__NOTOC__ Jon Stephen Byrne (born 23 June 1983) is an Australian former

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. He made his debut on 16 May 2014, becoming the first MLB professional umpire to have been born in Australia. Australian second baseman Joe Quinn had acted as a substitute umpire for two

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games; one each in 1894 and 1896. Byrne was an umpire primarily in Minor League Baseball (MiLB), working in the

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(2006),

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(2006), California League (2007), Eastern League (2008–2010), and International League (2011–2015). During the 2014 season, he umpired nine MLB games (three as the

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umpire); he wore number 59 and did not issue any ejections. In 2015, Byrne worked MLB spring training games, but did not umpire any regular season games; he was released by MiLB after the season.

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