Jerry Meals

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jerry Meals
Occupation	Umpire
Date Of Birth	Oct 20, 1961(1961-10-20)
Age	63
Birthplace	Butler
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Libra

Jerry Meals Biography

Jerry Meals is one of the most popular and richest Umpire who was born on October 20, 1961 in Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. MLB umpire who started working in major leagues after 1998. He has been a part of a variety of playoff games for division series in 2002 as well as the All-Star Game.

He was struck in the face with the pitching He was hit in the mask by a fastball from pitcher Kerry Wood during his first full season as an umpire. during his first full season as an umpire.

Meals was a 1979 graduate of Salem High School, where he played second base and briefly competed on the wrestling team. After umpiring local baseball for four years, Meals graduated from the Joe Brinkman Umpire School in 1983. At age 21, Meals received his first minor league umpiring assignment in the Class A Appalachian League. By 1985, Meals had moved to the South Atlantic League, where he was partnered with 20-year-old future MLB umpire Wally Bell. While working in the Southern League in 1989, Meals was featured in an ESPN documentary on minor league umpires. His family and fellow umpires Chris Jaksa and Fieldin Culbreth also appeared in the film. Meals worked in Triple-A baseball (Triple-A Alliance and the International League) from 1990 to 1997 before receiving a full-time promotion to the major leagues. Meals spent the 2014 season as an interim crew chief while regular crew chief Gary Darling was on the Disabled List. Meals was officially promoted to permanent crew chief upon Darling’s retirement.

In his first full-time MLB season, Meals was the home plate umpire when Kerry Wood tied a major league record with 20 strikeouts in a 1998 game. Meals was struck in the mask by a Wood fastball on his first pitch of the game, but the umpire was not injured.

He got married to a woman called Robyn He has 5 children.

Jerry Meals Net Worth

Jerry Meals is one of the richest Umpire from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jerry Meals 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was an infielder for Salem High School. Salem High School and later went to Joe Brinkman Umpire School.

He has umpired a number of significant MLB games, including Justin Varlander’s second no-hitter , and an 19-inning game between Pirates and Braves that proved to be one of the longest games ever played in Pirates history.

Gerald William Meals (born October 20, 1961) is a Major League Baseball umpire. Meals’ biggest assignment was the 2014 World Series, where he was the home plate umpire in Game One. Meals has been a full-time MLB umpire since 1998 after serving as an MLB reserve umpire from 1992 to 1997. He worked in the 2008 NLCS between Philadelphia and Los Angeles and the All-Star Game in 2002 and 2015. He has also worked in eight Division Series (1999, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2019) and the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

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Who is Jerry Meals Dating?

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On Saturday, September 8, 2012, Meals incorrectly ruled Mark Teixeira of the New York Yankees out on a game-ending double play at first base against the Baltimore Orioles. If Meals had made the correct call, the game would have been tied, but instead the Orioles won and moved up a game to be even with the Yankees for first in the AL East.

Facts & Trivia

Jerry Ranked on the list of most popular Umpire. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jerry Meals celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.

On April 22, 2014, Meals was the home plate umpire when Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels hit his 500th career home run against the Washington Nationals.