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Caray succeeded longtime Cubs broadcaster Jack Brickhouse, a beloved announcer and Chicago media fixture. The timing worked in Caray's favor, as the Cubs ended up winning the National League East division title in 1984 with WGN-TV's nationwide audience following along.
Apr 26, 2024 · Harry Caray (born March 1, 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.—died February 18, 1998, Rancho Mirage, California) was an American sportscaster who gained national prominence for his telecasts of Chicago Cubs baseball games on Chicago-based superstation WGN during the 1980s and ’90s.
Feb 19, 1998 · Harry Caray, whose zesty, raucous style of baseball play-by-play electrified airwaves and roused fans for more than half a century, died yesterday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage,...
Jan 1, 2012 · Caray wasn’t able to be back with the team by Opening Day, so the Cubs used a series of guest broadcasters in his place, including sportscaster Brent Musburger, columnist George Will, and comedian Bill Murray.
Feb 19, 1998 · CHICAGO — This town’s baseball fans were left brokenhearted Wednesday by the death of Harry Caray, the ebullient cotton-mouthed Chicago Cubs announcer who entranced millions of Wrigley Field...
Apr 7, 2021 · Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, far right, is presented with a portrait at Wrigley Field commemorating his election into the broadcasting wing of baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,...
Feb 18, 2018 · Cubs broadcaster Harry Caray, far right, is presented with a portrait at Wrigley Field commemorating his election into the broadcasting wing of baseball’s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,...
A broadcaster since 1941, Caray became a household name through his Cubs' games for WGN-TV, carried nationally by many cable systems.
May 2, 2019 · A statue of legendary broadcaster Harry Caray sits outside Wrigley Field. A running theme in Zminda’s book props up Caray as the consummate salesman. Critics say he sold himself.
Jan 30, 2023 · Former Cubs broadcaster Chip Caray is taking over as the television play-by-play voice of the St. Louis Cardinals, more than five decades after his grandfather and Hall of Fame announcer Harry Caray became a baseball staple with the same club. Bally Sports Midwest announced Caray’s hiring in a statement Monday.
