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Fieldin Henry Culbreth III (born March 16, 1963) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He umpired in his first MLB game in 1993 and became an American League (AL) staff member in 1999 (MLB merged its two umpire staffs into one the following year).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=3 MLB Umps Hired, 3 Retired, 3 New Crew Chiefs )〕 Culbreth has umpired in five Division Series, six League Championship Series, two World Series and one All-Star Game, as well as the National League's single-game playoff in 2007. He was one of the umpires when a Tampa Bay Rays pitcher threw a no-hitter for the first time in team history, and he was behind the plate when the New York Mets achieved the same distinction. Prior to the 2013 Major League Baseball season, Culbreth, Ted Barrett and Jim Joyce became crew chiefs after the retirements of Ed Rapuano, Tim Tschida and Derryl Cousins. ==Umpiring career== Culbreth had never umpired prior to attending umpire school, and he began umpiring in 1987. He did not take long to reach the major leagues, where he made his first umpiring appearance on August 13, 1993.〔 On that day, Culbreth umpired at second base in a game played at the Kingdome between the Seattle Mariners and the California Angels.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1993/B08130SEA1993.htm )〕 Culbreth became a member of the official AL umpire staff in 1999, when multiple call–up umpires were hired to take the place of umpires who had participated in a mass resignation.〔 He began his career on the AL staff, but in 2000 MLB merged the umpires from its two leagues.〔 Culbreth wore #42 as an AL umpire, but he had to stop using that number after it was retired in recognition of Jackie Robinson.〔 Culbreth, Ted Barrett and Jim Joyce were promoted to crew chief positions prior to the 2013 season, after former crew chiefs Ed Rapuano, Tim Tschida and Derryl Cousins retired.〔 At the age of 49, Culbreth became the second-youngest active crew chief, with only Barrett younger at the age of 47. Culbreth's 2013 crew consists of Brian O'Nora, Bill Welke and Adrian Johnson. According to Retrosheet, Culbreth has issued a total of 38 ejections during his major league career through the 2014 season. His highest single-season ejection total was six in 1997. Through 2012, he has officiated in a total of 2,512 games, and he has served in more than one hundred games each season since 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/C/Pculbf901.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fieldin Culbreth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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