William Jeremiah "Lord" Byron (September 18, 1872 - December 27, 1955) was a Major League Baseball

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 umpire

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Byron began umpiring in the Michigan State League

Michigan State League

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 in . He would then work in the South Atlantic League

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 from to . From to , Byron umpired games for the Virginia League

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, Eastern League

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, Southern League

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, and the International League

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Byron made his major league umpiring debut on April 10, for the National League

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. He would work in the NL from until , umpirng 1,012 games and the 1914 World Series

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 with Bill Dinneen

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, Bill Klem

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, and George Hildebrand

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He returned to the Minor Leagues

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 with the Pacific Coast League

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from to , and then retired from umpiring. In his career, Byron was known as the "Singing Umpire", because he would occasionally sing his calls.