Pat Hoberg
| Pat Hoberg | |
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| Born: September 11, 1986 Des Moines, Iowa | |
| debut | |
| March 31, 2014 | |
| Crew Information | |
| Umpiring crew | 1 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Patrick Hoberg (born September 11, 1986) is a Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire.
A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Hoberg graduated from Urbandale High School and Grand View University.[1] Hoberg made his debut in 2014, and was one of four umpires promoted to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, and Tim Welke.[2] For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 7.93 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed. [3]
References
- ^ Birch, Tommy (April 5, 2014). "Sunday Stretch: Urbandale umpire Hoberg gets MLB break". Des Moines Register. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "Four longtime MLB umpires set to retire". USA Today. Associated Press. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
- ^ "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?". BU Today. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
