• In addition to making his resonant voice familiar to thousands of Houston baseball fans throughout the season, he also hosts the offseason live talk show, "Astroline."
• Entering his 63rd year on the air, he has been broadcasting Major League Baseball since 1953...previous Major League experience included stops with St. Louis, the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, Atlanta and Pittsburgh...served as the play-by-play announcer of the 1979 World Champion Pirates and the 2005 National League Champion Astros.
• Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame on Nov. 18, 2000...became only the 10th sportscaster to be so honored at that time...inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame on Nov. 5, 2005...he was joined in the ceremony by 11 fellow broadcasters, including former ABC White House correspondent and ABC This Week Co-Host Sam Donaldson and comedian George Carlin...Hamilton was a 2002 Texas Radio Hall of Fame instatee.
• Presented with the Fred Hartman Long and Meritorious Service Award by the Houston chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America on Feb. 8, 2001.
• Received the Ford C. Frick Award in 1992 from the Baseball Hall of Fame, an honor presented annually to a member of the broadcasting fraternity for major contributions to the game of baseball.
• Inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame on Nov. 21, 1994...honored by the TBHOF in 2005 with the Jimmy Wynn Toy Cannon Award for his many charitable endeavors during his 22 years in Houston and his 63-year broadcasting career.
• Called 11 no-hitters, Ernie Banks' five grand slams in a season, Stan Musial's five homers in a doubleheader (a feat San Diego's Nate Colbert duplicated with the Padres against Atlanta in 1972), Roger Maris' 61st homer in 1961 and Henry Aaron's historic 715th in 1974...since joining the Astros, he's also called Nolan Ryan's 4,000th strikeout in 1985, Barry Bonds' Major League record tying 70th home run in 2001, the Astros historic six-pitcher, combined no-hitter in June of 2003...in 2004, he was on the mic Roger Clemens' 4,137th career strikeout, passing Steve Carlton for second on the all-time list...his calls of Chris Burke's 18th-inning, game-winning home run in Game 4 of the 2005 NLDS and the last out in Game 6 of the 2005 NLCS, sending the Astros to their first World Series, will be immortalized in franchise history.
• His list of baseball-related honors dates back to 1962 when he was named Chicago's Sportsman of the Year by B'nai Brith...he was named Houston's "Mr. Sportsman" of 1991 by Interfaith Charities...winner of the inaugural Allen Russell Award for distinguished achievement in 1996 and the inaugural 1997 RBI Foundation honor for his charitable work...received the Great Communicator Award from the Press Club of Houston in 2000.
• Has helped raise more than $25 million for various charities as master of ceremonies at auctions, March of Dimes, Epilepsy Association, City of Hope, American Cancer Society and Leukemia Society of America.
• In 2002, received the March of Dimes (AIR) Award in Radio "Lifetime Achievement Award."...on January 21, 2005, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RBI Foundation.
• In addition to his remarkable career in baseball, Hamilton has considerable experience broadcasting a wide variety of sports, including Kentucky Wildcats basketball, the Chicago Bulls and DePaul Blue Demons...his Texas ties also extend to broadcasting Southwest Conference basketball.
• Co-authored the book Making Airwaves, 60 Years at Milo's Microphone, published by Sports Publishing LLC in 2006.
• Born in Fairfield, Iowa, Hamilton graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in radio speech...he began his baseball broadcasting career in the Three I League in Davenport, Iowa in 1950.
• Milo and his wife Arlene celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on April 6, 2002...Arlene passed away in February of 2005...the couple had two children, Patricia Joy, who passed away in June of 2006, and Mark.