Stuart Jeffrey Scheurwater (born May 6, 1983) is a Canadian

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(MLB)

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. He made his MLB debut on April 25, 2014, and was hired to the full-time staff in December 2017. Scheurwater began working Minor League Baseball games in 2007. He was hired to fill the vacancy left by

Dale Scott Dale Allan Scott (born August 14, 1959) is an American former umpire (baseball), umpire in Major League Baseball. He worked in the American League from 1986 to 1999, and officiated in both leagues from 2000 until his retirement after the 2017 sea ...

's retirement. Scheurwater became the first permanent Major League umpire from Canada since

Jim McKean James Gilbert McKean (May 26, 1945 – January 24, 2019) was a Canadian umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1974 to 1999, and in both major leagues in 2000 and 2001. He umpired in the World Series in ...

's retirement in 2001. Prior to his professional career that began in 2006, Scheurwater was a member of

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’s National Umpiring program and worked the Baseball Canada Cup in 2005

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and the 21U National Championship in 2006 in

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MLB.com video from his MLB debut
1983 births Living people Baseball people from Saskatchewan Canadian expatriate baseball people in the United States Major League Baseball umpires Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan {{Baseball-umpire-stub

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