| Dana DeMuth | |
|---|---|
 DeMuth in 2008 | |
| Born:May 30, 1956 Fremont, Ohio | |
| debut | |
| June 3, 1983 | |
| Last appearance | |
| July 12, 2019 | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Special Assignments |
Dana Andrew DeMuth (born May 30,1956) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball.
| Dana DeMuth | |
|---|---|
| DeMuth in 2008 | |
| Born:May 30, 1956 Fremont, Ohio | |
| debut | |
| June 3, 1983 | |
| Last appearance | |
| July 12, 2019 | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Special Assignments |
Dana Andrew DeMuth (born May 30,1956) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball.
DeMuth advanced through the minor leagues to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League before joining the National League staff full-time June 3,1983. DeMuth continued umpiring in the National League until the umpiring staffs of the American and National Leagues merged in 2000. He was a crew chief from 1999 to 2019. DeMuth wore the uniform number 32 throughout his career.
His postseason assignments included 11 Division Series (1996,1997,1999,2001,2008,2009,2010,2012,2013,2015,and 2017),5 League Championship Series (1991,1995,2000,2002 and 2007),and 5 World Series (1993,1998,2001,2009 and 2013).
He also umpired in the All-Star Game in 1990,2001,and 2009,working behind the plate for the second and third contests,and worked the 2009 World Baseball Classic. [1]
Following the 2019 season,DeMuth announced his retirement. [2] He umpired 4,283 regular season games and 101 postseason games. [3]
DeMuth was the home plate umpire for Game 6 of the 1993 World Series;a game memorable for Joe Carter's series-ending home run in the bottom of the ninth inning.
DeMuth was the third base umpire for the game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres on August 4,2007. In the top of the second inning at San Diego,Barry Bonds of the Giants hit his 755th career home run off Clay Hensley,tying Hank Aaron for first all-time. [4]
DeMuth was the home plate umpire for the game between the San Francisco Giants and the New York Yankees on September 20,2013. In the bottom of the seventh inning,Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees hit his 24th career grand slam off George Kontos,passing Lou Gehrig for first all-time.
DeMuth was the home plate umpire for a no-hitter pitched by Jake Arrieta between the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds on April 21,2016. This was Arrieta's 2nd career no hitter. Chicago won the game,16–0.
In baseball, a home run is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run is usually achieved by hitting the ball over the outfield fence between the foul poles without the ball touching the field.
Bruce Neal Froemming is an American Major League Baseball Special Assistant to the Vice President on Umpiring, after having served as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He first umpired in the National League in 1971, and from 2000 to 2007 worked throughout both major leagues. Early in the 2007 season, Froemming tied Bill Klem for the most seasons umpired. Previously, on August 16, 2006, Froemming umpired his 5,000th game between the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, making him the second umpire to reach that milestone; Klem retired after 5,374 games. Froemming now stands third on the all-time list of games umpired, having been passed when Joe West officiated his 5,164th Major League Baseball game on August 14, 2019. On April 20, 2007, he umpired at first base in the Cleveland Indians-Tampa Bay Devil Rays game, passing Klem to become – at age 67 years 204 days – the man then believed to be the oldest umpire in major league history; Hank O'Day holds the record, retiring at 68 years, 2 months. He worked his final regular-season game at age 68 years 2 days on September 30, 2007, when Froemming received a standing ovation before umpiring his last regular-season game, manning the third base position as the Milwaukee Brewers hosted the San Diego Padres at Miller Park in his native Milwaukee, with much of his family in attendance. Because Froemming was then over age 65, he became eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 instead of having to wait the customary five years.
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