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Gerald Sidney Davis (born February 22, 1953) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. Having worked in the National League from 1982 to 1999, he became a member of the unified umpiring staff for Major League Baseball in 2000. He has been a crew chief since 1999. He has umpired five World Series, nine League Championship Series and eleven League Division Series. He has also worked in the All-Star Game four times. Davis has worn uniform number 12 throughout his career. As of the start of the 2015 season, Davis is MLB's second-most senior umpire (after Joe West). ==Umpiring career== Davis began umpiring in the minor leagues in 1976. He worked in the Midwest League, Eastern League and American Association before being promoted to the majors in 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Davis-Gerald.jpg )〕 He has officiated in 21 postseasons, including the World Series in 1996, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2012; the League Championship Series in 1990, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2013, and 2014; the Division Series in 1996, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2015; and the Wild Card Game in 2013 and 2014. He also umpired the All-Star Game in 1989, 1997, 2002 and 2012; he called balls and strikes on the last two occasions.〔(Gerry Davis ) Retrosheet.org. Retrieved 3 July 2012〕〔(Gerry Davis named home plate ump ) ESPN.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012〕 In the 2014 season, Davis's crew was Phil Cuzzi, Brian Knight, and a AAA Fill In Umpire, until Quinn Wolcott was officially hired as a full-time umpire in July 2014 due to the retirement of Gary Darling. In 2015 his crew includes Phil Cuzzi, Tony Randazzo and Will Little. Davis was reprimanded by Major League Baseball on September 1, 2014 for making 'crybaby' faces at Oakland A's players. The league statement said, "We expect our Umpires to remain professional on the field at all times."〔http://www.mercurynews.com/athletics/ci_26451829/mlb-wont-discuss-incident-between-and-umpire-gerry〕 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「Gerry Davis (umpire)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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