MLB umpire Angel Hernandez has retired after over three decades of officiating the big leagues.

The umpire famous for blown calls and questionable ejections announced his retirement on Monday after spending two weeks negotiating with MLB on a financial settlement. The retirement became official on Tuesday.

“Starting with my first Major League game in 1991, I have had the very good experience of living out my childhood dream of umpiring in the Major Leagues,” Hernandez said in a statement. “There is nothing better than working at a profession that you enjoy.”

In 1998, Hernandez called Braves outfielder Michael Tucker safe at home plate to ice the game against the Mets — except Tucker never appeared to touch the plate. This resulted in a classic interaction in which Hall of Fame Mets catcher Mike Piazza blew up on the umpire.

In 2013, Athletics utility player Adam Rosales hit a would-be game-tying solo home run to left field, hitting the railing above the yellow line marking the home run boundary, but Hernandez called it a double on the field. Despite A’s manager Bob Melvin’s request for a replay review, Hernandez stood pat on his decision. The next day, MLB admitted this was an “incorrect call.”

In Game 3 of the 2018 American League Division Series, Hernandez had three calls overturned within the first four innings, and a fourth call was challenged but upheld.

In 2022, after an apparent ball was called a strike, Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber slammed his bat and his helmet before going ballistic on Hernandez. The next year, Schwarber’s teammate was ejected for arguing over a blatant missed call, resulting in another blowup on the umpire.

Hernandez sued MLB for racial discrimination in 2017 after failing to be assigned to a World Series since 2005 and saying he had been passed over for crew chief. He served as an interim crew chief from 2011 to 2016.

A native of Cuba, Hernandez blamed discrimination for his lack of promotion, but his lawsuit was rejected in 2021 by a U.S. district judge and in 2023 by a federal appeals court.

Hernandez “failed to establish a statistically significant disparity between the promotion rates of white and minority umpires,” according to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’s decision.

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“MLB has provided persuasive expert evidence demonstrating that, during the years at issue, the difference in crew chief promotion rates between white and minority umpires was not statistically significant,” the ruling continued. “Hernandez offers no explanation as to why MLB’s statistical evidence is unreliable.”

The Washington Examiner reached out to MLB and the MLB Umpires Association for comment.