Greg attaway

“Greg Attaway Makes Professional Baseball Umpire History with The Pecos League of Professional Baseball”

At 7:05 pm on the night of June 23, 2016, at Kino Stadium in Tucson, AZ, when home plate umpire John Sands said, “PLAY BALL”, The Pecos League of Professional Baseball became a part of professional baseball history when base umpire Greg Attaway became the oldest “Rookie” Professional Baseball Umpire in history at age 64, 6 months and 7 days, replacing MLB’s Emmett Ashford who debuted at age 37 in a minor league game.

Attaway’s break came when the Pecos League was looking for “qualified” umpires to fill in for the remainder of the 2016 season, which Attaway did. In fact, in his second season, Attaway was called to work the 2017 Pecos League Championship Series in Roswell, New Mexico, solidifying his position with the Pecos League as one of the best.

In 2017, Greg Attaway will enter his 3rd season with the Pecos League of Professional Baseball which leads to a very interesting side note: if Attaway retires from umpiring professional baseball after age 68, 2 months and 1 day, (or 1 more season) he would then also hold the title of Oldest Professional Baseball Umpire, surpassing Hank O’Day by one (1) day. Attaway shows no signs of slowing down, so another historical mark may be in the making, and again The Pecos League of Professional Baseball will have a hand in history.

Greg Attaway was born and raised in National City (San Diego County), California, and umpired his first certified baseball game at age 9 for the National City American Little League when no adult would.

Attaway is also a certified California and Arizona high school official who umpired a 2015 California D-2 Final at San Manuel Stadium, San Bernardino, CA, and numerous AIA (Arizona) State playoff games.

In addition to umpiring, Attaway has an impressive resume as an Actor in both California and Arizona, having appeared in a Sam Mendez movie filmed in Phoenix as well as movies from Friars Lantern Entertainment and Dream more than Sleep Productions and commercials. Attaway also appeared on the GSN TV show “Snap Decision” (episode 13 season 1 “cellular mishap” Aired Sep 18, 2017 at 19:30) as a “field performer” where, thanks to a contestant guessing Attaway’s response, won $10,000.

Attaway was also featured in a 2016 article of “Referee Magazine” titled “Field of My Dreams”.

Submitted by, Catch Burke Historian This story was verified by interviews, WikipediA and other articles/sources.

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