Jan 16, 2025 · Bob Uecker, the legendary longtime play-by-play voice of the Milwaukee Brewers and a former major-league catcher who played two years with the Philadelphia Phillies, died on Thursday, the Brewers announced.

Bob Uecker, who died on Jan. 15, 2025 at age 90, was a former catcher who played for the Braves in Milwaukee and Atlanta, St. Louis Cardinals and the Phillies (1966-67) during a six-year career in the Majors. In 297 games, he hit .200.

Jan 18, 2025 · I grew up in Milwaukee, where Uecker was not only a Hall of Fame broadcaster for the Brewers, but also a star.He appeared on “The Tonight Show,” starred in “Mr. Belvedere,” stole the show in “Major League,” hosted WrestleMania, and had such an unforgettable line in a Miller Lite commercial -- “I must be in the front row!” -- that the …

Jan 16, 2025 · Uecker, the backup catcher turned Hollywood star, and the legendary radio voice of his hometown Brewers for more than five decades, died early Thursday after a private, multiyear battle with cancer. He was 90. Why have one Uecker statue when you can have two?

Jan 16, 2025 · Beloved baseball broadcaster and actor Bob Uecker, who parlayed an unremarkable playing career into a decadeslong stint behind the mic and in front of the camera, died Thursday, officials said.

Jan 16, 2025 · Bob Uecker was Dick Allen’s buddy on the Phillies, and his broadcasting career started in Philly. Kind of. Uecker, who died Thursday at 90, used to sit in the bullpen at Connie Mack Stadium and deliver play-by-play commentary into a beer cup.

Jan 16, 2025 · Uecker, a baseball icon, television and movie funnyman and Hall of Fame Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer, died Thursday at the age of 90, following a "private battle with small cell lung...

Jan 16, 2025 · Bob Uecker, the beloved sports figure who parlayed his stint as an unremarkable MLB catcher into a successful second act as a Hall of Fame broadcaster and a comedic actor in films and TV series...

Jan 16, 2025 · He hit .200 over his six seasons playing catcher with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals. One of his 14 major-league homers came off great Los Angeles...

Jan 16, 2025 · MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, who parlayed a forgettable playing career into a punch line for movie and TV appearances as “Mr. Baseball” and a Hall of Fame broadcasting tenure, has died. He was 90. The Milwaukee Brewers, whose games Uecker had broadcast for over half a century, announced his death Thursday morning while calling it “one of the most difficult days in Milwaukee Brewers ...