List of Major League Baseball umpires (N–Z)

The following is a list of baseball umpires with surnames beginning with the letters N through Z who officiated in Major League Baseball (MLB). The list includes those who worked in any of four 19th-century major leagues (American Association, National Association, Players' League, Union Association), one defunct 20th century major league (Federal League), the currently active Major League Baseball, or either of its leagues (American League, National League) when they maintained separate umpiring staffs. All of the above leagues, with the exception of the National Association, are recognized by MLB's Special Baseball Records Committee. The NA's status as a major league is disputed, with some researchers such as those involved with Retrosheet including it in their major league statistics.

Key

+Name ^ Currently active * Hall of Fame inductee, for umpiring § Hall of Fame inductee, for playing careerFormer major league player Substitute umpire (as an active player/manager/coach)

+League AA American Association (1882–1891) AL American League (1901–1999) ANL American Negro League (1929) ECL Eastern Colored League (1923–1928) EWL East–West League (1932) FL Federal League (1914–1915) MLB Major League Baseball (2000–present) NA National Association (1871–1875) NAL Negro American League (1937–1948) NL National League (1876–1999) NNL I Negro National League (1920–1931) NNL II Negro National League (1933–1948) NSL Negro Southern League (1932) PL Players' League (1890) UA Union Association (1884)

+Years Years, or range of years, that the umpire was active. +Games Number of regular season games umpired (through end of 2024). If the umpire has worked in multiple major leagues, the total is inclusive of all leagues.

Umpires (N–Z) N

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) NA 1872 1 AL 1915–1932 2722 AL 1951–1974 3610 NL 1901 101 NL, MLB 1995–1999, 2002–2022 2450 MLB 2020–2023 153 NL 1904, 1907 2 NL 1979 1 NL 1979, 1991, 1995 32 NA 1872 1 AL 1979 36 NL, MLB 1997–2023 3142 MLB 2001–2003 69 AL 1966–1985 3026 AL 1938 1 NL 1902 1 NA 1871 1 NL 1900–1901 3 NL 1894 3 NL 1881 2 NL 1906–1907 2 NL 1978–1979 20 NA 1872 1 AA 1890 1 AL 1984 0 AL 1979 5 NA 1871 1

Games per league

O

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) UA 1884 3 AA 1887–1888 2 AA 1890 12 AL 1979 10 AL, FL 1912, 1914–1915 121 (second baseman) AL 1907 1 (umpire) NA 1875 1 NL 1876 1 NL 1982 1 NL 1914 24 AA, NL 1889, 1893, 1901 5 AL 1978–1979 17 AL 1979 3 * AA, NL, PL 1884, 1888–1890, 1895–1911, 1913, 1915–1927 3984 AA 1890 25 AL 1984 0 NL 1883 13 AL 1965–1974 1597 AL 1968–1971 489 NL 1879 1 NL 1979 5 AL 1902–1918 2574 NL 1968–1980 1860 NL 1904 1 ^ AL, MLB 1992–present 3574 AL 1923–1941 2537 NL 1893–1894 30 NL 1891 1 NL 1901, 1912–1917 505 ^ MLB 2016–present 879 NL 1876 2 NL 1922 4 NL 1905, 1910 3 NL, AL 1908, 1912–1913, 1916–1937 3323

Games per league

P

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) AA 1887–1889 8 NA 1875 3 NL 1995 7 MLB 2000–2002 106 NL 1995 7 AL 1976–1991 1871 NL 1979–1988 1361 AL 1978–1979 18 AL 1946–1965 3143 AL 1911 28 AA 1887 1 NL 1936–1938 329 NA 1875 1 AL 1979–1982, 1991, 1995 446 ^ MLB 2024–present 125 AL 1941–1952 1673 NL, AL 1978–1979 31 AL 1903 1 NA 1872, 1874 10 MLB 2014–2015 94 MLB 2025–present 18 AL 1995 5 NA 1871 1 NA, NL 1872, 1878, 1882 58 NL, AL 1897, 1903, 1905 26 NA 1872 1 NL 1901, 1906 3 NL 1960–1975 2487 AL 1906 2 AA 1888–1890 45 AL 1979 15 NL 1979 3 AL 1909–1912 507 NL 1897 2 NL 1922–1936 2240 NL 1896 1 NL 1912 2 NA 1874 3 NL 1903 1 AL, MLB 1971–1999, 2001–2002 3933 AA 1882 1 AL 1978–1979 12 AA, NL, PL 1882, 1884, 1887, 1890, 1892–1893 144 NA 1875 1 AA, NL 1887, 1889–1890 5 AL 1995 6 NL 1935–1956 3394 AL 1938–1946 1145 NL 1979, 1984 10 NL, MLB 1985–1988, 1991–1999, 2002–2007 1961 ^ MLB 2010–present 1767 NA 1874 1 NL 1991–1997 89 NL 1923–1924, 1933 95 UA, NL 1884, 1893–1895, 1902 76 AL 1902 1 NL 1879, 1881, 1886–1891 529 NA 1872–1873, 1875 9 NL, AA 1879–1880, 1883, 1886–1887 54 AL 1979 14 NA, NL 1871–1873, 1886 9 NL 1961–1981 3094 NL 1972–1999 3774 AL 1979 4 NL 1976 1

Games per league

Q

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) FL 1914 4 NL 1886–1887 69 NL 1974, 1976–1998 2987 NL 1913–1938 3356 AA 1886 19 AA, NL 1884–1885, 1887, 1889–1890 64 (catcher) NL 1881–1882 25 (second baseman) NL 1894, 1896 2 AL 1935–1942 1247 NA, NL 1875–1876 3

Games per league

R

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) ^ MLB 2010–present 1479 NA 1873 1 NL 1978–1979 13 MLB 2008–2009 11 ^ MLB 2020–present 529 NA 1875 1 AA 1887 1 NL 1995 5 ^ NL, MLB 1999–present 2766 NL, MLB 1990–2012 2846 NA 1872 1 AL 1995 6 AL 1979 7 NA 1872–1875 6 NL 1926–1949 3515 NL 1895 1 AL, MLB 1979–2010 3392 AA 1884 1 ^ MLB 2018–present 843 NL 1882 6 NA 1871, 1873–1874 6 NL 1880 3 NL 1892, 1894–1895 4 AL, MLB 1977–2010 4491 MLB 2005–2008 75 AA 1882 1 NL 1895 1 AL, MLB 1989–2009 2278 NA, NL 1873–1874, 1880 4 NL 1973–1992 2693 ^ MLB 2008–present 1749 AL, MLB 1999–2022 2815 NL 1891, 1896 2 NL 1887 1 NL 1979 17 AL, NL 1979 6 AA 1885 1 AL 1979 18 AL 1955–1973 2990 NL 1880 1 NL 1892 1 NL 1883 1 NL, MLB 1992–2001 1001 NL 1995 4 ^ MLB 2020–present 434 NL 1906–1922, 1924–1935 4140 NL, AA 1880, 1882, 1885 18 ^ MLB 2010–present 1449 NL, MLB 1983–2003 2514 NL 1876 2 AA 1886 1 NL, AL 1947–1953 869 NL 1953 72 AL 1978–1979 2 NA 1872–1873 4 NL 1898 1 NL 1876 1 AL 1974–1975 318 NL 1995 6 AL, MLB 1979–2001 2771 AL 1978–1979 17 NA 1872 1 NA 1871–1872 13 NL 1876 1 AL 1938–1959 3364 MLB 2020–2023 51 NL 1995 5 AA 1882, 1884 14 AL 1923 1 NL, AL 1978–1979 33 NL, AL 1978–1979, 1991 27 NL 1881 1 AL 1923–1927 752 NL 1907–1908 121 AL 1938–1947 1516 AA 1882 2 AL 1979, 1984 6 NL, MLB 1999–2012 1564 AL 1954–1970 2638 NL 1973–1997 3196 NL 1892 1 NA, AA 1872, 1875, 1882 6 NL 1946 1 NL 1995 6

Games per league

S

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) AA 1890 1 AL 1961–1968 1110 MLB 2001, 2003–2005 72 NL 1889 1 AL 1970 0 AL 1978–1979 19 NA 1871 1 NL 1879 1 NL 1995 7 NA 1875 1 NL 1978–1979 9 AL 1995 6 AL 1979 4 NL 1880 1 ^ MLB 2014–present 1119 AL 1979 17 NL 1979 1 AL 1906–1907 3 AL 1903 1 NA, AA 1875, 1890 3 NL 1976, 1979 18 AL 1903 2 NL, MLB 1997–2015 2207 NL 1901 7 NL 1978–1979 10 NA 1874–1875 3 AL 1979 9 AL 1960–1962 338 AL 1995 6 NA, NL 1871, 1879 3 AL, MLB 1985–2017 3897 (umpire) NL 1978–1979 18 (pitcher) NL 1930–1931 252 NA 1873 3 NL 1934–1945 1643 NL 1952–1970 2977 ^ MLB 2014–present 1263 NA, AA 1873, 1882 5 NA 1872–1875 13 NL 1922–1923 157 NL, AA 1884, 1888 2 NL 1892–1893 27 NL, AA, UA 1876–1878, 1884 108 FL 1914–1915 177 NL 1978–1979 10 NL 1979 16 AL 1979 4 NL 1981 2 NL 1879 1 PL, NL, AL 1890, 1892–1893, 1896–1897, 1901–1914 2177 AA 1890 1 AL 1978 1 AL, MLB 1979–2002 3050 NL 1880 2 AA 1890 1 AA, NL 1886 8 AL, NL 1979 11 AL, NL 1979, 1984, 1991, 1995 15 NL 1979 16 AL 1960–1964 798 (umpire) NL 1898–1899 114 (pitcher) NL 1886 1 NA 1872 1 NL 1890 1 NL 1883 1 AA 1890 1 NL 1979 2 NA, AA 1872, 1887 2 NA 1872 1 NL 1903 1 NL 1901 4 AA 1887 1 NL, AA 1876, 1881–1882, 1886 34 NL 1957–1965 1243 AA 1885 4 NL 1895 1 NL 1877 1 NA, AA, PL, NL 1875, 1886, 1890–1893, 1895, 1898–1901 390 AL 1950–1975, 1977–1978 3595 NL, AA 1876, 1883 22 AA 1888 1 NL 1889–1890, 1893 5 MLB 2002–2004 92 NL 1991 1 AL 1977–1980, 1991 364 MLB 2000–2002 76 NL 1979 12 AA 1890 1 AL 1978–1979 13 AL 1966–1985 3010 NL 1934 1 NL, AL 1906–1907 132 NL 1894–1897 49 NA 1875 1 NL 1892, 1895 2 NL 1877–1879 17 NL 1979 1 NA 1872 1 NL 1928–1935, 1937–1940 1550 UA 1884 9 NL 1890, 1894, 1896 4 NL 1909 6 NL 1961–1972 1918 NL 1905 1 NL 1968–1987 2764 AL 1948–1971, 1973, 1975 3346 NL 1933–1954 3192 AL 1958–1970 1958 AL 1941–1945 688 NL 1979, 1984 3 NA 1875 1 AA, NL 1891, 1894 3 NL, FL 1895, 1915 14 NA 1871 1 NL 1978–1979 15 NL 1892 1 NL 1907 2 NL 1880, 1890 54 NL 1957–1977 3245 NL 1897 2 NL, AA, UA 1882–1885, 1887–1889 192 AA, NL 1887 51 NL 1896 1 NL 1889 2 NL 1897 2 NL 1881 2 NL, AA 1880, 1887 25 AL 1933–1959 4119 NL 1876–1878 28 NL 1906 7 NL 1889, 1892 3 NNL II 1948 0 NA, NL 1875–1876 5 NA 1871–1874 28 NL 1884, 1898–1900 429 NA, NL 1871, 1873–1874, 1879 10 AA 1887 1 AL 1979 5 NL 1924–1926 412 AL 1979 7 NL, MLB 1995, 2004 6 AA 1888 1

Games per league

T

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) AL 1956–1959 516 AA 1887 1 NL 1897, 1901–1902 5 NL 1973–1999 3742 NL 1888 1 NA 1874 9 (1890s pitcher) NL 1899 1 (1900s pitcher) NL 1905 1 AL 1979 7 AA 1890 9 NL 1979 15 NL, PL 1889–1890 2 AL 1979 2 AA, NL, AL 1884, 1888, 1892, 1895–1896, 1900–1901 51 AL 1979 5 ^ MLB 2023–present 314 AL 1978–1979 18 MLB 2008–2009 4 ^ MLB 2007–present 2077 NL 1895 1 NA 1871 5 NL 1876, 1880 26 MLB 2008–2010 64 NL, AL 1978–1979 8 UA 1884 3 NL, MLB 1999–2021 2746 NL 1890, 1896 2 AA 1882 1 ^ MLB 2020–present 468 NL, AA 1888, 1890 39^ MLB 2015–present 1148 ^ MLB 2019–present 544 AA 1890 2 AA 1884 1 AL 1995 6 MLB 2025–present 66 NA 1871, 1873, 1875 4 NL 1978–1979 11 NL 1970, 1979 90 NL 1909 58 AL, MLB 1987–2012 3358 ^ MLB 2010–present 1483 AA 1885–1886 52 AL 1978 1 NL 1895 2 NL 1894 4 NA 1871–1873 5

Games per league

U

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) MLB 2009 1 AL 1995 5 AL 1954–1973 3147 AL 1978–1979 13 NA 1873 1 AL 1991, 1995 7 NL 1979, 1991 6

V

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) AL 1963–1968 947 AA, NL 1884–1888 447 ^ MLB 2020–present 571 AA 1888 1 NL 1884 68 NA 1875 1 AL 1927–1933 1034 NL, MLB 1991, 1993–2024 3470 FL 1914 67 MLB 2000–2002 247 NL 1960–1983 3555 AA, NL 1891–1892, 1899 3 NL 1957–1971 2226 AA, NL 1888, 1891 2 NL 1890 1^ MLB 2018–present 882 AL 1977–1996 2218 NA 1871–1872 3 ^ MLB 2020–present 504

Games per league

W

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) NL 1879–1880 2 AL 1995 5 NL 1905 1 NL 1876–1878 29 NL 1901 1 NL, AL 1895, 1915 112 NL 1979 1^ MLB 2023–present 338 AL 1922 87 NL 1961–1963 344 NA, NL, AA 1875–1880, 1882–1888 304 NL 1892–1893 3 NL 1942, 1947 2 AL 1996 1 NL 1876 3 NAL 1937–? NL 1888 1 NA 1874 1 NL 1949–1955 1055 NL 1898–1900 138 NL, AL 1896–1897, 1901, 1903, 1998 6 NL 1876 1 NL 1877 3 NA 1873 3 AL 1943–1947 779 NL 1893 1 NL 1889–1890 7 ^ NL, MLB 1998–present 3123 NL 1896 55 NL 1905, 1907 3 NL 1881–1882, 1885–1886, 1888, 1890 7 AL, MLB 1999–2022 2816 AL, MLB 1983–2015 4216 NL 1966–1998 4500 ^ NL, MLB 1998–present 3078 NL 1890 1 AA, NL 1885, 1887 9 NL 1878 1 NL, MLB 1976–1999, 2002–2021 5460 AL, FL, NL 1911–1912, 1915, 1922–1923 344 NL 1962–1988 3827 AA, NL 1891, 1894, 1899–1900 4 NL 1995 2 AA, UA 1882, 1884 2 NL 1891 1 NL 1880 3 NL, AL 1902–1903 2 NL 1876–1878 11 NA 1873 2 NA, NL 1874, 1876 3 NA 1875 1 NL 1884, 1886, 1888 3 ^ MLB 2014–present 1024 NL 1990–1992 47 NL 1995 5 NA 1873–1874 3 NA 1875 1 NL 1879 19 NA 1871 2 NL, FL 1904–1905, 1915 54 NA 1871 1 NL 1972–1977 806 NL 1963–1987 3432 NL, MLB 1978–2001 2810 (umpire) NL, AL 1978–1979 23 (pitcher) NL 1876 1 MLB 2020–2023 33 NL 1878 1 NL 1903 1 NL 1991, 1995 7 ^ MLB 2020–present 628 NL 1897 1 NL 1890, 1892–1893 9 AL, NL 1921–1928 995 NL 1940 1 NL 1887 14 NL 1894–1896, 1899 5 NL 1896–1897, 1899 3 AL 1994 28 AL 1903, 1905 3 NL, MLB 1988–2019 3810 NA 1875 2 NL 1889, 1893 2 ^ MLB 2013–present 1360 NL 1893, 1895–1897 8 ^ NL, MLB 1999–present 2952 NA 1871 2 AA, NL 1886, 1889, 1891, 1898 93 NA, NL 1871, 1876 4 MLB 2014–2020 489 NA 1872 1 NA, NL 1875–1877, 1885 4 AL 1995 6 AA 1884 2 NL 1892 1

Games per league

X None

Y

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) NL 1901 1 NL 1995 7 NA, AA, NL 1874, 1886 52 AA 1886–1887 20 NL, AL 1896, 1903 4 NL 1905, 1907 2 NL, AA 1879, 1890 7 AL, MLB 1985–2007 2848 NA 1871–1875 71

Games per league

Z

+NameLeague(s)YearsGamesRef(s) NL 1890 52 AA, NL 1888–1889, 1901, 1904 154 AL 1978 1 AL 1979, 1984 13 AL 1984 0 AL 1978 1

Games per league

See also List of Major League Baseball umpires (A–F) List of Major League Baseball umpires (G–M) List of Major League Baseball umpiring leaders

Notes

References

External links Complete list of MLB umpires via Retrosheet Umpire cards from Sporting News via Retrosheet