The honor is indicative of broadcasters who demonstrate “commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities, reverence within the game, popularity with fans, and recognition by peers.”
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Tom Hamilton is the legendary voice behind so many hall of fame-worthy calls in the last 35 years of Cleveland baseball that it is impossible to imagine a Guardians game without the 70-year-old Wisconsin native behind the mic.The Guardians radio play-by-play man has been named the winner of the prestigious Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Hamilton was selected from a group of nine other finalists that included Skip Caray, Rene Cardenas, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Ernie Johnson Sr., Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Dave Sims and John Sterling. A panel including 13 past Frick Award winners and baseball historians decided the winner. Hamilton will be honored during the July 26 awards presentation as part of Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown. The Guardians are scheduled to play in Kansas City that day.
“Guardians fans adopted Tom as one of their own as soon as he arrived in Cleveland thanks to his knowledgeable play-by-play and passionate calls of some of the franchise’s most historic moments,” Rawitch said. “For a generation of listeners, Tom Hamilton is the very definition of Cleveland baseball.”
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