List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters

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 (2021–2024); 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
• Alex Cohen (2024–present); substitute play-by-play

References

1. "Cubs All-Time Broadcasters". chicago.cubs.mlb.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 2007.
2. "Chicago Cubs History and News - Welcome to Just One Bad Century". Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
3. "Guest announcers for Harry Caray, 1987". Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
4. Owen, Jordan (January 10, 2018). "Time for a double switch? Grote, Zaidman switching beats at The Score". Chicago Sun-Times.
5. Yellon, Al (February 17, 2021). "Marquee Sports Network hires Beth Mowins to be the first woman to call Cubs games". Bleed Cubbie Blue. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
6. Brandon Contes (April 9, 2021). "Matt Spiegel To Fill-In On Cubs Play-by-Play". Barrett Media. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
7. "MLB Media Notes: Marquee Sports uses three-man booth for Cubs' opening series". April 7, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.