Thomas Zacharias (baseball)

Thomas Zacharias (July 17, 1863 - March 30, 1892) was a professional baseball umpire.
Career.
Zacharias umpired 52 National League games in , 35 of them as the home plate umpire. Zacharias resigned in late June 1890, stating that he "would rather work in an iron-mill than umpire". A few days before his resignation, loud protests from fans ensued after a call he made at a Philadelphia-Boston game.
He died on March 30, 1892, in Homestead, Pennsylvania after he was run over and killed by a freight train.