American baseball umpire (born 1967)
Baseball player
Lance Barksdale Born: (1967-03-08 ) March 8, 1967 (age 57) Brookhaven, Mississippi , U.S.May 29, 2000
Umpiring crew Q (17) Crew members
Special Assignments
All-Star Games (2012 , 2022 )
Wild Card Games/Series (2013 , 2017 , 2020 , 2023 )
Division Series (2014 , 2015 , 2018 , 2019 , 2022 , 2024 )
League Championship Series (2017 , 2020 , 2021 , 2023 )
World Series (2019 , 2022 )
World Baseball Classic (2006 , 2009 , 2013 , 2017 , 2023 )
Robert Lance Barksdale (born March 8, 1967) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began umpiring in the major leagues in 2000[ 1] and joined the full-time major league staff in 2006.
Barksdale wears #23, which was previously worn by Rick Reed . He was promoted to crew chief in the 2023 season.[ 2]
Umpiring career
Barksdale umpired in the minor leagues from 1993 to 2006. His minor league service included the Appalachian League , the South Atlantic League , the Florida State League , the Florida Instructional League , the Southern League , the Pacific Coast League , the Arizona Fall League and the International League .[ 3]
Barksdale served as a major league fill-in umpire between 2000 and his full-time MLB promotion in 2006. He was added to crew Q, led by Dale Scott , when he was called up permanently.[ 4]
Barksdale was the home plate umpire when Randy Johnson struck out 20 Cincinnati Reds batters at Bank One Ballpark on May 8, 2001.[ 5]
Barksdale was at first base on August 7, 2004, for Greg Maddux 's 300th win[ 6] and also at first base on June 1, 2012, when Johan Santana threw a no-hitter .[ 7] He has also umpired in the World Baseball Classic in 2009 and 2013 , the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2012 and 2022 , the Wild Card Game/Series in 2013 , 2017 , 2020 and 2023 , the Division Series in 2014 , 2015 , 2018 , 2019 , 2022 and 2024 , the Championship Series in 2017 , 2020 , 2021 and 2023 and the World Series in 2019 and 2022 .[ 8]
Barksdale was the third base umpire for Henderson Alvarez 's no-hitter on September 29, 2013.[ 9]
Barksdale was the home plate umpire when Wade Miley of the Cincinnati Reds threw a no hitter against the Cleveland Indians on May 7, 2021.[ 10]
On March 21, 2023, Barksdale was the home plate umpire for the final game of the World Baseball Classic between Japan and the United States.[ 11]
Personal life
Barksdale graduated from Forest Hill High School in Jackson, Mississippi in 1985 and went on to play college baseball for the Mississippi College Choctaws , during which time he began umpiring Little League games.[ 12] He lives in Mississippi with his wife and two children.[ 3]
See also
References
^ "Lance Barksdale" . Retrosheet.org . Retrosheet . Archived from the original on October 16, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2011 .
^ Lindsay. "MLB Promotes 7 Crew Chiefs for 2023" . Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2023 .
^ a b "Lance Barksdale 23" . MLB.com . Major League Baseball . Retrieved August 31, 2011 .
^ "Press Release: Barksdale Added to Major League Staff" . MLB.com . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2013 .
^ "Cincinnati Reds at Arizona Diamondbacks Box Score, May 8, 2001 | Baseball-Reference.com" . Baseball-Reference.com . Archived from the original on June 8, 2023.
^ "Cubs 8-4 Giants (Aug 7, 2004) Game Recap" . ESPN . Archived from the original on July 13, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2023 .
^ "Box Score Friday, June 1, 2012:, Mets 8, Cardinals 0" . mlb.com . Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2023 .
^ "Davis named plate umpire for All-Star Game" . ESPN.com . July 3, 2012. Archived from the original on November 26, 2018. Retrieved August 28, 2023 .
^ [1] ESPN.com Retrieved September 29, 2013
^ "Miley pitches MLB's 2nd no-no THIS WEEK!" . MLB.com . Archived from the original on May 8, 2021.
^ "United States 2, Japan 3 Final Score (03/21/2023) on MLB Gameday" . MLB.com . Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2023 .
^ Jackson, Wilton (October 23, 2019). "From Mississippi to MLB: Forest Hill graduate living the dream as umpire in World Series" . The Clarion-Ledger . Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
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Names marked with c are crew chiefs