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Vergil Patrick Hughes (born May 27, 1955) is an American sportscaster. He has been the radio play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1996. The 2022 season marked the 40th consecutive year that Hughes served as an MLB announcer.
Dec 7, 2022 · Hughes will be honored during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation as part of Hall of Fame Weekend, July 21-24, 2023. Hughes becomes the 47th winner of the Frick Award, as he earned the highest point total in a vote conducted by the Hall of Fame’s 15-member Frick Award Committee.
Pat Hughes receives the 2023 Ford C. Frick Award. (Jean Fruth/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) A nine-time winner of the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year Award, Hughes also won three straight Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Awards from 1990-92.
Dec 7, 2022 · CHICAGO – The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum today announced Cubs radio play-by-play announcer Pat Hughes as the 2023 Ford C. Frick Award winner, which is presented annually to a broadcaster for “major contributions to baseball.”
A nine-time winner of the Illinois Sportscaster of the Year Award, Hughes also won three straight Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year Awards from 1990-92. He has called more than 6,000 MLB games during his 40-year career, including eight no-hitters, the 25-inning White Sox vs. Brewers contest from 1984 that was the longest game in American ...
Jul 21, 2023 · Hughes’ career took off as Bob Uecker’s junior partner in Milwaukee, and he’s worked with the entertaining and knowledgable Coomer for a decade. But Hughes got to Cooperstown thanks to his...
- Jon Greenberg
Jul 20, 2023 · Cubs radio voice Pat Hughes is about to join two exclusive clubs. On Saturday, he’ll become the 47 th recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, earning him induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Jeff Agrest
- Deputy Sports Editor
- jagrest@suntimes.com
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