John Tumpane

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John Tumpane
John Tumpane on May 14, 2014.jpg
Tumpane in 2014
Born: (1983-05-04) May 4, 1983 (age 41)
Evergreen Park, Illinois, U.S. [1]
MLB debut
August 2, 2010
Career highlights and awards
Special assignments

John Francis Tumpane (born May 4, 1983) is an American Major League Baseball umpire, who wears number 74.

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Umpiring career

He made his major league umpiring debut on August 2, 2010. He umpired in six major league games in 2010, and returned in 2011, umpiring in 68 games. [2] On July 1, 2016, Tumpane was promoted to the full-time MLB umpiring staff. [3]

Notable games

On August 21, 2015, he was the home plate umpire in Houston for Mike Fiers' no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers. [4] On May 4, 2018, he was the home plate umpire for Walker Buehler, Tony Cingrani, Yimi Garcia, and Adam Liberatore's of the Los Angeles Dodgers combined no-hitter against the San Diego Padres. [5] On August 25, 2020, Tumpane was the second base umpire for a no-hitter thrown by Lucas Giolito of the Chicago White Sox against the Pittsburgh Pirates. [6]

In game 2 of the 2020 American League Championship Series, on October 12, 2020, Tumpane correctly called 134 of 135 pitches at which a batter did not swing. [7]

On September 27, 2022, Tumpane, serving as first base umpire, called an MLB-record 3 balks on Miami Marlins pitcher Richard Bleier while Bleier was pitching to the same batter in a single at bat. Bleier had never been called for a balk in his MLB career previously, over the course of 303 games in seven seasons. [8] It was the only time since at least 1900 that one pitcher was called for a balk three times in a single plate appearance. [9]

Personal life

Tumpane is a 2001 graduate of Saint Laurence High School in Burbank, Illinois. On June 28, 2017, Tumpane helped prevent a suicide attempt on the Roberto Clemente Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania prior to umpiring a game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates. [10] [11]

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