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| Full name Russell Louis Goetz |
| Born May 31, 1930, McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
| Died March 15, 2017, McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
| Buried at McKeesport Versailles Cemetery, McKeesport, Pennsylvania |
| Umpired First Game: April 10, 1968; Umpired Final Game: September 22, 1983 |
| Height: 6' 2" Weight: 205 |
| Ejections: 1968 (4), 1969 (6), 1970 (4), 1971 (2), 1972 (1), 1973 (6), 1974 (3), 1975 (7), 1976 (4), 1977 (4), 1978 (4), 1979 (4), 1980 (1), 1981 (1), 1982 (4), 1983 (1). Total: 56 |
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Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1968 AL Daily 157 39 39 39 40 0 0 1969 AL Daily 163 41 42 39 41 0 0 1970 AL Daily 167 42 44 40 42 0 0 1971 AL Daily 174 45 43 43 43 0 0 1972 AL Daily 164 41 42 41 40 0 0 1973 AL Daily 164 42 43 38 41 0 0 1974 AL Daily 161 40 43 37 41 0 0 1975 AL Daily 171 45 44 40 42 0 0 1976 AL Daily 152 40 37 36 39 0 0 1977 AL Daily 157 40 38 39 40 0 0 1978 AL Daily 159 40 41 37 41 0 0 1979 AL Daily 106 28 25 26 27 0 0 1980 AL Daily 136 34 33 34 35 0 0 1981 AL Daily 101 25 26 23 27 0 0 1982 AL Daily 115 30 28 28 29 0 0 1983 AL Daily 137 34 37 33 33 0 0 Total (16 Years) 2384 606 605 573 601 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
League Championship Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1970 AL Daily 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1974 AL Daily 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 1977 AL Daily 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 1981 AL Daily 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Total ( 4 Years) 14 3 3 1 0 3 4 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1973 ML Daily 7 1 1 1 1 2 1 1979 ML Daily 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 Total ( 2 Years) 14 2 2 3 2 3 2 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1970 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1975 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total ( 2 Years) 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 4-28-1968 BOX CHI A Eddie Stanky Called third strike 9- 3-1968 BOX MIN A Cal Ermer Fair/foul call 9- 3-1968 BOX MIN A Johnny Goryl Fair/foul call 9-17-1968 BOX NY A Ralph Houk Call at 1B 4-22-1969 BOX SEA A Tommy Harper Fighting 4-22-1969 BOX KC A Ellie Rodriguez Fighting 5-12-1969 BOX NY A Bobby Murcer Fighting 5-12-1969 BOX SEA A Ray Oyler Fighting 5-12-1969 BOX NY A Ralph Houk Fighting (Shoved umpire) 7-27-1969 BOX CHI A Carlos May Called third strike (Threw bat and helmet) 5- 2-1970 BOX KC A Lou Piniella Called third strike 5- 2-1970 BOX KC A Charlie Metro HBP call 8-17-1970 BOX DET A Denny McLain Balk call 9- 3-1970 BOX WAS A Rick Reichardt Called third strike 4-18-1971(1) BOX CHI A Chuck Tanner Fair/foul call (Threw catcher's mask) 9- 6-1971 BOX OAK A Bert Campaneris Called third strike 6-29-1972(2) BOX CHI A Chuck Tanner Call at 2B 4-28-1973 BOX DET A Billy Martin Check swing 6- 5-1973 BOX CAL A Ken Berry Called third strike 6-22-1973 BOX DET A Ed Brinkman Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 6-22-1973 BOX DET A Art Fowler Called third strike 6-22-1973 BOX DET A Billy Martin Called third strike 9-17-1973 BOX NY A Ralph Houk Call at 1B 4-26-1974 BOX BAL A Earl Williams Balls and strikes 6-25-1974 BOX BAL A Mike Cuellar Balls and strikes 6-25-1974 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Balls and strikes 4-30-1975 BOX CHI A Chuck Tanner Call at 1B 5-26-1975 BOX MIL A Del Crandall Called third strike 6-13-1975(1) BOX BOS A Luis Tiant Balls and strikes (not in game) 6-25-1975 BOX DET A Ralph Houk Call at HP (Threw cap) 7-26-1975(2) BOX CAL A Dick Williams Balls and strikes 8-17-1975(1) BOX BOS A Darrell Johnson Called third strike 8-27-1975 BOX BAL A Ken Singleton Called third strike 4-14-1976 BOX TEX A Frank Lucchesi Call at 2B (Kicked hat) 4-19-1976 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Throwing at batter 5-31-1976(2) BOX CLE A Ray Fosse Balls and strikes 9-10-1976 BOX KC A Whitey Herzog Call at 3B 6-19-1977(1) BOX DET A Dick Tracewski Balls and strikes 9- 9-1977 BOX MIL A Sixto Lezcano Call at 1B 9-22-1977 BOX CHI A Larry Doby Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 9-22-1977 BOX CHI A Oscar Gamble Called third strike 5-21-1978(2) BOX DET A Ralph Houk Call at HP 7-14-1978 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Balk call 7-22-1978 BOX BOS A Bob Stanley Balls and strikes 9-23-1978 BOX TEX A Billy Hunter Bench jockeying 8- 5-1979 BOX CHI A Ralph Garr Bench jockeying 9-14-1979 BOX MIL A Cal McLish Bench jockeying 9-14-1979 BOX CAL A Dan Ford Charging mound 9-14-1979 BOX MIL A Lary Sorensen Throwing at batter 4-21-1980 BOX MIL A Buck Rodgers Call at HP 5-30-1981 BOX KC A John Wathan Balls and strikes 7-20-1982 BOX MIN A Kent Hrbek Fighting 7-20-1982 BOX MIL A Bob McClure Fighting 9- 2-1982(1) BOX CLE A John Denny Bench jockeying 9- 2-1982(1) BOX CLE A Lary Sorensen Bench jockeying 7-15-1983 BOX CLE A Ron Hassey Refusing to give ball to umpire
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