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Hall of Fame ump Harvey, called ‘God’ by players, dies at 87

VISALIA, Calif. (AP) — Doug ejected 58 people. The first
Harvey was so sure of his person he tossed was Joe
calls on the diamond, he Torre, as a player in 1962;
ended every game the his last ejection was Torre,
same way. Following the too, as a manager in 1992.
last out, the umpire took his “You always respected him
wad of chewing tobacco because he came out to
and flung it on home plate. do his job and (did it) with
“I never did have any doubt a lot of class,” once re-
in my mind,” he once said. called Torre, a fellow Hall of
“The only thing in my mind Famer. “He prepared him-
was, ‘Bring it on, suckers!’” self every day. He was very
One of only 10 umpires consistent, and that’s the
in the Hall of Fame, and highest compliment you
held in such regard by can pay anybody.”
major league players and Harvey was diagnosed with
managers they called him oral cancer in 1997 and
“God,” Harvey died Satur- went through radiation
day. He was 87. treatments, a seizure and
The Hall said Sunday that a stroke while recovering.
Harvey had been in hos- Harvey and wife Joy, mar-
pice care. He died of natu- ried since 1960, took their
ral causes. message about the dan-
Harvey umpired in the Na- gers of smokeless tobacco
tional League from 1962 to players, coaches and
through 1992, and was a managers at all levels. In this July 25, 2010, file photo, Doug Harvey gestures after his Baseball Hall of Fame induction
crew chief for 18 seasons. During his final tour of duty speech at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, N.Y. Harvey, one of 10 umpires enshrined in the
He worked five World Se- around the NL, Harvey was baseball Hall of Fame, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. He was 87. Associated Press
ries, including the plate for treated to crowd reac- umpiring Little League and est player to umpire was That was a tenet of Har-
Kirk Gibson’s extraordinary tions unusual for an umpire. Pony League games. Bob Gibson, who wanted vey’s life both at home and
home run in the 1988 open- Instead of the constant Harvey spent four years in to expand the strike zone on the field: Let bygones
er, and six All-Star Games. heckling and criticism from the minors, where he met six inches on each side. be bygones.
His 4,673 games in the regu- the stands, the ump known Joy while umpiring a Class Throughout his career, Gib- “I always tell my wife, if
lar season rank fifth. for shock of silver hair got C game in Bakersfield. They son would routinely argue you’re looking for some-
Commissioner Rob Manfred standing ovations and gifts had three sons together. with Harvey. Years later thing to put on my grave-
praised Harvey’s “strong as he made his last trip into By the time he umpired when Gibson was a pitch- stone,” Harvey once said,
presence and communi- various cities. his first big league game ing coach for the Braves, “put down: ‘He was an
cation skills.” He said in a “Doug Harvey set the bar in 1962, Harvey’s hair had the two combatants would honest man and he never
statement: “A generation for future umpires. He was turned foul-line white, suit- joke about their past.
of umpires learned as a revered for his calm de- ing him for the role of base- held a grudge.’”q
result of Doug’s example, meanor, ability to control ball arbiter. Knee problems
his eagerness to teach the the game, knowledge of forced him to retire three
game and his excellent the strike zone and com- decades later.
timing behind the plate.” prehension of the rules,” Harvey twice was a World
In particular, Harvey would Hall President Jeff Idelson Series crew chief and twice
take an extra split-second said. “He umpired with in- called balls and strikes
to call a play, to be sure he tegrity, heart and common in the All-Star Game. He
got it right. sense.” worked the NL Champion-
Remember, that was long Harvey grew up a three- ship Series nine times, and
before replay could sort sport star in El Centro, a was the plate umpire for
things out. small California town near the one-game 1980 playoff
A day after being elected the Mexican border. Before between Houston and the
to the Hall in 2010, Harvey making the majors at 32, Dodgers to decide the NL
was asked if he ever got it Harvey held some 53 jobs, West winner.
wrong. from farming, to construc- Later in his career, Har-
“Oh, sure,” he said, laugh- tion, to milking cows. vey appeared in the “You
ing. “But I remember one He umpired his first game Make the Call” segments
year I went until Aug. 28 till for $3 at 16, when the regu- on the televised Game of
I kicked a play at second lar umpire did not show for the Week.
base.” a fast-pitch softball game. Harvey said the tough-
Over his 31 seasons, Harvey He enjoyed it and soon was