John Bacon has 82 home-plate games in our MLB database. His games average 8.02 combined runs against a league average of 8.90 — the tables below break that down by season and show his most recent games. Umpire tendencies are one small input to our MLB totals model, never a betting rule on their own.
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| Season | Games | Avg total runs | Over 8.5 % | Home win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 8.89 | 55.6% | 77.8% |
| 2025 | 32 | 8.59 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024 | 23 | 7.09 | 26.1% | 52.2% |
| 2023 | 9 | 8.33 | 44.4% | 88.9% |
| 2022 | 9 | 7.22 | 55.6% | 55.6% |
| Date | Matchup | Score | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | Atlanta Braves @ New York Mets | 5–7 | 12 |
| May 24, 2026 | Seattle Mariners @ Kansas City Royals | 6–8 | 14 |
| May 20, 2026 | New York Mets @ Washington Nationals | 4–8 | 12 |
| May 09, 2026 | Colorado Rockies @ Philadelphia Phillies | 3–9 | 12 |
| May 05, 2026 | Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals | 3–5 | 8 |
| May 01, 2026 | San Francisco Giants @ Tampa Bay Rays | 0–3 | 3 |
| Apr 26, 2026 | Seattle Mariners @ St. Louis Cardinals | 3–2 | 5 |
| Apr 22, 2026 | Philadelphia Phillies @ Chicago Cubs | 2–7 | 9 |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Colorado Rockies @ Houston Astros | 3–2 | 5 |
| Sep 28, 2025 | Kansas City Royals @ Athletics | 4–2 | 6 |
Method: every number on this page is computed from the finished MLB games in our own model database (2022 onwards) where John Bacon was the recorded home-plate umpire. "Over 8.5 %" is the share of his games with 9+ combined runs; "Home win %" is how often the home team won with him behind the plate. Only umpires with at least 30 plate games get a page — smaller samples are noise. One honest caveat applies to everything here: even several seasons of plate games is a modest sample, and most deviation from the league average is variance, not a hidden edge.