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Márquez in 2011
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Zacatecas, Zac., Mexico |
April 12, 1972
MLB debut | August 13, 1999 |
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Alfonso Márquez (born April 12, 1972) is an umpire in Major League Baseball who has worked in the National League in 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. While a minor league umpire, Márquez served as an instructor at the Brinkman/Froemming Umpire School.
He has officiated three World Series (2006, 2011, 2015), four League Championship Series (2003, 2008, 2013, 2016), and six Division Series (2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015), as well as the 2006 All-Star Game. The first Mexican-born umpire in major league history, he resides in Gilbert, Arizona. Graduated from Fullerton Union High School in Orange County, California in 1990. Márquez wears the uniform number 72. He was at second base on August 7, 2004 for Greg Maddux's 300th win.