CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Guardians have announced that legendary broadcaster Tom Hamilton has been named the winner of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award.
Hamilton, who has called Cleveland Guardians' games on the radio for 35 seasons, will be honored during the Hall of Fame Weekend, July 25-28, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York.
He was named the 49th winner of the Frick Award after receiving the highest point total in a vote conducted by the Hall of Fame's 16-member Frick Award Committee.
“With an unmatched love for Cleveland, Tom Hamilton has narrated the story of one of the franchise’s most successful eras since joining the team’s broadcast crew in 1990,” said Josh Rawitch, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. “Guardians fans adopted Tom as one of their own as soon as he arrived in Cleveland thanks to his knowledgeable play-by-play and passionate calls of some of the franchise’s most historic moments. For a generation of listeners, Tom Hamilton is the very definition of Cleveland baseball.”
The award is given annually to one of the game's preeminent broadcasters. This year's 10 finalists were Skip Caray, Rene Cardenas, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Ernie Johnson Sr., Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Dave Sims, John Sterling and Hamilton.
A native of Wisconsin, "Hammy" joined what was then the Cleveland Indians' radio booth in 1990, teaming with beloved announcer and former pitcher Herb Score for eight seasons. Following Score's retirement, he moved seamlessly into the first chair and has remained the team's "voice" ever since.
Hamilton's win comes after being named a four-year finalist, including the previous two years.
The legendary broadcaster is a seven-time winner of the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Award. In addition, Hamilton has called more than 100 postseason games and is the only broadcaster in franchise history to call three different Cleveland World Series teams.
A full list of Frick Award winners can be found HERE.
3News' Tyler Carey contributed to this story.
