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| Full name Richard Raul Garcia |
| Born May 22, 1942, Key West, Florida |
| Umpired First Game: April 8, 1975; Umpired Final Game: August 30, 1999 |
| Height: 5' 9" Weight: 175 |
| Father-in-law of Vic Carapazza |
| Ejections: 1975 (9), 1976 (13), 1977 (6), 1978 (4), 1979 (4), 1980 (4), 1981 (2), 1982 (6), 1983 (2), 1984 (7), 1985 (1), 1986 (7), 1987 (2), 1988 (4), 1989 (6), 1990 (6), 1992 (4), 1993 (2), 1996 (5), 1997 (5), 1998 (5). Total: 104 |
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Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1975 AL Daily 160 39 41 40 40 0 0 1976 AL Daily 166 42 42 40 42 0 0 1977 AL Daily 152 37 38 38 39 0 0 1978 AL Daily 156 39 39 38 40 0 0 1979 AL Daily 109 27 28 28 26 0 0 1980 AL Daily 137 37 35 30 35 0 0 1981 AL Daily 104 27 27 26 24 0 0 1982 AL Daily 150 38 36 38 40 0 0 1983 AL Daily 145 37 36 37 35 0 0 1984 AL Daily 135 35 33 32 35 0 0 1985 AL Daily 144 36 36 36 36 0 0 1986 AL Daily 150 39 38 36 37 0 0 1987 AL Daily 146 37 34 37 38 0 0 1988 AL Daily 139 36 35 30 38 0 0 1989 AL Daily 150 37 38 35 40 0 0 1990 AL Daily 141 37 33 36 35 0 0 1991 AL Daily 126 31 31 31 33 0 0 1992 AL Daily 141 37 35 34 35 0 0 1993 AL Daily 140 37 34 34 35 0 0 1994 AL Daily 101 26 24 25 26 0 0 1995 AL Daily 113 28 28 29 28 0 0 1996 AL Daily 143 36 34 37 36 0 0 1997 AL Daily 121 31 28 30 32 0 0 1998 AL Daily 131 34 32 25 40 0 0 1999 AL Daily 98 24 23 25 26 0 0 Total (25 Years) 3398 864 838 827 871 0 0 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Division Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1995 AL Daily 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1997 AL Daily 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 1998 AL Daily 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 Total ( 3 Years) 11 1 2 3 2 2 1 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
League Championship Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1978 AL Daily 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 1982 AL Daily 5 1 1 1 0 2 0 1986 AL Daily 7 1 1 2 1 1 1 1990 AL Daily 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1996 AL Daily 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 Total ( 5 Years) 25 4 4 4 3 6 4 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
World Series Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1981 ML Daily 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1984 ML Daily 5 1 1 1 1 0 1 1989 ML Daily 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1998 ML Daily 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 Total ( 4 Years) 19 4 2 2 4 2 5 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
All-Star Game Umpiring Record Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF 1980 ML Daily 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1992 ML Daily 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Total ( 2 Years) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 Year LG G HP 1B 2B 3B LF RF
Ejection Information Date Team Ejected Reason 4-11-1975 BOX TEX A Frank Lucchesi Balls and strikes (Covered HP with dirt) 4-11-1975 BOX TEX A Billy Martin Fair/foul call 5- 1-1975 BOX CAL A Ed Figueroa Call at HP 5- 1-1975 BOX CAL A Ellie Rodriguez Call at HP 5- 1-1975 BOX CAL A Dick Williams Call at HP 6-29-1975 BOX BAL A Bobby Grich Call at 2B 7-20-1975(1) BOX BOS A Bob Montgomery Call at HP 8- 5-1975 BOX DET A Willie Horton Call at 1B 8-30-1975 BOX OAK A Al Dark Call at 2B (Threw base) 4-25-1976 BOX CLE A Jim Bibby Bench jockeying 4-25-1976 BOX CLE A Tom Buskey Fighting 4-25-1976 BOX CLE A Rocky Colavito Balls and strikes (Bumped umpire) 5- 3-1976 BOX CLE A Dennis Eckersley Balls and strikes 5- 3-1976 BOX CLE A Frank Robinson Balls and strikes 6- 6-1976(2) BOX CLE A Rocky Colavito Fair/foul call (Bumped umpire) 6- 6-1976(2) BOX CLE A Jeff Torborg Fair/foul call 6-20-1976 BOX BAL A Reggie Jackson Balls and strikes (Threw helmet) 6-20-1976 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Balls and strikes 8-26-1976 BOX KC A Chuck Hiller Call at HP 8-30-1976 BOX DET A Ralph Houk Call at HP Date Team Ejected Reason 9- 8-1976 BOX TEX A Sid Hudson Bench jockeying 9-14-1976 BOX TEX A Frank Lucchesi Balls and strikes (Kicked dirt on umpire) 6- 4-1977 BOX TOR A Roy Hartsfield Checked swing 6- 4-1977 BOX TOR A Bob Miller Checked swing 8-22-1977 BOX NY A Carlos May Called third strike 8-25-1977 BOX TEX A Bert Blyleven Called third strike 8-25-1977 BOX TEX A Dock Ellis Called third strike 8-25-1977 BOX TEX A Billy Hunter Called third strike 4-25-1978 BOX BOS A Dwight Evans Called third strike 5-18-1978 BOX KC A Whitey Herzog Bench jockeying 7-30-1978 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Balls and strikes 9-15-1978 BOX KC A Chuck Hiller Interference call 6-29-1979 BOX CAL A Jim Fregosi Warning to both teams 7-10-1979 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver HBP call 7-21-1979 BOX MIL A Cal McLish Balls and strikes 8- 4-1979 BOX BAL A Eddie Murray Call at 1B 5-21-1980 BOX DET A Richie Hebner Called third strike 8- 5-1980 BOX KC A George Brett Charging mound 8-16-1980 BOX BAL A Frank Robinson Checked swing 8-16-1980 BOX BAL A Earl Weaver Checked swing (Threw equipment) Date Team Ejected Reason 8-16-1981 BOX BOS A Ralph Houk Call at 1B (reversed) 8-28-1981 BOX CAL A Bobby Grich Called third strike 5-21-1982 BOX OAK A Charlie Metro Call at 3B 6- 3-1982 BOX NY A Gene Michael Arguing where pitcher could take sign 8- 6-1982 BOX CAL A Tim Foli Called third strike 9- 8-1982 BOX OAK A Billy Martin Balls and strikes (Kicked dirt on umpire) 9-28-1982(2) BOX TOR A Barry Bonnell Charging mound 9-28-1982(1) BOX MIN A Mickey Hatcher Bench jockeying 7-21-1983(2) BOX CAL A John McNamara Interference non-call 7-25-1983 BOX CAL A John McNamara Balls and strikes 5-16-1984 BOX CLE A Pat Corrales Fan interference (Placement of runner) 5-18-1984 BOX TEX A Doug Rader Interference call 5-19-1984 BOX TEX A Pete O'Brien Call at 1B 5-28-1984 BOX NY A Tim Foli Call at 1B 8-29-1984 BOX MIL A Rene Lachemann Call at HP 9- 3-1984 BOX OAK A Bill Almon Balls and strikes 9-29-1984 BOX NY A Tim Foli Way balls rubbed; before game 4-20-1985 BOX SEA A Chuck Cottier Balk call 5-27-1986 BOX CHI A Tony LaRussa Interference call 6- 3-1986 BOX CLE A Pat Corrales Call at 2B Date Team Ejected Reason 6-14-1986 BOX KC A Dick Howser HBP call 7-30-1986 BOX BOS A Bruce Hurst Bench jockeying 7-30-1986 BOX BOS A Al Nipper Bench jockeying 8-19-1986 BOX KC A Mike Ferraro Call at 2B 9-15-1986 BOX MIL A George Bamberger Call at 2B 6- 9-1987 BOX NY A Mike Ferraro Balls and strikes 7- 5-1987 BOX MIL A Andy Etchebarren Checked swing 4-14-1988 BOX OAK A Matt Young Bench jockeying 6-11-1988 BOX MIL A Tom Trebelhorn Ground-rule call 7-29-1988 BOX NY A Lou Piniella Arguing when Garcia broke up mound conf. 8-21-1988 BOX TEX A Bobby Valentine Time out call 4-29-1989 BOX CHI A Terry Bevington Fighting 6-11-1989(1) BOX BOS A Richie Hebner Balls and strikes 6-18-1989 BOX NY A Bill Connors Balk call 7-28-1989 BOX BAL A Al Jackson Bench jockeying 9- 9-1989 BOX TOR A George Bell Called third strike 9-13-1989 BOX BAL A Frank Robinson Condition of field 5- 4-1990 BOX BAL A Cal Ripken Balls and strikes 5- 6-1990 BOX BAL A Cal Ripken Call at 2B 6-19-1990 BOX OAK A Mark McGwire Called third strike Date Team Ejected Reason 6-19-1990 BOX OAK A Bob Welch Bench jockeying 9-11-1990 BOX BAL A Billy Ripken Balls and strikes 9-11-1990 BOX BAL A Cal Ripken Balls and strikes 5- 7-1992 BOX CHI A Steve Sax Call at 1B (Threw water cooler) 8- 6-1992 BOX OAK A Jose Canseco Called third strike 8- 6-1992 BOX TEX A Nolan Ryan Intentional HBP 8- 9-1992 BOX MIL A Kevin Seitzer Call at 1B 5-10-1993 BOX BOS A Mike Easler Balls and strikes 8- 4-1993 BOX CHI A Gene Lamont Arguing that Ryan should be ejected 5-19-1996 BOX OAK A Bob Cluck Balls and strikes 5-22-1996 BOX CLE A Mike Hargrove Interference call 6- 8-1996 BOX MIL A Jeff Cirillo Balls and strikes 6- 8-1996 BOX MIL A Phil Garner Balls and strikes 10- 9-1996 BOX BAL A Davey Johnson Fan interference non-call 4- 7-1997 BOX ANA A Eddie Murray Checked swing 4-27-1997 BOX BAL A Armando Benitez Throwing at batter 5- 6-1997 BOX OAK A Mark McGwire Balls and strikes 5-10-1997 BOX NY A Joe Torre Call in previous game; Pregame meeting 7-19-1997 BOX KC A Jose Rosado Balls and strikes (from bench) 6-20-1998 BOX BOS A Jimy Williams HBP non-call (Reversed) Date Team Ejected Reason 6-22-1998 BOX ATL N Bobby Cox Interference non-call 7- 1-1998 BOX LA N Matt Luke Call at HP 8- 4-1998 BOX DET A Bobby Higginson Throwing water on field 8- 5-1998 BOX DET A Bobby Higginson Call at 1B
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