List of Baltimore Orioles broadcasters
Television[]
Year | Channel | Play-by-play #1 | Play-by-play #2 | Play-by-play #3 | Color commentators | Studio hosts | Telecasts |
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1954 | WMAR-TV/WAAM | Ernie Harwell | Howie Williams | 29 Home, 30 Away | |||
1955 | Chuck Thompson | 26 Home, 31 Away | |||||
1956 | 26 Home, 33 Away | ||||||
1957 | WMAR-TV/WAAM/WBAL-TV | Herb Carneal | Larry Ray | 21 Home, 37 Away | |||
1958 | WJZ-TV | 21 Home, 32 Away | |||||
1959 | 21 Home, 33 Away | ||||||
1960 | Herb Carneal | Bob Murphy | 11 Home, 35 Away | ||||
1961 | 11 Home, 39 Away | ||||||
1962 | WBAL-TV | Chuck Thompson | Jack Dunn III | 4 Home, 46 Away | |||
1963 | 6 Home, 44 Away | ||||||
1964 | WJZ-TV | Frank Messer | 5 Home, 45 Away | ||||
1965 | |||||||
1966 | Bill O'Donnell[1] | 8 Home, 43 Away | |||||
1967 | 6 Home, 46 Away | ||||||
1968 | Bill O'Donnell | [2] | 6 Home, 44 Away | ||||
1969 | 7 Home, 45 Away | ||||||
1970 | John Gordon[3] | & | 5 Home, 46 Away | ||||
1971 | 6 Home, 45 Away | ||||||
1972 | 8 Home, 44 Away | ||||||
1973 | |||||||
1974 | 9 Home, 43 Away | ||||||
1975 | |||||||
1976 | |||||||
1977 | 8 Home, 44 Away | ||||||
1978 | Brooks Robinson | 8 Home, 42 Away | |||||
1979 | WMAR-TV | 6 Home, 45 Away | |||||
1980 | 5 Home, 49 Away | ||||||
1981 | 5 Home, 48 Away | ||||||
1982 | WMAR-TV SuperTV |
Chuck Thompson |
Brooks Robinson Rex Barney |
5 Home, 50 Away 16 Home | |||
1983 | 50 Away 16 Home |
Year | Channel | Play-by-play announcers | Color commentators | Sideline reporters | Studio hosts | Studio analysts |
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1984 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor[4] | Jim Palmer or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Chuck Thompson | Brooks Robinson | ||||
1985 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Chuck Thompson | Brooks Robinson | ||||
1986 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Chuck Thompson | Brooks Robinson | ||||
1987 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Jim Simpson | Brooks Robinson | ||||
1988 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Jim Palmer | Brooks Robinson | ||||
1989 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Jim Palmer | Brooks Robinson | ||||
1990 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer, John Lowenstein, or Rex Barney | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Jon Miller | Brooks Robinson, , & Jim Palmer | ||||
1991 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Jon Miller | Brooks Robinson & | ||||
1992 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor | Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
WMAR-TV | Jon Miller | Brooks Robinson & | ||||
1993 | Home Team Sports | Mel Proctor[4] | Jim Palmer or John Lowenstein | Tom Davis | Tom Davis | |
1994 | ||||||
1995 | ||||||
1996 | Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[5] | |||||
1997 | Michael Reghi[4][6] | |||||
1998 | Jim Palmer or Rick Cerone[7][8] | |||||
1999 | Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[9] | |||||
2000 | ||||||
2001 | Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic[10] | |||||
2002 | ||||||
2003 | Jim Palmer or Buck Martinez[9] | |||||
2004 | Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra[6] | Dave Johnson | ||||
2005 | ||||||
2006 | ||||||
2007 | MASN | Gary Thorne | Amber Theoharis | Jim Hunter or Tom Davis | Rick Dempsey | |
2008 | ||||||
2009 | Amber Theoharis or | |||||
2010 | Jim Palmer or Mike Flanagan[9] | Amber Theoharis | Jim Hunter or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis | |||
2011 | ||||||
2012 | Gary Thorne or Jim Hunter | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick | Jim Hunter | Rick Dempsey or Tom Davis or Amber Theoharis | ||
2013 | Jim Hunter or Tom Davis | Rick Dempsey | ||||
2014 | ||||||
2015 | ||||||
2016 | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick or Brian Roberts (select games) | Tom Davis | ||||
2017 | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick | |||||
2018 | Jim Palmer or Mike Bordick or Ben McDonald (fill-in) | |||||
2019 | Jim Palmer or Ben McDonald or Mike Bordick or Brian Roberts (fill-in) | Sara Perlman (Until July 21); None (July 22 onwards) | Tom Davis or Rob Long (weekends) | |||
2020[11] | Scott Garceau, Kevin Brown or Geoff Arnold | Ben McDonald or Mike Bordick | Melanie Newman or Brett Hollander | Brett Hollander, Rob Long or Melanie Newman | Mike Bordick or Dave Johnson | |
2021[12] | Scott Garceau or Kevin Brown | Ben McDonald or Jim Palmer | Ben McDonald | |||
2022 |
Radio[]
Year | Flagship station | Play-by-play #1 | Play-by-play #2 | Play-by-play #3 | Color commentators | Studio hosts |
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1954 | WCBM | Ernie Harwell | ||||
1955 | Chuck Thompson | |||||
1956 | ||||||
1957 | WBAL | Herb Carneal | Larry Ray | |||
1958 | ||||||
1959 | ||||||
1960 | Herb Carneal | Bob Murphy | ||||
1961 | ||||||
1962 | Chuck Thompson | Jack Dunn | ||||
1963 | ||||||
1964 | Frank Messer | |||||
1965 | ||||||
1966 | Bill O'Donnell[1] | |||||
1967 | ||||||
1968 | Bill O'Donnell | [2] | ||||
1969 | ||||||
1970 | John Gordon[3] | |||||
1971 | ||||||
1972 | ||||||
1973 | ||||||
1974 | ||||||
1975 | ||||||
1976 | ||||||
1977 | ||||||
1978 | ||||||
1979 | Tom Marr | |||||
1980 | WFBR | |||||
1981 | ||||||
1982 | Tom Marr | |||||
1983 | Jon Miller | |||||
1984 | ||||||
1985 | ||||||
1986 | ||||||
1987 | WCBM | [13] | ||||
1988 | WBAL | Joe Angel | ||||
1989 | ||||||
1990 | ||||||
1991 | Jon Miller or Chuck Thompson | Ken Levine[14] | ||||
1992 | Joe Angel | |||||
1993 | Fred Manfra[15] | |||||
1994 | ||||||
1995 | ||||||
1996 | ||||||
1997 | Jim Hunter or Chuck Thompson | |||||
1998 | ||||||
1999 | ||||||
2000 | ||||||
2001 | ||||||
2002 | Jim Hunter | |||||
2003 | ||||||
2004 | Joe Angel | |||||
2005 | Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra | |||||
2006 | ||||||
2007 | WHFS | Fred Manfra | ||||
2008 | ||||||
2009 | WJZ-FM | |||||
2010 | ||||||
2011 | WBAL | |||||
2012 | ||||||
2013 | ||||||
2014 | Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter | Dave Johnson | ||||
2015 | WJZ | Fred Manfra or Jim Hunter | ||||
2016 | Jim Hunter or Fred Manfra | Mike Bordick | ||||
2017 | Jim Hunter | Mike Bordick, Ben McDonald, Brian Roberts, Mike Boddicker, Dave Johnson, or Gregg Olsen | ||||
2018 | Mike Bordick, Ben McDonald, Brian Roberts, Dave Johnson, or Gregg Olsen | |||||
2019 | Jim Hunter | Kevin Brown | ||||
2020[11] | Geoff Arnold | Melanie Newman | Kevin Brown or Brett Hollander | |||
2021[12] | Geoff Arnold | Melanie Newman | Kevin Brown or Brett Hollander | Rob Long | ||
2022[12] | Geoff Arnold | Brett Hollander | Kevin Brown or Melanie Newman | Rob Long |
References[]
- ^ a b "Bill O'Donnell, the Baltimore Orioles' play-by-play announcer for 17...," United Press International (UPI), Saturday, October 30, 1982. Retrieved November 25, 2019
- ^ a b Shea, Stuart. Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research, Inc., 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2019
- ^ a b Thornley, Stew. "John Gordon," Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). Retrieved November 24, 2019
- ^ a b c Kent, Milton. "In language of broadcasting, Reghi is synonym for energy," The Baltimore Sun, Friday, February 28, 1997. Retrieved August 31, 2021
- ^ "William J. Clinton: Interview With Mel Proctor, Jim Palmer, and Mike Flanagan of Home Team Sports in Baltimore - April 2, 1996".
- ^ a b Kubatko, Roch & Christensen, Joe. "See you later: Reghi's O's TV days are over," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, February 25, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2021
- ^ Moore, Scott. "Providing a Birds'-Eye View," The Washington Post, Sunday, March 29, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ^ Kent, Milton. "Cerone takes the high road on way out of booth," The Baltimore Sun, Tuesday, November 17, 1998. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ^ a b c "Mike Flanagan Joins MASN’s Orioles Broadcast Team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ^ "HTS now Comcast SportsNet, adding sports news coverage," The Baltimore Sun, Wednesday, April 4, 2001. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ^ a b Dubroff, Rich. "Orioles set to begin exhibition play at Phillies; No Palmer, Thorne in 2020; Covid-19 sidelined Smith," BaltimoreBaseball.com, Saturday, July 18, 2020. Retrieved July 19, 2020
- ^ a b c "Orioles announce 2021 broadcast team," Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN), Monday, January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2021
- ^ "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports Hawaii Beat". archives.starbulletin.com.
- ^ "Entertainment & the Arts | Patter In The Outfield -- Diamond Prose -- Baseball Authors Step Up To The Plate | Seattle Times Newspaper". community.seattletimes.nwsource.com.
- ^ "Wykoff, Scott. "'The Voice Of The Orioles' Is Ready And Raring To Go," WBAL Radio, Monday, February 21, 2011". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011.
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