Umpire Grade · Blue Notes
Chad Whitson
17 games graded behind the plate.
Season Grade
94.0% avg
Avg Swing
runs / game
ABS Overturns
40/69 calls
Best game 97.3% · worst 88.4%. Grade is accuracy on taken pitches vs the rulebook zone; ABS is the Automated Ball-Strike System challenge record (how often the robots overruled him).
The games
| Game | Grade | Favor | ABS | Blue Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE @ MIA2026-07-11 | B+ | 0.5 CLE | 2/4 | The zone had wings tonight. |
| LAA @ TEX2026-07-07 | A- | 0.8 TEX | 3/5 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| HOU @ TOR2026-06-24 | B | 0.0 TOR | 2/5 | Corner-to-corner and then some. |
| NYM @ PHI2026-06-20 | A- | 0.5 NYM | 3/3 | Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks. |
| KC @ WSH2026-06-15 | D | 0.8 KC | 1/4 | Pitchers earned every strike the hard way. |
| ATL @ CWS2026-06-10 | A+ | 0.4 ATL | 2/2 | Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines. |
| NYM @ SD2026-06-05 | A | 0.6 NYM | 0/1 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| HOU @ CHC2026-05-23 | A- | 0.2 CHC | 4/7 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| SF @ AZ2026-05-18 | A | 0.1 SF | 1/1 | You could set a watch by that zone. |
| STL @ ATH2026-05-13 | A- | 0.0 STL | 2/3 | Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone. |
| ATL @ COL2026-05-02 | A | 0.4 COL | 3/4 | Called a fair game and let the players decide it. |
| WSH @ NYM2026-04-28 | B- | 0.9 WSH | 0/3 | You had to throw it down Broadway to get the call. |
| TOR @ LAA2026-04-22 | D | 1.2 TOR | 3/6 | Tonight's zone had a rooting interest. |
| CWS @ ATH2026-04-18 | B | 1.4 CWS | 3/7 | Somebody's pitching staff sent a thank-you note. |
| SEA @ SD2026-04-14 | A | 0.0 SEA | 1/3 | Called it the way the rulebook drew it up. |
| CHC @ TB2026-04-08 | A | 0.5 TB | 3/4 | The kind of night where the umpire is the least of the story. |
| NYY @ SF2026-03-28 | A | 0.0 NYY | 7/7 | This one went to video review more than most. |