Paul Runge

Paul Runge

Paul Edward Runge (born October 20 1941 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada) is a former umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1973 to 1997. He is the most accomplished member of the only three-generation umpiring family in major league history; his father Ed was an American League umpire from 1954 to 1970, and his son Brian has been a major league umpire since 1999.

Paul Runge graduated from Arizona State University,"National League Green Book" (1997), p. 44.] where he lettered in baseball, and after a brief minor league playing career in the farm systems of the Houston Colt .45s and Los Angeles Angels, he became an NL umpire after working in the California League (1965-66), Eastern League (1967) and Pacific Coast League (1968-73). He was the first son of a former major league umpire to reach the majors himself.

He officiated in four World Series (1979, 1984, 1989, 1993), and in the All-Star Games of 1978, 1986 and 1994, working behind the plate for the last contest. He tied Doug Harvey's major league record by umpiring in nine League Championship Series – 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984 (Game 5 only), 1985, 1988, 1990, 1995 and 1996 – serving as crew chief in 1995 and 1996. The record was also tied by Bruce Froemming in 1997, and Froemming broke it upon umpiring in his 10th NLCS in 2000. Runge also worked in the single-game playoff to decide the NL's Western Division championship in 1980.

Runge was behind the plate when Charlie Lea of the Montreal Expos pitched a 4-0 no-hitter on May 10, 1981; it was the first no-hitter ever pitched at Olympic Stadium. [cite book |last=Coberly |first=Rich |title=The No-Hit Hall of Fame: No-Hitters of the 20th Century |year=1985 |publisher=Triple Play |location=Newport Beach, CA |isbn=0-934289-00-X |pages=p. 185 ] He was umpiring at first base on September 25, 1986 when Mike Scott pitched a no-hitter to clinch the NL West title for the Houston Astros.

Runge, who resided in the San Diego area throughout his career, became the NL's director of umpires in 1998-99 before Major League Baseball reorganized its umpiring staffs. [cite news |title=MLB continues to reorganize the way it handles umpires |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/1999/09/29/exumpires_fired_ap/ |publisher=Associated Press via CNNSI.com |date=1999-09-29 |accessdate=2007-09-24 ]

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