Chris Guccione (umpire)

Christopher Gene Guccione (born June 24, 1974) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears number 68.

Not to be confused with Chris Guccione (tennis).
Chris Guccione
Guccione in 2012
Born: (1974-06-24) June 24, 1974
Salida, Colorado
debut
April 25, 2000
Crew Information
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Crew members
Career highlights and awards
Special Assignments

Umpiring career

Guccione has umpired in both the American League and National League since 2000, although he was not officially promoted to the full-time Major League staff until before the 2009 season.[1][2] Guccione has 22 total years of professional umpiring experience, having worked in the Pioneer, Midwest, California, Texas and Pacific Coast leagues before reaching the MLB. He also officiated in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Guccione gained his first playoff experience in 2010, umpiring the 2010 American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Minnesota Twins. He has worked a total of seven Division Series (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020), four League Championship Series (2012,[1][3] 2017, 2018, 2019) and two World Series (2016, 2020). According to an analysis done by the website FiveThirtyEight, he was the most accurate umpire in the major leagues in 2014 Major League Baseball season based on the number of unsuccessful manager challenges; 14 of his 15 calls that were challenged were upheld on video review.[4]

Notable games

Guccione was chosen as the right field umpire for the 2011 All-Star Game.[5] He was also chosen as one of the umpires for the one-game American League Wild Card Game playoff between the Baltimore Orioles and the Texas Rangers on October 5, 2012, and again for the National League Championship Series held later that month.[6]

Guccione was the first base umpire for Henderson Alvarez's no hitter on September 29, 2013.[7]

Guccione worked his first World Series in 2016 and was the home plate umpire in Game 2.

During the 2018 Little League World Series, Guccione umpired two innings of an August 19 game between teams from Hawaii and Michigan.[8]

Personal life

Guccione lives in Colorado with his wife, Amy.[2] Guccione is a Christian.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Chris Guccione". Retrosheet.org. Retrosheet. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  2. "Chris Guccione - 68". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  3. "Veteran umpires assigned to Division Series". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
  4. "Has Expanded Replay Worked Well In Baseball? Here's Our Call". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2015-10-14. Guccione was home plate umpire for Game 2 of the World Series Chicago Cubs vs Cleveland Indians.
  5. "Boxscore: AL All-Stars vs. NL All-Stars - July 12, 2011". MLB.com. Major League Baseball. Retrieved 2011-09-06.
  6. Umpires for Wild Card Games, Division Series announced Darling, Kellogg Will Serve As Crew Chiefs for Wild Card Games; Davis, DeMuth, Gorman and West Assigned to Lead Division Series Crews. MLB.com. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  7. "Tigers vs. Marlins - Box Score". ESPN. September 29, 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  8. Gerry Davis Sports (August 19, 2018). "Visting [sic] the umpire room at the Little League World Series". Retrieved August 21, 2018 – via Facebook.
  9. Mercer, Kevin. "Christ-following umpire Chris Guccione returns for his second World Series". Sports Spectrum. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
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