Caller of balls and strikes
The crossword clue "Caller of balls and strikes" is answered by UMP, a 3-letter entry. Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
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3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the UMP answer page.
Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2006. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- HOMEPLATEUMPIRE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for UMP
Every other clue in this collection answered by UMP, most used first.
- Strike caller - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
- Ref - used 48 times, most recently in 2026
- Ballpark figure - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
- Diamond arbiter - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball official - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball official, for short - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball ref - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Baseball arbiter - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
- Diamond authority - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
- Ballpark official - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Game caller - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Tennis official - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
- Diamond expert? - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Diamond official - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Diamond worker - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Authority on diamonds? - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- Ball caller - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Diamond head - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Diamond judge - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Diamond man - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
- One working at home - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Plate cleaner - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Ref's counterpart - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Official behind a catcher - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Ref's cousin - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Baseball arbiter, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Diamond figure - used 6 times, most recently in 2004
- Foul ball caller - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Strike caller, for short - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
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