Al Clark (umpire)
| Al Clark | |
|---|---|
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Clark in 1992 | |
| Born |
Alan Marshall Clark January 9, 1948 Trenton, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Umpire |
| Years active | 1976-1999 (AL), 2000-2001 (MLB) |
| Employer | American League, Major League Baseball |
Alan Marshall Clark (born January 9, 1948) is a former professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1976 to 1999, and throughout both Major Leagues in 2000 and 2001, wearing uniform number 24 when the American League adopted them for its umpires in 1980, then retained the number when the NL and AL staffs were merged in 2000. Clark umpired 3,392 major league games in his 26-year career. He umpired in two World Series (1983 and 1989), two All-Star Games (1984 and 1995), five American League Championship Series (1979, 1982, 1987, 1992 and 1999), and three American League Division Series (1981, 1996 and 2000).[1]
In 2001, Clark was fired by Major League Baseball after downgrading his first class airline tickets to economy class, thus either pocketing funds by selling extra tickets or to gain additional airline tickets for unapproved personal travel.[2] In 2004, he was sentenced to four months in jail and four months on house arrest after a memorabilia scheme resulted in a federal mail fraud conviction. He now is a member at Ford's Colony Country Club in Williamsburg, VA, and currently lives in that development.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Retrosheet
- ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/22/clark_fired_st/
- ↑ Teel, David (November 2, 2008), "Nothing to hide", The Daily Press, retrieved July 19, 2015
Further reading
Ruttman, Larry (2013). "Al Clark: Longtime Major League Umpire, Fallen and Redeemed". American Jews and America's Game: Voices of a Growing Legacy in Baseball. Lincoln, Nebraska and London, England: University of Nebraska Press. pp. 313–322. ISBN 978-0-8032-6475-5. This chapter in Ruttman's oral history, based on a January 18, 2009 interview with Clark conducted for the book, discusses Clark's American, Jewish, baseball, and life experiences from youth to the present.
