Jim Joyce/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

[edit] Profile

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Struck out 19 batters in a game in high school.
• Was second team All-MAC pitcher for Bowling Green State University as a junior in 1976, finishing 7-3 with a 3.55 ERA.

[edit] Achievements

• Finished in the top three in his umpiring school, eventually earning him his first job in the 1978 Midwest League.

[edit] Sources

• http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100606%2FSPORTS02%2F6060457%2F1318%2FHow-ump-went-from-Ohio-to-bigs-to-national-scrutiny&template=fullarticle, retrieved on 2010-06-07.