Adam Hamari

{{short description|American baseball umpire (born 1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox baseball biography | number = 78 | name = Adam Hamari | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|5|25|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Marquette, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | image = MLB umpire in the zone (51267938794).jpg | width = | caption = Hamari in 2021 | team = MLB | position = Umpire | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = June 25 | debutyear = 2013 | umpirecrew = Q | crewchief = #13 Todd Tichenor | crew2 = #11 Tony Randazzo | crew3 = #78 Adam Hamari | crew4 = #15 Clint Vondrak | highlights = Special Assignments *World Series ({{wsy|2025}}) *League Championship Series ({{nlcsy|2022}}, {{nlcsy|2023}}) *Division Series ({{aldsy|2021}}, {{aldsy|2024}}, {{aldsy|2025}}) *Wild Card Games/Series (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023) *All-Star Games (2021) *World Baseball Classic (2023) *London Series (2023) | hofdate = | hofvote = | hofmethod = }}

'''Adam Curtis Hamari''' ({{IPA|/ˈhɑ̝mɑ̝ri/}}; born May 25, 1983) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire.

Hamari began umpiring baseball for Little League teams at the age of 12.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Jared|title=Q&A: MLB umpire Adam Hamari|url=http://www.newstrib.com/sports/q-a-mlb-umpire-adam-hamari/article_591035a5-ff56-54b0-b841-483f2af3b46a.html|accessdate=February 23, 2017|work=News Tribune|date=August 7, 2013}}</ref> Adam is a 2006 Graduate of the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring (JEAPU) He began umpiring Minor League Baseball games in 2006, and was promoted to the major leagues on a part-time basis in 2013. Hamari was one of four umpires named to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Jim Joyce, John Hirschbeck, Tim Welke, and Bob Davidson.<ref>{{cite news|title=4 new umps as Hirschbeck, Welke, Davidson, Joyce retire|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article134136944.html|accessdate=February 23, 2017|work=The News and Observer|agency=Associated Press|date=February 21, 2017}}</ref>

Hamari was the plate umpire when Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants threw his second career no-hitter on June 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tasch|first1=Justin|title=Noah Syndergaard ejected from Mets game after throwing behind Dodgers' Chase Utley|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/syndergaard-ejected-mets-game-throwing-behind-utley-article-1.2653415|accessdate=March 3, 2017|work=New York Daily News|date=May 29, 2016}}</ref> He was also behind the plate when Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees hit a walk-off single in his final career home game on September 25, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Derek Jeter hits game-winning single in last game at Yankee Stadium|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-derek-jeter-yankee-stadium-20140925-story.html|accessdate=March 3, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 25, 2014}}</ref>

Hamari was the third base umpire for Miami Marlins pitcher Edinson Vólquez's no-hitter against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 3, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.closecallsports.com/2017/06/2017-no-hitter-1-bill-miller-1-edinson.html|title = 2017 No-Hitter 1, Bill Miller (1; Edinson Volquez)}}</ref>

On May 28, 2016, Hamari ejected Noah Syndergaard of the New York Mets for throwing a fastball behind Dodgers second baseman Chase Utley. This pitch was viewed as retaliation for Utley's hard slide in the 2015 National League Division Series, which broke the leg of Mets infielder Ruben Tejada. Mets manager Terry Collins was also ejected after arguing in Syndergaard's defense. Crew chief Tom Hallion was wired for sound and many of the arguments were leaked to the media months afterward.

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==External links== *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phamaa901.htm Retrosheet profile]

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