Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire (died 2023)

Don Denkinger

American baseball umpire (1936–2023)

Donald Anton Denkinger was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered for an incorrect safe call he made at first…