Don Denkinger
Donald Anton Denkinger was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB) who worked in the American League (AL) from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered for an incorrect safe call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, which came to be known as The Call. Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2023)
28 August 1936
Born on the same birth date (28 August 1936): Warren M. Washington
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