Firpo Marberry
The first to make 50 relief appearances in a season and 300 in a career, Firpo Marberry is the only man to lead MLB in saves 6 times; he also finished in the top-10 in wins 5 times.
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Joe West
Joe West was a Major League Baseball umpire 43 seasons from 1976-2021 and worked 5,460 games – the most in big league baseball history.
Read More >Ed Montague
The son of the scout who signed Willie Mays, umpire Ed Montague was the crew chief for four World Series; only Cooperstown class of ’53 ump Bill Klem did it more.
Read More >Emmett Ashford
Emmett Ashford became pro baseball’s first black umpire in 1951; after 15 years in the minors he made his MLB debut in the American League’s 1966 opener.
Read More >Eddie Rommel
Known as “The Father of the Knuckleball”, Eddie Rommel had a winning percentage that is higher than 35 Hall of Famer hurlers; he also had a 22-year AL umpiring career.
Read More >Bruce Froemming
Bruce Froemming called 111 post-season games, 22 in the World Series, 52 in the NLCS, and 37 in the Division Series; he also umpired 5,163 in the regular season.
Read More >Dale Scott
MLB’s first openly-gay umpire, Dale Scott worked 3 All Star games, 12 Divisional Series, 6 League Championship Series, and 3 World Series.
Read More >Harry Wendelstedt
An NL umpire from 1966 to 1998, Harry Wendelstedt worked 7 NLCS, 4 All Star games, 5 World Series; he called balls and strikes in 5 no-hitters.
Read More >Babe Pinelli
The last call for Babe Pinelli as a home plate ump was, “Strike Three!” on the final pitch in Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series.
Read More >Beans Reardon
Beans Reardon was the central figure in Norman Rockwell’s “Bottom of the Sixth”. He umped 5 World Series and 3 All Star games from 1926-49.
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