Ben May (umpire)
| Ben May | |
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 May in the Midwest League in 2008 | |
| Born: January 23, 1982 Racine, Wisconsin | |
| debut | |
| April 17, 2014 | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Special Assignments
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Benjamin Joseph May (born January 23, 1982) is an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He has worked in MLB since 2014, and wears number 97 on his uniform.[1]
Career[]
May umpired his first MLB games on April 14, 2014, working both games in a doubleheader between the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins.[2] He worked a total of 187 games during his first three MLB seasons, and issued five ejections. For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a top-ten performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes, based on a study conducted at Boston University where over 350,000 pitches were culled and analyzed.[3]
May was an umpire for the 2011 All-Star Futures Game, and qualifying rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic.[2]
May was featured on the cover of the Virtual Umpire Camp DVD.[citation needed]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Major League Umpire Roster". MLB.com. March 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Major League Umpiring Debut: Ben May (97)". closecallsports.com. April 17, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ^ "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?". BU Today. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
Further reading[]
- Jackel, Peter (October 4, 2015). "Ben May hopes to change his status as a Major League Baseball umpire from substitute to permanent". Racine Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin.
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