Bob Uecker

Bob Uecker real name is “Robert George” he was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 26thJanuary, 1935. Bob was an American Major League Baseball player an award-winning sportscaster, comedian and an actor. “Johnny Carson” gave Bob the title of “Mr. Baseball”.

From his early child hood Bob has the passion and love for the game as he grew up watching his home team of the minor-league Milwaukee Brewers. In 1956 Bob signed his professional contract with his hometown Milwaukee Braves. In 162 Bob finally made it to major league and played his first game as a catcher with the club.

He was an average hitter Bob finished his career with the average of 200 batting. He was a calm defensive player and did not made much mistakes in his Major League career as a catcher. On retirement 981 was his career fielding percentage.

Bob was a member of the 1964 World Champion Club. Bob played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies as-well before returning to the Braves. Bob finished his major league career in 1967.

Bob has always known for his humor, mainly about his ordinary playing career. In fact Bob became famous after he his retirement from the major league Bob appeared 64 time on “Johnny Carson’s” “Tonight Show” as guest. Bob also has done a number of humorous commercials on television, the most famous advertisement he appeared in was “Miller Lite Beer”, and he has acted as one of the “Miller Lite All-Stars”.

Bob also wrote and published two books, from which one is his own autobiography the title of the book is “Catcher in the Wry” and the other book is named as “Catch 222″.

Bob’s life is full of surprises another surprise of his life is when he appeared as a ringside announcer and backstage interviewer at Wrestle Mania III in Pontiac, Michigan in 1987, he also has performed in Wrestle Mania IV in 1988.

Bob was contacted by WWE in the fall of 2006 to appear at Wrestle Mania 23 in Detroit, Michigan on April 1, 2007.

Bob also has the privilege of being inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2001. He has received the “Ford C. Frick Award” in 2003, presented yearly by the Baseball Hall of Fame to a broadcaster for “major contributions to baseball”.

In 2005, the Milwaukee Brewers placed a number 50 in Bob’s honor in their “Ring of Honor” as it was Bob’s 50th year in major league baseball.