Geburtsdatum | Donnerstag, 11. September 1986 |
Geburtsort | Des_Moines,_Iowa |
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Beschreibung | Patrick Hoberg (born September 11, 1986) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire. A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Hoberg graduated from Urbandale High School and Grand View University. Hoberg made his debut in 2014, and was one of four umpires promoted to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, and Tim Welke. For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 7.93 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed. |
