Thomas Zacharias

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Thomas Zacharias
Born	Thomas Zacharias abt. 1860
Died	March 30, 1892
Occupation	Umpire
Years active	1890
Employer	National League

Thomas Zacharias (abt. 1860 - March 30, 1892) was a professional baseball umpire.

Career

Zacharias umpired 52 National League games in 1890, 35 of them as the home plate umpire. Zacharias resigned in late June 1890, stating that he "would rather work in an iron-mill than umpire".^[1] A few days before his resignation, loud protests from fans ensued after a call he made at a Philadelphia-Boston game.^[2]

Though his date and place of birth are unknown, it is known that he died on March 30, 1892 in Homestead, Pennsylvania.^[3] He was run over and killed by a freight train.^[4]

References

↑ Buffalo Express, June 30, 1890
↑ Toronto Daily Mail. June 20, 1890 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7F4DAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6490,3466307&dq=zacharias+umpire&hl=en |url= missing title (help). Retrieved July 4, 2012.
↑ Retrosheet
↑ The New York Clipper Annual, 1893.

Persondata
Name	Zacharias, Thomas
Alternative names
Short description	baseball umpire
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	March 30, 1892
Place of death	Homestead, Pennsylvania

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