Major League Baseball umpiring records

The following include various records set by umpires in Major League Baseball. Leagues are abbreviated as follows:

• AA - American Association, 1882–1891
• AL - American League, 1901–1999
• FL - Federal League, 1914–1915
• ML - Major League Baseball, 2000–present (AL and NL umpiring staffs were merged in 2000)
• NL - National League, 1876–1999
• PL - Players League, 1890

Regular season

Total games

The following are those umpires who have officiated in at least 3,000 major league games through the 2009 season.All regular-season totals of overall games and games as a home plate umpire are taken from Project Retrosheet's . Accessed 2010-04-05. Although the totals reflect all games umpired, the years indicate only those seasons in which each individual was employed as a league umpire, omitting seasons in which they may have acted as an emergency substitute during their playing career. Umpires who were active in 2009 are indicated in bold face; members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are indicated in italics:

1. Bill Klem - 5,369 (NL, 1905–1941)
2. Bruce Froemming - 5,163 (NL, 1971–1999; ML, 2000–2007)
3. Tommy Connolly - 4,768 (NL, 1898–1900; AL, 1901–1932)
4. Doug Harvey - 4,673 (NL, 1962–1992)
5. Joe Brinkman - 4,505 (AL, 1972–1999; ML, 2000–2006)
6. Harry Wendelstedt - 4,500 (NL, 1966–1998)
7. Bill McGowan - 4,424 (AL, 1925–1954)
8. Ed Montague - 4,369 (NL, 1974, 1976–1999; ML, 2000–2009)
9. Mike Reilly - 4,362 (AL, 1977–1999; ML,......
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