C. B. Bucknor
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Bucknor in 2012
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August 23, 1962 Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica |
| MLB debut | April 4, 1996 |
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Christopher Blake Bucknor (born August 23, 1962) is an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who has worked in the National League (NL) from 1996 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000.
Bucknor was a member of the umpiring crew for the 2005 All-Star Game, and also for the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2013 American League Division Series.
In a 2003 and 2006 a Sports Illustrated survey of active major league players voted Bucknor as the worst umpire in MLB. In a 2010 ESPN survey of 100 active players Bucknor was again named the worst umpire in MLB.
Bucknor was the first base umpire for Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander's second no-hitter, thrown on May 7, 2011 against the Toronto Blue Jays.
On May 1, 2012, Bucknor suffered an undisclosed injury during a game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals and was forced to leave the contest. He was listed as "day-to-day" following the injury and was replaced by minor league call-up umpire D.J. Reyburn the following day.
On July 12, 2013, Bucknor was injured and left an Oakland A's/Boston Red Sox game when he was hit in the facemask by a 92-mile per hour pitch thrown by Jarrod Parker after it first grazed Daniel Nava.
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