Larry Vanover
| Larry Vanover | |
|---|---|
Vanover in 2023 | |
| Born: August 22, 1955 Owensboro, Kentucky, U.S. | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 25, 1991 | |
| Last appearance | |
| September 22, 2024 | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Special assignments |
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Larry Wayne Vanover (born August 22, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball umpire. Vanover worked in the National League from 1991 to 1999 and in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2024. Vanover has umpired two All Star Games (1999, 2013), and in the 2016 World Series. He was promoted to crew chief in 2015. Vanover wore sleeve number 28 during his National League tenure, then changed to 27 after his return to the MLB umpiring staff in 2002. Vanover was the oldest umpire in major league history at the time of his retirement.