Lou Jorda

Louis Delarond Jorda (May 22, 1893 – May 27, 1964) was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1927 to 1931 and again from 1940 to 1952.

Jorda began his baseball career in 1913 as a catcher for the Gadsden Steel Makers of the Georgia–Alabama League.

[1] In 1919, Jorda started his umpiring career in the Cotton States League.

[2] After his umpiring career, he was a partner in a beer distributorship with retired colleague Beans Reardon in southern California.

Jorda was one of the umpires featured in Norman Rockwell's famous painting Bottom of the Sixth, along with Reardon and Larry Goetz.