Lee Weyer
Baseball Umpire, Sports official
1936 – 1988
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Who was Lee Weyer?
Lee Howard "Big Lee" Weyer was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League from 1961 until his death. In a 1987 Sports Illustrated poll of National League catchers, Weyer was rated the best at calling balls and strikes. He was the home plate umpire on September 11, 1985 in Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium when Pete Rose collected his 4,192nd hit to break Ty Cobb's career record, and was the third base umpire in the April 8, 1974 game in which Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's record of 714 career home runs.
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- Born
- Sep 3, 1936
Imlay City - Profession
- Lived in
- Atlanta
- Died
- Jul 4, 1988
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on July 23, 2013
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