Rich Rieker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rich Rieker
Occupation	Baseball Umpire
Date Of Birth	Nov 9, 1961(1961-11-09)
Age	63
Birthplace	St. Louis
Country	United States
Birth City	Missouri
Horoscope	Scorpio

Rich Rieker Biography

Rich Rieker is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Umpire who was born on November 9, 1961 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Richard Gregory Rieker, born November 9, 1961, is an American former professional umpire who is currently the Director of Umpire Training for Major League Baseball (MLB).

Rieker holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Louis lives in Orlando, Florida with his wife and their two children.

Since his retirement from active umpire in 2001, Rieker has been a supervisor for Major League Baseball. He was named the MLB Director for Umpire Development in 2011.

Rich Rieker Net Worth

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

Rieker was a minor league umpire for thirteen seasons. Rieker was a minor league umpire from 1992 to 1996. He joined the National League in 1996 full- time after John McSherry’s death. Rieker was a member of both the major leagues in 2000, and 2001. Rieker wore uniform number 16 throughout his National League career. He then changed to number 38 when the National League’s and American League umpiring teams merged in 2000.

In his 10 year career, Rieker umpired in 1,001 regular-season major league games. He was an umpire in two divisions (1999 and 2000) and the 1998 All-Star Game. Rieker was at the plate when Mark McGwire’s record-breaking 69th and 70th home runs were hit on September 27, 1998.

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Who is Rich Rieker Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Rich Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Umpire. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rich Rieker celebrates birthday on November 9 of every year.

Who is the boss of MLB umpires?

Jeff Kellogg was named an MLB Umpire Supervisor in February 2020 following more than 27 years as a Major League Umpire, including the last 10 seasons as a crew chief.

Who is the youngest umpire in MLB?

At a remarkable 22 years of age , Evans became the youngest umpire in major league history and began a 22-year career in which he worked six World Series.

How much does a MLB umpire make?

Professional baseball umpires don’t make quite as much as the MLB player minimum salary, but they’re still well off financially. According to Career Trend, the starting rookie umpire salary is $150,000 and the more experienced umpires and senior umpires (like Joe West) rake in as much as $450,000 per year.

Are MLB umpires ever fired?

Umpires can be fired. Technically. Major league umpires resigned en masse during a labor negotiation in 1999 and MLB took the opportunity to not hire 22 of them back. But if you’re curious the last time an umpire was fired because he wasn’t very good at his job, good luck.

What does FTC stand for on umpires shirts?

The umpires are wearing FTX patches as part of a sponsorship deal between Major League Baseball and FTX, a crypto derivitives exchange. Basically FTX is a company that helps people invest in cryptocurrencies and the umpires are advertising their company with the patch. So… yeah, it’s just an ad.