Red Ormsby

Emmet Thomas "Red" Ormsby (April 3, 1895 – October 11, 1962) was an American professional baseball umpire who worked in the American League from 1923 to 1941. Ormsby umpired 2,537 major league games in his 19-year career, in addition to working in the 1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and in four World Series (1927, 1933, 1937, and 1940).

Pitching career Ormsby began his baseball career in as a pitcher in the Wisconsin–Illinois League. He posted a 14–13 win-loss record while playing for the Green Bay Bays. In , he pitched for Green Bay, Waterloo, and Omaha. He then served in the Marines during World War I.

Umpiring career In , Ormsby started his umpiring career in the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League. He moved on to the Western League in , before being hired by the American League in . In 1927, he required a police escort from the field in Philadelphia after a foul ball ruling on a blast hit by Ty Cobb. Fans rioted after Cobb and Al Simmons were both ejected from the game. At a 1929 Philadelphia-Cleveland game, Ormsby sustained a concussion when was hit in the head by a glass bottle intended for another umpire.

In December 1941, Ormsby was placed on the retired list with a pension. He had been in declining health for the last three years of his career.

Later life After his umpiring career, he worked as a scout for the Chicago White Sox from to . He also worked with a county sheriff's department and was secretary on the Chicago Liquor License Appeal Board. He died on October 11, 1962, while raking leaves at his Chicago home.