John William "Ziggy" Sears (January 10, 1892 – December 16, 1956) was a professional baseball umpire who worked in the National League from 1934 to 1945.
Sears had 11 runs batted in during a single game with Fort Worth, which set a modern baseball record, broken on September 16, 1924 by Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals.
He was initially assigned to partner with Harry Kane, who had ejected Sears as a player more often than all other Texas League umpires combined.
[5] In addition to his service as a baseball umpire, Sears officiated college football and basketball for the Southwest Conference.
[3] In a 1951 Texas League exhibition game between Milwaukee and Dallas, Sears was struck in the eye by a thrown ball.
He asserted that the club allowed the game to continue in rainy conditions and that the team did not provide medical care once he was injured.
[6] Sears lived in Houston, Texas for the last several years of his life, and he worked as a scout for the Pittsburgh Pirates.