Pat Hoberg calls a Perfect Game in his World Series debut!

The Moonlight Graham Show

There isn’t a more perfect way to kick off this season of the podcast than with a perfect game. Most of us probably think about the pitcher when we hear ‘perfect game,’ but on the Moonlight Graham Show, we are looking for someone behind the scenes. Two-time Moonlighter Pat Hoberg is working his first World Series, and we didn’t want to miss a pitch. And as it turns out, neither did he.

Pat Hoberg has made a name for himself as one of the top umpires in the league. According to Umpire Scorecard (@UmpScorecards), a Twitter account with over 300,000 followers that rates every behind-the-plate performance all season long, Hoberg called a perfect game in Game 2 of the 2022 World Series. There were 129 called pitches, and he got every single one correct. Throughout the season, Umpire Scorecard has Hoberg as the most accurate umpire in the league, and Game 2 was the best-called game of the season. This was the first perfect game tracked by Umpire Scorecard, which includes thousands of games dating back to 2015.

In the days since the game, the win by the Astros has become overshadowed by Hoberg’s perfect game. The next few games of the World Series will have the nation’s attention, but our eyes will be watching the K Zone and Umpire Scorecard to see if anyone can measure up to Moonlighter Pat Hoberg.