Joe LaBella

← All umpires (2026)

4
Games
667
Called Pitches
91.15%
Accuracy
65.96%
Consistency (141 shadow-zone)
+1.29
Favor (Home, runs)

Consistency is accuracy on "shadow zone" pitches only — the genuinely borderline calls near the edge of the zone. Favor is the net run-value impact (site's own pitch-level run-expectancy model) of this umpire's missed calls toward home teams across their games this season; positive favors the home team, negative favors visitors.

Accuracy trend (2026-07-05 – 2026-07-26)
92.61% 90.36%
Season Miss-Rate Heatmap

Miss rate by pitch location across every game this umpire worked in 2026, normalized to each batter's own strike zone (0 = bottom of their zone, 1 = top).

0/7 missed (0%) 8/21 missed (38%) 0/17 missed (0%) 7/24 missed (29%) 0/11 missed (0%) 0/18 missed (0%) 0/4 missed (0%) 2/12 missed (17%) 0/14 missed (0%) 0/9 missed (0%) 3/18 missed (17%) 3/18 missed (17%) 0/5 missed (0%) 2/12 missed (17%) 1/8 missed (12%) 0/5 missed (0%) 1/9 missed (11%) 0/17 missed (0%) 0/13 missed (0%) 0/22 missed (0%) 0/14 missed (0%) 1/14 missed (7%) 0/24 missed (0%) 2/15 missed (13%) 0/7 missed (0%) 0/15 missed (0%) 2/12 missed (17%) 0/7 missed (0%) 1/16 missed (6%) 0/9 missed (0%) 0/10 missed (0%) 4/8 missed (50%) 4/28 missed (14%) 0/16 missed (0%) 8/26 missed (31%) 0/12 missed (0%) 3/5 missed (60%) 2/10 missed (20%) 5/18 missed (28%) 0/14 missed (0%) 0/4 missed (0%) 0/10 missed (0%) 0/7 missed (0%) 0/7 missed (0%) 0/3 missed (0%) 0/4 missed (0%) 0/6 missed (0%) 0/6 missed (0%) 0/3 missed (0%) 0/12 missed (0%) 0/23 missed (0%) 0/9 missed (0%) 0/5 missed (0%) 0/2 missed (0%) 0/5 missed (0%) 0/10 missed (0%) 0/3 missed (0%)
Miss rate: 0% 100%
Game Log
Date Matchup Called Pitches Correct Accuracy% Missed Strikes Missed Balls Graced Consistency% Favor (Home) Zone Chart
2026-07-05 Bourne Braves @ Falmouth Commodores 153 139 90.85% 3 11 10 76.32% +0.88 View →
2026-07-12 Wareham Gatemen @ Bourne Braves 172 156 90.7% 0 16 12 54.84% +0.13 View →
2026-07-16 Brewster Whitecaps @ Hyannis Harbor Hawks 166 150 90.36% 1 15 7 64.1% +0.95 View →
2026-07-26 Orleans Firebirds @ Cotuit Kettleers 176 163 92.61% 0 13 7 66.67% -0.67 View →