Bob Uecker

Baseball Player

1935-01-26 – 2025-01-16

American professional baseball player, sportscaster, and entertainer. He played in Major League Baseball and became widely known as the longtime broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers. His broadcasting style made him a prominent figure in baseball media.

Books by Bob Uecker

Catcher in the wry
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Quotes by Bob Uecker

I had slumps that lasted into the winter.
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Hey, I think it's easy for guys to hit .300 and stay in the big leagues. Hit .200 and try to stick around as long as I did; I think it's a much greater accomplishment. That's hard.
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Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.
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I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel's suitcase.
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Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television... I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do.
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Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of 'Don't do this' and 'Don't do that.' And that's one of the things that I'm most proud of.
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I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.
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I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players' equipment.
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I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes.
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Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat.
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When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
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When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team's dugout and they were already in street clothes.
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I had a great shoe contract and glove contract with a company who paid me a lot of money never to be seen using their stuff.
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I signed a very modest $3,000 bonus with the Braves in Milwaukee. And my old man didn't have that kinda money to put out.
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Career highlights? I had two - I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.
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The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.
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People have asked me a lot of times, because I didn't hit a lot, how long a dozen bats would last me. Depending on the weight and model I was using at that time - I would say eight to 10 cookouts.
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I did stand-up, weird and ignorant stuff about my career - anything for a laugh.
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You throw batting practice, you warm up pitchers, you sit and cheer. You do whatever you have to do to stay on the team.
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We were on for six years. We were in syndication for a while. It had its run. I still see the people from 'Mr. Belvedere,' too. We stay in touch.
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