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Jordan Christopher Baker (born December 23, 1981) is an American umpire for Major League Baseball. [1] [2] At 6' 7", Baker is the tallest active MLB umpire. [3] Baker gained attention during the 2013 season for throwing wads of chewed gum onto the outfield grass after each half inning.
Sep 17, 2023 · Plate umpire Jordan Baker, 41, left Saturday's Boston Red Sox-Toronto Blue Jays game after eight innings because of the impact of being struck by multiple foul tips and entered Major League...
Sep 17, 2023 · Plate umpire Jordan Baker left a Boston Red Sox-Toronto Blue Jays game after eight innings because of the impact of being struck by multiple foul tips and entered Major League Baseball’s concussion protocol.
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Jul 27, 2020 · Standing 6' 7", Jordan Baker is possibly the tallest man to have ever been a major league baseball umpire. He got his first major league experience in 2012, when he umpired 72 games as a fill-in umpire.
Dec 20, 2016 · Jordan Baker, at 6’7”, is the tallest umpire in the major leagues. Baker, born and raised an Oklahoma boy, started umpiring when he was just 18 years old. Thinking back to when he first officiated a game, he recalls, “ Seth Buckminster [ a former minor league umpire] and I grew up together.
During Game 1 of the Yankees-Indians AL Wild Card Series, HP Umpire Baker saw 166 callable pitches and, according to baseball's real-time pitch tracking computer, officiated 163 of those 166 pitches correctly for a plate score of 98.2%.
Baker works as an umpire with Major League Baseball. Jordan umpired his first major league game on June 22, 2012, and is still an active umpire. Every game Jordan Baker umpired appears below, along with biographical information, and ejection data - where applicable.
Sep 16, 2023 · Baker, who was working behind the plate Saturday, left the game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox in the eighth inning after being on the receiving end of multiple foul tips.
Sep 17, 2023 · TORONTO (AP) — Plate umpire Jordan Baker left Saturday’s Boston Red Sox-Toronto Blue Jays game after eight innings because of the impact of being struck by multiple foul tips and entered...