Frederick ("Fred") Brocklander (March 5, 1940 – August 13, 2009)[1] was a Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire in the National League (NL) from 1979 to 1992. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he umpired in the minor leagues for ten years. He was promoted to the National League during the 1979 umpire strike.[2] He retired as an NL umpire in 1992. Throughout his National League career, he wore number 28.[3]
^"Fred Brocklander". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
^Rasmussen, Frederick N. (August 21, 2009). "Frederick Brocklander, National League umpire, who called balls and strikes for nearly 30 years, witnessed milestones in sports history". The Baltimore Sun. p. 22.
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