| Chris Guccione | |
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 Guccione in 2012 | |
| Born:June 24, 1974 Salida, Colorado, U.S. | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 25, 2000 | |
| Crew Information | |
| Umpiring crew | 19 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Special Assignments | |
Christopher Gene Guccione (born June 24, 1974) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears number 68.
Began his umpiring career by attending the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring in 1995. Guccione has umpired in both the American League and National League since 2000, although he was not officially promoted to the full-time Major League staff until before the 2009 season. [1] [2] Guccione has 22 total years of professional umpiring experience, having worked in the Pioneer, Midwest, California, Texas and Pacific Coast leagues before reaching MLB. He also officiated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was promoted to crew chief in 2024. [3]
Guccione gained his first playoff experience in 2010, umpiring the 2010 American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. He has worked a total of seven Division Series (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020), five League Championship Series (2012, [1] [4] 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) and two World Series (2016, 2020). According to an analysis done by the website FiveThirtyEight, he was the most accurate umpire in the major leagues in 2014 Major League Baseball season based on the number of unsuccessful manager challenges; 14 of his 15 calls that were challenged were upheld on video review. [5]
Guccione was chosen as the right field umpire for the 2011 All-Star Game. [6] He was also chosen as one of the umpires for the one-game American League Wild Card Game playoff between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers on October 5, 2012, and again for the National League Championship Series held later that month. [7]
Guccione was the home plate umpire when 3,000-hit-club-member Miguel Cabrera got his first Major League hit, an 11th-inning walk-off homer for the Florida Marlins against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on June 20, 2003. [8]
Guccione was the first base umpire for Henderson Alvarez's no hitter on September 29, 2013. [9]
Guccione worked his first World Series in 2016 and was the home plate umpire in Game 2.
During the 2018 Little League World Series, Guccione umpired two innings of an August 19 game between teams from Hawaii and Michigan. [10]
Guccione was the third base umpire when Domingo German threw a perfect game on June 28, 2023, at Oakland Coliseum
Guccione was the home plate umpire when he threw out Freddy Peralta, likely precipitating a brawl later in the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 30, 2024.
Guccione lives in Colorado with his wife, Amy. [2] Guccione is a Christian. [11] He is of Italian descent. [12]
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