Bob Uecker. Position: Catcher Bats: Right • Throws: Right 6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg) Born: January 26, 1934 in Milwaukee, WI us. High School: Technical HS (Milwaukee, WI) Debut: April 13, 1962 (Age 28-077d, 11,957th in major league history) vs. LAD 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Bob Uecker Bob Uecker enters his 51st season as a broadcaster for his hometown team, calling games on Newsradio 620 WTMJ and the Brewers Radio Network. He is celebrating his 66th year in baseball. Known across the country as "Mr. Baseball," Uecker is highly respected throughout the industry.
Though he sometimes joked he was born on a colored oleo run to Illinois, Uecker was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He grew up watching the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers at Borchert Field. He signed a professional contract with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956 and made his major league debut as a catcher with the club in 1962.
1964 World Series Champion, Bob Uecker is a MLB player turned sportscaster who currently serves as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts since 1971. In recognition of his broadcasting career, he was honored by the122 National Baseball Hall of Fame with Ford C. Frick Award in 2003.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff struck out 10 in six shutout innings and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Cincinnati 4-1 on Wednesday night, extending their NL Central lead over the Reds to 9 1/2 games. Bob Uecker on the call Thursday afternoon, for the Brewers-Reds series finale. Pregame at 12:35 p.m....
With the Milwaukee Brewers heading to the playoffs for only the fifth time in the franchise’s nearly 50-year history, the focus, of course, is on winning. But with the Brewers in the nationwide...
Bill Schroeder, Drew Olson, Craig Counsell, Bob Uecker (2016). “If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box”, p.45, Triumph Books ...
April 25, 2014 MILWAUKEE -- When the Brewers first proposed another Bob Uecker statue at Miller Park, he rejected the idea. "I was under the impression that they wanted me to work up there," Uecker deadpanned.
