Ben May (umpire)

Benjamin Joseph May (born January 23, 1982) is an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He has worked in MLB since 2014, and wears number 97 on his uniform.[1]

Ben May
May in the Midwest League in 2008
Born: (1982-01-23) January 23, 1982
Racine, Wisconsin
debut
April 17, 2014
Career highlights and awards
Special Assignments

Career

May umpired his first MLB games on April 14, 2014, working both games in a doubleheader between the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins.[2] He worked a total of 187 games during his first three MLB seasons, and issued five ejections. For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 97.9 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed. [3]

Notable games

May was an umpire for the 2011 All-Star Futures Game, and qualifying rounds of the 2013 World Baseball Classic.[2]

In Media

May was featured on the cover of the Virtual Umpire Camp DVD.

See also

References
  1. "Major League Umpire Roster". MLB.com. March 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. "Major League Umpiring Debut: Ben May (97)". closecallsports.com. April 17, 2014. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  3. "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?". BU Today. Retrieved June 29, 2019.

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