Bill Klem
Bill Klem
William Joseph Klem, born William Joseph Klimm, known as the "Old Arbitrator" and the "father of baseball umpires", was a National Leagueumpire in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941. He worked 18 World Series, which is a major league record. Klem was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth22 February 1874
CountryUnited States of America
heart my-heart
In my heart, I never called one wrong.
baseball men games
Young man, if that bat comes down, you're out of the game
games umpires fans
The best umpired game is the game in which the fans cannot recall the umpires who worked it.
hands voice guy
That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.
anger player umpires
An angry player can't argue with the back of an umpire who is walking away.
baseball games
Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.
mistake team umpires
The most cowardly thing in the world is blaming mistakes upon the umpires. Too many managers strut around on the field trying to manage the umpires instead of their teams.
baseball eye play
Fix your eye on the ball from the moment the pitcher holds it in his glove. Follow it as he throws to the plate and stay with it until the play is completed. Action takes place only where the ball goes.
baseball games
To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.
home umpires feet
I told the umpires to walk back at least thirty-five feet from home plate. That reduced the arguements.
sports team should-have
There are one-hundred fifty-four games in a season and you can find one-hundred fifty-four reasons why your team should have won every one of them.
baseball famous-baseball
It ain't nothing till I call it.
jobs player umpires
Your job is to umpire for the ball and not the player.