Background
Hendry, Ted was born on August 31, 1940 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States.
baseball player Baseball umpire
Hendry, Ted was born on August 31, 1940 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States.
Student, Al Somers School. Student, Oregon State University, Portland.
Hendry umpired 2,906 major league games in his 23-year career. He umpired in the 1990 World Series, two All-Star Games (1983 and 1995), four American League Championship Series (1985, 1988, 1993 and 1998), and the 1996 American League Division Series. Hendry was also the home plate umpire of Bret Saberhagen"s no hitter in 1991.
During the umpires" strike in 1979, Hendry was one of only two regular umpires (the other being Paul Pryor) to begin the season not on strike.
Hendry and Pryor had already signed contracts before the strike began and both umpires joined the strike after giving the MLB the required ten days of notice that they were stepping down as well. The labor dispute was eventually settled in May of the same year.
With United States Army.