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List Of Houston Astros Broadcasters
Broadcasters for the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team. Play by Play *Gene Elston (1962–1986) *Loel Passe (1962–1976) *Guy Savage (1962–1963) * Al Helfer (1962) *Mickey Herskowitz (1963) *Harry Kalas (1965–1970) *Bob Prince (1976) *Dewayne Staats (1977–1984) * Mike Elliott (1984) *Larry Hirsch (1984) * Jim Durham (1984–1985) *Milo Hamilton (1985–2012) (only home games from 2006–2012) * Jerry Trupiano (1985–1986) * Bill Worrell (1986–1996, 2000–2003) *Dave Hofferth (1987) * Bill Brown (1987–2016) (just home games and select road games from 2013–2016) * Bruce Gietzen (1988–1990) *Vince Cotroneo (1991–1997) *Brett Dolan (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Dave Raymond) and all road games) *Dave Raymond (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Brett Dolan) and all road games) * Alan Ashby (1998–2006 (radio); 2013–2016 (television) (from 1998–2006, he provided 2 innings of play-by-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston Astros
The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after spending their first 51 seasons in the National League (NL). The Astros were established as the Houston Colt .45s and entered the National League as an expansion team in along with the New York Mets. The current name, reflecting Houston's role as the host of the Johnson Space Center, was adopted three years later, when they moved into the Astrodome, the first domed sports stadium and the so-called "Eighth Wonder of the World." The Astros moved to a new stadium called Minute Maid Park in 2000. The Astros played in the NL West division from 1969 to 1993, then the NL Central division from 1994 to 2012, before being moved to the AL West as part of a MLB realignment in 2013. The Astros posted their first winning record in 1972 and made the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Brown (sportscaster)
Bill Brown (born September 20, 1947) is an American former sportscaster. After spending several years calling play-by-play on Cincinnati Reds broadcasts, Brown worked for the Houston Astros from 1987 to 2016. Biography Brown did play-by-play for the Cincinnati Stingers Television Network for the 1975-76 season and the Cincinnati Reds Television Network from 1976 to 1982. He worked four years with Ken Coleman and another four years with Ray Lane. Brown also called Xavier Musketeers and Cincinnati Bearcats basketball and Cincinnati Swords hockey early in his career, and was a senior producer and anchor of the Financial News Network's SCORE programing and sports director of the Sports Time Cable Network. He was sports director of Home Sports Entertainment in Pittsburgh. Brown became an announcer with the Houston Astros in 1987. With the Astros, Brown was often called "Brownie" by his play-by-play partner Alan Ashby. He often played the straight man to former partner Jim Deshaies' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Blum
Geoffrey Edward Blum (born April 26, 1973) is an American former professional baseball infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks. He is currently the TV color analyst for the Houston Astros. Early life Before becoming a professional baseball player, he majored in sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and played for the California Golden Bears baseball team. In 1993, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. Professional career Montreal Expos He began his professional career when he was selected in the seventh round of the amateur draft by the Montreal Expos. During his time with the Expos, he spent the winter of 1995 in the Australian Baseball League with the Hunter Eagles. Houston Astros On March 12, 2002, after playing in Montreal for three years, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Deshaies
James Joseph Deshaies (born June 23, 1960), also known as "JD", is an American former professional baseball left-handed starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for six teams, over the course of 12 big league seasons. He is currently a color commentator for broadcasts of Chicago Cubs games. Playing career Deshaies made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees on August 7, 1984. In so doing he became the 1,000th person to play an official game for the Yankees. Deshaies was the losing pitcher that day, after giving up four earned runs in four innings pitched in a 6–3 loss to the Chicago White Sox. Six days later, he lasted three innings in a no decision start against the Cleveland Indians. Those were Deshaies' only appearances for the Yankees, who traded him to the Houston Astros on September 15, 1985, for Joe Niekro. Deshaies' first full season was with the Astros in 1986, during which he posted 12 wins, an Astros' rookie record, later broken by Roy Oswalt i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enos Cabell
Enos Milton Cabell (pronounced ), (born October 8, 1949) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a first baseman and third baseman from 1972 to 1986, most prominently as a member of the Houston Astros team that won the franchise's first-ever National League Western Division title and postseason berth in . He also played for the Baltimore Orioles, San Francisco Giants, Detroit Tigers, and Los Angeles Dodgers."Enos Cabell Statistics and History" "baseball-reference.com. Accessed June 10, 2017. After his playing career, Cabell served as a special assistant to the General Manager of the Houston Astros. Biography Cabell was born in |
Larry Dierker
Lawrence Edward Dierker (born September 22, 1946) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, manager, and broadcaster. During a 14-year baseball career as a pitcher, he pitched from 1964 to 1977 for the Houston Colt .45s/Astros and the St. Louis Cardinals. After many years as a broadcaster for the Astros, he was hired to manage the team in 1997, managing them for five seasons. He was the first Astro manager to lead the team to three consecutive playoff seasons (all through winning the Central division), and in total he led the Astros to four division titles in five years until he stepped down in 2001. Early life Dierker was born in Hollywood, California. The Dierkers lived in Reseda near the San Fernando Valley before moving to Woodland Hills (a neighborhood of Los Angeles) when Dierker was in the 7th grade. He honed his baseball in the West Valley Little League before playing on the varsity team of William Howard Taft Charter High School. Dierker had a good arm in high school ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Eschenfelder
Kevin Eschenfelder is an American sportscaster who currently serves as the primary host of Houston Astros and Houston Rockets pregame and postgame on AT&T SportsNet Southwest. Eschenfelder also works in radio as the play-by-play announcer for Houston Cougars football games since their start in the American Athletic Conference and current in-studio host and fill-in television play-by-play announcer for the Houston Astros. Early career When Eschenfelder was in elementary school, his father worked as a statistician and spotter for the Houston Oilers, giving him access to the radio press box at the Astrodome. At the age of 15, he began helping his dad keep statistics for the Houston Astros and Houston Oilers. Eschenfelder graduated from Dulles High School in Sugar Land, Texas. During his senior year at Dulles, he began working as a statistician for the Home Sports Entertainment (HSE) network and interned at Newsradio 740 KTRH. Eschenfelder attended Alvin Community College, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Kalas
Todd Harry Kalas (born December 31, 1965) is an American sportscaster, employed since 2017 as a television play-by-play announcer for Houston Astros baseball. Education Kalas graduated from Syracuse University's S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1988 with a degree in broadcast journalism. At Syracuse, he worked at WAER radio to call Syracuse Orange sports. Career He moved to Tampa Bay as sports director at Vision Cable in Clearwater. He began his baseball career in 1991 with the Louisville Redbirds. Before joining the Rays, he was on the radio broadcast team of the New York Mets for two years, and the television broadcast team of the Philadelphia Phillies for three years with his father. Tampa Bay Rays In 1998, Kalas joined the Rays' broadcasting team for their inaugural season and continued with the organization until 2016. Kalas worked on Fox Sports Florida and Sun Sports in his primary role as pregame and postgame host and in-game reporter, and also substi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Sparks (pitcher, Born 1965)
Steven William Sparks (born July 2, 1965) is a former knuckleball-throwing right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher, who graduated from Holland Hall School, then attended Sam Houston State University in 1987. In addition to the knuckler, Sparks threw an occasional slider and low-80s fastball. Professional career Milwaukee Brewers Sparks was drafted in the 5th round by the Milwaukee Brewers. He learned to throw the knuckle ball in 1991. He bounced around in the Brewers minor league system until 1995, which was when the Brewers added him to the starting rotation to begin the season. Before the 1995 season, Sparks was infamously known for having ripped a phone book and dislocating his non throwing shoulder, having kept him from making the team in 1994. Sparks pitched in 33 games for the Brewers in 1995, also making 27 starts. He finished 9–11 with 3 complete games. The following season, Sparks split time between pitching with the Brewers and pitching in AAA. He pitched in 11 ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Ford (sportscaster)
Robert Ford is an American sportscaster who is the lead voice of the Houston Astros, replacing Milo Hamilton and other announcers Dave Raymond and Brett Dolan. Biography Before moving up to the booth, Ford hosted the Astros' pregame and postgame radio shows. He performed the same role with the Kansas City Royals before coming to Houston. His other baseball play-by-play experiences came from the Binghamton Mets, Yakima Bears, and the Kalamazoo Kings. Outside of baseball, he called Binghamton Bearcats women's and select men's basketball. He also called select high school football and basketball games for WCDO. In 2003 and 2004, Ford was named Frontier League Broadcaster of the Year. Personal Ford grew up in The Bronx and attended The Bronx High School of Science, before moving on to Syracuse University Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Ashby
Alan Dean Ashby (born July 8, 1951) is an American former professional baseball catcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) and current radio and television sports commentator. A switch hitter, he played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros between 1973 and 1989. The catcher for two Astros teams that won division pennants, Ashby also caught three no-hitters for the club, the most in franchise history. After retiring as a player, he managed in the Texas–Louisiana League and has held several positions in broadcasting, including his most recent job as the lead color commentator for the Astros. Early life Ashby grew up a die-hard Los Angeles Dodgers fan in San Pedro, California and was in attendance at Sandy Koufax's perfect game in 1965. The all- switch-hitting infield of the 1965 and 1966 Dodgers, consisting of Wes Parker, Maury Wills, Junior Gilliam and Jim Lefebvre, inspired Ashby, a natural lefty, to train himself to hit from both sides of the plate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Raymond
Dave Raymond (born August 12, 1972) is an American sportscaster. He is the primary television play-by-play announcer for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball. He has also worked for the San Francisco Giants (2003), Baltimore Orioles (2005), and Houston Astros (2006 to 2012). Career Business reporter A former business reporter for ''Forbes'' magazine, Raymond was nominated for the prestigious 2001 Loeb Award for Outstanding Business Reporting. His article about accounting irregularities at Microstrategy in early 2000 initiated the eventual stock market correction. An article in ''The Washington Post'' cited his story as the impetus for the Internet bubble bursting. "This one popped the bubble," wrote James Cramer, columnist for TheStreet.com. "MicroStrategy forever changed the Internet mania. Baseball announcer Raymond's experience includes minor league stops with the independent Brockton Rox (2005), Triple-A Iowa Cubs (2000–2004), Single-A Charleston RiverDogs (1999) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
