Major League Baseball announced that four umpires – Adam Hamari, Pat Hoberg, Gabe Morales and Carlos Torres – have been named to the full-time Major League Umpiring staff.

Four longtime Major League Umpires – Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce and Tim Welke – have retired. Davidson, 64, was a 28-year Major League Umpire who began in the National League in 1983. Hirschbeck, 62, who worked more than 33 years in the Majors, was on the field for five World Series. Joyce, 61, was assigned to the Fall Classic three times. Welke called four World Series and the 5th missed due to injury.

Hamari, 33, has been an umpire in the Minor Leagues since 2006, in the Major League appeared in 2012 and he has 485 Major League regular season games to his credit as a call-up umpire.

Hoberg, 30, has been a professional umpire since 2009. His first Major League Spring Training was in 2014, and he has been on the field for 371 Major League games.

Morales, 32, has the same career as Hoberg, but officiated 420 Major League games.

Torres, 38, has been a professional umpire since 2009. His first Major League Spring Training was in 2015, and he has been a part of 179 regular season games as a call-up umpire.

With the retirements of Hirschbeck, Joyce and Welke, crew chief vacancies have been filled by longtime Major League Umpires Paul Emmel (17.5 Major League seasons), Mike Everitt (18 years) and Sam Holbrook (16.5 years).

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