NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Joe Castiglione, a Boston Red Sox radio announcer for 41 years, won the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting on Wednesday.
Castiglione, who has called the four World Series wins of the Red Sox that followed an 86-year title drought, will be honored during the Hall of Fame's induction weekend from July 19-22 in Cooperstown, New York.
Castiglione, 76, has broadcast four no-hitters and both of Roger Clemens' 20-strikeout games. The Fenway Park home radio booth was named in his honor last year.
Born March 2, 1947, in Hamden, Connecticut, Castiglione received a bachelor's degree from Colgate and a master's degree from Syracuse. He worked at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio, and shifted to Cleveland as a sports reporter right here at 3News. He called Cleveland Indians games in 1979 and Milwaukee Brewers games in 1981, then returned to the Indians in 1982. He was also in the booth for some Cavaliers games.
Castiglione began with the Red Sox radio team in 1983 and worked with Ken Coleman (a fellow Cleveland broadcasting alum), Bob Starr, Dave O'Brien, Jerry Trupiano and Will Flemming while also teaching broadcast journalism at Northeastern, Franklin Pierce and Emerson.
He was picked in voting by the Hall's 15-member Frick Award committee. Others on the ballot included longtime Indians and Guardians broadcaster Tom Hamilton as well as San Francisco Giants voice Duane Kuiper, who played for the Tribe from 1974-81. Joe Buck, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Ernie Johnson Sr., Ken Korach, Mike Krukow and Dan Shulman were also considered.