- Dana DeMuth
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MLB debut 1985 Umpiring Crew K Crew Members Dana DeMuth (Crew Chief) Kerwin Danley C.B. Bucknor Doug Eddings Career highlights and awards All-Star Game (1990, 2001, 2009)
Division Series (1996, 97, 99, 2001, 2009)
League Championship Series (1991, 95, 2000, 02, 07)
World Series (1993, 98, 2001, 2009)Dana Andrew DeMuth (born May 30, 1956, in Fremont, Ohio) is an umpire in Major League Baseball.
DeMuth advanced through the minor leagues to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League before joining the NL staff in 1985. His major league career began in 1985; he umpired in the National League until the umpiring staffs from the American and National Leagues merged in 2000. He has been a crew chief since 1999. DeMuth has worn the uniform number 32 throughout his career.
He has worked in 12 post seasons, including the World Series in 1993, 1998, 2001 and 2009; the League Championship Series in 1991, 1995, 2000 and 2002; and the Division Series in 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2009, and 2010. He also umpired in the All-Star Game in 1990, 2001, and 2009, working behind the plate for the second and third contest.
For the 2009 season, Dana DeMuth is Crew Chief for Crew J with Kerwin Danley, Doug Eddings, and Hunter Wendelstedt.
DeMuth was the third base umpire for the game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres on August 4, 2007. In the top of the second inning at San Diego, Barry Bonds of the Giants hit his 755th career home run off Clay Hensley, tying Hank Aaron for first all-time.
DeMuth was also the home plate umpire for the 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 14, 2009.
On August 17th 2011, in a New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals game, DeMuth was the crew chief for a controversial home run call. Royals DH Billy Butler hit what appeared to be a home run to left center and was accordingly ruled a home run on the field. The umpires elected to employ instant replay review. Replays showed that the ball hit off of the top of the padding of the outfield wall closest to the warning track, rebounded up to and bounced off of a short fence set up behind the primary wall. Kauffman Stadium currently has no ground rules specific to the stadium; as such, Kauffman is subject to MLB's Universal Ground Rules and Official Baseball Rules. According to Rule 2.00 FAIR TERRITORY, fair territory encompasses "the bottom of the playing field fence [extended] perpendicularly upwards." Any ball which bounds over fair territory without first touching the ground is to be considered a home run. Because the Kauffman's short fence is set up behind the primary wall, the short fence is located entirely out of play. Therefore, the proper call for this play was that of a home run, which is what DeMuth and crew correctly ruled upon consulting instant replay. [1]
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- People from Sandusky County, Ohio
- Major League Baseball umpires
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