Nicknamed "Balkin' Bob" and "Balk-a-Day Bob" for his tendency to liberally invoke baseball's balk rule, Davidson was an umpire on the National League (NL) staff from 1982 to 1999, and he was on the combined MLB umpiring staff from 2005 to 2016.

MLB veteran umpire Bob Davidson is retiring after a 28-year Major League career spanning over 3900 games, according to Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim press notes.

Davidson worked as an umpire with Major League Baseball. Bob umpired his first major league game on May 31, 1982, and his final game on October 2, 2016. Every game Bob Davidson umpired appears below, along with biographical information, and ejection data - where applicable.

Despite having the nickname “Balkin” Bob Davidson, the newly retired umpire has quite the list of accomplishments in his 30 years with the MLB. With three All-Star games, three League...

Feb 21, 2017 · Four longtime Major League Umpires - Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce and Tim Welke - have retired. Davidson, 64, was a 28-year Major League Umpire who began in the National League in 1983 and served as the second …

Nicknamed "Balkin' Bob" and "Balk-a-Day Bob" for his tendency to liberally invoke baseball's balk rule, Davidson was an umpire on the National League (NL) staff from 1982 to 1999, and he was on the combined MLB umpiring staff from 2005 to 2016.

May 5, 2019 · Davidson made his Major League Baseball umpiring debut on May 31, 1982. Davidson will be one of six inductees into the DECC Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony May 16 at the DECC's...

Nicknamed "Balkin' Bob" and "Balk-a-Day Bob" for his tendency to liberally invoke baseball's balk rule, Davidson was an umpire on the National League (NL) staff from 1982 to 1999, and he was on the combined MLB umpiring staff from 2005 to 2016.

Bob Davidson played college baseball at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD). He was a National League umpire from 1982 to 1999. He was one of several umpires who put in their retirement as part of a failed negotiation ploy, not expecting their offer to be accepted.

Davidson is a Major League Baseball umpire. He has a history of calling balks on pitchers as if he were paid by the balk, hence the name "Balkin' Bob Davidson." For the longest time, he was probably hated everywhere he went within the game.