Major League Umpire Rosters (A - D)

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a comprehensive roster of EVERY full-time American League, National League and Major League (a practice started in 2000) umpire since 1901. Included on the umpire rosters are complete names, years of service broken down by league, and some fascinating facts.

"Al Barlick earned the respect of peers and players with his growling, booming basso calls, clear and decisive hand signals, knowledge of the rules, proficiency on balls and strikes, unceasing hustle, and knack of anticipating and defusing rough situations." - National Baseball Hall of Fame
The Umpires

Makin' The Call

Adams - Avants
John H. Adams A.L. 1903-1903
G. Merle Anthony A.L. 1969-1975
Emmett Ashford A.L. 1966-1970
Nick R. Avants A.L. 1969-1971
Baker - Byron
William P. Baker N.L. 1957-1957
E. Lee Ballanfant N.L. 1936-1957
Albert J. Barlick N.L. 1940-1943, 1946-1955, 1958-1971
Lawrence R. Barnett A.L. 1969-1999
George M. Barr N.L. 1931-1949
Ted Barrett A.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Daniel Barry A.L. 1928-1928
Stephen J. Basil A.L. 1936-1942
George Bausewine N.L. 1905-1905
Frank Behle N.L. 1901-1901
Wally Bell N.L. 1993-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Charles F. Berry A.L. 1942-1962
William G. Betts A.L. 1901-1901
Edwin J. Betz N.L. 1961-1901
Lynton R. Boggess N.L. 1944-1948, 1950-1962
Gregory Bonin N.L. 1986-1999
 
MLB 2000+
James M. Boyer A.L. 1944-1950
William E. Bransfield N.L. 1917-1917
Nicholas G. Bremigan A.L. 1974-1989
William T. Brennan N.L. 1909-1913, 1921
Joseph N. Brinkman A.L. 1973-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Fred W. Brocklander N.L. 1979-1990
Thomas T. Brown N.L. 1901-1902
C.B. Bucknor N.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
W. Kenneth Burkhart N.L. 1957-1973
Garnet C. Bush N.L. 1911-1912
William J. Byron N.L. 1913-1919
Campbell - Cuzzi
William M. Campbell A.L. 1928-1931
 
N.L. 1939-1940
Joseph D. Cantillon A.L. 1901-1901
 
N.L. 1902-1902
Mark Carlson N.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
H. Sam Carrigan A.L. 1961-1965
William B. Carpenter A.L. 1904-1904
 
N.L. 1904, 1906-1907
Robert L. Caruthers N.L. 1886, 1891, 1893

 

A.L. 1902-1903
Gary Cederstrom A.L. 1997-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Oliver P. Chill A.L. 1914-1916, 1919-1922
Nestor Chylak A.L. 1954-1978
Alan M. Clark A.L. 1977-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Robert M. Clarke N.L. 1930-1931
Curly Clement A.L. 1978-1979
G. Drew Coble A.L. 1983-1999
George W. Cockill N.L. 1915-1915
Harry W. Colgan N.L. 1901-1901
James H. Colliflower A.L. 1910-1910
Nicholas Colosi N.L. 1968-1982
John B. Conlan N.L. 1941-1964
Thomas H. Connolly A.L. 1901-1931
Thomas Connor A.L. 1905-1906
John H. Conway N.L. 1906-1906
Terrance J. Cooney A.L. 1975-1992
Eric Cooper A.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Derryl Cousins A.L. 1980-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Terry Craft A.L. 1993-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Gerald J. Crawford N.L. 1976-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Henry C. Crawford N.L. 1956-1975
John J. Cronin A.L. 1901-1907
Fieldin Culbreth A.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Elmer E. Cunningham N.L. 1901-1901
Stephen P. Cusack N.L. 1909-1909
Phil Cuzzi N.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Dale - Dwyer
Jerry P. Dale N.L. 1971-1985
Kerwin Danley N.L. 1998-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Gary R. Darling N.L. 1988-1999
Frank Dascoli N.L. 1948-1962
David L. Davidson N.L. 1969-1984
Robert A. Davidson N.L. 1983-1999
Gerald S. Davis N.L. 1985-1999
 
MLB 2000+
William E. Deegan A.L. 1970-1980
Victor Delmore N.L. 1956-1959
Dana A. DeMuth N.L. 1985-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Donald A. Denkinger A.L. 1969-1998
Doll Derr N.L. 1923-1923
Frank J. Dezelan N.L. 1966-1968, 1969-1971
Lazaro Diaz A.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
Louis J. DiMuro A.L. 1963-1982
Mike DiMuro A.L. 1999-1999
 
MLB 2000+
William H. Dinneen A.L. 1909-1937
Hal H. Dixon N.L. 1953-1959
August J. Donatelli N.L. 1950-1973
Charles H. Donnelly N.L. 1931-1932
 
A.L. 1934-1935
Michael R. Donohue N.L. 1930-1930
John J. Doyle N.L. 1911-1911
Bruce M. Dreckman N.L. 1998-1999
Calvin Drummond A.L. 1960-1969
James F. Duffy A.L. 1951-1955
Thomas P. Dunn N.L. 1939-1946
J. Francis Dwyer N.L. 1901-1901
 
A.L. 1904-1904

The Umpires



Sportswriter Furman Bisher once wrote, "They're (umpires) submerged in the history of baseball like idiot children in a family album."

Former umpire Ron Luciano once said, "Umpiring is best described as the profession of standing between two seven-year-olds with one ice-cream cone."

The earliest recorded instance of an "official" umpire in a baseball game is in a scorebook dated October 6, 1845. That umpire's name was William R. Wheaton.