Tom Hallion
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September 5, 1956 Saugerties, New York |
| MLB debut | June 10, 1985 |
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Thomas Francis "Tom" Hallion (born September 5, 1956) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who has worked in the National League (NL) from 1985 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2005. He is a crew chief. Hallion has worn number 20 during his MLB career. He resigned from the NL in 1999 as a failed mass bargaining strategy, but he was rehired by MLB before the 2005 season.
Hallion was born on September 5, 1956, to Alice and Francis Hallion in Saugerties, New York. He has two sisters, Kathy Cotich and Maribeth, and a brother, Francis.
Hallion attended the University at Buffalo. He married Elizabeth "Betsy" Carnright on September 11, 1983. They have three children, Corey, Kyle and Jacob, and reside in Louisville, Kentucky.
While a student at the University at Buffalo, Hallion got his first umpiring job through his friend Jack Keeley; he worked games for the Saugerties Athletic Association softball league. In 1979, he attended Bill Kinnamon Umpiring School.
He began his professional umpiring career in the New York–Penn League (1979), which was followed by stints in the Carolina League (1980–1981), Eastern League (1982) and American Association (1983–1985) before joining the NL staff. He was among the umpires who lost their jobs after resigning as part of a failed union bargaining strategy in 1999, but he was rehired in a December 2004 settlement with MLB.
He has officiated in the World Series in 2008, the League Championship Series in 1998, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011, and in the Division Series in 1996, 1997, 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014. He has also worked the All-Star Game in 1992 and 2008, being at second base for the latter contest at Yankee Stadium which went a record 15 innings.
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