Providing formal, supervised training for students to qualify for umpire positions in professional, college, high school, independent professional, and youth baseball.

Why Choose Wendelstedt?

Whats New:

Three MLB Instructors Added to the Wendelstedt Staff

We are pleased to announce that Ron Kulpa and Doug Eddings are both returning to the Wendelstedt Staff after a short hiatus. In addition, Bob Davidson has also joined the staff. This increases the number of MLB umpires to 14. In combination with the 17 Minor League umpires on our staff, you will receive instruction from the most experienced umpire staff available. You can join us for the 2012 Pro School by Clicking Here.

In the News and Around the Bases:

Today Show Visits the Wendelstedt Umpire School

Jenna Wolfe and the Today Show staff recently made a visit to the Wendelstedt Umpire School, where Jenna learned some of the ropes of making in in professional baseball. CLICK HERE to see the brief training Jenna endured.

Recent Events:

ChiTown Classic A Huge Success

Chicago area umpires were recently treated to a terrific clinic. Wendelstedt instructors covered several areas of the rulebook, as well as comprehensive field and cage instruction. We are pleased to announce that 10 scholarship grants for our five-week professional course were awarded during this event. Be a part of our next scheduled clinic where we will be handing out scholarships by enrolling with the SoCal Umpire Classic.

(1) We prepare you for professional jobs! We have placed more students in professional baseball than any other program, and more of our students have reached the Major Leagues than all other programs in history, combined!

(2) Harry Wendelstedt has trained more Major League Umpires than all of the other umpire instructors. More than 200 former students worked the 1989 through 2011 World Series, Major League Playoffs, and the All Star Games.
We are happy to report that 8 of our 15 CURRENT MINOR LEAGUE STAFF MEMBERS were selected to work Major League games this year. The most recent umpire to be hired at the Major League level was staff member, Dan Bellino! No other program can show you the ultimate success rate of students reaching the Major Leagues that we can provide!

(3) At our school, you will be trained by the top umpires in baseball. Major League umpiring greats like Dana DeMuth, Jerry Layne, Bob Davidson, Doug Eddings, Ron Kulpa, Sam Holbrook, Paul Nauert, Brian Runge, Greg Gibson, Hunter Wendelstedt, Larry Vanover, and Eddie Hickox join Harry in compiling the most experienced Major League staff ever. Because your first few years will be in the Minor Leagues, we are also staffed with many umpires from every level of Minor League baseball. This school guarantees a wide realm of training from all experience levels.

(4) We have an excellent umpire training staff in the world! 31 instructors, 14 Major League umpires. No other school can boast staff numbers that has reached the top levels of professional baseball. CLICK HERE to see our staff!

(5) We are the #1 attended professional umpire school in the United States and we're proud of our record. Perhaps you will be another of our Big League products. Join us today! Enroll Now.

When Major League Umpires send their close one’s to an umpire school for the best instruction, they send them our way.
Some examples include:

Tim Welke
Ed Montegue
Larry Young
Terry Tata
John and Mark Hirschbeck
Gary Cederstrom
Frank Pulli
Ed, Paul, and Brian Runge

Ed Rapuano
Jeff Kellogg
Mike Reilly
Richie Garcia
Tom and Brian Gorman
Drew Coble
Marvin Hudson
Shag and Jerry Crawford

Current Major League Supervisors Charlie Reliford, Randy Marsh, Chuck Merriwether, Cris Jones and Rich Reiker were all long-time instructors with the Wendelstedt School before their promotions as supervisors, and will be the people that determine your placement into the Major Leagues

When they want their friends and family to receive the best instruction available, they send them to one place . . . The Harry Wendelstedt School for Umpires!

Experienced. . .
Our staff includes some of the most experienced MLB umpires in baseball. Our owner served 34 years in the Major Leagues, worked 5 World Series, 5 All-Star Games, and is a Nominee for the Baseball Hall of Fame. After retiring from baseball, he was hired as a MLB umpire supervisor. He has been training and educating both amateur and professional umpires over 50 years!

Recognized. . .
We have trained umpires from all over the world, and the countries on that list continues to grow. The first name in umpire education is Wendelstedt, and that is due to our record of developing successful umpires.

Sought After. . .
When the best of the best in the Major Leagues send close ones to umpire school, they send them to us.

Successful. . .
Our students routinely reach higher placements in professional baseball, and the number of former students receiving full-time Major League positions blow our competition away! Many schools have formed and dissolved in our school's history, and we credit this to our staff, our instructional methods, and, mostly, our success!

Some MLB Umpires Trained Through the Wendelstedt School

Jerry Crawford. . . Larry Poncino. . . Steve Fields . . . Greg Kosc. . . Ed Hickox. . . Jim Quick . . . Jerry Layne Fred Brocklander. . . Don Denkinger . . . Laz Diaz. . . Ed Sudol. . .William Williams . . . Dana DeMuth. . .Larry McCoy. . . Larry Barnett . . . John Kibler . . . Chris Pelekoudas . . . Mark Hirschbeck . . . Davey Phillips . . .Russ Goetz. . . Dick Stello . . . Harry Wendelstedt . . . Charlie Reliford. . . Lou DiMuro . . . Bill Deegan. . . Andy Olson . . . Nick Colosi . . . Jeff Kellogg . . . Marty Springstead. . . Ron Luciano. . . John McSherry . . . Bruce Froemming . . . Rich Rieker . . . Joe Brinkman. . . Bill McKinley. . . Dutch Rennert. . . David Davidson. . . Brian Gorman . . . Ken Kaiser . . . James Odom. . . Mel Steiner. . . Frank Pulli . . . Kerwin Danley . . . George Anthony . . . Henry Morgenweck. . . Stan Landis . . . Terry Tata . . . Larry Vanover. . . Larry Knapp. . . John Rice. . . Hal Dixon. . . Tony Venzon . . . Ed Rapuano . . . Frank Tabucchi. . . Jake O'Donnell. . . Frank Walsh . . . Frank Dezelan . . . Mark Barron . . .Cal Drummond . . . Bill Kinnamon. . . Augie Donatelli. . . Dick Tremblay . . . William Valentine . . . Alex Salerno. . . Bill Miller. . . Randy Marsh. . . Gugie Guglielmo. . . Sam Carrigan. . . Harry Swartz . . . Terry Luhr. . . Sam Holbrook . . . Grover Froese . . . Dan Morrison . . . Greg Gibson . . . Hunter Wendelstedt . . . Ted Hendry . . . Tim Welke . . . Gerry Davis . . . Ron Kulpa . . . Fred Spenn. . . John Hirschbeck . . . Phil Cuzzi . . . Al Forman . . . Nick Avants. . . Mark Johnson . . . Pat Connors . . . Scott Potter. . . Rick Reed . . . Tom Owen . . . Andy Fletcher . . . Paul Nauert . . . Ray DiMuro . . . Chuck Merriwether . . . Brian Runge. . . Paul Schrieber . . . Mike Everitt. . . Doug Eddings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The next one could be you!

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