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Jim Joyce

Biography

Jim Joyce

Jim Joyce has been an umpire in the major leagues for more than 20 years.

Jim Joyce

Books by Jim Joyce

Nobody's Perfect: Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History
Armando Galarraga and Jim Joyce with Daniel Paisner - Nonfiction, Sports

The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. No hits, no walks, no men reaching base. In more than 130 years of Major League Baseball, it has only happened 20 times. On June 2, 2010, Armando Galarraga threw baseball’s 21st perfect game. Except that’s not how it entered the record books.