[3] Jon Miller was born on Hamilton Air Force Base in Novato, California,[2][4] and grew up in Hayward, listening to Giants announcers Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons on the radio.

He also spent the early part of his career announcing San Francisco Dons and Pacific Tigers men's college basketball (1976–1980), the Golden State Warriors (part-time, 1979–1982) and Washington Bullets (part-time, 1984–1985) of the NBA, and the original San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League.

[14] Following the Baltimore Orioles' 1982 season, their longtime announcer Chuck Thompson moved from the WFBR radio booth to do television broadcasts full-time, and WFBR president Harry Shriver brought in Miller to handle the radio play-by-play duties with veteran broadcaster Tom Marr.

[6] Since 1997,[20] Miller has been the primary play-by-play voice of the San Francisco Giants (replacing Hank Greenwald), calling games on KNBR radio as well as KTVU (1997–2007) and KNTV (2008–2021) television.

[21] On October 5, 2001, Miller made the call of Barry Bonds' record-breaking 71st home run: There’s a high drive deep into right-center field, to the big part of the ballpark … NUMBER 71!

The phrase was repeated numerous times on sports radio and highlight shows such as SportsCenter, and quickly became one of the most famous calls of Miller's long career.

And Barry Bonds with 756 home runs, he has hit more home runs than anyone who has ever played the game!On July 16, 2010, the Giants organization, including fellow broadcaster Dave Flemming, honored Miller at AT&T Park in a pregame ceremony about one week before Miller received the Ford C. Frick Award.

[27] On October 24, 2012, Miller made the call of Pablo Sandoval's third home run in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series:[28] The one-one pitch.

And Pablo Sandoval looks like The Babe himself has come back to life.On October 29, 2014, Miller made the radio call on KNBR of the final out of the 2014 World Series, the Giants' third title in five years.

And Madison Bumgarner has firmly etched his name on the all-time World Series record books as one of the greatest World Series pitchers the game has ever seen!On April 7, 2016, Miller accidentally called a grand slam by Hunter Pence for Buster Posey, but corrected himself mid-sentence:[30][31] Swing and there's a high drive, deep into left-center field, it's on its way... adios pelota!

[34] From 1986 to 1989, Miller did backup play-by-play for NBC's Saturday Game of the Week telecasts, paired with either Tony Kubek or Joe Garagiola.

From 1990 to 2010, Miller did national television and radio broadcasts of regular-season and postseason games for ESPN, most prominently alongside Hall of Famer Joe Morgan on the network's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts.

[35] During Game 3 of the 2000 World Series, Miller was forced to leave the booth after the top of the first inning due to an upper respiratory infection.

[37] In June 2021, Miller teamed with Mike Krukow, John Kruk, and Jimmy Rollins for the Phillies vs Giants series on Peacock.

In May 2022, Miller teamed with Shawn Estes and Barry Larkin to call the national telecast of a Giants-Reds game for MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock, substituting for regular play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti.

[38] Miller's voice can be heard in the Season 1 Cheers episode "The Tortelli Tort", during a scene where the gang at the bar is watching a Red Sox game on the television.

He also is briefly heard in the films 61* and Summer Catch and in the English release of the animated movie My Neighbors the Yamadas, and appears as himself in two episodes of the HBO series Arliss.

[40] Miller guest-starred as Jordan in the episode "Little Octi Lost" of the 2016 reboot of the Cartoon Network original series The Powerpuff Girls.

[20][41] Miller was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2010, with Dan Odum, his broadcasting professor from the College of San Mateo, serving as his presenter.

He livens up many broadcasts with a few Hawaiian and Japanese phrases spoken with impeccable[peacock prose] pronunciation, and has been known to announce a half inning totally in Spanish.

(in emulation of longtime Giants announcer Lon Simmons), and he continues to refer to a home run as a "big fly".

[20] Jon's daughter Emilie Miller is an actress who appeared in a 2014 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.