Umpire (baseball)
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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 h
An MLB umpiring crew meeting with the managers from each team before a 2017 game
Home plate umpire Malachi Moore reviews the lineup cards from both teams before a 2016 minor league baseball game
Base umpire Stu Scheurwater calls Eduardo Escobar safe.
An umpire calling a strike on Barry Bonds (#25)
Bill Klem
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William Joseph Klem, known as "the Old Arbitrator", was an American baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941, spending his entire career in the National League. He worked
Umpire (baseball)
…plate umpire, an equal number of games. In the earliest days of baseball, however, many senior umpires always worked the plate, with Hall of Fame umpire Bill Klem being the last umpire to do so. Klem did so for the first 16 years of his career. On the Major League level, an umpiring crew generally rotates positions…
Klem in 1914
Umpires for the World Series of 1924 lined up before the game with George Phillips, left, official announcer. Right to Left: Umpires Bill Dinneen, Bill Klem, Ernest C. Quigley, Tom Connolly, and Phillips.