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An MLB umpiring crew meeting with the managers from each team before a 2017 game. In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling disciplinary actions. [1]
The following umpires have officiated in at least 3,000 major league games through the 2024 season. [1] Although the totals reflect all games umpired, the years indicate only those seasons in which each individual was employed as a league umpire, omitting seasons in which they may have acted as an emergency substitute during their playing career.
The following is a list of baseball umpires who officiated in American major leagues. The list includes those who worked in any of four 19th century major leagues (American Association, National Association, Players' League, Union Association), one defunct 20th century major league (Federal League), the currently active Major League Baseball, or either of its leagues (American League, National ...
It was exactly 64 years ago that the first baseball game was broadcast on television in color. WCBS-TV in New York City broadcast the Boston Braves beating the Brooklyn Dodgers by an 8-1 score.
The required referees are a head referee, who oversees the running of the entire game and has final say in any disputes, and who doubles as an inside pack referee, following alongside the main pack of skaters from inside the track and issuing and enforcing penalties for fouls or infringements of the rules; and two jammer referees who follow the ...
[1] [2] The current instant replay system was implemented in the 2014 season. Under the current system, each manager is allotted one challenge per game, with additional challenges granted only if the previous one was successful. From the eighth inning on, the umpire crew chief is allowed to initiate his own replay review.
A second base umpire at a baseball game. In baseball and softball, there is commonly a head umpire (also known as a plate umpire) who is in charge of calling balls and strikes from behind the plate, who is assisted by one, two, three, or five field umpires who make calls on their specific bases (or with five umpires the bases and the outfield).
10 or more runs batted in during a game 17: Baseball Almanac: Hitting for the natural cycle: 14: Baseball Almanac: 6 singles in a 9-inning game 18: Baseball Almanac: 4 home runs in a game 18: Baseball Almanac: 6 or more runs scored in a game 19: Baseball Almanac: 7 or more runs scored in a game 1: Guy Hecker. August 15, 1886 [10] Home run on ...