Albert Lewis Orth (September 5, 1872 – October 8, 1948) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.
He later served as a major league umpire and college baseball coach.
After knee injuries and a sore arm ended his career,[1] he managed for Lynchburg in the Virginia League.
[7] He was the umpire on May 2, 1917, when Fred Toney and Hippo Vaughn each pitched 9 innings of no-hit baseball, the only time in regulation when neither team got a hit.
He later coached at Washington and Lee University as well as the Virginia Military Institute.
On August 20, 1901, Orth had the distinction of playing and umpiring in the same game, when manager Bill Shettsline sent him in as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning.
[10] Orth died at age 76 at his Lynchburg, Virginia, home on October 8, 1948.