Bill Klem Quotes


That guy in a twenty-five cent bleacher seat is as much entitled to know a call as the guy in the boxes. He can see my arm signal even if he can't hear my voice.


Citations

Klem, Bill, and William J. Slocum. "I Never Missed One in My Heart." Collier's, vol. 127, 31 Mar. 1951, p. 30.

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Bill Klem
Bill Klem
  • Born: February 22, 1874
  • Died: September 16, 1951
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Athlete

William Joseph Klem, born William Joseph Klimm, known as the "Old Arbitrator" and the "father of baseball umpires", was a National League (NL) umpire in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941. He worked 18 World Series, which is a major league record. Klem was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.