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Umpire is a fictional character portrayed by Hank Robinson in the TV series Quantum Leap.
In the first episode they appeared in, titled Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956 (season 1), they were 65 years old.
They appear in 3 episodes out of a total of 97 aired

Umpire

by Hank Robinson

character

Episodes3

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    Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956

    episode S1.E1 march 1989
    Although the Project Quantum Leap isn't ready yet, Sam Beckett doesn't listen to supercomputer Ziggy, hops into the Accelerator and leaps. As Tom Stratton, an Air Force test pilot about to attempt a dangerous flight. Sam finds his memory Swiss cheesed, with only enough left to know that he is not where or when he belongs. According to Sam's friend and partner Al, who appears to him as a hologram nobody else can see, Al explains that the Project has gone awry and in order to leap out of the pilot's body, Sam must successfully fly the X-2 to Mach 3, which according to historical records, ended in a fatal crash.
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    Genesis: Part 2 - September 13, 1956

    episode S1.E2 march 1989
    As Tom Stratton, Sam comforts his (Tom's) wife and prevents her from having a premature birth. This is what he was sent to do, allowing him to leap home (he hopes). But instead of leaping home, he leaps into Tim Fox, a minor league baseball player in Texas at the end of the 1968 season, in the middle of a game, where he must make the winning play in order to leap further. Aided by errors, Tim Fox, after a dropped third strike on a wild pitch, rounds the bases for the winning score, and Sam leaps into Dr. Gerald Bryant as a college professor in the middle of a class.
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    Play Ball - August 6, 1961

    episode S4.E2 september 1991
    Sam is a minor league baseball pitcher who has plenty of female admirers and a porcine team mascot to watch out for.