2006 World Baseball Classic (Umpires)

The Umpires for the 2006 World Baseball Classic were announced on February 24, 2006. There were 31 umpires chosen to work the World Baseball Classic, along with five alternates. The umpires represented 11 of the 16 competing countries. The majority of the umpires worked in the minor leagues of Major League Baseball, and were backups for the MLB's crews.

2006 World Baseball Classic Umpires

Umpire	Nation	League	Round One	Round Two	Semifinals/Finals
Ramon Armendariz	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	A	1
Lance Barksdale	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	D	2
Scott Barry	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	D
Angel Campos	United States		B
Kevin Causey	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	C
Minggao Chen	China		A
Bob Davidson	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	B	1	X
Dusty Dellinger	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	D
Nelson Diaz	Cuba		B
Adam Dowdy	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	C	2
Rob Drake	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	C	2
Peter Durfee	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	A
Chad Fairchild	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	C	2
Troy Fullwood	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	D
Chris Griffith	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	B
Chris Guccione	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	B	1	X
Tom Hallion	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	C	2	X
Un Heo	South Korea		A
Ed Hickox	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	D	1	X
James Hoye	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	C	2
Adrian Johnson	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	A
Brian Knight	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	A	1
Ian McCabe	South Africa		C	2
Casey Moser	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	D
Mike Muchlinski	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	B
Leone Pierfranco	Italy		C
Neil Poulton	Australia		B	1	X
Travis Reininger	United States	MLB Minor Leagues	B	1
Carlos Rey	Puerto Rico		D	1	X
Liang-Kuei Shieh	Chinese Taipei		A
Fred van Groningen	Netherlands		D	2

Alternates

• Delfin Colon,  Puerto Rico
• Edwin Hernandez,  Puerto Rico
• Roberto Peralta,  Panama
• Rene Provencher,  Canada
• Edwin van den Berk,  Netherlands

Sources

• World Baseball Classic umpires announced