Jim Wolf

Jim Wolf

James Michael Wolf (born July 24, 1969 in West Hills, California) is a Major League Baseball umpire. He joined the major league staff in 2001 after working in the Arizona Rookie League, the South Atlantic League, the California League, the Texas League and the Pacific Coast League. [Unknown Author, [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/umpires/bio.jsp?id=3057 MLB Profile] , MLB.com, Retrieved on June 16, 2007] He wears uniform number 78. He was the right field umpire for the single-game playoff to decide the NL's 2007 wild card team, and officiated in the 2007 American League Division Series.

He resides in Ahwatukee, Arizona. He is the brother of Houston Astros pitcher Randy Wolf, which has caused players to accuse him of having a conflict of interest. In September 2003, Florida Marlins catcher Ivan Rodriguez accused him of skewing calls against the Marlins during one late-season series to help the Philadelphia Phillies, his brother's team at the time, beat the Marlins for the wild card. Pitcher Mark Redman also inferred the same but stopped short of fully accusing him. The Marlins won the wild card that year and went on to win the World Series. If Wolf is ever umpiring a game that his brother pitches, he does not call balls and strikes, although MLB generally avoids assigning him to Randy's games. [Associated Press via SI.com, [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/news/2003/08/15/wolf_redman_ap/ What up, bro!] , Retrieved on June 16, 2007]

Wolf also drew heavy criticism from ESPN announcers after he ejected Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Ted Lilly at the start of a game on June 10, 2007 against the Atlanta Braves for what he perceived as an intentional effort to harm an opposing player by pitching close to the plate. This, despite not having warned either team, is permitted in the Major League Baseball Rulebook, anytime a pitcher throws towards a batter's head. [Cooper, Jon, [http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070611&content_id=2019342&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc Ejection takes Cubs' Lilly by surprise] , MLB.com , Retrieved on June 16, 2007.]

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* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/official_info/umpires/bio.jsp?id=3057 Major league profile]


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