Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 01. Mai 1974 |
Geburtsort | Harvey,_Illinois |
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Beschreibung | Michael James Fichter (born May 1, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. As an MLB umpire, he wore number 80 on his uniform. Fichter, who was born in Illinois in 1974, umpired three games in the American League in 1999, then as a member of the combined MLB umpiring staff worked another 554 games during the 2000 to 2005 seasons. In his 557 total games officiated, he issued 12 ejections, three coming as the result of a bench-clearing brawl between the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals in August 2001.Fichter was the first base umpire for the final Montreal Expos home game on September 29, 2004. The Florida Marlins defeated the Expos 9–1. Following his MLB umpiring career, Fichter has worked as an instructor at an umpiring school in Florida, and for a sports equipment manuf |
