Uecker became known for his self-deprecating wit and became a regular fixture on late night talk shows in the 1970s and 1980s, facetiously dubbed "Mr.

He hosted several sports blooper shows and had an acting career that included his role as George Owens on the television program Mr. Belvedere and as play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle in the film Major League and its two sequels.

Uecker was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with its 2003 Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career.

[5] Before the 1964 season, the Braves traded Uecker to the St. Louis Cardinals for minor leaguers Jimmie Coker and Gary Kolb.

[5] After the 1965 season, the Cardinals traded Uecker, Dick Groat, and Bill White to the Philadelphia Philles for Pat Corrales, Alex Johnson, and Art Mahaffey.

[8] He was generally considered to be a sound defensive player and committed very few errors as a catcher, completing his career with a fielding percentage of .981.

[11] In the baseball off-season Uecker was the radio color commentator for University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers men's basketball and football games carried by WTMJ (620) and WTMJ-FM (1130) in the early 1970s.

[12] During his Brewers tenure, Uecker mentored Pat Hughes, Jim Powell, Cory Provus and Joe Block, all of whom became primary radio announcers for other MLB teams.

For several years he also served as a color commentator for network television broadcasts of Major League Baseball, helping call games for ABC in the 1970s and early 1980s and NBC (teaming with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan) in the 1990s.

[19] In 2014, Uecker cut back on his workload, limiting the number of road games he would call and traveling he would undertake, due to prior health issues.

He signed a contract in 2021, in order to be covered under the Brewers' health insurance plan after cuts to his SAG-AFTRA benefits for acting work.

[23] Uecker's final broadcast was Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series between the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets on October 3, 2024.

[26] In March 1987, Uecker appeared at World Wrestling Federation's (WWF, now WWE) WrestleMania III in Pontiac, Michigan, as the ring announcer for the pay-per-view's main event of Hulk Hogan versus André the Giant.

Referencing where Uecker sat in the Miller Lite commercials, these seats have an obstructed-view area (in the upper grandstand above home plate where the stadium's roof pivot comes together).

[33] Locally, Uecker lent his endorsement skills to several companies and products in Milwaukee, including the Milwaukee Admirals, Rank & Son Buick, Usinger's Sausage, the Wisconsin Department of Tourism for its "You're Among Friends" campaign, and several road and bicycle safety campaigns for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

[39] In the movies, Uecker's character is known for his witticisms and his tendency to become intoxicated from drinking during losing games, as well as downplaying poor play by the team for the radio audience: for example, in the first film he also coins another popular sports catchphrase "Juuust a bit outside", to downplay an extremely wild pitch from Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn (played by Charlie Sheen).

[40] In 2021, Uecker made a guest appearance in the Disney+ series Monsters at Work where he voiced a parody of himself named "Bob Yucker".

Four years later, on May 12, 2009, Uecker's name was also added to the Brewers Wall of Honor inside American Family Field.

On August 31, 2012, the Brewers erected the Uecker Monument outside American Family Field[46] alongside statues of Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and Bud Selig.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers declared September 25, 2021, as Bob Uecker Day in honor of his 50th year broadcasting Brewers games.

Before the game, left fielder Christian Yelich presented a gift on behalf of the players, a pair of custom Nike sneakers with "Air Uecker" and "Get Up, Get Up" on one foot and "One Of Us" and "Just a Bit Outside" (see reference in the section above) on the other.

[54][55][56] On October 14, 2010, the Brewers announced Uecker would again undergo heart surgery, this time to repair a tear at the site of his valve replacement.