Kerwin Danley

44 – Kerwin Danley
Danley in 2012
Born: (1961-05-25) May 25, 1961 Los Angeles, California
MLB debut
1992
Umpiring crew
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Crew members
Gary Cederstrom (crew chief)
Kerwin Danley
Lance Barksdale
Vic Carapazza
Career highlights and awards
All-Star Game (2007) American League Division Series (2000, 01, 04, 06, 08, 11) American League Championship Series (2007) World Series (2008)

Kerwin Joseph Danley (born May 25, 1961) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League (NL) from 1992 to 1999 and throughout both leagues since 2000.^[1] Danley has worked the American League Division Series six times (2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011).^[2] He also umpired in the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco.

College baseball

Danley played baseball at San Diego State University, where he was teammates with Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, before beginning his umpiring career. He was a First Team All-American in 1983.^[3]

Notable games

Danley was the first base umpire for the game between the San Francisco Giants and the San Diego Padres on August 4, 2007. In the top of the second inning at San Diego, Barry Bonds of the Giants hit his 755th career home run off Clay Hensley, tying Hank Aaron for first all-time.

Danley was on the field in 1999 when former San Diego State teammate Tony Gwynn collected his 3,000th career hit.^[4]

Injuries

On April 26, 2008, Danley was behind home plate umpiring a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies when he was hit in the jaw by a 96 mph Brad Penny fastball that went over the head of catcher Russell Martin. Danley was carried off the field in an ambulance, but play eventually resumed. During the sixth inning, Vin Scully reported that Danley was doing well. Danley was released from the hospital at early the next morning and returned to the field in early June.

On April 21, 2009, Danley was the home plate umpire for a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Texas Rangers. During Rangers' designated hitter Hank Blalock's sixth-inning at-bat, Blalock's bat broke, and the barrel of the bat hit Danley in the facemask. He was carried off the field on a stretcher for the 2nd time in his career for the same injury, almost exactly a year to the date of the first injury. Second base umpire Hunter Wendelstedt assumed umpiring duties at home plate. Danley remained conscious while being transported to the hospital, and was diagnosed with a mild concussion.

On May 27, 2012, Danley was the home plate umpire for a game between the Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves. During Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper's at-bat, Braves pitcher Brandon Beachy fired a slider into the dirt in front of home plate, which skipped through catcher J.C. Boscan's legs untouched and struck Danley directly in the groin. Danley fell the ground, was assisted by Braves medical staff and remained in the game.^[5]

On June 3, 2013, Danley was the home plate umpire for a game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Colorado Rockies. In the bottom half of the first inning, Danley was hit on his face mask by a pitch that bounced in the dirt and off the catcher Wilin Rosario. A trainer was called out to check on him, but he remained in the game throughout the remainder of the inning and the entire second inning before the decision was made for him to leave the game at the top of the third, replaced by Lance Barksdale. His status was reported the next day as "day to day."^[6]

See also

• List of Major League Baseball umpires

References