Ryan Blakney
| Ryan Blakney | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Blakney in the Midwest League in 2008 | |
| Born: May 24, 1985 Wenatchee, Washington | |
| debut | |
| April 21, 2015 |
Ryan Benjamin Blakney (born May 24, 1985) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. He made his MLB debut on April 21, 2015.[1]
For the 2018 regular season he was found to be one of the ten best home plate umpires in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 7.97 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed.[2]
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References
- ^ "Ryan Blakney". Retrosheet. Retrosheet. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?". BU Today. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
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