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| C. B. Bucknor | |
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.jpg) Bucknor in 2024 | |
| MLB – No. 54 | |
| Umpire | |
| Born: (1962-08-23)August 23, 1962 (age 63) Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 4, 1996 | |
| Crew information | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Special assignments | |
Christopher Blake Bucknor (born August 23, 1962) is aJamaicanumpire inMajor League Baseball (MLB) who worked in theNational League (NL) from 1996 to 1999 and has worked in both major leagues since 2000.
Bucknor was a member of the umpiring crew for the2005 and2021 All-Star Games, and also for the2007,2008,2009,2013 and2020 American League Division Series.
In 2003[1] and in 2006,[2]Sports Illustrated surveys of active major league players voted Bucknor as the worst umpire in MLB. In a 2010 ESPN survey of 100 active players, Bucknor was again named the worst umpire in MLB.[3]
Bucknor was the first base umpire for then-Detroit Tigers pitcherJustin Verlander's secondno-hitter, thrown on May 7,2011, against theToronto Blue Jays.[4]
Bucknor was the home plate umpire forChicago White Sox pitcherLucas Giolito’s no-hitter, thrown on August 25, 2020, against thePittsburgh Pirates.[5]
On May 1, 2012, Bucknor suffered an undisclosed injury during a game between thePittsburgh Pirates andSt. Louis Cardinals and was forced to leave the contest.[6] He was listed as "day-to-day" following the injury and was replaced by minor league call-up umpireD.J. Reyburn the following day.[7]
On July 12, 2013, Bucknor was injured and left anOakland A's/Boston Red Sox game when he was hit in the facemask by a 92-mile per hour pitch thrown byJarrod Parker after it grazedDaniel Nava. Crew chief and second base umpireBill Miller replaced Bucknor behind the plate.[8]
Bucknor moved to theUnited States in 1973. He attendedState University of New York at Cortland, where he playedcenter field, and received a B.S. in Recreation Therapy in 1984.
Bucknor resides inBrooklyn, New York. He works with the Bonnie Youth Club in Brooklyn and was inducted into the Bonnies Hall of Fame in 2000 as well as the Cortland Athletic Hall of Fame in October 2002. Bucknor is actively involved in teaching baseball to children in Jamaica. He also collects toys and helps to organize an annual "Treat Day"—a holiday party, featuring athletic events, video games, and picnics—for over 300 children in Jamaica.[9] In 2008, he was inducted into the Brooklyn Parade Grounds Baseball League Hall of Fame.[10]
