List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters explained

The following is a list of Chicago Cubs broadcasters:

Names in bold are recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball.^[1]

1920s-1940s

• Hal Totten (1924–44)^[1]
• Bob Elson (1928–41)^[1]
• Pat Flanagan (1929–43)^[1]
• Ronald Reagan (1933–36)
• Russ Hodges (1935–38)
• Jimmy Dudley (1938–41)
• Jack Drees (1938)
• Charlie Grimm (1939–42; 1960)
• Jack Brickhouse (1941–44; 1947–81) "Hey-hey!" "Weeeeee!"^[1]
• Bert Wilson (1944–55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!"
• Wayne Osborne (1945)
• Joe Wilson (1946–52)^[2]
• Bill Brundige (1949)
• Rogers Hornsby (1949)

1950s-1970s

• Bud Campbell (1950–53)^[1]
• Harry Creighton (1951–56)^[1]
• Gene Elston (1954)
• Vince Lloyd (1954–86) "Holy mackerel!"
• Milo Hamilton (1955–57; 1980–84) "Holy Toledo!!"^[1]
• Jack Quinlan (1956–64)
• Lou Boudreau (1958–59; 1961–87) "Kiss it goodbye!"
• Lloyd Pettit (1963; 1965–1966; 1969–1970)
• Jim West (1971-1976)^[1]

1980s-1990s

• Harry Caray (1982–97) "It might be... it could be... it is!" "Holy cow!" "Cubs win!"^[1]
  • In 1987, Caray suffered a stroke during the offseason leading to his absence from the broadcast booth for most of the first two months of the season. To fill the void, a series of celebrity guest announcers appeared on the WGN telecasts in his place.^[3]
• Steve Stone (1983–2000; 2003–2004)
• Dan Roan (1984–2019); substitute broadcaster and host of certain specials; WGN only
• Dewayne Staats (1985–89)
• Jim Frey (1987)
• Dave Nelson (1988–89)
• Ron Santo (1990–2010) "Boy, oh boy..."
• Bob Brenly (1990–91 radio; 2005–2012 TV)
• Thom Brennaman (1990–95)
• Pat Hughes (1996–present); radio play-by-play; "This ball's got a chaaaance...GONE!" "Get out the tape measure, LONG gone!"
• Josh Lewin (1997)
• Chip Caray (1998–2004) "Swung on and belted!" "Fisted!"
• Andy Masur (1999–2006); secondary play-by-play and pre-post game host

2000s-2010s

• Joe Carter (2001–2002) "Like a deer with headlights!"
• Dave Otto (2001–2002) "You gotta be some kind of strong..."
• Len Kasper (2005–2020) "Way back! It's outta here!" "They've gone back-to-back!" "Oh, baby!"
• Dan Plesac (2005–2008); substitute broadcaster; CSN Chicago only
• Cory Provus (2007–2008); secondary play-by-play and pre-post game host
• Judd Sirott (2009–2014); secondary play-by-play and pre-post game host
• Keith Moreland (2011–2013); radio color commentator
• Jim Deshaies (2013–present); color commentator, substitute TV play-by-play
• Ron Coomer (2014–present); radio color commentator
• Doug Glanville (2014–2019; 2021–present); substitute color commentator
• Mark Grote (2015–2017); pre-post game host; substitute radio play-by-play^[4] ("Bears")
• Zach Zaidman (2018–present); pre-post game host; substitute radio play-by-play^[4]

2020s-2030s

• Ryan Dempster (2020–present); substitute color commentator
• Mark Grace (2020); substitute color commentator
• Sean Marshall (2020); substitute color commentator
• Jon Sciambi (2021–present); play-by-play
• Chris Myers (2021–2023); substitute play-by-play
• Beth Mowins (2021–present); substitute play-by-play, first woman to broadcast a Cub game^[5]
• Ryne Sandberg (2021–2023); substitute color commentator
• Rick Sutcliffe (2021–present); substitute color commentator
• Matt Spiegel (2021–present); substitute play-by-play and pre-post game host^[6]
• Joe Girardi (2022–present); substitute/secondary color commentator^[7]
• Elise Menaker (2023–present); substitute/secondary color commentator
• Jon Lester (2024–present); substitute/secondary color commentator

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cubs All-Time Broadcasters . https://web.archive.org/web/20070205150148/http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/history/broadcasters.jsp . dead . February 5, 2007 . chicago.cubs.mlb.com.
2. Web site: Chicago Cubs History and News - Welcome to Just One Bad Century . 2013-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011900/http://www.justonebadcentury.com/chicago_cubs_tales_10_16.asp . 2013-12-03 .
3. Web site: Guest announcers for Harry Caray, 1987 . 2010-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710194421/http://chicago.epguides.com/Cubs/guestannouncers.asp . 2011-07-10 .
4. News: Owen . Jordan . Time for a double switch? Grote, Zaidman switching beats at The Score . Chicago Sun-Times . January 10, 2018.
5. Web site: Yellon. Al. 2021-02-17. Marquee Sports Network hires Beth Mowins to be the first woman to call Cubs games. 2021-07-31. Bleed Cubbie Blue. en.
6. Web site: Brandon Contes. 2021-04-09. Matt Spiegel To Fill-In On Cubs Play-by-Play. 2021-07-31. Barrett Media. en-US.
7. Web site: MLB Media Notes: Marquee Sports uses three-man booth for Cubs' opening series. 7 April 2023 . July 5, 2023.