Bill Klem Quotes


To me, baseball is not a game, but a religion.


Citations

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Bill Klem Plaque. Cooperstown, NY, 1953.

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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.