In accepting the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a baseball broadcaster, Hammy expressed being 'overwhelmed, humbled, honored, and grateful.'

Hall of Famers CC Sabathia and Dave Parker played briefly for the Brewers. Radio announcer Tom Hamilton is a native of Waterloo.

Tom Hamilton joined Jimmy Dudley and Jack Graney in representing Cleveland as winners of the Ford C. Frick Award.

The beloved voice of the Cleveland Guardians, Tom Hamilton, will take his place in baseball history on Saturday as he is honored as part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cooperstown,

Tom Hamilton, an iconic figure in Cleveland sports for more than three decades, will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend.

Seated next to Baseball Writers’ Association of America Career Excellence Award winner Thomas Boswell of The Washington Post, Hamilton also expressed his deep appreciation for baseball’s literary tradition, saying he believes “the best writers cover baseball” and that the sport has been “blessed with the best books, the best stories.”

From rural farms to incredible sports broadcasting careers, Tom Hamilton and Joe Tait never forgot to be the eyes for their radio audience

This is where Cleveland radio broadcaster Tom Hamilton holds court, where he sits each afternoon to scribble the lineups and prepare his notes before a visitor knocks on the door. He makes every colleague feel like there’s nowhere on the planet he’d rather be than in that moment, at that table, talking to them. He does the same thing on the mic.

Subscribe to The Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Tom Hamilton is a legend. Hamilton, who is in his 36th year of broadcasting Cleveland baseball games on the radio,