The Toronto Blue Jays weren’t the only ones having a terrible day on the field during Game 2 of the ALCS . Article content
It turns out that home-plate umpire Doug Eddings had a near-historically bad outing as well. Article content Article content
According to pitch-tracking data used by the Hawk-Eye tracking system, Eddings’ accuracy on calling balls and strikes during Monday evening’s game at Rogers Centre was the worst in an MLB playoff game since 2016 and was the third worst of any game called this year.
As posted by Reddit user rockpilemike , Eddings was correct on just 86.63% of his calls, going 162/187.
The previous playoff games with an accuracy percentage that low came in 2016, with Laz Diaz at 85.25% and Brian Gorman at 86.05%.
Only Adrian Johnson and Jen Pawol had ca