Lance Barrett
Barrett in 2011
Born: (1984-10-03) October 3, 1984 (age 39)
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
MLB debut
October 1, 2010
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Lance Cole Barrett (born October 3, 1984) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He wore number 94 but changed to 16 starting in the 2020 season. Barrett became a minor league umpire in 2003 and was hired to the MLB staff prior to the 2014 season.[1][2]

Biography

Barrett went to Crowley High School in Crowley, Texas.[3] He attended the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring immediately after high school.[1][4] He entered the minor leagues in 2003 and made his MLB debut on October 1, 2010.[5] Barrett's first career ejection came on April 16, 2012, when he threw out Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper.[6]

On March 29 and 30, 2013, he umpired two Spring Training games featuring the Texas Rangers and the San Diego Padres. Those were the first baseball games played at the Alamodome.[7]

He worked all 4 games on June 13–16, 2019, between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in which both teams set a Major League Record for combined runs in a four-game series (92). The previous record was 88, set in 1929. [8]

Barrett worked his first career MLB postseason game in left field on October 2, 2019, serving in the 2019 American League Wild Card Game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland Athletics.[9]

Barrett was the third base umpire for the Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners game on May 5, 2021 in which John Means threw a no-hitter facing the minimum 27 batters. [10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Lance Barrett". mlb.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  2. ^ Imber, Gil. "Confirmed: MLB Hires 7 New Umpires to Full-Time Staff". Close Call Sports/Umpire Ejection Fantasy League. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ Stevenson, Stefan (March 10, 2014). "Umpire Lance Barrett got the call for his dream job". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  4. ^ Malinowski, Erik (27 April 2012). "Better Know An Umpire: Lance Barrett". deadspin.com. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Lance Barrett". Retrosheet. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Ejection 007: Lance Barrett (1)". Close Call Sports. Archived from the original on April 21, 2012. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Rangers 5, Padres 2". CBSSports.com. Associated Press. March 30, 2013. Archived from the original on March 21, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  8. ^ Casavell, A.J. (June 17, 2019). "9 facts about epic Padres-Rockies 92-run series". MLB.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019.
  9. ^ "Rays vs. Athletics - Game Summary - October 2, 2019 - ESPN". Archived from the original on October 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Orioles 6, Mariners 0 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday". MLB.com. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023.
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