List of Major League Baseball on NBC broadcasters

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List of announcers by letter[]

A[]

  • Marv Albert In 1979, Albert, who had called backup play-by-play for NBC baseball earlier in the decade, became the network's pregame host for the series Major League Baseball: An Inside Look. When former Yale University president Bart Giamatti was named president of the National League in 1986, Albert japed to St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog that there now would be "an opening for you at Yale." Herzog retorted by saying "I don't think that's funny, Marv!"
  • Mel Allen (1951–1953; 1955–1958; 1960–1963)
  • Sparky Anderson (1979 American League Championship Series)

B[]

C[]

  • Harry Caray (1964 World Series, 1967 World Series, and 1968 World Series)
  • Skip Caray (called all Division Series games in 2000 while Bob Costas was concluding his Olympic hosting duties from Sydney, Australia)
  • Ken Coleman (1967 World Series)
  • Bob Costas (1982–1989, 1994–2000)

D[]

  • Bucky Dent
  • Don Drysdale (1977)
  • Leo Durocher (1957–1959)

E[]

G[]

  • Joe Garagiola (1961–1964; 1974–1988)
  • Gayle Gardner (1989) In 1989, Gardner became the first female to regularly host Major League Baseball coverage for a television network.
  • Bob Gibson
  • Curt Gowdy (1958 World Series, 1st 1959 All-Star Game, 1st 1960 All-Star Game, 2nd 1961 All-Star Game, 2nd 1962 All-Star Game, and 1964 World Series; 1966–1975)
  • Jim Gray (1995–2000)
  • Bryant Gumbel (1976–1981)
  • Greg Gumbel (1994–1995)

H[]

J[]

  • Charlie Jones (1977–1979)

K[]

  • Jim Kaat (1984–1986)
  • George Kell (1962 National League playoff, 2nd 1962 All-Star Game, and 1968 World Series)
  • Sandy Koufax (1967–1972) In 1971, Koufax signed a ten-year contract with NBC for $1 million to be a broadcaster on the Saturday Game of the Week. Koufax never felt comfortable being in front of the camera; he quit before the 1973 season.
  • Tony Kubek (1965–1989)

L[]

M[]

  • Bill Macatee (1982–1989) Macatee joined NBC in 1982, where he hosted and reported on a variety of major events including late-night coverage of Wimbledon and the World Series, as well as the pre-game shows for the League Championship Series, Super Bowl XVII, and college football bowl games.
  • Mickey Mantle (1969–1970)
  • Ned Martin (1975 World Series)
  • Tim McCarver (1980)
  • (1970 World Series)
  • Al Michaels (1972 World Series)
  • Jon Miller (1986–1989) Miller would call games for NBC on their occasional doubleheader weeks. If not that, then Miller would appear on Saturday afternoon regionals the day after NBC's occasional prime time telecasts.
  • Joe Morgan (1986–1987, 1994–2000)
  • Monte Moore (1972 World Series, 1973 World Series, 1974 World Series, and Game of the Week announcer from 1978–1980; 1983)

N[]

  • Lindsey Nelson (1957–1961; 1964, 1971 All-Star Game, 1969 World Series, and 1973 World Series) When NBC got baseball with Lindsey Nelson and Leo Durocher, for a while, the backup team was Chuck Thompson and Bill Veeck.

O[]

P[]

R[]

S[]

T[]

U[]

  • Bob Uecker (1994–1997)

V[]

  • Bill Veeck (1958)

W[]

See also[]

  • List of current Major League Baseball announcers

References[]

  1. ^ Halberstam, David J. (October 24, 2016). "THE YEAR VIN SCULLY WAS UNHAPPY ABOUT HIS REDUCED ROLE ON NETWORK TELEVISION COVERAGE OF THE WORLD SERIES". Awful Announcing.
  2. ^ Shea, Stuart (7 May 2015). Calling the Game: Baseball Broadcasting from 1920 to the Present. SABR, Inc. p. 370. ISBN 9781933599410.
  3. ^ "Dick Williams Hit as Analyst". Associated Press. June 11, 1974. Retrieved 1 April 2011.

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