Bruce Dreckman

Bruce Michael Dreckman (born August 7, 1970) is an umpire in Major League Baseball. He wears number 1.
Dreckman began his career in as a National League umpire, but has umpired in both Major Leagues since . Dreckman represented the MLB in the 2006 Japan All-Star Series, and worked the Miami round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.<ref name="MLB"/> He also was the first base umpire who, on May 13, 2010, called San Francisco Giants catcher Eli Whiteside safe on a bang-bang play at first base after Whiteside hit a line drive off the side of San Diego Padres pitcher Mat Latos. The hit would wind up being the only hit or walk Latos allowed in the game, as an error was committed by second baseman Lance Zawadzki but the error would not have happened because it occurred while trying to complete a double play, something that would have been impossible if Whiteside had been called out. The Padres are the only team in MLB history to have never thrown a no-hitter, let alone a perfect game. Replays, however, seem to indicate that Dreckman had made the correct call by calling Whiteside safe.
Dreckman lives in Marcus, Iowa with his wife and two children.<ref name="MLB"/>

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