Pat Hoberg
American baseball umpire (born 1986)
Baseball player
| Pat Hoberg | |
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 Hoberg in 2014 | |
| Born: (1986-09-11) September 11, 1986 (age 37) Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. | |
| MLB debut | |
| March 31, 2014 | |
| Crew Information | |
| Umpiring crew | 18 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Patrick Hoberg (born September 11, 1986) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire.
Career
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Hoberg graduated from Urbandale High School and Grand View University.[1]
Hoberg made his Major League debut in 2014, and was one of four umpires promoted to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, and Tim Welke.[2]
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 7.93 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed.[3]
On October 29, 2022, during Game 2 of the 2022 World Series, Hoberg called a "perfect game" with 129 of 129 taken pitches called correctly. Hoberg received widespread praise from both fans and commentators of baseball.[4]
On June 14, 2024, the MLB 'disciplined' Hoberg following an investigation into Hoberg's violation of the league's gambling rules. It is unclear if Hoberg bet on baseball games. Hoberg is appealing the decision. He has not umpired any games during the 2024 season. [5]
References
- ^ Birch, Tommy (April 5, 2014). "Sunday Stretch: Urbandale umpire Hoberg gets MLB break". Des Moines Register. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "Four longtime MLB umpires set to retire". USA Today. Associated Press. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?". BU Today. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
- ^ Weisman, Max (October 30, 2022). "MLB umpire Pat Hoberg praised for calling 'perfect game' in World Series". New York Post. Retrieved October 30, 2022.
- ^ "MLB Disciplines Umpire Pat Hoberg". ESPN. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
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