to the newly created Umpire Prospect Development Camp.