Edwin Americus Rommel (September 13, 1897 - August 26, 1970) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics from 1920 to 1932 who went on to have a successful second career as a major league umpire.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he won twenty games twice, in 1922 and 1925. Towards the end of his career, he relied mostly on the knuckleball.
After retiring as a player, Rommel returned to the American League as an umpire in 1938, remaining on the league staff through the 1959 season. He worked in the World Series in 1943 and 1947, serving as crew chief the first time, and becoming the third person to appear in the Series both as a player and as an umpire. He also umpired in the All-Star Game six times: 1939, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1954 and 1958; he called balls and strikes in the 1943, '54 and '58 contests. Rommel was the second base umpire for the one-game playoff to decide the 1948 AL pennant.
Rommel died in Baltimore at age 72.
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