The Baseball Hall of Fame season continues as the Baseball Hall of Fame has announced ten candidates who comprise the 2024 Ford C. Frick nominees. This is an annual award that is given towards excellence in broadcasting.
This ballot is the second of a four-year cycle focusing on announcers whose career extended or began in the Wild Card era. In the fifth year, the Ford C. Frick will focus on broadcasters whose career ended before the advent of the Wild Card.
The Nominees are:
Joe Buck: Buck is best known for his work as a football commentator, but served as Fox’s lead play-by-play announcer and has called multiple World Series.
Joe Castiglione: Castiglione has been the Boston Red Sox radio announcer since 1983.
Gary Cohen: Cohen has been broadcasting for the New York Mets since 1989.
Jacques Doucet: A member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (2020), Doucet was the lead play-by-play announcer in French Canada, for both the Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays. He retired in 2022.
Tom Hamilton: Hamilton has been the primary radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians since 1998.
Ernie Johnson Sr. Johnson Sr. worked for the Atlanta Braves as a color commentator on both television and radio from 1982 to 1999.
Ken Korach: Korsch has been the Athletics play-by-play man since 1996.
Mike Krukow: Krukow has been a broadcaster for the San Francisco Giants since 1990.
Duane Kuiper: Like Krukow, Kuiper broadcasts for the Giants, and still does today. With the exception of 1993, he has worked for the team since 1986.
Dan Shulman: Shulman broadcasts for ESPN and the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Ford C. Frick winner will be announced on December 6 during the Baseball Winter Meetings.
We are looking forward to see who they will select!
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