| Artie Gore | |
| Birth Name: | Arthur Joseph Gore |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1907 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Wolfeboro, New Hampshire |
| Employer: | National League |
| Occupation: | Umpire |
| Years Active: | 1947–1956 |
Arthur Joseph Gore (November 13, 1907 – September 29, 1986) was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1947 to 1956. Gore umpired 1,464 major league games in his 10-year career. He umpired in two World Series and two All-Star Games. Gore played minor league baseball in and as a shortstop.[1]
From 1927 to 1929, Gore played for the combined Chatham-Harwich team in the Cape Cod Baseball League.[2] He returned to the Cape League in 1934 to play for Barnstable, where he was a crowd favorite, known for his "chatter, pepper, and flashy fielding."[3] [4] [5]
Before being promoted to the major leagues in 1947, Gore umpired in the Canadian-American League in 1937 and 1938, in the Eastern League from 1939 to 1942, and in the International League from 1942 to 1946.[6] He umpired in the 1951 and 1953 World Series and two All-Star Games (1949 and 1956).[7]
In December 1956, NL president Warren Giles released Gore from the league to make room for younger umpires Ken Burkhart and Tony Venzon.[6]
Gore moved to New Hampshire in his later years. He died there after a brief illness in September 1986. He was 78.[8]
