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.”

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.

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

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

The first game Tom Hamilton was supposed to call for the Cleveland Indians in 1990 was squashed by baseball’s ongoing lockout. His second attempt ended after the first inning because of a blizzard.

Work, or sleep like a normal person. He concluded he could always sleep later. From 1987-89, Hamilton worked in the radio broadcast booth

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

Saturday was an unforgettable day for Tom Hamilton. The chief radio play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians received the 2025 Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday and got some well-deserved love and recognition from the crowd at Cooperstown and fans all over the country.

When Tom Hamilton introduced his Wisconsinite parents to the legendary Bob Uecker in the radio booth one day many years ago, Uecker jokingly apologized to them that they were forced to listen to him and not their son when they tuned into Brewers games.

Tom Hamilton transplanted himself from his childhood Waterloo, Wisconsin dairy farm into the Cleveland baseball broadcasting booth and National Baseball Hall of Fame as the 25th recipient of the Ford C.