New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Ervin (Blackie) Jobe

Non-Player (Board Member)

Selected 1993

          Service to New Ulm baseball as a player, a long-time umpire, and a long-time worker on the board of directors are the credentials which prompted the nomination of Ervin (Black) Jobe to the New Ulm Baseball hall of Fame in the non-player category.

          Erwin's baseball career started as a player, and his playing career spanned stints with Lafayette and Hanska as well as in New Ulm with the Brewers, mostly as a third baseman or shortstop.

          Jobe played two full seasons with the Brewers in 1959 and 1960, before he retired and started his umpiring career. His Hanska team reached the state tournament when he played there in 1958.

          Jobe spent 23 years umpiring (1964-1986), and while most of it was in amateur baseball, but he also umpired high school and Legion games.

          Erwin served 15 years on the New Ulm Baseball Association (NUBA) board of directors, including four years as vice president. His NUBA term ran from 1973-1987, and during that time he was a representative or alternate for New Ulm for 12 years in the Ara Wilson league.

          In his umpiring career he worked five state amateur baseball tournaments and served as the umpire host for the 1990 state amateur tournament in New Ulm.

          Jobe still helps out at state and regional tournaments in New Ulm.