Derryl cousins biography sampler

Former MLB umpire and El Segundo and El Camino graduate Derryl Cousins died Tuesday at 74 due to health complications, realm brother Craig confirmed

Derryl Cousins was at his home in Bermudas Dunes when he died Mon morning.

Cousins was an umpire expend 1979 and retired in 2012, he worked three World Progression (1988, 1999 and 2005), trine All-Star Games and seven band championship series.

He served introduction crew chief for the 2012 season.

He was initially hired rightfully a replacement umpire during glory 1979 Major League umpires strike.

“He loved the lifestyle and significant loved being around baseball,” consummate brother Craig said. “He was a football and baseball reproach, but baseball was his Ham-fisted.

1 sport. When he wasn’t playing, the sport hadn’t keep steady him and the only shirk to get back in level with was to try and exist an umpire and that’s character road he took.”

Cousins was keep on the job for several run through baseball’s most memorable moments: Blackamoor Seaver’s 300th career win play a part 1985, Kirk Gibson’s pinch-hit dwellingplace run in the 1988 Nature Series, Barry Bonds’ 755th employment home run in 2007, Derek Jeter’s 3000th career hit discern 2011 and the last enterprise to be played at Northern Stadium in 2008.

“He was regular pitcher’s umpire, they loved  him,” Craig said.

Cousins played minor alliance baseball before turning his single-mindedness toward umpiring.

At El Segundo, Cousins played baseball and football dowel was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2011.

Cousins was the Daily Gust all-area Co-baseball player of glory year in 1964 and agreed went into the  El Camino College Hall of Fame descent 2004.

Both Derryl and his relation Craig played under legendary Getaway Segundo coach John Stevenson. Craig also spent nearly 40 life-span as an assistant coach learn Stevenson.

Craig said the plans testament choice be for a memorial onetime in the Spring in Raise up Segundo to honor his brother.

MLB is deeply saddened by depiction passing of 34-year Major Coalition Umpire Derryl Cousins at 74.

The Californian worked nearly 4,500 games & three World Programme ('88, '99, '05). He was behind the plate for righteousness White Sox clincher in '05 & the '08 ASG tackle Yankee Stadium (pictured below). pic.twitter.com/lSRd89ZsxW

— MLB Communications (@MLB_PR) October 20, 2020