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Jerry Meals was born on 20 October, 1961 in Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American baseball umpire (born 1961). Discover Jerry Meals's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

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Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 20 October 1961
Birthday 20 October
Birthplace Butler, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1961

Gerald William Meals (born October 20, 1961) is an American former Major League Baseball umpire.

1979

Meals was a 1979 graduate of Salem High School, where he played second base and briefly competed on the wrestling team.

1983

After umpiring local baseball for four years, Meals graduated from the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in 1983.

At age 21, Meals received his first minor league umpiring assignment in the Class A Appalachian League.

1985

By 1985, Meals had moved to the South Atlantic League, where he was partnered with 20-year-old future MLB umpire Wally Bell.

1989

While working in the Southern League in 1989, Meals was featured in an ESPN documentary on minor league umpires.

His family and fellow umpires Chris Jaksa and Fieldin Culbreth also appeared in the film.

1990

Meals worked in Triple-A baseball (Triple-A Alliance and the International League) from 1990 to 1997 before receiving a full-time promotion to the major leagues.

1992

After serving as an NL reserve umpire from 1992 to 1997, he became a full-time umpire in 1998.

1998

In his first full-time MLB season, Meals was the home plate umpire when Kerry Wood tied a major league record with 20 strikeouts in a 1998 game.

Meals was struck in the mask by a Wood fastball on his first pitch of the game, but was not injured.

2010

In Game 2 of the 2010 American League Division Series between the Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays, Meals was involved in a controversial call of a checked swing by Michael Young.

Replays on television appeared to show that Young had gone around on his swing, but when asked for an appeal, Meals ruled that Young had held up, and Young's at bat stayed alive.

One pitch later, Young hit a 3-run home run to put Texas ahead 5–0.

The Rangers won the game 6–0, and won the series 3 games to 2, ending Tampa Bay's season.

Rays manager Joe Maddon came out to argue the play and was ejected from the game.

2011

On May 7, 2011, Meals worked behind the plate for Justin Verlander's second career no-hitter.

The umpire's ball four call on J. P. Arencibia in the eighth inning prevented Verlander from achieving a perfect game.

However, Verlander later said that he agreed with the call.

Meals and Major League Baseball both acknowledged that he missed a call in the 19th inning of a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Atlanta Braves on July 26, 2011.

During the play in question, a ground ball, Pirates catcher Michael McKenry received a throw and appeared to tag Braves runner Julio Lugo three feet in front of home plate but Meals called him safe and the Braves won the game.

Meals received criticism for the call and the Pirates issued a public complaint.

MLB executive vice president for baseball operations Joe Torre responded to the complaint and officially acknowledged that Meals' call was an error.

However, other commentators have stated that the call was not obviously incorrect and that it may not have been overturned under MLB's current instant replay rules.

Following the incident, Meals and his family received death threats at their home.

Meals' wife reported that their children, who ranged between 14 and 23 at the time of the incident, were also "approached" by irate and confrontational fans, as Pittsburgh is only 70 miles away from the Mealses' hometown of Salem, Ohio.

2012

On September 8, 2012, Meals incorrectly ruled Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees out on a game-ending double play at first base against the Baltimore Orioles.

If Meals had made the correct call, the game would have been tied, but instead the Orioles won and moved up a game to be even with the Yankees for first in the AL East.

At 5'8" tall, Meals and Mark Wegner are the shortest umpires in Major League Baseball as of 2012.

2013

On July 29, 2013, Meals incorrectly ruled Daniel Nava of the Boston Red Sox out at home plate in the 8th inning against the Tampa Bay Rays which would have tied the game.

Instead, the Rays held on to win 2–1.

Red Sox manager John Farrell was ejected for arguing the call, which Meals later admitted was incorrect.

2014

Meals spent the 2014 season as an interim crew chief while regular crew chief Gary Darling was on the Disabled List.

Meals was officially promoted to permanent crew chief upon Darling's retirement.

On April 22, 2014, Meals was the home plate umpire when Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels hit his 500th career home run against the Washington Nationals.

Meals lives in Perry Township, just outside Salem in Columbiana County, Ohio.

He is married to Robyn Meals and has five children.

2015

Meals was promoted to crew chief in 2015, and worked the World Series in 2014 and 2020.

He retired following the 2022 season.