About Sam Carrigan
Lived 1921 – 2008 (aged 86). Sam Carrigan was a baseball player and military personnel.
Carrigan was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and briefly played minor league baseball, batting .148 in 25 games as a shortstop for the 1941 Beaver Falls Browns of the Class D Pennsylvania State Association. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
During his MLB career, Carrigan stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.82 m) tall and weighed . He joined the American League umpiring staff in when the league expanded from eight to ten teams. He worked 627 league games over his four MLB seasons, including 152 assignments behind home plate. He ejected 12 uniformed personnel over those four full years in the Junior Circuit.
He moved to Alamogordo, New Mexico, in 1992, and died there at age 86 on June 28, 2008.
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Who was Sam Carrigan?
American baseball umpire (1921-2008)
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Sam Carrigan was born on 24 July 1921.
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Sam Carrigan died on 28 June 2008.
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Sam Carrigan was a baseball player and military personnel.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Sam Carrigan. https://biography.guide/sam-carrigan/
MLA: "Sam Carrigan." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/sam-carrigan/.
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