Major League Baseball Umpires - Page 47

cinemaodyssey · 05-20-2025, 07:02 PM

I don't normally research umpires, but happened upon Connolly in the 4/26/1886 edition of the National Police Gazette. There's a nice article about what got him interested in umpiring.

Cusick · 07-20-2025, 09:58 PM

Chickazoola has posted a woodcut image of Skinner on the following webpage of major league players:

https://tinyurl.com/22xadmke

Skinner was an umpire in the American Association and National League in 1886.

Cusick · 08-09-2025, 06:18 PM

Jen Pawol made her MLB debut as major league's first female umpire today (Aug. 9, 2025).

Merkle923 · 10-05-2025, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Cusick

The photo is from the Detroit Free Press of May 1, 1995. Sparky Anderson is easily recognized as the Tigers' manager arguing with Higgins.

Turned out John Higgins, 1991 AL replacement (and spring training replacement in 1995 in the Cactus League) was married to a predecessor of mine at ESPN, Anne Montgomery. They met at umpire school (she was doing a story) and divorced in 2000. She wrote a moving but not crushing obituary after he denied of COVID in December 2020 https://annemontgomerywriter.com/202...for-an-umpire/

She included photos

Merkle923 · 10-05-2025, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by tnfoto

2010

He was a double replacement in 1995 - did Grapefruit League spring training replacement games too

prewinter · 10-09-2025, 11:19 PM

James Barron, who umpired a few games in 1875, was a member of the Empire Baseball Club in St. Louis in the late 1860s. A sketch of the club was printed in the St. Louis Globe Democrat on January 22, 1888 (pg. 19). This is the skecth shown below. A different version was printed in the Sporting News in 1895. James Barron is in the front row, holding the belt. Adam Wirth, another National Association umpire, is in the back row. Despite the photo saying 1868, the players more closely match the 1869 lineup.

Merkle923 · 10-28-2025, 08:28 PM

Arguing with Lasorda, from a feature on umps from the Fort Lauderdale News, September 14, 1986

Merkle923 · 10-28-2025, 11:57 PM

Replacement guys, Opening Day in Detroit, April 8, 1991 (Associated Press photo). From the left, Mark Arata 1991 (a one-gamer), Randy Harvey (who returned to work five games in '95, and umpired forever in the NCAA), the ubiquitous Bill Deegan, and Jim Knaus 1991 (another one-gamer)

Sparky Anderson is self-evident as the Tiger skipper on the right, but the Yankee manager is Stump Merrill, and boy oh boy is the fact that Stump Merrill managed the Yankees for a year-and-a-half increasingly hard to believe as time goes by.

05-20-2025, 07:02 PM	#921
cinemaodyssey Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,028	John M. "Red" Connolly 1884 MISSING UMPIRE I don't normally research umpires, but happened upon Connolly in the 4/26/1886 edition of the National Police Gazette. There's a nice article about what got him interested in umpiring. Attached Images

07-20-2025, 09:58 PM	#922
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,322	Alexander "Alex" Skinner MISSING UMPIRE Chickazoola has posted a woodcut image of Skinner on the following webpage of major league players: https://tinyurl.com/22xadmke Skinner was an umpire in the American Association and National League in 1886.

08-09-2025, 06:18 PM	#923
Cusick Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2014 Posts: 4,322	Jen Pawol Jen Pawol made her MLB debut as major league's first female umpire today (Aug. 9, 2025). Attached Images

10-09-2025, 11:19 PM	#926
prewinter Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 300	Missing umpire: Jim Barron James Barron, who umpired a few games in 1875, was a member of the Empire Baseball Club in St. Louis in the late 1860s. A sketch of the club was printed in the St. Louis Globe Democrat on January 22, 1888 (pg. 19). This is the skecth shown below. A different version was printed in the Sporting News in 1895. James Barron is in the front row, holding the belt. Adam Wirth, another National Association umpire, is in the back row. Despite the photo saying 1868, the players more closely match the 1869 lineup. Attached Images

10-28-2025, 08:28 PM	#927
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,208	Les Treitel 1978 Arguing with Lasorda, from a feature on umps from the Fort Lauderdale News, September 14, 1986 Attached Images

10-28-2025, 11:57 PM	#928
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,208	Mark Arata 1991; Randy Harvey 1991; Jim Knaus 1991 Replacement guys, Opening Day in Detroit, April 8, 1991 (Associated Press photo). From the left, Mark Arata 1991 (a one-gamer), Randy Harvey (who returned to work five games in '95, and umpired forever in the NCAA), the ubiquitous Bill Deegan, and Jim Knaus 1991 (another one-gamer) Sparky Anderson is self-evident as the Tiger skipper on the right, but the Yankee manager is Stump Merrill, and boy oh boy is the fact that Stump Merrill managed the Yankees for a year-and-a-half increasingly hard to believe as time goes by. Attached Images