Tom Hamilton (sportscaster)

Tom Hamilton (born August 19, 1954[1]) is an American sportscaster, primarily known as the chief radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians Major League Baseball team for 35 years.

He is the recipient of the 2025 Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Hamilton joined the then- Indians Radio Network for the 1990 season, after spending three years in the booth for the then AAA affiliate of the New York Yankees, the Columbus Clippers.

On August 5, 2023, Hamilton received praise for his energetic call of a bench-clearing brawl between the Guardians and Chicago White Sox.

[16] Another son, Brad, works as a reporter for Cleveland Fox affiliate WJW-TV 8.