Stu Scheurwater

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Stu Scheurwater
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Born: (1983-05-06) May 6, 1983 (age 40)
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
MLB debut
April 25, 2014
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Stuart Jeffrey Scheurwater (born May 6, 1983) is a Canadian Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. He made his MLB debut on April 25, 2014, and was hired to the full-time staff in December 2017. [1] [2]

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Scheurwater began working Minor League Baseball games in 2007. He was hired to fill the vacancy left by Dale Scott's retirement. Scheurwater became the first permanent Major League umpire from Canada since Jim McKean's retirement in 2001. [3]

Prior to his professional career, Scheurwater was a member of Baseball Canada’s National Umpiring program and worked the Baseball Canada Cup in 2005 Medicine Hat and the 21U National Championship in 2006 in Guelph, Ontario. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Stu Scheurwater". Retrosheet. Retrosheet. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Source - Stu Scheurwater Hired to Full-Time MLB Staff". www.closecallsports.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. ↑ "Stu Scheurwater becomes full-time major league umpire". USA Today . Associated Press. February 23, 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Scheurwater's postseason continues" . Retrieved 18 October 2020.
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