Longtime MLB umpire Don Denkinger dead at 86

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Don Denkinger, who worked as a Major League umpire for nearly 30 years, died Friday at the age of 86. 

Denise Hanson, one of Denkinger’s three daughters, said he died at Cedar Valley Hospice in Waterloo, Iowa. 

Umpire Don Denkinger watches the action during an MLB game June 24, 1995. Denkinger was an American League umpire from 1968-1998.  (Rich Pilling/MLB via Getty Images)

"Today MLB remembers longtime American League Umpire Don Denkinger, who passed away at 86," MLB Communications posted to Twitter Friday. "The genial Denkinger was on the field from 1969-1998 and worked four World Series, the last of which included plate duties for the epic Morris-Smoltz Game 7 in 1991. Rest in Peace, Don."

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While Denkinger worked four World Series, he is unfortunately known for a call he got wrong in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series. 

In the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 6 between the Kansas City Royals and the St. Louis Cardinals, Denkinger called Royals pinch hitter Jorge Orta safe at first after a slow bouncer to the first base side. 

The replay showed Orta to be clearly out. 

The St. Louis Cardinals' Todd Worrell (38) is upset with umpire Don Denkinger (11) after he called a Kansas City Royals runner safe at first base in Game 6 of the World Series in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 26, 1985.  (Richard Mackson /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

With the Cardinals up 1-0, the Royals rallied after the missed call, eventually winning on a walk-off two-run single by Dane Iorg. 

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The win by Kansas City