Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker stands within the dugout previous to the sport between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers at American Household Discipline on Monday, April 3, 2023 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ( (Picture by Jeffrey Phelps/MLB Images by way of Getty Photos)
Bob Uecker, a commentator who earned the nickname “Mr. Baseball” over greater than a half-century of calling video games for the Milwaukee Brewers, has died. The previous baseball participant and actor was 90 years outdated.
His dying was announced by the Brewers, who referred to as the sarcastic and self-deprecating commentator a “beloved pal.”
“Ueck was the sunshine of the Brewers, the soundtrack of our summers, the laughter in our hearts, and his passing is a profound loss. He was the guts and soul of Wisconsin and an expensive pal,” they shared. “Saying goodbye to Bob shakes us all. He was a lot greater than a Milwaukee Brewers icon. He was a nationwide treasure. Bob entertained us together with his phrases and storytelling, so it’s no shock that his passing now leaves us at a loss for our personal phrases.”
Based on a statement from Uecker’s family, the broadcaster had been privately battling most cancers since 2023.
Earlier than his lengthy tenure within the broadcast sales space, Uecker was knowledgeable baseball participant. He joined the league in 1962 with the then-Milwaukee Braves taking part in 297 profession video games as a catcher and profitable a World Sequence as a member of the 1964 St. Louis Cardinals. Uecker joined the Brewers as a scout however shortly discovered he might go farther together with his mouth than his eyes.
“For each man, I wrote, ‘Fringe main leaguer,’” Uecker said of his days scouring newbie video games. “So in case he made it no person might say, ‘How’d you miss that man?’”
He joined the Brewers as a commentator in 1971 and have become a fixture on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Present.” After honing his comedic chops within the sales space and on Carson’s sofa, Uecker broke into Hollywood because the fictional play-by-play man for the bedraggled Cleveland Indians within the “Main League” films. He performed sportswriter George Owens within the long-running sitcom “Mr. Belvedere.”
Main League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred commended the Hall of Famer for all the time coming again to the game.
“Close to the start of his exceptional 54-year run within the Brewers’ radio sales space, Bob’s trademark wit turned a staple of tv and films. Even together with his appreciable success in Hollywood, Bob remained fiercely loyal to baseball and to Milwaukee,” Manfred shared in a press release. “He liked the sport and used his platform to assist quite a few charitable causes in his hometown and past. Bob was the real merchandise: all the time the funniest particular person in any room he was in, and all the time an impressive ambassador for our Nationwide Pastime. We’re grateful for this baseball life like no different, and we’ll always remember him.”