# List of Chicago Cubs broadcasters

The following is a list of Chicago Cubs broadcasters:
Names in bold are recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball.

## 1920s-1940s

* Hal Totten (1924–44)
* Bob Elson (1928–41)
* Pat Flanagan (1929–43)
* 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!"
* Bert Wilson (1944–55) "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Cubs!"
* Wayne Osborne (1945)
* Joe Wilson (1946–52)
* Bill Brundige (1949)
* Rogers Hornsby (1949)

## 1950s-1970s

* Bud Campbell (1950–53)
* Harry Creighton (1951–56)
* Gene Elston (1954)
* Vince Lloyd (1954–86) "Holy mackerel!"
* Milo Hamilton (1955–57; 1980–84) "Holy Toledo!!"
* Jack Quinlan (1956–64)
* Lou Boudreau (1958–59; 1961–87) "Kiss it goodbye!"
* Lloyd Pettit (1963; 1965–1966; 1969–1970)
* Jim West (1971-1976)

## 1980s-1990s

* Harry Caray (1982–97) "It might be... it could be... it is!" "Holy cow!" "Cubs win!"
** 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.
* 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 ("Bears")
* Zach Zaidman (2018–present); pre-post game host; substitute radio play-by-play

## 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 (2021–2023); substitute play-by-play
* Beth Mowins (2021–2024); substitute play-by-play, first woman to broadcast a Cub game
* Ryne Sandberg (2021–2023); substitute color commentator
* Rick Sutcliffe (2021–present); substitute color commentator
* Matt Spiegel (2021–present); substitute play-by-play and pre-post game host
* Joe Girardi (2022–present); substitute/secondary color commentator
* Elise Menaker (2023–present); substitute/secondary color commentator
* Jon Lester (2024–present); substitute/secondary color commentator
* Alex Cohen (2024–present); substitute play-by-play