Porter, Johnson become MLB’s second and third black umpire presidents

NEW YORK – Alan Porter and Adrian Johnson became MLB’s second and third black umpire chiefs as the league announced ten retirements and underage promotions.

Tom Harrion and Ted Barrett are retiring, the commissioner’s office announced Thursday.

Porter, 45, made his big league debut in 2010 and joined the regular staff in 2013. The 47-year-old Johnson made his first major appearance in his league game in 2006 and became a full-time big league umpire in 2010.

Kerwin Danley was the first Black Crew Chief in 2020. He retired after his 2021 season.

Lance Barksdale, Dan Bellino, Chris Conroy, James Hoey and Todd Tichenor have also been promoted to crew chief.

Ten minor league umpires were promoted to the big league staff, all of whom had experience as a reserve umpire in 156-473 major league games.

Erich Bacchus, Adam Beck, Nestor Ceja, Shane Livensparger, Nick Mahrley, Brennan Miller, Malachi Moore, Edwin Moscoso, Alex Tosi, Junior Valentine.

Harrion was a major league umpire for 30 years and had seven no-hitters in the 2008 and 2021 World Series.

Barrett has appeared in five World Series games in 26 years in the majors, and was behind the plate in the 2018 Los Angeles Dodgers’ 18-inning World Series game in a 7:20, 561-pitch win over Boston, 3-2. I was there. .

Barrett is the only umpire to call balls and strikes in two perfect games by David Cohn of the New York Yankees in 1999 and Matt Kane of San Francisco in 2012. A combined no-hitter for the Angeles Angels in 2011 and Seattle’s Irvin Santana in 2012 was Cain’s perfect on June 13, just five days before the game.

A 24-year major league umpire, Foster participated in Japan’s first major league game in 2000, a two-game series between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Mets.

A 24-year veteran, Gibson officiated in the 2011 World Series and was behind the plate in a perfect game by Randy Johnson for Arizona in 2004 and a no-hitter by Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers in 2004. .

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Holbrook was in three World Series during his 22-year career, including winning the Cubs’ Game 7 in Cleveland in 2016 to give Chicago its first title since 1908.

A 26-year veteran, Meals has officiated in two World Series and was behind the plate in Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout game with the Cubs in 1998.

Timmons, Werke, and Reynolds each worked for 23 seasons. Walke, the brother of former major league umpire Tim Welke, umpired in the 2015 World Series, Timmons umpired the 2018 series, and Reynolds umpired the pair in the series.

A 22-year veteran, Nauert entered the 2017 series.

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