Lance Barrett

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title: "Lance Barrett" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["major-league-baseball-umpires", "1984-births", "living-people", "sportspeople-from-fort-worth,-texas", "crowley-high-school-(texas)-alumni"] description: "American baseball umpire (born 1984)" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Barrett" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American baseball umpire (born 1984) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox baseball biography"]

Field	Value
name	Lance Barrett
birth_date
birth_place	Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
image	Lance Barrett 2011.jpg
caption	Barrett in 2011
team	MLB
number	16
position	Umpire
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	October 1
debutyear	2010
umpirecrew	C
crewchief	#72 Alfonso Márquez
crew2	#16 Lance Barrett
crew3	#37 Carlos Torres
highlights	Special assignments
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| name = Lance Barrett | birth_date = | birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | image = Lance Barrett 2011.jpg | width = | caption = Barrett in 2011 | team = MLB | number = 16 | position = Umpire | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = October 1 | debutyear = 2010 | umpirecrew = C | crewchief = #72 Alfonso Márquez | crew2 = #16 Lance Barrett | crew3 = #37 Carlos Torres | crew4 = | highlights = Special assignments

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Biography

Barrett went to Crowley High School in Crowley, Texas. He attended the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring immediately after high school. He entered the minor leagues in 2003 and made his MLB debut on October 1, 2010. Barrett's first career ejection came on April 16, 2012, when he threw out Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper.

He worked all 4 games on June 13–16, 2019, between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in which both teams set a Major League Record for combined runs in a four-game series (92). The previous record was 88, set in 1929.

Barrett worked his first career MLB postseason game in left field on October 2, 2019, serving in the 2019 American League Wild Card Game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland Athletics.

Barrett was the third base umpire for the Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners game on May 5, 2021, in which John Means threw a no-hitter facing the minimum 27 batters.

Barrett was the second base umpire for the Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies game on August 28, 2025, in which Kyle Schwarber hit 4 homeruns for the 21st time in MLB history.

References

References

1. "Lance Barrett". MLB Advanced Media, L.P..
2. Imber, Gil. "Confirmed: MLB Hires 7 New Umpires to Full-Time Staff". Close Call Sports/Umpire Ejection Fantasy League.
3. (March 10, 2014). "Umpire Lance Barrett got the call for his dream job". [[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]].
4. Malinowski, Erik. (April 27, 2012). "Better Know An Umpire: Lance Barrett". deadspin.com.
5. "Lance Barrett". Retrosheet.
6. "Ejection 007: Lance Barrett (1)". Close Call Sports.
7. Casavell, A.J.. (June 17, 2019). "9 facts about epic Padres-Rockies 92-run series".
8. "Rays vs. Athletics - Game Summary - October 2, 2019 - ESPN".
9. "Orioles 6, Mariners 0 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday".
10. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46099736/phillies-slugger-kyle-schwarber-hits-4-home-runs-1st-5-bats

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