A Denver, Colorado native, Proctor has called play-by-play for the Texas Rangers, Baltimore Orioles,[2] Washington Nationals, San Diego Padres[3] and Los Angeles Clippers at various points in his career.
While serving as the Orioles' broadcaster, Proctor appeared in five episodes of Homicide: Life on the Street, between 1993 and 1995, playing fictional reporter Grant Besser.
[4] Mel Proctor did the play-by-play for the Washington Bullets basketball games on Home Team Sports with Phil Chenier for several years.
[5] In 2016, Proctor's book, The Little General, the Baseball Life of Gene Mauch, was published by Blue River Press.
[6][7][8] He also called Hawaii Rainbow Warrior baseball road games in place of usual announcer Don Robbs.