"Mark Wegner will be the World Series umpire crew chief for the first time, joined by Jordan Baker, Adam Hamari, Adrian Johnson, Will Little, Alan Porter and John Tumpane for the matchup between the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. Hamari, Johnson, Little and Tumpane will be making their World Series debuts as part of the crew Major League Baseball announced Thursday."
"Little, 41, worked his first game on June 24, 2013, one day before Hamari, 42. Porter had the third-highest accuracy on balls and strikes in the major leagues this year at 95.46%, according to umpscorecards.com, trailing only Edwin Jiménez (96.18%) and Mark Ripperger (95.48%). Wegner was at 94.78% and among the World Series crew was followed by Hamari (94.77%), Little (94.72%), Tumpane (94.25%), Baker (93.91%) and Johnson (93.41%)."
Mark Wegner will be the World Series umpire crew chief for the matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays. The umpire crew includes Jordan Baker, Adam Hamari, Adrian Johnson, Will Little, Alan Porter and John Tumpane. Hamari, Johnson, Little and Tumpane will be making their World Series debuts. Little will be behind the plate for Game 1 and Johnson will work the plate in Game 2, with Porter serving as crew chief in Game 2. Wegner worked Series games in 2013 and 2017. Umpire accuracy rates range from Porter at 95.46% to Johnson at 93.41%. Dan Iassogna and Jeremie Rehak will be the video review umpires in New York, and eight of the nine umpires worked in the Division Series.
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