Bill Klem

Bill Klem
Klem in 1914
Born	(1874-02-22)February 22, 1874 Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died	September 16, 1951(1951-09-16) (aged 77) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	National League Umpire
Years active	1905–1941
Spouse	Marie Kranz ​ (m. 1910)​
Baseball player Baseball career
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1953
Election method	Veterans Committee

William Joseph Klem (born Klimm; February 22, 1874 – September 16, 1951), known as "the Old Arbitrator", was an American baseball umpire who worked in Major League Baseball from 1905 to 1941, spending his entire career in the National League (NL).^[1] He worked 18 World Series, which is a major league record. Klem was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953.