Born: (1967-08-22) August 22, 1967 (age 56) Coldwater, Michigan, U.S.
MLB debut
June 4, 1999
Last appearance
August 21, 2022
Career highlights and awards
Special Assignments
All-Star Game (2003, 2016)
Wild Card Game (2014, 2016, 2020)
Division Series (2003, 2006, 2011, 2015, 2020)
League Championship Series (2014, 2016, 2017, 2019)
World Series (2015)
William Anthony Welke (born August 22, 1967) is an American former Major League Baseball umpire. He joined the major league staff in 1999 and worked the World Series in 2015. Welke was promoted to crew chief for the 2022 season, and retired following that season.[1]
^"Sources: 10 MLB umps retiring, most since '99". ESPN.com. December 29, 2022. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
2015. Welke was promoted to crew chief for the 2022 season, and retired following that season. Welke is the brother of fellow umpire Tim Welke, and is...
Welke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: BillWelke (born 1967), American baseball umpire Chuck Welke (1953-2021), American educator...
Timothy James Welke (born August 23, 1957) is a former American professional baseball umpire. He worked in the American League from 1984 to 1999 and has...
did not wear a helmet with an earflap during his playing career. Umpire BillWelke made him get one with a flap. In 2005, Major League Baseball tested a...
Leagues", Sports Illustrated (August 26; available online). James, Bill. The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, rev. ed. (Simon and Schuster,...
MVP Salvador Pérez (Kansas City) Umpires Gary Cederstrom (crew chief), BillWelke (games 1–2), Mike Everitt (games 3–5), Mark Carlson, Mike Winters, Jim...
2011 included Jeff Nelson, Marty Foster and BillWelke. Tschida's 2012 crew consisted of Jeff Nelson, BillWelke, and Chris Guccione. A report by The Hardball...
game for the first time for arguing a pivotal safe/out call by umpire BillWelke in the bottom of the 10th inning of a 3–2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Matheny's...
first base–a borderline call by umpire BillWelke–Joe Girardi protested and was ejected from the baseball game by Welke. The next batter, rookie catcher Francisco...
discussion among the umpires, crew chief Tim Welke allowed the review and reviewed the play with his brother BillWelke, the home plate umpire. After the review...
Game 2 of the National League Division Series. The game lived up to the billing of a pitcher's duel. Kershaw pitched seven shutout innings and the Dodgers...
replay official. Hudson was the Game 1 and Game 2 replay official, while Welke was the replay official for the remaining games. The ALCS was first played...
or the other was sure to be eliminated) with a walk-off home run, joining Bill Mazeroski (1960 World Series), Chris Chambliss (1976 ALCS) and Aaron Boone...
Barksdale (Games 1–2) Eric Cooper (Games 3–5) Alfonso Márquez, Todd Tichenor, BillWelke, Mike Winters (crew chief), Jim Wolf Broadcast Television TBS TV announcers...
Mann August 19 – Scott Fredrickson August 20 – Andy Benes August 22 – BillWelke August 25 – Euclides Rojas August 26 – Shinji Sasaoka August 27 – Brian...
Umpires Gerry Davis (crew chief), James Hoye, Dan Iassogna, Bill Miller, Todd Tichenor, BillWelke, Phil Cuzzi (replay), Tim Timmons (replay) Attendance 40...
brothers to umpire in the Major Leagues at the same time. (Brothers Tim and BillWelke became the second such pair.) Mark Hirschbeck's assignments included the...
younger at the age of 47. Culbreth's 2013 crew consists of Brian O'Nora, BillWelke and Adrian Johnson. According to Retrosheet, Culbreth has issued a total...
Umpires Gerry Davis (crew chief), Phil Cuzzi (Games 1–2), BillWelke, Mark Carlson, Greg Gibson, Bill Miller, Paul Emmel (Games 3–5) Broadcast Television Fox...
Umpires Dana DeMuth (crew chief), Mark Carlson, Phil Cuzzi, Brian Knight, BillWelke, Mike Winters Teams Dates October 9–15 Television TBS (US) Sportsnet (Canada)...
second straight AL West title". MLB.com. Retrieved October 1, 2011. Chastain, Bill (September 29, 2011). "Rays rally from seven down, win Wild Card". MLB.com...
Rosenthal (Game 4) Radio ESPN Radio announcers Wayne Hagin, Luis Gonzalez Umpires Gerry Davis BillWelke Brian Gorman Greg Gibson Wally Bell Marty Foster...