Brian O'Nora

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7 – Brian O'Nora

Born: (1963-02-07) February 7, 1963
Youngstown, Ohio
MLB debut
1992
Umpiring crew
B [1]
Crew members
  Fieldin Culbreth (crew chief)
  Brian O'Nora
  Bill Welke
  Adrian Johnson
Career highlights and awards
Special Assignments

Brian Keith O'Nora (born February 7, 1963) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He joined the major league staff in 2000, after previously umpiring for the American League from 1992 to 1999 and wears uniform number 7.

Umpiring career

O'Nora previously worked the Appalachian League (1985), the Midwest League (1986–1987), the Eastern League (1988–1989), the Pacific Coast League (1990), the American Association (1991), the International League, the Florida Instructional League (1985–1989) and the Puerto Rican Winter League (1990–1992).

Since joining the Major League umpiring staff in 2000, O'Nora has worked the 2004 National League Division Series, the 2006 National League Division Series, and the 2012 National League Division Series. He also umpired the 2012 World Series. He was a part of the crew that worked in the 2000 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In 2011, O'Nora was one of two MLB umpires (the other being Scott Barry) who were selected to officiate the MLB-All Stars Taiwan series; Barry and O'Nora were joined by two Taiwanese umpires for the games.[2]

On September 25, 2003, O'Nora was the plate umpire for Carlos Delgado's four-homer game.[3]

In April 2013, O'Nora suffered an intestinal tear and had to leave a game between the New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies.[4]

Personal life

He currently lives in Austintown, Ohio.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Umpires by 2013 MLB Crew Grouping, as of June 23rd". closecallsports.com. June 23, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Resilient Taiwan drop All-Stars series finale 6-4", Taipei Times, November 7, 2011
  3. ↑ "Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs Toronto Blue Jays September 25, 2003 Box Score". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 8 May 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Ump recovering from intestinal tear". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 29, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013. 

External links

Current Major League Baseball umpires
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