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With the immaculate outing, Ripperger became just the second MLB umpire in the Umpire Scorecards era (since 2015) to turn in ...

The Royals defeated the Twins on Thursday. Umpire Scorecards shined a light on MLB umpire Mark Ripperger for what they concluded was a perfectly called game.

Umpire Scorecards, which uses MLB's advanced pitch tracking data to rate the accuracy of home-plate umpires and the impact of ...

Ripperger became just the second MLB umpire in the Umpire Scorecards era (since 2015) to turn in a “perfect game.” Pat Hoberg was the first one to do so, pulling off the feat in the 2022 World ...

T he best pitch-calling MLB umpire is Pat Hoberg. According to umpirescorecards.com, Hoberg had a league-best 95.3% accuracy rate calling balls and strikes and was the only umpire to record a 100% ...

No, neither the Royals’ Michael Wacha nor the Twins’ Bailey Ober threw a perfect game, which is evident by the final score. The Royals won 3-2, but the perfect game was from home-plate umpire Mark ...

It is believed to be just the second perfect game for an umpire since this type of analysis began. The other was Pat Hoberg at the 2022 World Series.