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| Full name Thomas Henry Connolly |
| Born December 31, 1870, Manchester, England |
| Died April 28, 1961, Natick, Massachusetts |
| Buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery, Natick, Massachusetts (Section I-1) |
| Umpired First Game: April 16, 1898; Umpired Final Game: July 31, 1932 |
| Height: 5' 7" Weight: 170 |
| Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1953 |
| Ejections: 1898 (5), 1899 (5), 1900 (2), 1901 (14), 1902 (10), 1903 (7), 1904 (7), 1905 (13), 1906 (3), 1907 (10), 1908 (7), 1909 (6), 1910 (12), 1911 (10), 1912 (16), 1913 (9), 1914 (12), 1915 (8), 1916 (6), 1917 (10), 1918 (8), 1919 (8), 1920 (2), 1921 (3), 1922 (3), 1923 (1), 1924 (2), 1930 (3), 1931 (1). Total: 203 |
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| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1898 NL Daily 147 32 115 0 0 0 0 1899 NL Daily 153 8 145 0 0 0 0 1900 NL Daily 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 1901 AL Daily 134 94 40 0 0 0 0 1902 AL Daily 137 117 20 0 0 0 0 1903 AL Daily 141 135 6 0 0 0 0 1904 AL Daily 152 134 18 0 0 0 0 1905 AL Daily 157 139 18 0 0 0 0 1906 AL Daily 149 115 35 0 0 0 0 1907 AL Daily 151 117 34 0 0 0 0 1908 AL Daily 159 116 43 0 0 0 0 1909 AL Daily 147 84 63 0 0 0 0 1910 AL Daily 151 71 80 0 0 0 0 1911 AL Daily 145 89 56 0 0 0 0 1912 AL Daily 149 91 58 0 0 0 0 1913 AL Daily 150 89 61 0 0 0 0 1914 AL Daily 153 76 77 0 0 0 0 1915 AL Daily 151 71 80 0 0 0 0 1916 AL Daily 159 75 84 0 0 0 0 1917 AL Daily 147 66 68 0 13 0 0 1918 AL Daily 144 82 62 0 0 0 0 1919 AL Daily 143 72 71 0 0 0 0 1920 AL Daily 149 73 76 0 0 0 0 1921 AL Daily 159 73 72 0 14 0 0 1922 AL Daily 151 68 70 0 13 0 0 1923 AL Daily 143 55 48 0 40 0 0 1924 AL Daily 152 64 71 0 17 0 0 1925 AL Daily 145 53 59 0 33 0 0 1926 AL Daily 153 29 94 0 30 0 0 1927 AL Daily 150 11 67 0 73 0 0 1928 AL Daily 152 1 93 0 58 0 0 1929 AL Daily 79 1 34 0 44 0 0 1930 AL Daily 147 0 92 0 55 0 0 1931 AL Daily 52 0 16 0 36 0 0 1932 AL Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Total (35 Years) 4769 2318 2026 0 427 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1903 ML Daily 8 2 6 0 0 0 0 1908 ML Daily 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1910 ML Daily 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 1911 ML Daily 6 2 1 0 0 2 1 1913 ML Daily 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 1916 ML Daily 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 1920 ML Daily 7 2 2 1 2 0 0 1924 ML Daily 7 2 1 2 2 0 0 Total ( 8 Years) 45 14 13 3 4 4 7 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 5-22-1898 CHI N Bill Dahlen Interference call 5-22-1898 CHI N Bill Lange Interference call 7-29-1898 CHI N Bill Dahlen Call at 3B 9-26-1898(1) NY N Jack Warner Balls and strikes 9-29-1898 NY N Jack Warner Call at 1B 6- 5-1899 STL N Emmet Heidrick Obstruction non-call 6-22-1899 PIT N John O'Brien Call at 1B 6-23-1899 PIT N John O'Brien Call at 3B 6-26-1899 WAS N Dick Padden Obstruction non-call 8-27-1899 CHI N Clark Griffith Call at 2B 4-27-1900 NY N Mike Grady Balls and strikes 5- 4-1900 BRO N Bill Dahlen Balls and strikes 4-30-1901 BOX DET A Fritz Buelow Balls and strikes 5- 3-1901 BOX MIL A Jimmy Burke Balls and strikes 5- 3-1901 BOX MIL A Billy Maloney Balls and strikes 5- 5-1901 BOX CHI A Clark Griffith Balls and strikes 5-10-1901 BOX MIL A Hugh Duffy Call at 1B 5-16-1901 BOX MIL A Hugh Duffy Call at 1B (reversed) 5-30-1901(1) BOX CHI A Frank Shugart Call at 3B 7-11-1901 BOX BOS A Buck Freeman Condition of field Date Team Ejected Reason 8-10-1901(1) BOX PHI A Nap Lajoie Call at 3B 8-15-1901 BOX BAL A John McGraw Interference call 8-19-1901 BOX BAL A Roger Bresnahan Balls and strikes 8-19-1901 BOX BAL A Joe McGinnity Bench jockeying 8-21-1901 BAL A Joe McGinnity Call at 1B (Game forfeited) 9-24-1901 BOX CHI A Sam Mertes Balls and strikes 4-19-1902 BOX BAL A John McGraw Call at 2B 6-10-1902 BOX STL A Dick Padden Call at 2B 6-13-1902 BOX WAS A Harry Wolverton Call at 1B 6-18-1902 BOX STL A Joe Sugden Call at HP 6-28-1902 BOX BAL A John McGraw Call at 2B (Appeal play) (Game forfeited) 7- 7-1902 BOX PHI A Harry Davis Call at HP 8-10-1902 BOX DET A Kid Elberfeld Call at 2B 8-21-1902 BOX DET A Doc Casey Fair/foul call 9-18-1902 BOX BOS A Chick Stahl Call at 1B (Grabbed umpire) 9-20-1902 BOX BOS A Patsy Dougherty Called third strike 5- 6-1903 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Placement of runners 5- 6-1903 BOX NY A Jack O'Connor Bench jockeying 5-12-1903 BOX CLE A Nap Lajoie Unknown reason 6-13-1903 BOX BOS A Patsy Dougherty Call at 1B Date Team Ejected Reason 6-20-1903 BOX STL A Jesse Burkett Fighting 6-20-1903 BOX WAS A Tom Loftus Fighting 9- 3-1903 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Balls and strikes 6- 5-1904 BOX WAS A Bill Coughlin Call at 3B 7-16-1904 BOX DET A George Mullin Call at 2B 7-25-1904 BOX STL A Charlie Hemphill Call at 2B 7-30-1904 BOX CHI A Fielder Jones Call at 2B 9-21-1904 BOX WAS A Boileryard Clarke Balls and strikes 9-28-1904 BOX CHI A Fielder Jones Call at 2B 9-28-1904 BOX WAS A Casey Patten Not leaving field after inning ended 4-26-1905 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Unknown reason 5- 9-1905 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Balls and strikes 5-26-1905 BOX WAS A Jake Stahl Call at 2B 6-23-1905 BOX DET A Bill Donovan Call at 1B 7-13-1905 BOX DET A Duff Cooley Called third strike 8-14-1905 BOX CLE A Bill Bradley Called third strike 8-14-1905 BOX CLE A Fritz Buelow Bench jockeying 8-14-1905 BOX WAS A Jake Stahl Call at HP (Grabbed umpire) 8-19-1905 BOX CHI A Fielder Jones Call at 3B 9- 2-1905 BOX CHI A Lee Tannehill Check swing Date Team Ejected Reason 9- 5-1905 BOX CLE A Bill Bradley HBP call 9- 5-1905 BOX CLE A Nap Lajoie HBP call 9-26-1905 BOX PHI A Harry Davis Called third strike 5-23-1906 BOX CHI A Nick Altrock Bench jockeying 6-21-1906(1) BOX DET A Bill Coughlin Call at HP 10- 5-1906 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Call at 2B 4-13-1907 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Called third strike 7-24-1907 BOX NY A Red Kleinow Balls and strikes 7-25-1907 BOX NY A Red Kleinow Balls and strikes 7-30-1907 BOX DET A Germany Schaefer Call at 1B 8- 2-1907 BOX BOS A Bob Unglaub Balls and strikes 8- 8-1907(2) BOX BOS A Bob Unglaub Call at HP 9- 2-1907(1) BOX CLE A Bill Bradley Balls and strikes 9- 2-1907(1) BOX STL A Tubby Spencer Balls and strikes 9- 4-1907 BOX DET A Germany Schaefer Hitting ball after strikeout 9-12-1907(1) BOX CLE A Nig Clarke Balls and strikes 4-16-1908 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Not staying in coaches box 5- 4-1908 BOX NY A Clark Griffith Interference call 5- 4-1908 BOX NY A George Moriarty Interference call 5-29-1908(2) BOX BOS A George Winter Balls and strikes Date Team Ejected Reason 6-27-1908 BOX DET A Ty Cobb Balls and strikes 9-10-1908 BOX WAS A Gabby Street Call at 2B 9-29-1908(1) BOX CHI A Fielder Jones Call at HP 5-22-1909 BOX NY A John Knight Called third strike 5-29-1909 BOX NY A Ray Demmitt Call at HP 6-15-1909 BOX PHI A Ira Thomas Warning on pitching delivery 8- 7-1909 BOX NY A Kid Elberfeld Called third strike 8-20-1909 BOX DET A Ty Cobb Call at HP 9-17-1909 BOX NY A Jimmy Austin Fair/foul call 4-19-1910(2) BOX WAS A Jimmy McAleer Condition of field (Fans on field) 4-20-1910 BOX WAS A Wid Conroy Bench jockeying 4-23-1910 BOX BOS A Frank Arellanes Inciting the crowd 7-19-1910(1) BOX DET A Sam Crawford HBP non-call 7-21-1910 BOX DET A Hack Simmons Called third strike 8-11-1910 BOX DET A Matty McIntyre Unknown reason 9-30-1910 BOX BOS A Red Kleinow Fair/foul call 9-30-1910 BOX BOS A Frank Smith Fair/foul call 10- 1-1910 BOX PHI A Chief Bender Bench jockeying 10- 4-1910 BOX BOS A Heinie Wagner Call at 3B 10-20-1910 BOX CHI N Frank Chance Home run call Date Team Ejected Reason 10-22-1910 BOX CHI N Tom Needham Timing of third out 5- 3-1911 BOX PHI A Cy Morgan Bench jockeying 5- 4-1911 BOX WAS A Jack Lelivelt Called third strike 5-13-1911 BOX BOS A Patsy Donovan Balls and strikes 5-24-1911 BOX NY A Charlie Hemphill Obstruction call 5-27-1911(2) BOX PHI A Rube Oldring Called third strike 6-10-1911 BOX CLE A Terry Turner Call at 2B 6-29-1911 BOX WAS A George McBride Balls and strikes 7-14-1911 BOX STL A Jimmy Austin Balls and strikes 7-21-1911 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Bench jockeying 8- 4-1911(2) BOX WAS A Gabby Street Balls and strikes 4-25-1912 BOX WAS A Dixie Walker Bench jockeying 4-26-1912 BOX NY A Russ Ford Call at HP 4-26-1912 BOX NY A Harry Wolverton Call at HP 5-23-1912 BOX WAS A Rip Williams Call at 2B 6-21-1912 BOX STL A Pete Compton Call at 1B 7- 4-1912(1) BOX CLE A Joe Birmingham Call at 3B 7-28-1912 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Cobb stepping out of box 8-14-1912 BOX WAS A Tom Hughes Bench jockeying 8-30-1912 BOX BOS A Hick Cady Bench jockeying Date Team Ejected Reason 9-11-1912 BOX DET A Hughie Jennings Interference call 9-11-1912 BOX DET A Ossie Vitt Interference call 9-14-1912 BOX WAS A Joe Engel Bench jockeying 9-15-1912 BOX DET A Jack Onslow Balls and strikes 9-19-1912(1) BOX BOS A Tris Speaker Call at HP 9-19-1912(1) BOX BOS A Jake Stahl Call at HP 10- 2-1912 BOX CLE A Jack Graney Balls and strikes 5-14-1913 BOX NY A Frank Chance Called third strike 5-17-1913 BOX WAS A Carl Cashion Bench jockeying 5-17-1913 BOX DET A Ossie Vitt Balls and strikes 6-24-1913 BOX NY A Ed Sweeney Call at HP 6-28-1913 BOX WAS A Howie Shanks Called third strike 8- 2-1913 BOX WAS A Germany Schaefer Call at 3B 8- 6-1913 BOX CLE A Jack Graney Call at HP 8-30-1913(2) BOX WAS A Joe Gedeon Bench jockeying 9-25-1913 BOX WAS A Chick Gandil Unknown reason 4-17-1914 BOX WAS A Merito Acosta Bench jockeying 4-22-1914 BOX BOS A Steve Yerkes Call at 2B 5- 7-1914 BOX WAS A Chick Gandil Call at 1B 6-24-1914 BOX DET A Marty Kavanagh Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 7- 4-1914(2) BOX STL A Sam Agnew Call at HP 7-15-1914 BOX BOS A Fritz Coumbe Bench jockeying 7-27-1914 BOX WAS A Nick Altrock Bench jockeying 7-27-1914 BOX STL A Roy Mitchell Balls and strikes 7-27-1914 BOX WAS A Germany Schaefer Bench jockeying 9- 2-1914 BOX CHI A Ray Schalk Balls and strikes 9-20-1914 BOX PHI A Ira Thomas Putting new ball in play 9-28-1914 BOX WAS A George McBride Call at HP 4-16-1915 BOX BOS A Raymond Haley Bench jockeying 4-16-1915 BOX BOS A Dutch Leonard Bench jockeying 4-16-1915 BOX BOS A Wally Rehg Bench jockeying 4-16-1915 BOX BOS A Ernie Shore Bench jockeying 4-16-1915 BOX BOS A Smoky Joe Wood Bench jockeying 6-18-1915 BOX CHI A Pants Rowland Call at 2B 7- 1-1915 BOX DET A Jimmy Burke Removed from 3B coaches box 8-22-1915(2) BOX DET A Donie Bush Called third strike 6-17-1916 BOX NY A Cliff Markle Balls and strikes 6-24-1916(2) BOX NY A Luke Boone Bench jockeying 7-22-1916(2) BOX DET A Donie Bush Call at HP 8-12-1916 BOX CLE A Braggo Roth Vulgar gestures toward opposing fans Date Team Ejected Reason 9- 4-1916(1) BOX CLE A Fritz Coumbe Bench jockeying 9- 4-1916(1) BOX CLE A Braggo Roth Called third strike 4-21-1917 BOX BOS A Les Nunamaker Check swing 5- 3-1917 BOX PHI A Amos Strunk Call at 1B 5-14-1917 BOX BOS A Heinie Wagner Bench jockeying 5-16-1917 BOX BOS A Heinie Wagner Bench jockeying 6- 4-1917 BOX NY A Bill Donovan Fair/foul call 6- 8-1917 BOX CLE A Jim Bagby Balls and strikes 6-16-1917 BOX BOS A Carl Mays Bench jockeying 6-30-1917(2) BOX DET A Donie Bush Call at 3B 7- 4-1917(2) BOX STL A Tod Sloan Balls and strikes 7-20-1917 BOX CLE A Lee Fohl Call at 3B (Appeal) 6-23-1918(2) BOX STL A Dave Davenport Balls and strikes 6-29-1918 BOX CLE A Pinch Thomas Balls and strikes 7-15-1918 BOX CLE A Steve O'Neill Call at 1B 7-16-1918 BOX STL A Jimmy Austin Balls and strikes 7-17-1918(2) BOX BOS A Wally Schang Fighting 7-17-1918(2) BOX STL A Hank Severeid Fighting 8-17-1918(2) BOX WAS A Howie Shanks Interference non-call 8-27-1918 BOX CLE A Tris Speaker Call at HP Date Team Ejected Reason 5- 1-1919 BOX BOS A Sad Sam Jones Unknown reason 5- 1-1919 BOX NY A Wally Pipp Interference non-call 5-23-1919 BOX NY A Chick Fewster Called third strike 5-31-1919 BOX CHI A Chick Gandil Fighting 5-31-1919 BOX CLE A Tris Speaker Fighting 6-26-1919 BOX WAS A Val Picinich Called third strike 6-30-1919(2) BOX NY A Miller Huggins Call at 1B 7-13-1919(2) BOX PHI A Tillie Walker Call at HP 8- 1-1920 BOX NY A Miller Huggins Check swing 8-19-1920 BOX NY A Miller Huggins Interference non-call 4-15-1921 BOX BOS A Ossie Vitt Called third strike 8- 7-1921 BOX STL A Marty McManus Call at 2B 8-15-1921 BOX DET A Ty Cobb Balk non-call 5- 5-1922 BOX NY A Whitey Witt Balls and strikes 7-12-1922 BOX NY A Miller Huggins Bench jockeying 8-30-1922 BOX NY A Babe Ruth Called third strike 6-12-1923 BOX CLE A Wally Shaner Bench jockeying 9-21-1924 BOX NY A Lou Gehrig Arguing with opponent 9-21-1924 BOX NY A Everett Scott Arguing with opponent 5- 7-1930 BOX CHI A Mike Kelly Call at 1B Date Team Ejected Reason 5- 7-1930 BOX CHI A Jimmy Moore Call at 1B 5-23-1930 BOX STL A Earl McNeely Bench jockeying 4-26-1931 BOX WAS A Roy Spencer Balls and strikes
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