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You're Blind Ump…But Then Again Isn't Justice?
2007-05-01 22:02
by Mike Carminati
The ultimate umpire of all things in life is—Fact.
—Agnes C. Laut

I'll set aside the tragedy of Phil Hughes going from a no-hitter in the seventh inning to a month (hopefully) on the DL and how I again mooshed a no-hitter bid. I have been building an umpire database based on a few sources including Retrosheets wealth of game log data.

I know, exciting topic. Anyway, I quickly ran the numbers for the most games umpired (through 2006) and came with the top-20 list below.

Five are still active. Given the number of teams and games played today, current umps get to call a lot more games. Also, I'm proud to say that Ed Montague, the guy who was unsure how to call a run scoring on a non-continuous double play over the weekend (he had someone look it ump in the rulebook even though it is explicitly stated there three times), he is number 7 after Hall-of-Famer Al Barlick. Mercy:

Ump NameNum GamesFirstLast
Bruce Froemming502919712006
Doug Harvey467019621992
Joe Brinkman450519722006
Harry Wendelstedt449719661998
Larry Barnett429219692000
Al Barlick422419401971
Ed Montague412019742006
Larry McCoy402319701999
Jerry Crawford399319762006
Mike Reilly396419772006
Dave Phillips393219712002
Jim Evans389619711999
Nestor Chylak385619541978
Lee Weyer382419611988
Don Denkinger382319691998
Jim Honochick381419491973
Tom Gorman379919511977
Frank Pulli377319721999
Augie Donatelli377119501973
Tommy Connolly375318981930
Comments
2007-05-05 21:50:47
1.   das411
So Froemming and Brinkman are like the Clemens and Johnson of MLB umpiring? Cool!

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