Joe Brinkman

Joseph Norbert Brinkman

• Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.
• School St. Cloud State University
• High School Holdingford High School

• Born April 9, 1944 in Little Falls, MN USA

Biographical Information

Joe Brinkman began his career umpiring in the Midwest League (1968), Southern League (1969-1970), and American Association (1971-1972). he umpired his first American League game late in the 1972 season, became a full-time AL umpire in 1973 and stayed on until 2006, umpiring 4,505 regular-season games over 35 seasons. He was on the same crew as Derryl Cousins for 2,123 of those games, which is the all-time record for a pair of umpires working together.

He operates the Joe Brinkman Umpire School, which has trained a large number of major league and minor league umpires.

• Career Span 1972-2006
• Division Series 1981, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005
• League Championship Series 1976, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1997
• World Series 1978, 1986, 1995
• All Star Games 1977, 1991, 1996

Related Sites

• Joe Brinkman at the SABR Bio Project
• Joe Brinkman on Retroshet
• Sporting News umpire card