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Connolly retired from active field work to become the league's first supervisor of umpires. Traveling throughout the league to work with other umpires and ensure that everyone's work was meeting
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National League (NL) brought Connolly up to the majors, but he was angered by the league president's reluctance to back up umpires' decisions on the field, and resigned in the middle of the 1900 season, then signed with the fledgling American League (AL) in 1901. That league's president,
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Although he had begun his career by showing that he was willing to remove players from the field — he ejected more than 10 in his first AL season — he came to earn great respect from the players, and once went 5 full seasons (1925–1929) without ejecting a player. He also showed an ability to stand
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was the other) given that honor. Connolly and Klem are the only two umpires in history to have worked in five decades; Connolly's record of 31 years umpiring
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In his career, Connolly worked in an AL-record eight World Series:
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243:(December 31, 1870 – April 28, 1961) was an English-American
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from 1898 to 1900, followed by 31 years of service in the
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Some sources say 10 years, but detailed ejection logs on
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435:Connolly died in 1961 at age 90 in
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689:"Ex-Umpire Connolly is Dead at 90"
606:"Called Cobb Out, Hit with Bottle"
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21:Tom Connolly (third baseman)
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241:Thomas Henry Connolly
192:Baseball Hall of Fame
90:Natick, Massachusetts
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614:. September 12, 1912
346:World Series of 1924
549:Anderson, David W.
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3106:and pioneers
1995:Schoendienst
851:Harry Wright
836:Tom Connolly
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746:Find a Grave
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25:Tom Connelly
3814:1961 deaths
3809:1870 births
3743:Tim Murnane
3733:Frank Hough
3723:Harry Cross
3664:Billy Evans
3622:Frank Selee
3094:D. Williams
3052:W. Robinson
3031:J. McCarthy
2908:E. MartĂnez
2834:F. Robinson
2806:T. McCarthy
2599:Griffey Jr.
2504:Yastrzemski
2497:T. Williams
2490:B. Williams
2097:B. Robinson
1981:J. Robinson
1472:J. Williams
1234:P. MartĂnez
327:Fenway Park
303:Ban Johnson
119:(1901–1931)
114:(1898–1900)
3803:Categories
3738:Sid Mercer
3680:Kick Kelly
3658:Bob Emslie
3608:Ned Hanlon
3525:Executives
3514:Selected,
3317:Schuerholz
3226:B. Johnson
3128:Cartwright
3104:Executives
3066:Southworth
2771:R. Jackson
2557:Charleston
2469:A. Simmons
2255:Ripken Jr.
2241:Maranville
2206:T. Jackson
2149:Shortstops
2055:J. Johnson
2041:J. Collins
1883:E. Collins
1644:T. Simmons
1532:Campanella
1164:W. Johnson
1157:R. Johnson
807:Al Simmons
801:Dizzy Dean
793:BBWAA Vote
705:August 21,
673:August 21,
646:August 21,
618:August 21,
590:August 21,
562:August 21,
527:August 21,
521:Retrosheet
495:References
485:Retrosheet
416:Later life
406:Addie Joss
323:Shibe Park
296:MLB career
270:Manchester
264:Early life
98:Occupation
71:Manchester
63:1870-12-31
3686:Bill Klem
3675:Tim Hurst
3576:Bob Quinn
3538:Ed Barrow
3373:H. Wright
3366:G. Wright
3359:Wilkinson
3045:McKechnie
2961:R. Foster
2848:Slaughter
2683:H. Wilson
2669:Torriente
2392:Henderson
2371:Delahanty
2139:J. Wilson
2076:Lindstrom
2048:Dandridge
1960:Mazeroski
1918:Gehringer
1760:Killebrew
1732:Greenberg
1690:Brouthers
1683:Bottomley
1623:RodrĂguez
1581:J. Gibson
1525:Bresnahan
1276:Newhouser
1248:McGinnity
1241:Mathewson
1066:B. Gibson
1052:B. Foster
1017:Eckersley
982:Coveleski
912:Alexander
841:Bill Klem
826:Ed Barrow
432:in 1999.
426:Bill Klem
354:Bill Klem
337:in 1903.
286:Tim Hurst
213:Induction
73:, England
3773:Joe Vila
3595:Managers
3419:Connolly
3352:S. White
3331:Spalding
3275:O'Malley
3212:Harridge
3205:Griffith
3163:Dreyfuss
3156:Cummings
3149:Comiskey
3142:Chandler
3135:Chadwick
3121:Bulkeley
2996:La Russa
2954:Durocher
2940:Anderson
2925:Managers
2876:Winfield
2869:P. Waner
2855:Thompson
2792:K. Kelly
2757:Heilmann
2743:Guerrero
2715:Crawford
2708:Clemente
2676:L. Waner
2662:Stearnes
2606:Hamilton
2578:DiMaggio
2543:W. Brown
2476:Stargell
2448:O'Rourke
2290:Trammell
2276:O. Smith
2213:Jennings
2185:Boudreau
2171:Bancroft
2157:Aparicio
2132:D. White
1988:Sandberg
1753:G. Kelly
1595:Lombardi
1588:Hartnett
1546:Cochrane
1503:Catchers
1402:L. Smith
1395:H. Smith
1332:Radbourn
1227:Marquard
1220:Marichal
1115:Halladay
1010:Drysdale
968:Clarkson
940:R. Brown
933:M. Brown
926:Blyleven
904:Pitchers
443:See also
150:Children
3639:Umpires
3454:McGowan
3440:Hubbard
3398:Barlick
3390:Umpires
3310:Ruppert
3219:Hulbert
3191:Gillick
3073:Stengel
3010:Leyland
3003:Lasorda
2989:Huggins
2827:S. Rice
2655:Speaker
2634:Puckett
2529:Averill
2522:Ashburn
2462:J. Rice
2427:Medwick
2357:Burkett
2311:Wallace
2297:Vaughan
2262:Rizzuto
2164:Appling
2125:Traynor
2118:Schmidt
2090:Molitor
2083:Mathews
1953:Lazzeri
1939:Hornsby
1816:Suttles
1781:McGriff
1774:McCovey
1767:Leonard
1676:Beckley
1669:Bagwell
1567:Ferrell
1465:Wilhelm
1444:Waddell
1367:Ruffing
1353:Roberts
1311:Pennock
1283:Nichols
1269:Mussina
1150:Jenkins
1136:Hubbell
1122:Hoffman
1087:Gossage
1073:Glavine
1038:Fingers
961:Chesbro
954:Carlton
947:Bunning
895:of the
893:Members
809:(75.4%)
803:(79.2%)
735:at the
726:at the
311:Ty Cobb
274:cricket
144:
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3433:Harvey
3412:Conlan
3405:Chylak
3380:Yawkey
3303:Rickey
3289:Pompez
3282:O'Neil
3268:Miller
3261:Manley
3240:Landis
3170:Fowler
3114:Barrow
3087:Weaver
3038:McGraw
2982:Herzog
2975:Harris
2968:Hanlon
2933:Alston
2901:Baines
2883:Youngs
2862:Walker
2785:Keeler
2778:Kaline
2764:Hooper
2729:Dawson
2722:Cuyler
2648:Snider
2620:Mantle
2455:Raines
2441:Musial
2434:Miñoso
2420:Manush
2406:Kelley
2378:Goslin
2364:Clarke
2304:Wagner
2283:Tinker
2269:Sewell
2227:Larkin
2192:Cronin
2020:Beltré
1974:Morgan
1967:McPhee
1946:Lajoie
1932:Herman
1925:Gordon
1911:Frisch
1869:Biggio
1862:Alomar
1837:Thomas
1823:Taylor
1809:Sisler
1795:Murray
1746:Hodges
1739:Helton
1725:Gehrig
1711:Connor
1704:Chance
1697:Cepeda
1637:Schalk
1630:Santop
1616:Piazza
1602:Mackey
1553:Dickey
1539:Carter
1479:Willis
1430:Sutton
1423:Sutter
1409:Smoltz
1388:Seaver
1339:Rivera
1304:Palmer
1290:Niekro
1262:Morris
1255:MĂ©ndez
1213:Maddux
1192:Koufax
1143:Hunter
1108:Haines
1094:Grimes
1059:Galvin
1031:Feller
1003:Dihigo
975:Cooper
919:Bender
329:, and
245:umpire
124:Spouse
92:, U.S.
3461:O'Day
3426:Evans
3345:Weiss
3338:Veeck
3324:Selig
3296:Posey
3198:Grant
3184:Giles
3177:Frick
3080:Torre
3059:Selee
3017:LĂłpez
2915:Ortiz
2813:Oliva
2799:Klein
2750:Gwynn
2736:Flick
2701:Aaron
2641:Roush
2592:Duffy
2571:Combs
2550:Carey
2483:Wheat
2413:Kiner
2399:Irvin
2385:Hafey
2350:Brock
2332:Yount
2325:Wells
2248:Reese
2234:Lloyd
2220:Jeter
2199:Davis
2178:Banks
2111:Santo
2104:Rolen
2062:Jones
2034:Brett
2027:Boggs
2013:Baker
1897:Evers
1890:Doerr
1876:Carew
1844:Thome
1830:Terry
1802:PĂ©rez
1662:Anson
1609:Mauer
1560:Ewing
1518:Berra
1511:Bench
1493:Young
1458:Welch
1451:Walsh
1437:Vance
1416:Spahn
1374:Rusie
1360:Rogan
1346:Rixey
1325:Plank
1318:Perry
1297:Paige
1206:Lyons
1199:Lemon
1185:Keefe
1101:Grove
1080:Gomez
1024:Faber
471:Notes
138:(
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3447:Klem
3233:Kuhn
3024:Mack
2841:Ruth
2627:Mays
2613:Hill
2585:Doby
2564:Cobb
2536:Bell
2318:Ward
2069:Kell
1788:Mize
1718:Foxx
1574:Fisk
1486:Wynn
1381:Ryan
1178:Kaat
1171:Joss
1129:Hoyt
1045:Ford
996:Dean
707:2017
675:2017
648:2017
620:2017
592:2017
564:2017
556:SABR
529:2017
402:1924
400:and
398:1920
394:1916
390:1913
386:1911
382:1910
378:1908
374:1903
282:YMCA
217:1953
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