Umpire Grade · Blue Notes

Mark Ripperger

20 games graded behind the plate.

Season Grade

94.7% avg

Avg Swing

runs / game

ABS Overturns

36/83 calls

Best game 98.2% · worst 91.5%. 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
SF @ SEA2026-07-17	A-	1.0 SEA	2/5	An honest evening's grade: nothing loud, nothing missed by much.
HOU @ WSH2026-07-08	A	0.7 HOU	1/3	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
STL @ CHC2026-07-04	B	0.4 STL	1/3	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
CIN @ MIL2026-06-30	A	0.1 MIL	3/4	The zone kept its promises.
COL @ MIN2026-06-26	B-	0.4 COL	2/5	Pitchers earned every strike the hard way.
LAA @ ATH2026-06-21	A	0.4 ATH	3/6	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
TB @ LAD2026-06-17	B	0.0 LAD	2/6	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
KC @ MIN2026-06-06	A	0.3 KC	4/7	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
DET @ TB2026-06-02	B+	1.0 DET	3/5	Nothing that'll trend, and on this beat that's a compliment.
SD @ WSH2026-05-29	B	1.0 SD	1/3	Tonight's zone had a rooting interest.
CHC @ PIT2026-05-25	A	0.2 PIT	0/2	Down the middle. Both dugouts had the same zone.
PHI @ BOS2026-05-14	A+	0.3 PHI	0/3	You could set a watch by that zone.
SEA @ CWS2026-05-09	A	0.9 SEA	0/2	Solid and unspectacular — exactly what the job asks.
LAD @ HOU2026-05-04	A+	0.4 HOU	2/3	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
CHC @ SD2026-04-29	A	0.3 SD	4/6	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
MIA @ SF2026-04-25	B	0.5 SF	2/5	Corner-to-corner and then some.
PIT @ TEX2026-04-21	A-	0.6 TEX	1/2	Reliable as a Tuesday: no complaints, no headlines.
NYY @ TB2026-04-10	A	0.4 NYY	1/5	Called a fair game and let the players decide it.
CHC @ CLE2026-04-05	B	0.5 CHC	3/6	The black wasn't in play tonight.
ATH @ ATL2026-03-31	B-	0.0 ATL	1/2	The black wasn't in play tonight.