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Merkle923 · 08-06-2019, 01:33 AM

Many umps were ex-big league players but certainly all-time relief great Fred "Firpo" Marberry accomplished something that may have been unique. He went from active player to umpire in the same league, in the same year, and then went back to playing the next year. His career path reads Tigers/American League/Giants/Senators.

Upon joining the American League staff in the early summer of 1935 he posed for a couple of hard-to-believe shots for wire services, details of which have held up pretty well over the years. That's American League President Will Harridge in the shot in which Marberry looks less like a rookie ump and more like Billy Sunday:

08-06-2019, 01:33 AM	#779
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,098	Firpo Marberry 1923 (Umpire 1935) Many umps were ex-big league players but certainly all-time relief great Fred "Firpo" Marberry accomplished something that may have been unique. He went from active player to umpire in the same league, in the same year, and then went back to playing the next year. His career path reads Tigers/American League/Giants/Senators. Upon joining the American League staff in the early summer of 1935 he posed for a couple of hard-to-believe shots for wire services, details of which have held up pretty well over the years. That's American League President Will Harridge in the shot in which Marberry looks less like a rookie ump and more like Billy Sunday: Attached Images