Roberto Carlos Ortiz Maymi (born December 16, 1984) is a Puerto Rican
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB i ...
(MLB)
umpire
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.
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. He made his debut on May 14, 2016, becoming the first MLB umpire since
Delfin Colon to have been born in
Puerto Rico
; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...
.
He wears number 40, which was most recently worn by former umpire
Jeff Gosney.
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During the 2016 season, Ortiz umpired eight games (two as the ]home plate
A baseball field, also called a ball field or baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The term can also be used as a metonym for a baseball park. The term sandlot is sometimes used, although this usually refers ...
umpire), and during 2017 he umpired 66 games (14 behind the plate).
See also
* List of Major League Baseball umpires (disambiguation)
Lists of Major League Baseball umpires include:
* List of Major League Baseball umpires (A–F)
* List of Major League Baseball umpires (G–M)
* List of Major League Baseball umpires (N–Z)
See also
* List of Major League Baseball umpiring ...
References
External links
*
1984 births
Living people
Major League Baseball umpires
People from Caguas, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican sportspeople
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