Robert George Uecker (/ ˈ juː k ər / YOO-kər; January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025) was an American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster who served as the play-by-play announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) for 54 seasons. He was also an occasional television and film actor. Uecker signed with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956, spending several ...

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 19, 2025 · Uecker was supposed to make the leap to the Atlanta Crackers of the Double-A Southern Association in 1958, but bad luck struck. As manager Buddy Bates explained in 1959, “Bob came to camp last spring with what they told us was the finest throwing arm of any catcher the Braves owned.

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 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...

Jan 16, 2025 · Uecker turned his meager baseball career into humorous fodder covering games on TV and as a commercial pitchman. By Richard Sandomir Bob Uecker, the clubhouse wit who turned his tales of ...

Jan 16, 2025 · Legendary baseball broadcaster and former big-league player Bob Uecker died on Thursday at age 90, the Milwaukee Brewers announced. He had been battling small cell lung cancer since early 2023,...

Jan 16, 2025 · MILWAUKEE -- Jeff Levering, the Swiss Army knife of the Brewers’ broadcast team who bounces between radio and television depending on the need, has a voicemail from Bob Uecker which he will treasure forever.

Jan 17, 2025 · Bob Uecker throws the ceremonial first pitch before a Game 1 of the National League wild-card baseball series between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Milwaukee. ... “Ueck” got his big break off the field after opening for Don Rickles at Al Hirt’s nightclub in Atlanta in 1969.

Hall of Famer Bob Uecker, known for his legendary broadcasting career after playing for teams like the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, has died. He was 90.