List of Houston Astros broadcasters

Broadcasters for the Houston Astros Major League Baseball team.

Play by Play

  • Gene Elston (1962–1986)
  • Loel Passe (1962–1976)
  • Guy Savage (1962–1963)
  • Al Helfer (1962)
  • Mickey Herskowitz (1963)
  • Harry Kalas (1965–1970)
  • Bob Prince (1976)
  • Dewayne Staats (1977–1984)
  • Mike Elliott (1984)
  • Larry Hirsch (1984)
  • Jim Durham (1984–1985)
  • Milo Hamilton (1985–2012) (only home games from 2006–2012)
  • Jerry Trupiano (1985–1986)
  • Bill Worrell (1986–1996, 2000–2003)
  • Dave Hofferth (1987)
  • Bill Brown (1987–2016) (just home games and select road games from 2013–2016)
  • Bruce Gietzen (1988–1990)
  • Vince Cotroneo (1991–1997)
  • Brett Dolan (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Dave Raymond) and all road games)
  • Dave Raymond (2006–2012) (about 1/2 of the home games (switching off and on with Brett Dolan) and all road games)
  • Alan Ashby (1998–2006 (radio); 2013–2016 (television) (from 1998–2006, he provided 2 innings of play-by-play on the radio and from 2013–2016, he provided play-by-play for games without Bill Brown)
  • Robert Ford (2013–present)
  • Steve Sparks (2013–present) (2 innings a game on radio)
  • Todd Kalas (2017–present)
  • Kevin Eschenfelder (2017–present)

Color Analyst

Spanish

  • René Cárdenas (1962–1977, 2007)
  • Orlando Sanchez-Diago (1962–1992)
  • Rolando Becerra (1987–1992)
  • Francisco Ernesto Ruiz (1993–2007)
  • Manny Lopez (1993)
  • Danny Gonzalez (1994–1996)
  • Alex Treviño (1997–Present)
  • Adrian Chavarria (2006–2007)
  • Enrique Vasquez (2006)
  • Francisco Romero (2008–Present)

Broadcast Outlets

Television

Over-the-air

Cable

  • Home Sports Entertainment/Prime Sports Southwest/Fox Sports Southwest (1983–2004)
  • Fox Sports Houston (2005–2012)
  • Comcast Sportsnet Houston/Root Sports Southwest/AT&T Sportsnet Southwest/Space City Home Network (2013–Present)[1]

Note: Fox Sports Houston was originally a sub-feed of Fox Sports Southwest from 2005 to 2008; however, the Houston feed became its own standalone channel as of January 2009.
Note: Comcast Sportsnet Houston became Root Sports Southwest in November 2014 which later became AT&T Sportsnet Southwest in July 2017 which later became Space City Home Network in October 2023.

Radio

  • KPRC (AM) (1962–1980)
  • KNTH (1981–1982)
  • KRBE (1983–1984)
  • KTRH (1985–1995, 1999–2012)
  • KILT (AM) (1996–1998)
  • KBME (AM) (2013–present)

Spanish Radio

  • KXTN-FM (1988)
  • KXYZ (1989–2002)
  • KLAT (2003–2014; 2021–present)
  • KODA HD-3 (2015-2017)
  • KEYH / KNTE (2018-2020)

See also

References

  1. ^ Aufdenspring, Matt. "Rockets, Astros fans rejoice! ROOT Sports Southwest launches in Houston". Click2Houston.com.