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Joe West

American baseball umpire
Person Human Q12698725

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
October 31, 1952
Place of birth
Asheville
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
baseball umpire, songwriter
Employer
Major League Baseball[6]
Educated at
Junius H. Rose High School[7]
Award received
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame[8]
Official website
www.umpirejoewest.com[14]
Family name
West[11]
Given name
Joseph, Henry[12][13]
Sport
baseball[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Country Joe en Cowboy Joe en Joe West en Joseph Henry "Joe" West en Joseph Henry West fa جو وست ja ジョー・ウエスト (審判員) ko 조지프 헨리 웨스트 ko 조 웨스트 ru Джо Уэст zh 喬·威斯特 zh 喬·韋斯特
🔖 Identifiers · 17
VIAF cluster ID
6947162301494720270007
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2021065200
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Joe West 2011.jpg ↗
Discogs artist ID
7070857
Facebook username
Major-League-Umpires-468208169925060
Film.ru person ID
dzho-uest-0
Freebase ID
/m/08cgwf
HAND ID
C783-1A73-ECFC-A5E6-3666
IMDb ID
nm1236679
MusicBrainz artist ID
c6264194-251b-4057-92ae-2ca114b5f336
North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame ID
joe-west
Podchaser creator ID
107aDwBNuZ
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Prabook ID
1714133
Retrosheet person ID
westj901
TMDB person ID
4249589
The Baseball Cube player ID
189334
Trading Card Database name ID
30604

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Summary

Born in Asheville[1], he… he was born on October 31, 1952[2]. He worked as a baseball umpire[3] and songwriter[4].

Product Details

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  • Type: Person[15]

  • Country: US[16]

  • Began / founded: 1952-10-31[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c6264194-251b-4057-92ae-2ca114b5f336[18]

FAQs

Where was Joe West born?

Joe West was born in Asheville[1].

What did Joe West do for work?

Joe West worked as baseball umpire[3] and songwriter[4].

Where did Joe West go to school?

Joe West was educated at Junius H. Rose High School[7].

What awards did Joe West receive?

Honors received include North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · HanTsî · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Retrosheet person ID → westj901
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #55746"
  2. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Podchaser creator ID → 107aDwBNuZ
    Educated at → Junius H. Rose High School
    North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame ID → joe-west
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: HAND ID: C783-1A73-ECFC-A5E6-3666, batch #269218"
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