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| Full name Edward Lee Ballanfant |
| Born December 27, 1895, Waco, Texas |
| Died July 15, 1987, Dallas, Texas |
| Buried at Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas (Highland Garden- Block C- Lot 51- Space 1&2) |
| Umpired First Game: April 14, 1936; Umpired Final Game: September 29, 1957 |
| Height: 5' 8.5" Weight: 163 |
| Ejections: 1936 (7), 1937 (6), 1938 (3), 1939 (4), 1940 (2), 1941 (2), 1942 (4), 1943 (5), 1944 (5), 1945 (1), 1948 (1), 1949 (3), 1950 (3), 1951 (8), 1952 (2), 1953 (2), 1954 (5), 1955 (5), 1956 (7), 1957 (3). Total: 78 |
| Sporting News Umpire Card |
Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1936 NL Daily 146 49 48 1 48 0 0 1937 NL Daily 153 49 50 0 54 0 0 1938 NL Daily 150 51 48 2 49 0 0 1939 NL Daily 146 53 50 10 33 0 0 1940 NL Daily 146 51 49 2 44 0 0 1941 NL Daily 158 51 54 0 53 0 0 1942 NL Daily 143 48 45 3 47 0 0 1943 NL Daily 159 55 55 0 50 0 0 1944 NL Daily 160 51 56 0 53 0 0 1945 NL Daily 151 50 48 7 46 0 0 1946 NL Daily 134 43 39 11 41 0 0 1947 NL Daily 50 2 29 14 5 0 0 1948 NL Daily 144 45 44 11 44 0 0 1949 NL Daily 153 44 57 2 50 0 0 1950 NL Daily 142 36 42 19 45 0 0 1951 NL Daily 161 55 52 0 54 0 0 1952 NL Daily 157 39 41 36 41 0 0 1953 NL Daily 146 39 40 33 35 0 0 1954 NL Daily 150 39 38 35 38 0 0 1955 NL Daily 162 40 40 40 42 0 0 1956 NL Daily 153 41 37 36 39 0 0 1957 NL Daily 150 38 37 37 38 0 0 Total (22 Years) 3214 969 999 299 949 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1940 ML Daily 7 2 2 2 1 0 0 1946 ML Daily 7 2 1 2 2 0 0 1951 ML Daily 6 2 2 1 1 0 0 1955 ML Daily 7 2 2 1 2 0 0 Total ( 4 Years) 27 8 7 6 6 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1938 ML Daily 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1942 ML Daily 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1949 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1954 ML Daily 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Total ( 4 Years) 4 1 2 2 1 0 1 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 5-30-1936(2) BOX NY N Mel Ott Call at 2B 6- 5-1936 BOX CHI N Gabby Hartnett Called third strike 7-12-1936(1) BOX NY N Hal Schumacher Balls and strikes 7-30-1936 BOX CHI N Charlie Grimm Call at 1B 8-19-1936 BOX BRO N Casey Stengel Interference non-call 9- 9-1936 BOX STL N Bruce Ogrodowski Balls and strikes 9-13-1936(1) BOX CHI N Augie Galan Called third strike 4-23-1937 BOX CIN N Lee Grissom Fighting 4-23-1937 BOX PIT N Al Todd Fighting 7-23-1937 BOX PHI N Pinky Whitney Called third strike 8-20-1937 BOX STL N Joe Medwick Called third strike 9- 6-1937(2) BOX CIN N Billy Myers Call at 2B 9-26-1937(1) BOX CIN N Ernie Lombardi Balls and strikes 5-18-1938 BOX PIT N Pie Traynor Call at 1B 7-15-1938 BOX BRO N Leo Durocher Call at 1B 8-26-1938 BOX BOS N Joe Stripp Call at 2B 7-15-1939 BOX NY N Harry Danning Fair/foul call 7-15-1939 BOX NY N Billy Jurges Fair/foul call (Punched umpire) 7-16-1939(1) BOX CHI N Claude Passeau Call at 1B (Pushed umpire) 8-27-1939 BOX CIN N Frenchy Bordagaray Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 5-20-1940 BOX PHI N Joe Marty Call at 1B 9-12-1940(2) BOX PIT N Frankie Frisch Balls and strikes 6- 1-1941(1) BOX NY N Harry Danning Balls and strikes 8-16-1941 BOX CHI N Jimmie Wilson Call at 3B 6-26-1942 BOX BOS N Ernie Lombardi Balls and strikes 7-21-1942 BOX PIT N Frankie Frisch Call at HP 7-24-1942 BOX BOS N Eddie Miller Call at 2B (Threw ball) 8- 7-1942 BOX BRO N Leo Durocher Call at 1B 4-28-1943 BOX PIT N Pete Coscarart Call at 2B 5-13-1943 BOX PIT N Elbie Fletcher Call at 1B 5-13-1943 BOX PIT N Frankie Frisch Call at 1B 5-13-1943 BOX PIT N Rip Sewell Call at 1B 9-10-1943 BOX NY N Johnny Rucker Call at 2B 5-27-1944 BOX CIN N Estel Crabtree Call at 2B 6-15-1944 BOX BOS N Phil Masi Called third strike 7-20-1944(2) BOX PIT N Frankie Frisch Balls and strikes 8-11-1944 BOX NY N Buddy Kerr HBP non-call 8-11-1944 BOX NY N Mel Ott HBP non-call 6-14-1945(2) BOX CHI N Mickey Livingston Arguing runner out of baseline 8-11-1948 BOX PHI N Harry Walker Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 6-25-1949 BOX NY N Leo Durocher Call at 2B 7-24-1949(2) BOX NY N Leo Durocher Call at HP 8-28-1949(2) BOX CIN N Bucky Walters Balls and strikes 5-26-1950 BOX PHI N Eddie Sawyer Called third strike 6- 6-1950 BOX CHI N Frankie Frisch Call at 1B 6- 7-1950 BOX STL N Tony Kaufmann Balls and strikes 4-25-1951 BOX BOS N Roy Hartsfield Called third strike 6- 4-1951 BOX STL N Peanuts Lowrey Called third strike 6-24-1951(1) BOX BRO N Pee Wee Reese Called third strike 7-14-1951(1) BOX CHI N Frankie Frisch Delay in pitching change (Threw book) 7-18-1951 BOX BOS N Bob Elliott Called third strike 8-11-1951(2) BOX PIT N Joe Garagiola Interference non-call 8-11-1951(2) BOX PIT N Billy Meyer Interference non-call 9- 5-1951(1) BOX NY N Eddie Stanky Called third strike 8-13-1952(1) BOX NY N F. Fitzsimmons Balls and strikes 9- 8-1952(1) BOX NY N Larry Jansen Intentional HBP 5-30-1953(2) BOX PIT N Carlos Bernier Balls and strikes 6-27-1953(2) BOX STL N Dixie Walker Balls and strikes 4-18-1954 BOX STL N Solly Hemus Fair/foul call 4-18-1954 BOX STL N Eddie Stanky Fair/foul call Date Team Ejected Reason 4-21-1954 BOX CHI N Bruce Edwards Called third strike 6- 2-1954 BOX BRO N Jackie Robinson Arguing about count (Threw bat) 8- 1-1954(1) BOX CIN N Dick Bartell Bench jockeying 4-28-1955 BOX PIT N Gene Freese Called third strike 7- 1-1955 BOX NY N Leo Durocher Called third strike (Threw equipment) 7- 1-1955 BOX NY N Whitey Lockman Called third strike (Threw equipment) 8-17-1955 BOX STL N Pete Whisenant Balls and strikes 9-10-1955 BOX NY N Don Mueller Catch/trap call 5- 4-1956 BOX CIN N Johnny Temple Balls and strikes 5- 7-1956 BOX NY N Bill Rigney Balls and strikes 5-20-1956(2) BOX BRO N Rube Walker Balls and strikes 5-25-1956 BOX PHI N Bob Miller Balls and strikes 7- 7-1956 BOX CIN N Birdie Tebbetts Balls and strikes 7- 7-1956 BOX CIN N Johnny Temple Balls and strikes 7-22-1956(1) BOX PHI N Mayo Smith Balls and strikes (Foul tip) 5-27-1957 BOX CIN N Hal Jeffcoat Fighting 5-27-1957 BOX MIL N Johnny Logan Fighting 6-23-1957 BOX STL N Fred Hutchinson Balls and strikes
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