Uecker, who died Thursday at 90, used to sit in the bullpen at Connie Mack Stadium and deliver play-by-play commentary into a beer cup.

T hursday morning the baseball world was saddened with the announcement that “Mr. Baseball” Bob Uecker had passed away at age 90. The long-time voice of the Milwaukee Brewers

Bob Uecker was a famously mediocre Major League hitter who discovered that he was much more comfortable at a microphone than home plate. And that was just the start of a second career in entertainment that reached far beyond the ballpark.

Milwaukee Brewers play-by-play broadcaster Jeff Levering first shared a booth with Bob Uecker in 2015. The first 10 years of his major league career overlapped with the last of Uecker's 54. Baseball's last crossover celebrity broadcaster died Thursday at age 90.

The baseball community shares their condolences following the news of broadcast legend Bob Uecker's passing at the age of 90.

Bob Uecker, the legendary voice of the Brewers who died Thursday at the age of 90, was battling a previously undisclosed illness.

The former Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster died at the age of 90 almost two years after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Bob Uecker, the Hall of Fame baseball broadcaster with a quick wit and an unending love of the game, died Thursday. He was 90. Uecker had been battling small cell lung cancer since 2023, his family told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

As a catcher for the Milwaukee Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, Uecker hit .200 with 14 home runs. As a Brewers catcher in the mid-2000s, Chad Moeller hit .204 with 14 home runs. In Uecker, Moeller said on Thursday, he found a friend who could needle him with sweetness.

The Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster enjoyed mocking his unremarkable playing career that preceded a legendary life behind the mic.

Bob Uecker, who died Thursday at the age of 90, was just a few years removed from that underwhelming playing career when he was the main speaker at the 26th annual Lancaster Sportswriters and Sportscasters banquet at the Host Farm Motel in Lancaster on Jan.

Bob Uecker, a former baseball catcher, actor and longtime Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster, died Thursday, the Brewers confirmed. He was 90.