Personal
Hirschbeck started his umpiring career as a part-time Little League umpire in high school. He is a 1976 graduate of Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, Connecticut, where he played baseball.
John's brother Mark Hirschbeck served as an umpire from 1988 to 2003, with the pair becoming the first brothers to become major league umpires.
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