List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters
The following is a list of Chicago Cubs broadcasters:
Names in bold are recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball.[1]
1920s-1940s
- Hal Totten (1924–44)[1]
- Bob Elson (1928–41)[1]
- Pat Flanagan (1929–43)[1]
- Ronald Reagan (1933–36)
- Russ Hodges (1935–38)
- Jimmy Dudley (1938–41)
- Jack Drees (1938)
- Charlie Grimm (1939–42; 1960)
- Jack Brickhouse (1941–45; 1947–81) "Hey-hey!" "Weeeeee!"[1]
- Bert Wilson (1944–55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!"
- Wayne Osborne (1945)
- Joe Wilson (1946–52)[2]
- Bill Brundige (1949)
- Rogers Hornsby (1949)
1950s-1970s
- Bud Campbell (1950–53)[1]
- Harry Creighton (1951–56)[1]
- Gene Elston (1954)
- Vince Lloyd (1954–86) "Holy mackerel!"
- Milo Hamilton (1955–57; 1980–84) "Holy Toledo!!"[1]
- Jack Quinlan (1956–64)
- Lou Boudreau (1958–59; 1961–87) "Kiss it goodbye!"
- Lloyd Pettit (1963; 1965-1966; 1969-1970)
- Jim West (1971-1976)[1]
1980s-1990s
- Harry Caray (1982–97) "It might be... it could be... it is!" "Holy cow!" "Cubs win!"[1]
- In 1987, Caray suffered a stroke during the offseason leading to his absence from the broadcast booth for most of the first two months of the season. To fill the void, a series of celebrity guest announcers appeared on the WGN telecasts in his place.[3]
- Steve Stone (1983–2000; 2003–2004)
- Dan Roan (1984–2019); substitute broadcaster and host of certain specials; WGN only
- Dewayne Staats (1985–89)
- Dave Nelson (1988–89)
- Ron Santo (1990–2010) "Boy, oh boy..."
- Bob Brenly (1990–91 radio; 2005–2012 TV)
- Thom Brennaman (1990–95)
- Pat Hughes (1996–present) "This ball's got a chaaaance...GONE!" "Get out the tape measure, LONG gone!"
- Josh Lewin (1997)
- Chip Caray (1998–2004) "Swung on and belted!" "Fisted!"
- Andy Masur (1999–2006); secondary play-by-play and pre-post game host
2000s-2020s
- Joe Carter (2001–2002) "Like a deer with headlights!"
- Dave Otto (2001–2002) "You gotta be some kind of strong..."
- Len Kasper (2005–2020) "Way back! It's outta here!" "They've gone back-to-back!" "Oh, baby!"
- Dan Plesac (2005–2008); substitute broadcaster; CSN Chicago only
- Cory Provus (2007–2008); secondary play-by-play and pre-post game host
- Judd Sirott (2009–2014); secondary play-by-play and pre-post game host
- Keith Moreland (2011–2013)
- Jim Deshaies (2013–present)
- Ron Coomer (2014–present)
- Mark Grote (2015–2017); pre-post game host; substitute play-by-play[4]
- Zach Zaidman (2018–present); pre-post game host[4]
- Ryan Dempster (2020–present); select games
- Mark Grace (2020–present); select games
- Sean Marshall (2020–present); substitute broadcaster
- Jon Sciambi (2021–present)
References
- "Cubs All-Time Broadcasters". chicago.cubs.mlb.com.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Owen, Jordan (January 10, 2018). "Time for a double switch? Grote, Zaidman switching beats at The Score". Chicago Sun-Times.
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