William Max Little III (born March 2, 1984) is an American
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
umpire
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.
The term derives from the Old French nonper, ''non'', "not" and ''per'', ...
. He was promoted to a full-time position in February 2015. He attended
Science Hill High School
Science Hill High School is a public high school in Johnson City, Tennessee, United States.
Campus
The Science Hill/ Liberty Bell/ Freedom Hall complex includes multiple athletic fields, large parking lots, and a 1-1/2-mile walking track that enci ...
in
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Washington, Carter, and Sullivan counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, mostly in Washington County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 71,046, making it the eighth largest city in Tennessee. John ...
, then studied biology at
Milligan College
Milligan University is a Private university, private Christianity, Christian university in Milligan College, Tennessee. Founded in 1866 as the Buffalo Male and Female Institute, and known as Milligan College from 1881 to May 2020, the school has ...
, where he continued playing baseball.
Little worked his first postseason assignment in 2016, working in the
2016 American League Wild Card Game.
Little was the first base umpire when
Albert Pujols of the
Los Angeles Angels
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hit his 600th career home run against the
Minnesota Twins
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on June 3, 2017.
For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 7.66 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed.
He wears #93.
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References
External links
Retrosheet
1984 births
Living people
Major League Baseball umpires
Sportspeople from Tennessee
People from Washington County, Tennessee
People from Greene County, Tennessee
Milligan Buffaloes baseball players
Milligan University alumni
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