{{short description|American baseball umpire (born 1984)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Lance Barrett | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|03|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | image = Lance Barrett 2011.jpg | width = | caption = Barrett in 2011 | team = MLB | number = 16 | position = Umpire | debutleague = MLB | debutdate = October 1 | debutyear = 2010 | umpirecrew = O | crewchief = #72 Alfonso Márquez | crew2 = #16 Lance Barrett | crew3 = #83 Mike Estabrook | crew4 = #44 Malachi Moore | highlights = Special assignments *League Championship Series ({{nlcsy|2022}}) *Division Series ({{nldsy|2020}}, {{aldsy|2021}}, {{aldsy|2023}}, {{aldsy|2024}}) *Wild Card Games/Series (2019, 2020, 2022, 2025) *All-Star Games (2021) | hofdate = | hofvote = | hofmethod = }} '''Lance Cole Barrett''' (born October 3, 1984) is an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He wore number 94 but changed to 16 starting in the 2020 season. Barrett became a minor league umpire in 2003 and was hired to the MLB staff prior to the 2014 season.<ref name="MLB">{{cite web|title=Lance Barrett|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/umpires/camp/index.jsp?content=staff&type=instructor_bios&bio=barrett_lance|work=MLB.com|accessdate=May 18, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Imber |first=Gil |title=Confirmed: MLB Hires 7 New Umpires to Full-Time Staff |url=https://www.closecallsports.com/2014/01/mlb-hires-umpires-baker-blaser-rackley.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116071457/https://www.closecallsports.com/2014/01/mlb-hires-umpires-baker-blaser-rackley.html |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |accessdate=January 15, 2014 |work=Close Call Sports/Umpire Ejection Fantasy League}}</ref>
==Biography== Barrett went to Crowley High School in Crowley, Texas.<ref name="FWST">{{cite web |last1=Stevenson |first1=Stefan |date=March 10, 2014 |title=Umpire Lance Barrett got the call for his dream job |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article3849275.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426144014/https://www.star-telegram.com/sports/mlb/texas-rangers/article3849275.html |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |accessdate=April 25, 2016 |publisher=Fort Worth Star-Telegram}}</ref> He attended the Jim Evans Academy of Professional Umpiring immediately after high school.<ref name="MLB"/><ref>{{cite web |last=Malinowski |first=Erik |date=April 27, 2012 |title=Better Know An Umpire: Lance Barrett |url=http://deadspin.com/5904354/better-know-an-umpire-lance-barrett |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825192103/https://deadspin.com/better-know-an-umpire-lance-barrett-5904354 |archive-date=August 25, 2019 |accessdate=May 18, 2012 |work=Deadspin}}</ref> He entered the minor leagues in 2003 and made his MLB debut on October 1, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lance Barrett |url=https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbarrl901.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924144411/https://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B/Pbarrl901.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |accessdate=April 30, 2012 |publisher=Retrosheet}}</ref> Barrett's first career ejection came on April 16, 2012, when he threw out Chicago White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ejection 007: Lance Barrett (1) |url=https://www.closecallsports.com/2012/04/ejection-007-lance-barrett-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421033027/https://www.closecallsports.com/2012/04/ejection-007-lance-barrett-1.html |archive-date=April 21, 2012 |accessdate=April 30, 2012 |publisher=Close Call Sports}}</ref>
Barrett worked all four games on June 13–16, 2019, between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies in which both teams set a major league record for most runs in a four-game series (92). The previous record was 88, set in 1929.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casavell |first=A.J. |date=June 17, 2019 |title=9 facts about epic Padres-Rockies 92-run series |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/9-unforgettable-padres-rockies-moments |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617001117/https://www.mlb.com/news/9-unforgettable-padres-rockies-moments |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |website=MLB.com}}</ref>
Barrett worked his first career MLB postseason game in left field on October 2, 2019, serving in the 2019 American League Wild Card Game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Oakland Athletics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rays vs. Athletics - Game Summary - October 2, 2019 - ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/game?gameId=401169054 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002032313/https://www.espn.com/mlb/game?gameId=401169054 |archive-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref>
Barrett was the third base umpire for the Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners game on May 5, 2021, when John Means threw a no-hitter facing the minimum 27 batters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orioles 6, Mariners 0 (Final Score) on MLB Gameday |url=https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-mariners/2021/05/05/634220#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=634220 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230828021203/https://www.mlb.com/gameday/orioles-vs-mariners/2021/05/05/634220/final |archive-date=August 28, 2023 |website=MLB.com}}</ref>
Barrett was the second base umpire for the Atlanta Braves vs Philadelphia Phillies game on August 28, 2025, in which Kyle Schwarber hit four homeruns for the 21st time in MLB history.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kyle Schwarber has 21st 4-HR game in MLB, drives in Phillies-best 9 runs |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46099736/phillies-slugger-kyle-schwarber-hits-4-home-runs-1st-5-bats |website=ESPN}}</ref>
== See also == {{Portal|Biography|Baseball}} * List of Major League Baseball umpires (disambiguation)
==References== {{reflist|2}} {{Major League Baseball Umpires navbox|autocollapse=yes}}
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