List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters

Last updated March 20, 2024

The following is a list of Chicago Cubs broadcasters :

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–present); substitute play-by-play
Beth Mowins (2021–present); substitute play-by-play, first woman to broadcast a Cub game^[5]
Ryne Sandberg (2021–present); 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

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[alltime-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Cubs All-Time Broadcasters". chicago.cubs.mlb.com.

[2] "Chicago Cubs History and News - Welcome to Just One Bad Century". Archived from the original on 2013-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-30.

[3] "Guest announcers for Harry Caray, 1987". Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

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[5] Yellon, Al (2021-02-17). "Marquee Sports Network hires Beth Mowins to be the first woman to call Cubs games". Bleed Cubbie Blue. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

[6] Brandon Contes (2021-04-09). "Matt Spiegel To Fill-In On Cubs Play-by-Play". Barrett Media. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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