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MLB Umpire Bob Davidson Retires After 28 Year Career


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MLB veteran umpire Bob Davidson is retiring after a 28-year Major League career spanning over 3900 games, according to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim press notes. Bob Davidson has retired.Davidson leaves the field after 28 years of service that spans either side of the turn-of-the-century...

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MLB announcers have one less punching bag.  I was at Bob's last game yesterday and he was solid on the dish.  He certainly had his own style and methods, but he was (is) one of us and I wish him well.

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On 10/3/2016 at 0:43 AM, tpatience said:

Who do you think they will hire? I say Clint Fagan

That is all up to conjecture

Here are some stats below

They must find out what Torres can do pretty quickly due to age IMHO.

He would become the first umpire to start their MiLB career in their 30's (started exactly at 30) since the 70's to make it to MLBU.

David Arrieta who started in 2012 at 32 years old is trying also and is in AA. If he goes AAA in 2017 they need to find out quickly about him.

Terry Cooney started at 36 in MiLB and made it at 41. Dutch Rennert actually started MiLB before 30 at 27 years old and made it at 43. both in the 70's.

And, nobody has been signed recently without at least 144 'fill in' games under their belt.

 

name                        age        MiLB start         MLB start        Total games after 2015

Clint Fagan               34            2005                    2011                       340

Adam Hamari           32            2006                    2013                        329

Gabe Morales           31           2008                    2014                         258

Toby Basner              31           2004                   2012                        235

Chris Segal                33           2006                   2014                        227

Pat Hoberg                29           2009                   2014                        215

Tom Woodring           33           2007                   2014                        156

Sean Barber              30           2006                   2014                        150

Ben May                    34           2007                   2014                        118

Ryan Blakney             30          2006                   2015                          88

Seth Buckminster      34           2006                   2014                          67

Stu Scheurwater        32           2007                   2014                          47

Carlos Torres              37           2009                  2015                           19

Chad Whitson             34          2005                  2014                            15

Anthony Johnson        34          2006                   2014                             6

Nick Lentz                   26          2008                   2016

Ramon De Jesus        32           2010                   2016

Roberto Ortiz               31         2009                    2016

 

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9 hours ago, udbrky said:

Did he take a few years off? 2016-1982 = 34

As Thunder has replied, Davidson was in a situation from Sep. 99-Feb. 2006.

But many people do not remember that Davidson was also involved in a situation at the beginning of 1979 just after his first year of AAA in the American Association.

The umpires were on strike for 7 weeks in 1979. Prior to the strike MLB asked AAA Amer. Association umpires Drew Coble, Bob Davidson, Gerry Davis, Rocky Roe, and Dan Morrison, along with AAA PCL umpires Randy Marsh, Charlie Williams and Mark Johnson to become Major League crew chiefs with guaranteed 2-3 year contracts but the gentlemen above declined the offer.

As part of the new 1982 contract, each of the 8 individuals above who declined the offer were to be the next 8 hired. 2 new crews had also been added since the 1979 contract brought about vacation time off during the season.

Quite a remarkable career considering both situations 20 years apart.

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