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Robert George Uecker ((IPA pronunciation: *, a homophone of the card game "Euchre"), born January 26, 1935) is an American former Major League Baseball player, later an award-winning sportscaster, comedian and actor. Uecker jokingly identifies himself by the sobriquet of "Mr. Baseball".
Though he sometimes joked he was born on an oleo run to Illinois, Uecker was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He grew up watching the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers at Borchert Field. He signed a professional contract with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956. He made his major league debut as a catcher with the Braves in 1962. A mediocre hitter who finished with a career batting average of .200, Uecker also played for the St. Louis Cardinals (and was a member of the 1964 World Champion club) and Philadelphia Phillies before returning to the Braves, who had by then moved to Atlanta. He closed his 6-year major league career in 1967.
After retiring as a player, Uecker returned to Milwaukee. In 1970, he began calling play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts, a position he holds to this day, as of 2006. He also served as one of the first color commentator on network television broadcasts in the 1970s (for ABC's Monday Night Baseball) and 1990s (for NBC as he teamed with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan for telecasts). During that time, he was a commentator for League Championship Series and the World Series.
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Finally - tears of joy. Welcome back, Bob Uecker!: His open heart surgery now behind him, and doctors okaying him ... http://bit.ly/cdomJ0
BrewersRZ (Brewers Tweets) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:18:54 -0000
Finally - tears of joy. Welcome back, Bob Uecker!: His open heart surgery now behind him, and doctors okaying him ... http://bit.ly/cdomJ0
I love Bob Uecker & his MLB Hall of Fame Speech '03! http://juuustabitoutside.com/2008/05/01/bob-ueckers-hall-of-fame-induction-speech.aspx
candiloves (Candace Rose Blog ) Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:53:03 -0000
I love Bob Uecker & his MLB Hall of Fame Speech '03! http://juuustabitoutside.com/2008/05/01/bob-ueckers-hall-of-fame-induction-speech.aspx
Bob Uecker - Milwaukee Buzz column profiling and interviewing the announcer for the Brewers about his current and former jobs.
Meta Description: [ The Milwaukee Brewers biggest star today is a career .200 hitter whos never even played for the team. But Bob Uecker, the radio voice of the team for 32 years, has just about done it all. We caught up with Mr. Baseball in Phoenix to hear what he had to say about the team, his career and what keep... ]
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Bob Uecker - BaseballLibrary.com profile with anecdotes, career and team-by-team statistics, and links.
Bob Uecker - AmIAnnoying.com interactive poll concerning the annoyance factor for the announcer. Lists pros and cons of considering him annoying.
Bob Uecker - Filmography at IMDb with biography, trivia, and actor and TV guest credits.
Meta Description: [ Bob Uecker on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more... ]
Bob Uecker Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com provides major league batting and fielding major statistics for each season and his career, his rank on various season and career statistical leaderboards, and comparisons to similar batters and players near his age.
Meta Description: [ Bob Uecker batting, fielding and pitching major league
baseball lifetime statistics for each season and his career, and a list of
any post-season awards he has won and his rank on various
season and career statistical leaderboards. Also Career Statistics. ]
Bob Uecker Statistics - Baseball Almanac's biographical data, year-by-year statistics, career totals, and links to related material.
Meta Description: [ Bob Uecker baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by Baseball Almanac. ]
Bob Uecker: Harry Doyle - Cast profile from the film Major League: Back to the Minors.
CNN/SI Baseball: Bob Uecker - Career batting, baserunning, and miscellaneous statistics with links to each team for which he played, year-by-year.
Quotations: Bob Uecker - Baseball Almanac collection of quotes from the ballplayer turned announcer, many made from the broadcast booth.
Meta Description: [ Baseball Almanac presents an unprecedented collection of quotes from and about Bob Uecker. ]
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Uecker Elected to National Radio Hall of Fame - Milwaukee Brewers press release concerning their announcer's induction.
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