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| Full name Joseph Henry West |
| Born October 31, 1952, Asheville, North Carolina |
| Umpired First Game: September 14, 1976; Umpired Final Game: October 5, 2021 |
| Height: 6' 1" Weight: 275 |
| Ejections: 1977 (2), 1978 (6), 1980 (4), 1981 (5), 1982 (3), 1983 (4), 1984 (1), 1985 (6), 1986 (2), 1987 (7), 1988 (6), 1989 (5), 1990 (5), 1991 (6), 1992 (4), 1993 (3), 1994 (6), 1996 (4), 1997 (3), 1998 (8), 1999 (1), 2002 (4), 2003 (11), 2004 (3), 2006 (10), 2007 (8), 2008 (6), 2009 (6), 2010 (9), 2011 (7), 2012 (2), 2013 (4), 2014 (3), 2015 (8), 2016 (6), 2017 (2), 2018 (5), 2019 (7), 2021 (4). Total: 196 |
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Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1976 NL Daily 8 2 2 2 2 0 0 1977 NL Daily 45 9 12 11 13 0 0 1978 NL Daily 159 38 42 37 42 0 0 1979 NL Daily 110 25 29 25 31 0 0 1980 NL Daily 144 37 34 34 39 0 0 1981 NL Daily 91 22 24 21 24 0 0 1982 NL Daily 149 37 37 37 38 0 0 1983 NL Daily 147 36 39 36 36 0 0 1984 NL Daily 148 39 39 38 33 0 0 1985 NL Daily 150 37 37 37 39 0 0 1986 NL Daily 115 29 29 29 28 0 0 1987 NL Daily 146 37 37 36 36 0 0 1988 NL Daily 147 36 39 36 36 0 0 1989 NL Daily 149 37 37 38 37 0 0 1990 NL Daily 145 36 36 36 37 0 0 1991 NL Daily 137 35 34 34 34 0 0 1992 NL Daily 134 33 32 34 35 0 0 1993 NL Daily 146 36 37 37 36 0 0 1994 NL Daily 108 27 28 24 29 0 0 1995 NL Daily 117 30 31 28 28 0 0 1996 NL Daily 140 33 37 33 37 0 0 1997 NL Daily 137 35 31 34 37 0 0 1998 NL Daily 115 30 25 31 29 0 0 1999 NL Daily 104 27 26 24 27 0 0 2002 ML Daily 105 28 26 25 26 0 0 2003 ML Daily 142 37 35 35 35 0 0 2004 ML Daily 139 38 34 30 37 0 0 2005 ML Daily 135 35 33 33 34 0 0 2006 ML Daily 134 34 33 33 34 0 0 2007 ML Daily 137 36 34 31 36 0 0 2008 ML Daily 132 33 34 31 35 0 0 2009 ML Daily 134 34 30 35 35 0 0 2010 ML Daily 137 36 34 32 35 0 0 2011 ML Daily 128 36 31 29 33 0 0 2012 ML Daily 129 33 31 34 32 0 0 2013 ML Daily 116 30 28 28 30 0 0 2014 ML Daily 124 32 27 32 33 0 0 2015 ML Daily 138 35 33 34 36 0 0 2016 ML Daily 121 32 28 31 30 0 0 2017 ML Daily 132 35 30 31 36 0 0 2018 ML Daily 119 31 29 29 30 0 0 2019 ML Daily 118 31 28 29 30 0 0 2020 ML Daily 34 11 8 4 12 0 0 2021 ML Daily 115 31 26 28 30 0 0 Total (44 Years) 5460 1391 1346 1326 1402 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Wild-Card Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 2013 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2014 ML Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2020 ML Daily 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2021 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total ( 4 Years) 5 2 1 1 1 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Division Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1995 NL Daily 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2002 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 2005 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 1 1 0 2008 ML Daily 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 2009 ML Daily 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 2011 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 2012 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 2016 ML Daily 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 Total ( 8 Years) 33 7 5 6 4 7 4 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
League Championship Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1981 NL Daily 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 1986 NL Daily 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1988 NL Daily 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 1993 NL Daily 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1996 NL Daily 7 1 1 1 2 1 1 2003 ML Daily 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 2004 ML Daily 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 2013 ML Daily 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2014 ML Daily 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 2018 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 Total (10 Years) 60 9 10 11 9 10 11 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1992 ML Daily 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1997 ML Daily 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 2005 ML Daily 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 2009 ML Daily 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 2012 ML Daily 4 0 0 1 1 1 1 2016 ML Daily 7 1 1 1 1 1 2 Total ( 6 Years) 34 5 4 6 6 6 7 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1987 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2005 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2017 ML Daily 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total ( 3 Years) 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 9- 8-1977 BOX NY N Steve Henderson Balls and strikes 9- 8-1977 BOX NY N Joe Torre Balls and strikes 7-27-1978 BOX NY N Joe Torre Call at 2B 7-27-1978 BOX NY N Bobby Valentine Call at 2B 8- 7-1978 BOX CHI N Herman Franks Call at 1B 8- 8-1978 BOX PIT N Chuck Tanner Call at HP 8-15-1978 BOX PIT N Bert Blyleven Balk call 8-15-1978 BOX PIT N Chuck Tanner Balk call 4-20-1980 BOX STL N Bernie Carbo Attempted pickoff 7-19-1980 BOX CHI N Bill Buckner Call at 1B 8-23-1980 BOX SD N Broderick Perkins Called third strike 8-31-1980 BOX HOU N Alan Ashby Call at 1B (Bumped umpire) 4-30-1981 BOX SD N Frank Howard Call at 1B 9-27-1981 BOX LA N Davey Lopes Balls and strikes 10- 1-1981 BOX CIN N John McNamara Balls and strikes 10- 1-1981 BOX CIN N Joe Price Balls and strikes 10- 2-1981 BOX ATL N Bobby Cox Check swing 5-30-1982 BOX SD N Dick Williams Obstruction call 6-30-1982(2) BOX SD N Kurt Bevacqua Charging mound 9-23-1982 BOX CIN N Rafael Landestoy Call at 1B Date Team Ejected Reason 5-18-1983 BOX MON N Bill Virdon Balls and strikes 6-27-1983 BOX PIT N Jim Bibby Actions in brawl 6-27-1983 BOX PIT N John Candelaria Brushback pitch after warning 6-27-1983 BOX PIT N Chuck Tanner Automatic ejection after warning 9-10-1984 BOX CHI N Bill Connors Balls and strikes 4-17-1985 BOX CHI N Don Zimmer Call at 3B (Claimed West threw him to ground) 4-30-1985 BOX MON N Bill Gullickson Balk call 7- 9-1985 BOX STL N Vince Coleman Called third strike 7-13-1985 BOX MON N Jeff Reardon Brushback after warning 7-13-1985 BOX MON N Buck Rodgers Brushback after warning 9-28-1985 BOX NY N Davey Johnson Call at 2B 7-26-1986(2) BOX ATL N Chuck Tanner Call at 2B 7-26-1986(2) BOX ATL N Andres Thomas Call at 2B (while fielding) 4-27-1987 BOX NY N Davey Johnson Balk call 6- 5-1987 BOX SF N Chris Speier Called third strike 6-30-1987 BOX MON N Andres Galarraga Fighting 6-30-1987 BOX CHI N Dickie Noles Fighting 7-21-1987 BOX STL N Terry Pendleton Balls and strikes 7-28-1987 BOX STL N Whitey Herzog Interference non-call 9-20-1987 BOX CHI N Frank Lucchesi Check swing (Bumped umpire; threw hat) Date Team Ejected Reason 4-17-1988 BOX SD N Tony Gwynn Balls and strikes 6-15-1988 BOX CHI N Don Zimmer Bench jockeying 6-24-1988 BOX CIN N Pete Rose Call at 1B 8- 2-1988 BOX STL N Tom Brunansky Called third strike 8-13-1988 BOX LA N Pedro Guerrero Balk non-call 8-13-1988 BOX LA N Tom Lasorda Balk non-call 5- 9-1989 BOX MON N Tom Foley Home run non-call 5-23-1989 BOX CIN N Rob Dibble Balls and strikes (Threw bat while pitching) 6- 9-1989 BOX LA N Kirk Gibson Called third strike 8- 3-1989 BOX MON N Buck Rodgers Balls and strikes 9-26-1989 BOX SD N Chris James Balls and strikes 4-29-1990 BOX SD N Jack McKeon Upset lights not turned on 5-28-1990 BOX CHI N Joe Altobelli Fair/foul call 5-28-1990 BOX CHI N Don Zimmer Fair/foul call 7-12-1990 BOX PIT N R.J. Reynolds Fighting 8-22-1990 BOX PHI N Von Hayes Disparaging remarks about other umpire 7-23-1991 BOX CHI N Andre Dawson Called third strike (Bumped umpire) 7-23-1991 BOX CIN N Rob Dibble Throwing bunted ball at batter/runner 7-23-1991 BOX CHI N Jim Essian Called third strike 8-21-1991(2) BOX NY N Rick Cerone Fighting Date Team Ejected Reason 8-21-1991(2) BOX STL N Willie Fraser Intentional HBP 9-28-1991 BOX LA N Kal Daniels Balls and strikes (Threw equipment) 6- 9-1992 BOX PHI N Jim Fregosi Call at 2B 6-21-1992 BOX PIT N Jim Leyland Inspection of ball 9-14-1992 BOX STL N Joe Torre Call at 3B 10-20-1992 BOX ATL N Bobby Cox Check swing (Threw helmet) 5-10-1993 BOX CIN N Chris Sabo Balls and strikes 8-12-1993 BOX PHI N John Kruk Balls and strikes 10- 3-1993 BOX CIN N Jose Cardenal Gesture from previous game 5- 8-1994 BOX SF N Dusty Baker HBP call 5- 8-1994 BOX SF N Kirt Manwaring HBP call 6- 2-1994 BOX CHI N Steve Buechele Check swing 6-30-1994 BOX STL N Rene Arocha Bench-clearing brawl 6-30-1994 BOX COL N Marvin Freeman Bench-clearing brawl 6-30-1994 BOX STL N Geronimo Pena Bench-clearing brawl 5- 3-1996 BOX FLA N Terry Pendleton Called third strike 6-28-1996 BOX LA N Bill Russell Balls and strikes 7-30-1996(2) BOX NY N Dallas Green Call in previous game; Pregame meeting 7-30-1996(2) BOX NY N Bobby Wine Call in previous game; Pregame meeting 6-22-1997 BOX PHI N Reggie Harris Intentional HBP Date Team Ejected Reason 8- 7-1997 BOX PIT N Gene Lamont Ejection of player 8- 8-1997 BOX CIN N Deion Sanders Call at 1B 4-15-1998 BOX FLA N Edgar Renteria Called third strike 4-21-1998 BOX SD N Bruce Bochy Balls and strikes 4-21-1998 BOX SD N Kevin Brown Balls and strikes 6- 8-1998 BOX BAL A Armando Benitez Two visits to mound in same at bat 6- 8-1998 BOX BAL A Ray Miller Two visits to mound in same at bat 6-26-1998 BOX BAL A Ray Miller Call at 2B 7- 5-1998 BOX STL N Tony LaRussa Call at 2B 9- 9-1998 BOX NY N Bobby Valentine Check swing 7- 4-1999 BOX SF N Julian Tavarez Trying to provoke fight 6- 4-2002 BOX MON N Wil Cordero Balls and strikes 7-18-2002 BOX STL N Tony LaRussa Check swing (Protecting pitcher) 7-19-2002 BOX BAL A Jerry Hairston Call at 1B 9-26-2002 BOX COL N Brent Butler Called third strike 4- 9-2003 BOX BAL A David Segui Check swing 5-17-2003 BOX MON N Zach Day Foreign substance on pitching hand 6- 6-2003 BOX MIN A Corey Koskie Called third strike 6-17-2003 BOX CIN N Bob Boone Throwing equipment 7- 2-2003 BOX CHI A Jerry Manuel Fair/foul call Date Team Ejected Reason 7-17-2003 BOX SEA A Bob Melvin Intentional HBP 7-17-2003 BOX SEA A Rafael Soriano Intentional HBP 8- 2-2003 BOX LA N Jeromy Burnitz Called third strike 8- 2-2003 BOX LA N Paul Lo Duca Called third strike 8- 2-2003 BOX LA N Jim Tracy Called third strike 9-27-2003 BOX BOS A Doug Mirabelli Fan interference call 6- 1-2004 BOX LA N Jim Tracy Ejection of player 8- 7-2004 BOX SEA A Bob Melvin Call in previous game; Pregame meeting 8-20-2004(1) BOX STL N Julian Tavarez Pine tar on cap 4-22-2006 BOX CLE A Eric Wedge Ejection of player 5-16-2006 BOX HOU N Phil Garner Automatic ejection on HBP after warning 5-16-2006 BOX HOU N Russ Springer Automatic ejection on HBP after warning 7-14-2006 BOX COL N Brad Hawpe Called third strike 7-22-2006 BOX KC A Buddy Bell Balls and strikes 7-22-2006 BOX KC A Tony Graffanino Balls and strikes 8-26-2006 BOX KC A Buddy Bell Check swing 9- 3-2006 BOX FLA N Miguel Olivo Fighting 9-28-2006 BOX ATL N Bobby Cox Automatic ball for going to mouth 9-28-2006 BOX ATL N Brian McCann Automatic ball for going to mouth 4-21-2007 BOX LA N Grady Little Balls and strikes Date Team Ejected Reason 5- 1-2007 BOX PHI N Charlie Manuel Balk non-call 5-20-2007 BOX CHI N Cliff Floyd Balls and strikes 5-29-2007 BOX SD N Marcus Giles Called third strike 5-31-2007 BOX SD N Buddy Black Reversed home run call 6-24-2007 BOX CHI A Ozzie Guillen Obstruction call 8-27-2007 BOX PHI N Charlie Manuel Call at 1B 8-31-2007 BOX BAL A Dave Trembley Obstruction non-call 4-14-2008 BOX ANA A Mike Scioscia Called third strike 7- 7-2008 BOX FLA N Fredi Gonzalez Fair/foul call (Reversed) 8-13-2008(1) BOX ATL N Bobby Cox Delay to turn on field lights 8-18-2008 BOX NY N Jerry Manuel Call at 1B 8-23-2008 BOX BAL A Dave Trembley Batter abandonment 9-16-2008 BOX MIL N Ed Sedar Call at 1B 4-12-2009 BOX ANA A Mickey Hatcher Bench-clearing altercation 4-12-2009 BOX ANA A Torii Hunter Bench-clearing altercation 4-12-2009 BOX ANA A Justin Speier Bench-clearing altercation 5-15-2009 BOX FLA N Dan Uggla HBP non-call 6-23-2009 BOX CHI A Ozzie Guillen Balls and strikes 7-30-2009 BOX WAS N Jim Riggleman Balls and strikes 5- 3-2010 BOX TEX A Ron Washington Call at 1B (Reversed) Date Team Ejected Reason 5-26-2010 BOX CHI A Mark Buehrle Balk call (second time in two innings) 5-26-2010 BOX CHI A Ozzie Guillen Balk call 6- 4-2010 BOX WAS N Ian Desmond Call at 3B (Reversed; threw helmet) 6- 5-2010 BOX WAS N Miguel Batista Intentional HBP 9- 2-2010 BOX MIN A Ron Gardenhire Call at 2B 9-25-2010 BOX STL N Tony LaRussa Balls and strikes 9-28-2010 BOX BAL A Julio Lugo Called third strike (Threw equipment) 10- 3-2010 BOX FLA N Edwin Rodriguez Home run replay ruling 4-22-2011 BOX HOU N Brad Mills Ejection of coach 5- 4-2011 BOX TB A Joe Maddon Call at 1B (Reversed) 5- 9-2011 BOX MIN A Ron Gardenhire Foul tip call 7- 5-2011 BOX DET A Jim Leyland Call at 1B 7- 5-2011 BOX DET A Justin Verlander Call at 1B 8-28-2011 BOX WAS N Davey Johnson HBP non-call 9- 4-2011 BOX PHI N Charlie Manuel Home run replay ruling 4-27-2012 BOX NY A Joe Girardi Balls and strikes 8- 5-2012 BOX DET A Jim Leyland Arguing player's ejection 5-25-2013 BOX MIN A Ron Gardenhire Interference call 6- 1-2013 BOX CHI N Dale Sveum Call at 1B 9- 5-2013 BOX NY A Joba Chamberlain Check swing Date Team Ejected Reason 9-13-2013 BOX TEX A Matt Garza Bench jockeying 4-18-2014 BOX NY A Cesar Cabral Intentional HBP 5-11-2014 BOX MIN A Ron Gardenhire Interference call 9-14-2014 BOX PHI N Jonathan Papelbon Obscene gesture (Bumped umpire) 4-12-2015 BOX CIN N Bryan Price HBP call 6- 2-2015 BOX STL N Matt Holliday Called third strike 6- 2-2015 BOX STL N Mike Matheny Called third strike 8- 2-2015 BOX CIN N Marlon Byrd Fighting 8- 2-2015 BOX PIT N Sean Rodriguez Fighting 8- 2-2015 BOX CIN N Joey Votto Fighting 8-15-2015 BOX CHI A Robin Ventura Balls and strikes 8-30-2015 BOX NY N Kevin Long Called third strike 5-15-2016 BOX BOS A Brock Holt Called third strike 5-22-2016 BOX TOR A John Gibbons Arguing throwing at batter 7-26-2016 BOX SF N Angel Pagan Called third strike 9- 4-2016 BOX CLE A Terry Francona Check swing 9-12-2016 BOX CHI N Joe Maddon Mound visit denied 9-19-2016 BOX TEX A Jeff Banister Replay ruling 6-18-2017 BOX TEX A Jeff Banister HBP call 8-31-2017 BOX HOU A A.J. Hinch Arguing interference call Date Team Ejected Reason 6-15-2018 BOX SD N Andy Green Fair/foul call 6-30-2018 BOX TEX A Ryan Rua Called third strike 9-22-2018 BOX CHI A Tim Anderson Interference non-call 9-22-2018 BOX CHI A Rich Renteria Interference non-call 9-24-2018 BOX LA N Joc Pederson Balls and strikes 4-17-2019 BOX CHI A Tim Anderson Fighting 4-17-2019 BOX KC A Brad Keller Fighting 4-17-2019 BOX CHI A Rich Renteria Fighting 4-17-2019 BOX KC A Dale Sveum Fighting 6-25-2019 BOX PHI N Gabe Kapler Arguing warnings after HBP 7- 4-2019 BOX CHI N Joe Maddon Throwing at batter 9-21-2019 BOX NY A Aaron Boone Balls and strikes 4-25-2021 BOX CIN N David Bell Arguing about warnings 5-26-2021 BOX STL N Mike Shildt Pitcher hat change 9-22-2021 BOX TOR A Ryan Borucki Intentional hit by pitch 9-22-2021 BOX TOR A Pete Walker Intentional hit by pitch
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