# Bill Jackowski

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**William Anthony Jackowski** (September 27, 1914 – July 29, 1996) was an American professional [baseball](/source/Baseball) [umpire](/source/Umpire_(baseball)) who worked in the [National League](/source/National_League_(baseball)) from 1952 to 1968. Jackowski umpired 2,517 [major league](/source/Major_League_Baseball) games in his 17-year career. He umpired in three [World Series](/source/World_Series) ([1958](/source/1958_World_Series), [1960](/source/1960_World_Series) and [1966](/source/1966_World_Series)) and three [All-Star Games](/source/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game) ([1956](/source/1956_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game), [1959](/source/1959_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game_(second_game)) and [1963](/source/1963_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game)).[1]

## Notable games

Jackowski worked in six [no-hitters](/source/No-hitter) during his career and was the home plate umpire for two: [Lew Burdette](/source/Lew_Burdette)'s on August 18, 1960 [2] and [Ray Washburn](/source/Ray_Washburn)'s on September 18, 1968.[3] He also officiated in the last two of [Sandy Koufax](/source/Sandy_Koufax)'s four no-hitters, as the first base umpire in Koufax's third no-hitter on June 4, 1964, and the second base umpire in [Koufax's perfect game](/source/Sandy_Koufax's_perfect_game) on September 9, 1965.

Jackowski was on the field for the June 30, 1959 St. Louis-Chicago game involving a strange putout of [Stan Musial](/source/Stan_Musial) after two baseballs ended up in play at the same time,[4][5] and was the home plate umpire for one of the most famous games in baseball history—the seventh game of the [1960 World Series](/source/1960_World_Series) on October 13, 1960, which was won 10–9 by the [Pittsburgh Pirates](/source/Pittsburgh_Pirates) over the [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) on [Bill Mazeroski](/source/Bill_Mazeroski)'s [walk-off home run](/source/Bill_Mazeroski's_1960_World_Series_home_run).

## See also

- [List of Major League Baseball umpires (disambiguation)](/source/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_umpires_(disambiguation))

## References

1. ["Bill Jackowski"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/J/Pjackb901.htm). *www.retrosheet.org*

1. ["Retrosheet Boxscore: Milwaukee Braves 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1960/B08180MLN1960.htm). *www.retrosheet.org*

1. ["Retrosheet Boxscore: St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Francisco Giants 0"](https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1968/B09180SFN1968.htm). *www.retrosheet.org*

1. ["Musial is First in History Put Out by 2 Baseballs!"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tTtSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_3YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4634,283918&dq=two+balls+in+play&hl=en). *St. Petersburg Times*. July 1, 1959. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

1. ["Retrosheet: St. Louis Cardinals 4, Chicago Cubs 1"](http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1959/B06300CHN1959.htm). July 1, 1959. Retrieved July 5, 2012.

## External links

- [The Sporting News umpire card](http://retrosheet.org/TSNUmpireCards/Jackowski-William.jpg)

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