COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Former umpire Doug Harvey has been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The 80-year-old Harvey, who worked in the National League from 1962 to 1992, was one of the last major league umpires who didn’t attend umpiring school. He called 4,673 regular-season games during his major league career and also umpired five World Series, six All-Star games and nine National League championship series.
Harvey, the ninth umpire to be inducted and the first living umpire inducted since Al Barlick in 1989, has been battling throat cancer and tape-recorded his speech in the spring.
Harvey, nicknamed “God” because of his no-nonsense demeanor on the field, spoke during a rain shower that abruptly ended in the middle of his speech.
“I want you to notice that I stopped the rain,” he deadpanned in closing.
