Current broadcasters
*Radio:
KMOX
KMOX (1120 AM) is a commercial radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by Audacy, Inc., it is a 50,000 watt Class A clear-channel station with a non-directional signal. The KMOX studios and offices are on Olive Street at Tucker Bouleva ...
AM 1120 (2011–present).
*Cable TV:
Bally Sports Midwest
Bally Sports Midwest is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional e ...
(1997–present).
Current announcers
*Radio:
John Rooney (since 2006) and
Rick Horton
Ricky Neal Horton (born July 30, 1959) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) left-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago White Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1984 to 1990. As of 2022, he is a radio broadcast ...
(since 2016; Free TV 2001-2007, Cable TV 2008-2021).
*Cable TV (152 games):
Jim Edmonds
James Patrick Edmonds (born June 27, 1970) is an American former professional baseball center fielder and a broadcaster for Bally Sports Midwest. He played for the California/Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs, ...
(since 2016), and
Brad Thompson
Bradley Joseph Thompson (born January 31, 1982) is an American former professional pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals from 2005–2010.
Career
Thompson was drafted by the St. Louis Card ...
(since 2018).
Past broadcasters
*Radio:
KWK AM 1380 (1928-1943);
WEW AM 770 (1944-1948);
WIL AM 1430 (1945-1947, 1949-1953);
KXOK AM 630 (1954);
KMOX AM 1120 (1926-1940, 1955-2005, 2011–present);
KTRS AM 550 (2006-2010)
*Television (Broadcast):
KSD-TV/KSDK Channel 5 (1949-1987, 2007-2010);
KPLR-TV 11 (1988-2006)
*Television (Cable):
SportsTime (1984);
Cardinals Cable Network (1985-1989);
Prime Sports Midwest
Bally Sports Midwest is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group, a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios, and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts regional ...
(1994-1996)
Past announcers
*
Bill Wilkerson
*
Bud Blattner (1960-1961)
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Jim Bottomley
James Leroy Bottomley (April 23, 1900 – December 11, 1959) was an American professional baseball player, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a first baseman from 1922 to 1937, most prominently as a member of the St. Loui ...
(1939)
*
Jack Buck
John Francis "Jack" Buck (August 21, 1924 – June 18, 2002) was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. His play-by-play work earned him recognition from numerous hal ...
(1954-1959, 1961-2001)
*
Joe Buck
Joseph Francis Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American sportscaster.
The son of sportscaster Jack Buck, he worked for Fox Sports from its 1994 inception through 2022, including roles as lead play-by-play announcer for the network's Nation ...
(1991-2007)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Run of Bucks broadcasting Cardinals comes to an end
*Harry Caray
Harry Christopher Caray (; March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998) was an American radio and television Sports commentator, sportscaster. During his career he called the play-by-play for five Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of ...
(1945-1969)
* Bob Carpenter (Cable TV 1984, 1994-1996; Free TV 1993-2005)
*Dizzy Dean
Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974), also known as Jerome Herman Dean (both the 1910 and 1920 Censuses show his name as "Jay"), was an American professional baseball pitcher. During his Major League Baseball (MLB) career ...
(1941-1946)
*Joe Garagiola
Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. (February 12, 1926 – March 23, 2016) was an American professional baseball catcher, later an announcer and television host, popular for his colorful personality.
Garagiola played nine seasons in Major League Basebal ...
(c. 1955-1962)
* Rich Gould (1998-1999)
*George Grande
George Grande (born 1947) (pronounced like the English word "grand") is an American sportscaster who is a former broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball.
Grande is also famous for having hosted the first broadcast of ''Sport ...
(Free TV 1991-1992)
*Jerry Gross
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Animals
* Jerry (Grand National winner), racehorse, winner of the 1840 Grand National
* Jerry (St Leger winner), racehorse, winner of 1824 St Leger Stakes
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Jerry'' (film), a 2006 Indian fil ...
(1961, 1963-1967)
*Wayne Hagin
Wayne Hagin (born February 17, 1956) is an American sportscaster, best known as a radio play-by-play announcer for various Major League Baseball teams during his career.
Born in Denver, Colorado, Hagin moved with his family to San Jose, California ...
(radio 2003-2005, Free TV 2006)
*Milo Hamilton
Leland Milo Hamilton (September 2, 1927 – September 17, 2015) was an American sportscaster, best known for calling play-by-play for seven different Major League Baseball teams from 1953 to 2015. He received the Ford C. Frick Award from t ...
(1954)
*Al Hrabosky
Alan Thomas Hrabosky (; born July 21, 1949) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1970 to 1982 for the St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, and Atlanta Braves. As of 2022, he is the ...
(1985-2018)
* Dan Kelly (1980-1984)
*France Laux
J. Francis "France" Laux Jr. (December 3, 1897 – November 16, 1978) was an American sportscaster, notable as the first full-time radio voice of Major League Baseball in St. Louis.
Biography
Early life
Laux was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, ...
(1929-1943, 1945)
*Gus Mancuso
August Rodney Mancuso (December 5, 1905 – October 26, 1984), nicknamed "Blackie", was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Car ...
(1951-1953)
* Garnett Marks (1927-1928)
*Tim McCarver
James Timothy McCarver (born October 16, 1941) is an American former professional baseball player and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from to , most prominently as a member of the St. Louis Cardinal ...
(2014-2019)
*Dan McLaughlin
Daniel McLaughlin (born March 18, 1974) is a professional sportscaster who formerly worked on the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues telecasts on the cable television channel Bally Sports Midwest. He used to be a play-by-play announcer fo ...
(1999-2022),
*Joel Meyers
Joel Meyers is an American sportscaster who is the play-by-play announcer of the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also is the lead host of "Above the Rim", which airs weekdays from 10am-1pm ET on SiriusXM N ...
(2002)
*Stretch Miller Campbell A. "Stretch" Miller (March 15, 1910 – October 25, 1972) was an American sportscaster who worked for eight years as a play-by-play announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals. Earlier in his career, Miller broadcast Illinois State Normal Uni ...
(1950-1953)
* Johnny O'Hara (1936-1947)
* Bob Ramsey (1997-1998, 2004)
*Jay Randolph
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(1973-1987, 2007-2010)
* Red Rush (1984)
*Mike Shannon
Thomas Michael Shannon (born July 15, 1939) is an American former professional baseball infielder / outfielder who spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the St. Louis Cardinals (–). Shannon worked as a Cardinals radio ...
(1972-2021)
*Ozzie Smith
Osborne Earl Smith (born December 26, 1954) is an American former professional baseball player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Oz", Smith played shortstop for the San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball, winning the National ...
(1997-1999)
* Bob Starr (1972-1979)
*Gabby Street
Charles Evard "Gabby" Street (September 30, 1882 – February 6, 1951), also nicknamed "The Old Sarge", was an American catcher, manager, coach, and radio broadcaster in Major League Baseball during the first half of the 20th century. As a catch ...
(1945-1950)
* Mike Walden (1972)
*Harry Walker
Harry William Walker (October 22, 1918 – August 8, 1999) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. Known by the nickname "Harry the Hat", he played as a center fielder in Major League Baseball between 1940 and 1955, ...
(1973)
* Ken Wilson (Cable and Free TV 1985-1990)
* Jim Woods (1970-1971)
See also
* List of current Major League Baseball announcers
References
External links
www.stlradio.com
- The Cardinals have a large embedded midwestern following due to radio broadcasting of games since 1926.
St. Louis Cardinals : History : Cardinals All-Time Broadcasters
{{Lists of Major League Baseball broadcasters
St. Louis Cardinals
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