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Hal Harrison Gibson III, known as Tripp Gibson [1] (born August 5, 1981), is an American Major League Baseball umpire who wears uniform number 73. Gibson's first Major League game was July 8, 2013, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. [2] He was promoted to a full-time position in January 2015. [3]
The position of crew chief was not as clearly established in the early years of the 20th century; for the purpose of this list, the crew chief for early World Series is defined as the home plate umpire for Game 1. Umpires who are active entering the 2025 season are indicated in bold face; members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are indicated in ...
Hoberg made his Major League debut in 2014, and was one of four umpires promoted to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, and Tim Welke. [2] For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes.
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB) and concludes the MLB postseason.First played in 1903, [1] the World Series championship is a best-of-seven playoff and is a contest between the champions of baseball's National League (NL) and American League (AL). [2]
Martin John Springstead (July 9, 1937 – January 17, 2012) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1966 to 1985 and had since worked as an umpire supervisor. He was the youngest umpire ever to serve as crew chief in the World Series, heading the staff for the 1973 Series at the age of 36 years and ...
Coming into the series, the two teams had played 66 World Series games against each other all-time, in which the Yankees had a 37–29 record along with an 8–3 World Series record. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The 66 head-to-head World Series games was the most between any two teams by far, with the second most being 43 games between the Yankees and the New ...
Edward George Barrett (born July 31, 1965) is an American former Major League Baseball umpire. He joined the American League's staff in 1994, and worked throughout both major leagues from 2000 until his retirement in 2022. Promoted to crew chief in 2013, Barrett worked in 33 play-off series (tied for most all-time), including five World Series.
The first occurred in the 1960 World Series: he was umpiring when Bill Mazeroski of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit the home run that allowed the Pirates to defeat the New York Yankees. His second was during the 1966 World Series; he was the umpire during what turned out to be Sandy Koufax's final game, before his retirement a few weeks later. [4]