Ernie Harwell

William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell (born January 25, 1918 in Washington, Georgia) is a former Major League Baseball announcer. For 55 years (42 of them with the Detroit Tigers), Harwell called balls, strikes, and home runs over the radio.

Awards and non-broadcast activities

Harwell was elected to the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame in 1989, the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1989, and the Radio Hall of Fame in 1998, and was honored by the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1981 as the fifth broadcaster to receive its Ford C. Frick Award, among many other honors.

Related Topics:
Radio Hall of Fame - Baseball Hall of Fame - Ford C. Frick Award

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Harwell's 1955 essay "The Game for All America" originally published in The Sporting News and reprinted numerous times, is considered a classic of baseball literature. He has also authored several books, and pens an occasional column for the Detroit Free Press.

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Harwell made a cameo appearance in the 1994 film Cobb. His voice can be briefly heard in the films Paper Lion (1968) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and in the TV movie The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004).

Related Topics:
Cameo - Film - Cobb - Paper Lion - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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In 2004, the Detroit Public Library dedicated a room to Ernie Harwell and his wife, Lulu, which will house Harwell's collection of baseball memorabilia valued at over two million dollars.

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