Jocko Conlan
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| Outfielder/Umpire | |||
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Born: December 6, 1899 Chicago, Illinois |
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Died: April 16, 1989 (aged 89) Scottsdale, Arizona |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 6, 1934, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
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| September 29, 1935, for the Chicago White Sox | |||
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| Batting average | .263 | ||
| Hits | 96 | ||
| Runs batted in | 31 | ||
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| Member of the National | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 1974 | ||
| Election Method | Veterans Committee | ||
John Bertrand "Jocko" Conlan (December 6, 1899 – April 16, 1989) was an American baseball umpire who worked in the National League (NL) from 1941 to 1965. He had a brief career as an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox before entering umpiring. He umpired in five World Series and six All-Star Games. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 by the Veterans Committee.
Conlan was born in Chicago. He was one of nine children. Conlan's father, a Chicago police officer, died when Conlan was three years old. He attended De La Salle Institute in Chicago.
Beginning his professional baseball career in 1920, Conlan spent 13 years as a minor league player. Statistics are incomplete, but Conlan was known to have played with Western League teams in Wichita until 1923. He was in the International League for the next several seasons, playing for the Rochester Tribe from 1924 to 1926 and for the Newark Bears from 1927 to 1929. He spent a season with the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association and then returned to the International League with the Montreal Royals in 1931 and 1932.
Conlan began his major league career in 1934 as a center fielder for the Chicago White Sox. In 1935, however, Conlan was presented with an unusual opportunity. During a game against the St. Louis Browns, umpire Red Ormsby fell ill due to the heat. In those days, only two umpires covered typical regular-season games, and a player with a reputation for honesty might be pressed into service if one umpire became incapacitated. Conlan was asked to fill in, and took to it well. The following year Conlan made the transition from player to umpire complete, beginning in the minor leagues.
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