Joe Buck is going to the Baseball Hall of Fame after being awarded the 2026 Ford C. Frick Award.
Buck becomes the 50th winner of the award. His father, legendary broadcaster Jack Buck, also won the award in 1987. They become the first father-son duo to ever be honored with the award.
The 56-year-old Buck becomes the second youngest winner of the award, trailing only Vin Scully, who was bestowed the honor in 1982 when he was 54.
“Joe Buck authored his own historic legacy while following in the footsteps of his father on a path to Cooperstown,” said National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum President Josh Rawitch. “During an era of unprecedented audience growth throughout the game, Joe was the voice of the World Series and the All-Star Game, calling the biggest moments in baseball for more than a quarter of a century. He was a Saturday staple in homes across America while still serving as the voice of his hometown St. Louis Cardinals.”
In 1991, Joe Buck joined his father on St. Louis Cardinals broadcasts, a position he held through 2007. In 1994, he joined FOX Sports as an NFL announcer before later adding the MLB to his plate. He became the youngest World Series voice since Scully in 1953 when Buck was tabbed by the network to call the Fall Classic in 1996.
Buck called baseball games for Fox from 1996 until he left the network in 2021. In total, he called 26 League Championship Series, 21 All-Star Games, in addition to announcing the World Series and the Saturday game of the week package.
The 10 finalists were: Brian Anderson, Skip Caray, Rene Cardenas, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Duane Kuiper, John Rooney, Dan Shulman, John Sterling, and Buck.
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Hate Joe buck anti new york. His father was class Joe not so much