List of Major League Baseball umpires (A–F)

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The following is a list of baseball umpires with surnames beginning with the letters A through F who officiated in Major League Baseball (MLB). 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 MLB, or either of its leagues (American League, National League) when they maintained separate umpiring staffs. All of the above leagues, with the exception of the National Association, are recognized by MLB’s Special Baseball Records Committee.[1] The NA’s status as a major league is disputed, with some researchers such as those involved with Retrosheet including it in their major league statistics.[2]

Umpire Tom Connolly, an inductee of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

In the early days of organized baseball, umpires were unpaid volunteers. When the National Association formed in 1871, the home team would select a game’s umpire from a list provided by the away team. In 1878, the newly formed National League mandated that home teams pay their umpires, and provided them with a list to choose from. This is considered the first league organized umpiring staff, although the American Association became the first major league to pay their staff and assign them to games upon its founding in 1882.[3]

Until the new American League popularized the two man system in 1902, all major leagues employed the use of the one man umpiring system. As the pace of baseball increased, umpires struggled to keep up, and it was not uncommon for players to be called in as substitute umpires in case of illness or injury. Adding a second umpire to games reduced this and the NL followed in 1912. The three man system became the standard in the 1930s, and the four man crew was instituted in 1952. The expansion of umpiring staffs in the American and National Leagues coincided with more stability, and less substitute umpires and call-ups from minor leagues.[3]

In the 1960s, umpires in the National League began concentrated efforts to unionize, establishing a union in 1964. American League umpires joined in 1968, forming the Major League Umpires Association (MLUA). Prior to its dissolution, there were five instances of union action leading to MLB hiring substitute umpires in 1970, 1979, 1984, 1991 and 1995. The MLUA was replaced in 2000 by what is currently known as the Major League Baseball Umpires Association (MLBUA).[4][5][6]

In 2020, MLB recognized seven leagues within Negro league baseball as major leagues: the first and second Negro National Leagues (1920–1931 and 1933–1948), the Eastern Colored League (1923–1928), the American Negro League (1929), the East–West League (1932), the Negro Southern League (1932), and the Negro American League (1937–1948).[7] The Society for American Baseball Research considers the NAL’s 1949 and 1950 seasons to also be major league seasons, with Retrosheet including 1949 in their statistics.[8] Records of the Negro major leagues are not as complete compared to other major leagues, and therefore information about the umpires who worked in those leagues is often unavailable.

Umpires who worked in the National Association are considered MLB umpires for the purposes of this list. Umpires who worked in the recognized Negro major leagues may also be added.

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Umpires (A–F)

A

Portrait of Emmett Ashford laughing
Emmett Ashford worked 810 AL games and was the first African-American major league umpire to work outside the Negro leagues
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A
Name League(s) Years Games Ref(s)
Charlie Abbey‡ NL 1897 2 [13]
Fred Abbott‡ NL 1905 2
Clarence Adams NL 1976 1 [14]
Harry Adams NL, AL 1897, 1903 16[a]
Ryan Additon^ MLB 2017–present 851
Bob Addy‡ NA 1875 1
Adler UA 1884 2
Ham Allen† NL 1876 1 [15]
Andy Allison†‡ NA 1872, 1874 3
Art Allison‡ NA 1871–1872, 1875 3
Doug Allison‡ NA 1872–1873, 1875 4
Dave Alston NA 1871–1872, 1875 4
Nick Altrock‡ AL 1907 1
Andy Anderson NL 1978–1979 19 [16]
Dave Anderson‡ NL 1890 1
Ollie Anderson FL 1914 152
Bill Andress NL 1979 3
Ed Andrews†‡ NL 1889, 1895, 1898–1899 206
Bill Annan NA 1873 1
Merle Anthony AL 1969–1975 965
Mark Arata AL 1991 1 [17]
Ramon Armendariz MLB 2004–2007 61
Billy Arnold† NA 1875 1
Frank Arnold AA 1889 1
David Arrieta^ MLB 2020–present 127
Tug Arundel‡ NL 1888 1
Dave Aschwege MLB 2003–2004 47 [18]
Emmett Ashford AL 1966–1970 810
Ed Austin AA 1890 1 [19]
Nick Avants AL 1970–1971 18 [20]
Ham Avery NA 1874–1875 9
A.D. Ayers NL 1876 1 [21]
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Games per league

  1. [a]
    1 (NL, 1897), 15 (AL, 1903)

B

Portrait of Al Barlick on a baseball card
National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Al Barlick worked 4231 games over 28 NL seasons
More information Name, League(s) ...
B
Name League(s) Years Games Ref(s)
Erich Bacchus^ MLB 2020–present 579 [22]
John Bacon^ MLB 2019–present 426
John Baird NL 1979, 1981 14
Bill Baker† NL 1957 153
Charles Baker NL 1884 1
Jordan Baker^ MLB 2012–present 1522
Phil Baker† NL 1889 5
Jersey Bakley‡ AA, PL 1888, 1890 2[a]
Kid Baldwin‡ AA 1887 1
Mark Baldwin‡ AA 1892 1
Lee Ballanfant NL 1936–1957 3214
Frank Ballina NL 1991, 1995 7
Brock Ballou^ MLB 2022–present 254
Jimmy Bannon‡ NL 1894 1
Sean Barber^ MLB 2014–present 1165
Al Barker† NL 1881 3
Lance Barksdale^ MLB 2000–present 3095
Al Barlick* NL 1940–1971 4231
Tom Barlow‡ NA 1875 2
Ron Barnes NL, MLB 1990–1997, 2001–2002 352[b]
Ross Barnes†‡ NA, PL 1874, 1890 58[c]
Larry Barnett AL 1969–1999 4281
Billy Barnie† AA, NL 1882, 1884, 1887, 1889, 1892 17[d]
George Barnum AA, NL 1890, 1896 48[e]
George Barr NL 1931–1949 2759
Bill Barrett†‡ NA 1872, 1874 4
Lance Barrett^ MLB 2010–present 1559
Ted Barrett AL, MLB 1994–2022 3400[f]
Jim Barron NA 1875 4
Mark Barron NL, MLB 1992–1997, 2001–2002 310[g]
Frank Barrows† NA 1872 3
Dan Barry AL 1928 132
Scott Barry^ MLB 2006–present 1897
Mike Barston NL 1979 1
Steve Basil AL 1936–1942 1037
Toby Basner MLB 2012–2017 349
Jack Baswell NL 1979 1
Joe Battin†‡ NA, AA, NL 1874, 1882, 1886, 1891, 1895–1896 55[h]
Al Bauer† AA 1887, 1890 32
George Bausewine† NL 1905 123
Damien Beal MLB 2007–2010 74 [23]
Tommy Beals‡ NA 1872, 1874–1875 8
Ed Bean AL 1994 36
Ollie Beard† NL 1894 2
John Beardsley NA 1871–1873 14
Ed Beatin‡ NL 1889 1
Billy Becannon AA 1883 12
Buck Becannon‡ AA, NL 1884–1885 2[i]
George Bechtel‡ NA 1874 2
Adam Beck^ MLB 2020–present 605
Bob Beck NL 1979 6
Erve Beck‡ NL 1902 1

Jake Beckley§‡

 NL 1906 1
Fred Beebe‡ NL 1907 1
W. S. Beebe NA 1872 1
Frank Behle NL 1895–1896, 1901 8
Ollie Bejma‡ AL 1935 1
Frank Bell† AA 1889 2
Wally Bell NL, MLB 1992–2013 2760[j]
Dan Bellino^ MLB 2008–present 1854
Joe Bendekovits NL 1979 1
Chief Bender§‡ AL 1907 1
Jack Bennett NL 1893 2
Frederick Berger NL 1886 1
Tun Berger‡ NL 1891 1
Bill Bernhard‡ AL 1903, 1907 4
Charlie Berry† AL 1942–1962 3080
Henry Berthrong‡ NA 1872 1
Ralph Betcher NL 1976 1
William Betts NL, AL 1894–1896, 1898–1899, 1901, 1903 133[k]
Monte Beville‡ AL 1903–1904 2
Larry Bialorucki AL 1995 7 [24]
Jon Bible AL 1984 0[i]
Oscar Bielaski‡ NA 1874–1875 2
Bits Bierhalter AL 1918–1919, 1922, 1924 4
W. J. Bigelow NA, NL 1875, 1877 2[l]
Dave Birdsall‡ NA 1873–1874 4
Homer Bishop AL 1979 1
Red Bittmann†‡ AA, NL 1889, 1892, 1894–1895, 1897 9[m]
William Blair NA 1873 1 [25]
Bob Blakiston‡ NL 1884 2
Ryan Blakney^ MLB 2015–present 1235
Fred Blandford NL 1970 1
Cliff Blankenship‡ AL 1907 1
Cory Blaser^ MLB 2010–present 1682
William Blodgett NA, NL 1875–1876 15[n]
Wes Blogg† AA 1886 1
Ed Bloom AA 1887 1
Ossie Bluege‡ AL 1938 1
Virgil Blueitt NAL 1937–1948[ii] [iii] [26][27][28]
John Boake NA 1871 2 [29]
Frederick Boardman† NA 1875 7
Dusty Boggess NL 1944–1962 2590
Matt Bohn AL 1995 6
Charles Boles NL 1877 5
Theo Bomeisler NA 1871–1875 23
Tommy Bond‡ NA, NL, AA 1875, 1883–1885, 1891 28[o]
Greg Bonin NL, MLB 1984–2001 1746[p]
Frank Bonner‡ NL 1894 1
Amos Booth‡ AA 1882 1
Steve Borga AL 1979 3
Nicholas Bouse NA 1871 1
Terry Bovey NL 1979, 1984, 1995 22
Bill Boyd‡ NA 1873, 1875 21
Jim Boyer AL 1944–1950 1026
Henry Boyle‡ NL 1886 1
Jack Boyle‡ AA, NL 1888, 1892, 1897 5[q]
Foghorn Bradley† NA, NL, AA 1875, 1879–1883, 1886 345[r] [30]
George Bradley‡ UA 1884 1
Brady NL 1877 3
Jackson Brady NL 1887 7
Asa Brainard†‡ NA 1872, 1875 2
Kitty Bransfield† NL 1917 156
A. C. Bredberg NL 1877–1879 12
Ted Breitenstein‡ NL 1900 2
Nick Bremigan AL 1974–1988 2122
Bill Brennan NL, FL 1909–1915, 1921 1093[s]
Jack Brennan‡ (catcher) AA 1888 2
Jack Brennan (umpire) AA, NL 1884, 1887, 1899 79[t]
Warren Briggs NA 1874 1
Joe Brinkman AL, MLB 1972–2006 4505[u]
Fatty Briody† NL 1881 1
Mike Briscese AL 1979 10
Fred Brocklander NL 1979–1990 1514
John Brockway NL 1877, 1879 3
Bud Brown AL 1979 3
Doug Brown AL 1979 7
J. Brown AA 1887 1
Jeff Brown AL 1978–1979 10
Sam Brown‡ NL 1907 1
Tom Brown† NL, AL 1898–1899, 1901–1902, 1907 318[v]
William Brown NA 1872 1
David Bruce NA 1875 1
Randy Bruns NL 1991 1
William Buchanan NL 1998 1 [31]
William Buck NA 1871 1
Al Buckenberger NL 1890 1
Seth Buckminster MLB 2014–2015 67
C. B. Bucknor^ NL, MLB 1996–present 3384[w]
Charlie Buelow‡ NL 1901 1
Fritz Buelow‡ AL 1906 1
Charlie Buffinton‡ NL 1883, 1888–1889, 1892 4
Charles Bullymore NL 1882 2
Fred Bunce NA 1874 1
H. C. Bunce NA 1872 1
Josh Bunce‡ NL 1877 7
Jack Burdock‡ NA, NL, AA 1872–1874, 1881, 1887 22[x]
Ken Burkhart† NL 1957–1973 2700
Frank Burlingame NL, UA 1878, 1884 2[y]
Watch Burnham NL 1883, 1886–1887, 1889, 1895 107
John Burns NL 1884 71
Oyster Burns†‡ AA, NL 1888, 1895, 1899 54[z]
Tom Burns† NL 1892 35
Warren Burtis NL 1876–1877 25
Archie Bush NA 1871 2
Garnet Bush NL, FL 1911–1912, 1914 145[aa]
Doc Bushong‡ NL, AA 1880–1881, 1888–1890 12[ab]
Dick Butler‡ NL 1897 5
Nathan Butler AA 1889 1
Ormond Butler AA 1883, 1886 15
Jon Byrne MLB 2014 9 [32]
Walter Byrne AA 1882 1
Lord Byron NL 1913–1919 1010
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Games per league

  1. [a]
    1 (AA, 1888), 1 (PL, 1890)
  2. [b]
    295 (NL, 1990–97), 57 (MLB, 2001–02)
  3. [c]
    2 (NA, 1874), 56 (PL, 1890)
  4. [d]
    5 (AA, 1882, 1884, 1887, 1889), 12 (NL, 1882, 1892)
  5. [e]
    47 (AA, 1890), 1 (NL, 1896)
  6. [f]
    524 (AL, 1994–99), 2876 (MLB, 2000–22)
  7. [g]
    188 (NL, 1992–97), 122 (MLB, 2001–02)
  8. [h]
    1 (NA, 1874), 6 (AA, 1882, 1886), 48 (NL, 1891, 1895–96)
  9. [i]
    1 (AA, 1884), 1 (NL, 1885)
  10. [j]
    899 (NL, 1992–99), 1861 (MLB, 2000–13)
  11. [k]
    121 (NL, 1894–96, 1898–99), 12 (AL, 1901, 1903)
  12. [l]
    1 (NA, 1875), 1 (NL, 1877)
  13. [m]
    1 (AA, 1889), 8 (NL, 1892, 1894–95, 1897)
  14. [n]
    9 (NA, 1875), 6 (NL, 1876)
  15. [o]
    1 (NA, 1875), 25 (NL, 1883, 1885), 2 (AA, 1884, 1891)
  16. [p]
    1660 (NL, 1984–99), 86 (MLB, 2000–01)
  17. [q]
    1 (AA, 1888), 4 (NL, 1892, 1897)
  18. [r]
    1 (NA, 1875), 266 (NL, 1879–83), 78 (AA, 1886)
  19. [s]
    772 (NL, 1909–13, 1921), 321 (FL, 1914–15)
  20. [t]
    54 (AA, 1884), 25 (NL, 1887, 1899)
  21. [u]
    3782 (AL, 1972–99), 723 (MLB, 2000–06)
  22. [v]
    306 (NL, 1898–99, 1901–02), 12 (AL, 1907)
  23. [w]
    231 (NL, 1996–99), 3153 (MLB, 2000–present)
  24. [x]
    20 (NA, 1872–74), 1 (NL, 1881), 1 (AA, 1887)
  25. [y]
    1 (NL, 1878), 1 (UA, 1884)
  26. [z]
    1 (AA, 1888), 53 (NL, 1895, 1899)
  27. [aa]
    100 (NL, 1911–12), 45 (FL, 1914)
  28. [ab]
    6 (NL, 1880–81, 1890), 6 (AA, 1888–89)

C

Photograph of Tom Connolly as home plate umpire for the 1916 World Series
National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Tom Connolly worked 4770 games between the AL and NL, including the first game in AL history
More information Name, League(s) ...
C
Name League(s) Years Games Ref(s)
Ed Callahan†‡ NL, UA 1881, 1884 30[a] [33]
Nixey Callahan‡ AL 1901 1
Frank Campagna NL 1979, 1984 18
Bick Campbell AL, NL 1928–1931, 1938–1940 936[b]
Bob Campbell AL 1979 4
Dan Campbell AA, NL 1890, 1894–1897 67[c]
Angel Campos MLB 2007–2014 585
Joe Cantillon AL, NL 1901–1902 207[d]
Joe Caraco AL 1995 7
Vic Carapazza^ MLB 2010–present 1802
Tom Carey†‡ NA, AA 1873–1875, 1882 38[e]
Billy Carlin AA 1885–1886, 1888–1889 49
Mark Carlson^ NL, MLB 1999–present 3017[f]
John Carney‡ PL 1890 1
Red Carney AL 1924 1
Bill Carpenter NL, AL 1897, 1904, 1906–1907 486[g]
John Carpenter NA 1874 1
Bill Carrick‡ NL 1900 1
Sam Carrigan AL 1961–1964 627
Fred Carroll‡ NL 1887 1
Pat Carroll‡ UA 1884 3
Kid Carsey‡ AA, NL 1891, 1894, 1896, 1901 5[h]
Bob Caruthers†‡ NL, AL 1886, 1891, 1893, 1902–1903 204[i]
Dan Casey‡ NL 1888 1
Ed Caskin†‡ NL, PL 1884, 1890 2[j]
John Cassidy‡ NA, NL, AA 1875, 1882, 1884 3[k]
Kevin Causey MLB 2006–2009 81
Harry Cavanaugh NA 1875 1
Dick Cavenaugh NL 1979, 1984 16
Gary Cederstrom AL, MLB 1989–2019 3579[l] [34]
Nestor Ceja^ MLB 2020–present 596
Ice Box Chamberlain‡ AA, NL 1887, 1891, 1894 3[m] [35]
Frank Chance§‡ NL 1902 1
Moses Chandler NA, NL 1872–1874, 1877 6[n]
Jack Chapman†‡ NA, NL 1871, 1873–1874, 1876, 1880, 1882 30[o]
John Cheppu NL 1876 1
Ollie Chill AL 1914–1916, 1919–1922 1028
Harry Chipman NL 1883, 1885–1886 9
Randy Christal AL 1984 0[i]
Nestor Chylak* AL 1954–1978 3857
Bobby Clack‡ NL 1876 5 [36]
John Clapp‡ NA 1874–1875 14
Al Clark AL, MLB 1976–2001 3392[p]
Bob Clark† NL 1897 1
Artie Clarke‡ NL 1890 1
Bob Clarke NL 1930–1931 244
Boileryard Clarke‡ NL 1893–1894, 1896 4
Dad Clarkson‡ NL 1893–1896 7
John Clarkson‡ NL 1888, 1890, 1892–1893 4
Dick Clegg AL 1979 20
Curly Clement AL 1978–1979 2
Paul Clemons^ MLB 2020–present 370
Jim Clinton‡ NA, AA 1873, 1875, 1886 19[q]
Drew Coble AL 1982–1999 2303 [37]
George Cockill NL 1915 61
Al Cohen NL 1976 2
Colby NA 1873 1
John Coleman‡ NL 1884 1
Harry Colgan NL 1899, 1901 13
Harry Colliflower† AL 1910 46
Dan Collins†‡ NA, NL 1875–1876 2[r]
Delfin Colon MLB 2008–2009 46
Nick Colosi NL 1968–1982 2063
Charlie Comiskey§‡ PL 1890 1
Craig Compton AL 1995 5
Ed Conahan NL 1896 10
Fred Cone† NA, NL 1873–1877 23[s]
Jocko Conlan*† AL, NL 1935, 1941–1965 3623[t]
Jack Conn NL 1979 1
Connell AA 1891 1
Terry Connell† AA, NL 1884–1887, 1889–1890 76[u]
Red Connolly AA, NL 1884–1887, 1892–1893 193[v]
Tom Connolly* NL, AL 1898–1931 4770[w]
Tom Connor AL 1905–1906 163
Pat Connors NL 1998 42
Chris Conroy^ MLB 2010–present 1546
Alan Contant AL 1978–1979 14
John Conway NL 1906 155
Dan Coogan‡ NL 1895 1
R. F. Cook NL 1879 1
Rob Cook NL, MLB 1999–2000 31[x]
Johnny Cooney‡ NL 1941 1
Terry Cooney AL 1974–1992 2233
Eric Cooper AL, MLB 1996–2019 2804[y]
Elias Cope NA 1871 1
Tommy Corcoran† FL 1915 46
Doug Cossey AL 1978–1979, 1984 11
Perry Costello NL 1995 2
Emilien Cote NL 1979 7
Bill Coughlin‡ AL 1904 5
Derryl Cousins AL, MLB 1979–2012 4496[z]
Terry Craft AL, MLB 1987–2006 1734[aa] [38]
Robert Crandall NL, AA 1876–1878, 1882 17[ab]
Ed Crane‡ NL 1892–1893 5
Sam Crane‡ NL 1879, 1886–1887, 1890 8
Bill Craver‡ NA 1873 2
Alexander Crawford UA, NL 1884, 1886 26[ac]
Jerry Crawford NL, MLB 1976–2010 4371[ad]
Shag Crawford NL 1956–1975 3120
P. C. Cray NL 1893 1
Ed Creighton AA 1889–1890 3
Morrie Critchley† AA 1884–1885 5
Fred Crolius‡ NL 1901 1
Charles Cromwell ECL, NNL II 1923–1927, 1937—1947[ii] [iii] [26][39]
Jack Cronin AL, NL 1901–1902 4[ae] [38]
John Cross NL 1876, 1878 10
Lave Cross AA, NL 1889, 1892 2[af]
Monte Cross† FL 1914 141
Billy Crowell‡ AA 1888 1
Jim Cudworth† NL 1880 1 [40]
Fieldin Culbreth AL, MLB 1993–2021 3140[ag]
Dick Culler‡ NL 1947 1
Jim Cuneo NL, AL 1978–1979 32[ah]
Bert Cunningham†‡ NL 1896–1897, 1900–1901 50
George Cuppy‡ NL 1894 2
John Curran‡ NL 1876 1
Frank Curry AA 1886 2
Wes Curry†‡ AA, NL 1884–1887, 1889–1890, 1898 383[ai]
Steve Cusack NL, FL 1909, 1914 192[aj]
Charlie Cushman NL 1885, 1894, 1898 110
Andy Cusick‡ NL 1886–1887 4
Ned Cuthbert†‡ NA, UA, AA 1875, 1884, 1887–1888 42[ak]
Phil Cuzzi^ NL, MLB 1991–1993, 1999–present 3243[al]
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Games per league

  1. [a]
    29 (NL, 1881), 1 (UA, 1884)
  2. [b]
    618 (AL, 1928–31), 318 (NL, 1938–40)
  3. [c]
    1 (AA, 1890), 66 (NL, 1894–97)
  4. [d]
    125 (AL, 1901), 82 (NL, 1902)
  5. [e]
    9 (NA, 1873–75), 29 (AA, 1882)
  6. [f]
    44 (NL, 1999), 2973 (MLB, 2000–present)
  7. [g]
    431 (NL, 1897, 1904, 1906–07), 55 (AL, 1904)
  8. [h]
    1 (AA, 1891), 4 (NL, 1894, 1896, 1901)
  9. [i]
    11 (NL, 1886, 1891, 1893), 193 (AL, 1902–03)
  10. [j]
    1 (NL, 1884), 1 (PL, 1890)
  11. [k]
    1 (NA, 1875), 1 (NL, 1882), 1 (AA, 1884)
  12. [l]
    1067 (AL, 1989–99), 2512 (MLB, 2000–19)
  13. [m]
    2 (AA, 1887, 1891), 1 (NL, 1894)
  14. [n]
    3 (NA, 1872–74), 3 (NL, 1877)
  15. [o]
    7 (NA, 1873–74, 1876), 23 (NL, 1876, 1880, 1882)
  16. [p]
    3213 (AL, 1976–99), 179 (MLB, 2000–01)
  17. [q]
    7 (NA, 1873, 1875), 12 (AA, 1886)
  18. [r]
    1 (NA, 1875), 1 (NL, 1876)
  19. [s]
    12 (NA, 1873–75), 11 (NL, 1876–77)
  20. [t]
    2 (AL, 1935), 3621 (NL, 1941–65)
  21. [u]
    64 (AA, 1884–86, 1889–90), 12 (NL, 1885, 1887)
  22. [v]
    132 (AA, 1884–85, 1887), 61 (NL, 1885–87, 1892–93)
  23. [w]
    317 (NL, 1898–1900), 4453 (AL, 1901–31)
  24. [x]
    10 (NL, 1999), 21 (MLB, 2000)
  25. [y]
    254 (AL, 1996–99), 2204 (MLB, 2000–19)
  26. [z]
    2855 (AL, 1979–99), 1641 (MLB, 2000–12)
  27. [aa]
    1140 (AL, 1987–99), 594 (MLB, 2000–06)
  28. [ab]
    14 (NL, 1876–78), 3 (AA, 1882)
  29. [ac]
    25 (UA, 1884), 1 (NL, 1886)
  30. [ad]
    3178 (NL, 1976–99), 1193 (MLB, 2000–10)
  31. [ae]
    2 (AL, 1901), 2 (NL, 1902)
  32. [af]
    1 (AA, 1889), 1 (NL, 1892)
  33. [ag]
    531 (AL, 1993–99), 2609 (MLB, 2000–18, 2021)
  34. [ah]
    21 (NL, 1978–79), 11 (AL, 1979)
  35. [ai]
    121 (AA, 1884, 1887, 1890), 262 (NL, 1885–86, 1889, 1898)
  36. [aj]
    51 (NL, 1909), 141 (FL, 1914)
  37. [ak]
    3 (NA, 1875), 1 (UA, 1884), 38 (AA, 1887–88)
  38. [al]
    120 (NL, 1991–93, 1999), 3123 (MLB, 2000–present)

D

Photograph of Gerry Davis as home plate umpire
Gerry Davis worked 4849 games between the NL and the unified MLB, and holds the record for most postseason appearances as of 2025
More information Name, League(s) ...
D
Name League(s) Years Games Ref(s)
John Dailey† NL, AA 1882, 1884, 1889 37[a] [41]
Con Daily‡ PL, NL 1890–1891, 1894, 1896 4[b]
Jerry Dale NL 1970–1985 1987
Tom Daly‡ NL 1901 2
Charles F. Daniels NA, NL, AA 1874–1876, 1878–1880, 1883–1885, 1887–1889 512[c]
Law Daniels‡ AA 1887 2
Kerwin Danley NL, MLB 1992–2021 2656[d]
Dell Darling‡ NL, AA 1887, 1891 4[e]
Gary Darling NL, MLB 1986–1999, 2002–2013 3270[f]
Frank Dascoli NL 1948–1961 2057
Thomas Daubney NA 1871 1
L. N. David NA 1874 1
Bob Davidson NL, MLB 1982–1999, 2005–2016 3908[g]
Dale Davidson AL 1979 6
Satch Davidson NL 1969–1984 2262
Bill Davis NL 1995 7
Bob Davis NL 1979 3
Gerry Davis NL, MLB 1982–2021 4849[h]
Harry Davis‡ AL 1903 1
Jumbo Davis† AA 1891 68
Mort Dawson 1871 1
Pat Dealy‡ NL 1886 2 [42]
Harry Deane†‡ NA, NL 1871, 1874, 1876, 1878 7[i]
Stewart Decker NL 1883–1885, 1888 287
Bill Deegan AL 1971–1980, 1984, 1991, 1995 1428
Pete DeFlesco AL 1991 1
Herman Dehlman† NA 1873–1875 14
Ramon De Jesus^ MLB 2016–present 993
Dusty Dellinger MLB 2005–2007 30
Vic Delmore NL 1956–1959 618
D. P. Demorest NA 1872–1873 3
Dana DeMuth NL, MLB 1983–2019 4283[j]
Shan Deniston NL 1978 1
Don Denkinger AL 1969–1998 3824
Richard Denny AL 1984 0[i]
Doll Derr NL 1923 28
Jim Devine AA 1890 2
Dan Devinney NL, AA, UA 1876–1877, 1884, 1887 111[k]
Charlie Devlin AA 1888 2
Charlie Dexter‡ NL 1896–1897 3
Frank Dezelan NL 1966–1970 370
Laz Díaz^ AL, MLB 1995, 1997–present 3338[l] [43]
Roger Dierking NL 1978 1
Lou DiMuro AL 1963–1982 2659
Mike DiMuro AL, MLB 1997, 1999–2018 1877[m]
Ray DiMuro AL 1996–1998 99
Bill Dinneen†‡ AL 1907, 1909–1937 4217
Hal Dixon NL 1953–1959 989
Henry Dobson NA 1871 1 [44]
Tom Dolan† AA 1890–1891 6
W. C. Dole NA 1875 6
Jim Donahue‡ AA 1888 2
Red Donahue‡ NL, AL 1897, 1903, 1906 6[n]
Tim Donahue‡ NL 1895–1896 2
Augie Donatelli NL 1950–1973 3776
Mike Donlin†‡ NL, AL 1900, 1918 2[o]
Joe Donnegan NL 1881–1882 42
Charles Donnelly NL, AL 1931–1932, 1934–1935 566[p]
Jim Donnelly‡ NL 1896 3
Michael Donohue NL 1930 90
Bill Donovan‡ NL, AL 1902–1903, 1906 3[q]
Timothy Donovan UA 1884 2
Red Dooin‡ NL 1904 1
T. E. Dornlach NA 1872 1
Herm Doscher†‡ NL, AA 1879–1881, 1887–1888, 1890 463[r]
Klondike Douglass‡ NL 1903 1
Clarence Dow† AA 1891 1
Adam Dowdy MLB 2002–2007 326
Tom Dowse‡ NL 1890 3
Jack Doyle† NL 1911 42
Rob Drake^ NL, MLB 1999–present 2872[s] [45]
Doc Draper NA, NL 1871, 1877 3[t]
Bruce Dreckman^ NL, MLB 1996–1999, 2002–present 2655[u]
Roy Dreke AL 1979 5
Al Dresser AL 1995 1
Lew Drill‡ AL 1903–1904 7
Joe Driscoll AL 1978 1
Cal Drummond AL 1960–1969 1357
Ed Ducharme NL 1876–1877 30 [46]
Jim Duffy AL 1951–1953 449
Ed Dugan† AA 1887 1
Bill Duggleby‡ 1905 1
Martin Duke† AA 1890 1
Dennis Duncan AL, NL 1995, 1998 7[v]
Fred Dunlap† NL 1879 1
Hugh Dunlevy AA 1887 3
Tom Dunn NL 1939–1946 1142
Jim Dunne AL 1978–1979 4
Peter Durfee MLB 2005 4
Patrick Dutton UA 1884 39
Frank Dwyer†‡ NL, AL 1889, 1893–1894, 1896–1897, 1899, 1901, 1904 345[w] [47]
John Dyler† AA, NL 1883–1885, 1892, 1897 44[x] [48]
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Games per league

  1. [a]
    12 (NL, 1882), 25 (AA, 1884, 1889)
  2. [b]
    1 (PL, 1890), 3 (NL, 1891, 1894, 1896)
  3. [c]
    28 (NA, 1874–75), 278 (NL, 1876, 1878–80, 1885, 1887–88), 206 (AA, 1883–85, 1889)
  4. [d]
    398 (NL, 1992–99), 2258 (MLB, 2000–19, 2021)
  5. [e]
    2 (NL, 1887), 2 (AA, 1891)
  6. [f]
    1674 (NL, 1986–99), 1596 (MLB, 2002–13)
  7. [g]
    2339 (NL, 1982–99), 1572 (MLB, 2005–16)
  8. [h]
    2227 (NL, 1982–99), 2622 (MLB, 2000–21)
  9. [i]
    3 (NA, 1871, 1874), 4 (NL, 1876, 1878)
  10. [j]
    2171 (NL, 1983–99), 1927 (MLB, 2000–18, 2019)
  11. [k]
    26 (NL, 1876–77), 28 (AA, 1884, 1887), 57 (UA, 1884)
  12. [l]
    135 (AL, 1995, 1997–99), 3203 (MLB, 2000–present)
  13. [m]
    87 (AL, 1997, 1999), 1790 (MLB, 2000–18)
  14. [n]
    3 (NL, 1897), 3 (AL, 1903, 1906)
  15. [o]
    1 (NL, 1900), 1 (AL, 1918)
  16. [p]
    272 (NL, 1931–32), 294 (AL, 1934–35)
  17. [q]
    1 (NL, 1902), 2 (AL, 1903, 1906)
  18. [r]
    233 (NL, 1879–81, 1887), 230 (AA, 1887–88, 1890)
  19. [s]
    3 (NL, 1999), 2869 (MLB, 2000–present)
  20. [t]
    2 (NA, 1871), 1 (NL, 1877)
  21. [u]
    357 (NL, 1996–99) 2298 (MLB, 2002–11, 2013, 2015, 2017–19, 2021–present)
  22. [v]
    6 (AL, 1995), 1 (NL, 1998)
  23. [w]
    193 (NL, 1889, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1899, 1901), 152 (AL, 1904)
  24. [x]
    42 (AA, 1883–85), 2 (NL, 1892, 1897)

E

Photograph of Billy Evans standing in a dugout
National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Billy Evans worked 3319 games in the AL and was the youngest umpire in major league history
More information Name, League(s) ...
E
Name League(s) Years Games Ref(s)
John Eagan NL 1878–1879, 1886 45 [49]
Billy Earle‡ NL 1892, 1894 2
Harold Easley AL 1979 11
Mal Eason†‡ NL 1902, 1910–1917 992
Jack Easton‡ AA 1891 1
Doug Eddings^ AL, MLB 1998–present 3316[a] [50]
Larry Edwards NL 1978 1
Rip Egan† AL 1903, 1907–1914 1048 [51]
Red Ehret‡ AA, NL 1890, 1892, 1895–1897 7[b] [52]
Clarence Eldridge AL 1914–1915 6 [53]
Joe Ellick† NL, AA 1886, 1888–1889 20[c]
William Ellis NA 1871–1872, 1875 4
Paul Emmel AL, MLB 1999–2023 2514[d] [54]
Bob Emslie† AA, NL 1890–1924 4229[e]
Bob Engel NL 1965–1990 3630 [55]
Bill Engeln NL 1952–1956 751
John English NA, NL 1874–1876 10[f]
Fred Erby NA 1872 5 [56]
George Eshelman AL 1979 19 [57]
Mike Estabrook^ MLB 2006–present 1973
Billy Evans* AL 1906–1927 3320 [58]
George Evans NA 1872 1
Jake Evans‡ NL 1886 1
Jeff Evans AL 1991 1
Jim Evans AL 1971–1999 3896
Mike Everitt AL, MLB 1996–2019 2633[g]
Buck Ewing§‡ AA 1882 2 [59]
John Ewing‡ AA 1889 1
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Games per league

  1. [a]
    87 (AL, 1998–99), 3229 (MLB, 2000–present)
  2. [b]
    1 (AA, 1890), 6 (NL, 1892, 1895–97)
  3. [c]
    17 (NL, 1886), 3 (AA, 1888–89)
  4. [d]
    30 (AL, 1999), 2484 (MLB, 2000–17, 2019, 2022–23)
  5. [e]
    137 (AA, 1890), 4092 (NL, 1891–1924)
  6. [f]
    9 (NA, 1874–75), 1 (NL, 1876)
  7. [g]
    199 (AL, 1996–99), 2434 (MLB, 2000–19)

F

Portrait of Red Flaherty on a baseball card
Red Flaherty worked 3208 AL games over 21 years
More information Name, League(s) ...
F
Name League(s) Years Games Ref(s)
Clint Fagan MLB 2011–2017 522 [60]
Chad Fairchild^ MLB 2004–present 2345
Anton Falch‡ UA 1884 1
Mike Farmer AL 1979 3
Harry Farnsworth AL 1979 14
Duke Farrell‡ NL 1901–1902 3
Dick Feaser AL 1979 5 [61]
Fell AA 1885 1
T. E. Fellows NA 1871 1
Norman Fenno NL 1876 1
Bob Ferguson†‡ NA, NL, AA, PL 1871–1875, 1879, 1884–1891 829[a]
Charlie Ferguson‡ (1880s pitcher) NL 1886 1
Charlie Ferguson† (1900s pitcher) AL 1913–1914 122
Wallace Fessenden NL 1889–1890 53
Mike Fichter AL, MLB 1999–2005 557[b] [62]
Jerry Fick NL 1978–1979 5
Steve Fields NL 1979–1981 373
Bill Finneran NL, FL 1911–1912, 1915, 1923 582[c]
Cherokee Fisher‡ NA, NL 1871, 1875–1876 4[d]
Frank Fisher NL 1979, 1984 18
Mike Fitzpatrick AL 1979 31
Freddie Fitzsimmons‡ NL 1941 1
Martin Flaherty† NL 1882 1 [63]
Patsy Flaherty‡ AL, NL 1903–1904, 1907 5[e]
Red Flaherty AL 1953–1973 3207
Tom Fleming NL 1979 1
Andy Fletcher^ NL, MLB 1999–present 3019[f]
John Floras NL 1991, 1995 7
Jocko Flynn† NL 1893 1
Tom Foley† NA 1874–1875 4 [64]
Bill Follmer AL 1979 5
Davy Force‡ NA, NL 1873, 1881 2[g]
Dale Ford AL 1976–1999 3137
Wade Ford NL 1995 6
Brownie Foreman‡ NL 1896 2
Frank Foreman‡ NL, AL 1895, 1901 2[h]
Al Forman NL 1961–1965 781
Marty Foster AL, MLB 1996–2022 2745[i]
Pop Foster‡ NL 1900 2
Edward Fountain NL 1879 9
Henry Fountain AA 1888 1
Bill Fouser‡ NL 1876 2
Gene Fowler AL 1979 1
Wheeler Fowler NL 1978 2
Art Frantz AL 1969–1977 1386 [65]
Ralph Frary NL 1911 17
Bob Freels NL 1979 8
Buck Freeman‡ NL 1900 1
Todd Freese AL 1995 6
Bill Friel† AL 1920 56
Bruce Froemming NL, MLB 1971–2009 5163[j]
Grover Froese AL 1952–1953 258
Lester Fuchs AL 1978–1979 3 [66]
Joseph Fugere NL 1998 1
Troy Fullwood MLB 2004–2007 72
Chick Fulmer†‡ NA, NL, AA 1872–1875, 1881, 1886, 1888 78[k]
Chris Fulmer‡ AA 1887 2
Tyler Funneman MLB 2011 1
Bill Furlong NL, UA 1877–1880, 1883–1884, 1888 146[l]
Lee Fyfe FL, NL, ECL or NNL I 1915, 1920, 1926 89[m][iii] [67][68]
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Games per league

  1. [a]
    43 (NA, 1871–75), 147 (NL, 1879, 1884–85), 503 (AA, 1886–89, 1891), 136 (PL, 1890)
  2. [b]
    3 (AL, 1999) 554 (MLB, 2000–05)
  3. [c]
    437 (NL, 1911–12, 1923), 145 (FL, 1915)
  4. [d]
    3 (NA, 1871, 1875), 1 (NL, 1876)
  5. [e]
    2 (AL, 1903), 3 (NL, 1904, 1907)
  6. [f]
    35 (NL, 1999), 2984 (MLB, 2000–present)
  7. [g]
    1 (NA, 1873), 1 (NL, 1881)
  8. [h]
    1 (NL, 1895), 1 (AL, 1901)
  9. [i]
    219 (AL, 1996–99), 2526 (MLB, 2000–22)
  10. [j]
    4107 (NL, 1971–99), 1056 (MLB, 2000–09)
  11. [k]
    12 (NA, 1872–75), 65 (NL, 1881, 1886), 1 (AA, 1888)
  12. [l]
    144 (NL, 1877–80, 1883–84, 1888), 2 (UA, 1884)
  13. [m]
    84 (FL, 1915), 5 (NL, 1920)

See also

Notes

  1. [i]
    Umpire did not work any regular season games, but did appear in postseason or all-star games.
  2. [ii]
    With few exceptions, game logs noting umpires for the Negro major leagues currently only date back to the 1937 season.
  3. [iii]
    Game totals for Negro league umpires do not currently exist.

References

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