MILO HAMILTON Milo Hamilton begins his 25th season as the voice of the Astros on radio...in July of 2005, Hamilton elected to work home games only beginning in 2006, however he will be making select road trips throughout the season...he joined the Houston organization in 1985.
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 64th 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 25 years in Houston and his 64-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 and Craig Biggio's 3,000th hit in 2007...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.
HAMILTON'S BALLPARK BROADCAST HISTORY » BRETT DOLAN Brett Dolan enters his fourth season as a color analyst and play-by-play announcer on the Astros Radio Network.
Prior to joining the Astros, he served as the director of broadcasting and "the voice of the Sidewinders" for Triple A Tucson of the Pacific Coast League from 2000-2005.
In the off-season, he broadcasts area college football and basketball games on FSN Southwest and ISP Sports...he also has served as the public address announcer for all three Texas Bowls since its inception in 2006.
In 2003 and 2004, Dolan was chosen to fill in as a broadcaster on selected Montreal Expos games.
Represented the Pacific Coast League in calling the Triple A All-Star Game in 2004, and was presented with The Communicator Crystal Award of Excellence for his work at the game named Arizona Sportscaster of the Year from the National Sportscasters and Sportscasters Association in 2002 and 2003.
While with the Sidewinders, covered University of Arizona football and basketball in the offseason, working more than 200 total sports games in a calendar year...served as the voice of the Arizona Fall League on MLB Radio for the 2004 and 2005 seasons...worked the Olympic baseball qualifying tournament in Phoenix in November of 2005.
Spent 12 years overall broadcasting minor league baseball, including two seasons with the Iowa Cubs from 1998-99 and four seasons with the Beloit Snappers (Midwest League).
A native of Casey, Iowa, he graduated from the University of Iowa in 1992 and accepted his first broadcasting position with Beloit in 1994.
Dolan and his wife, Betsy, make their home in Sugar Land with their son, Will and daughter, Kate.
DAVE RAYMOND Dave Raymond enters his fourth season as a color analyst and play-by-play announcer on the Astros Radio Network.
Began his Major League broadcasting career in a reserve role with the San Francisco Giants in 2003 and the Baltimore Orioles in 2005.
Also co-hosts the baseball variety show "JD and Dave's Excellent Offseason Adventure" with popular Astros television announcer Jim Deshaies.
A 14-year broadcasting veteran, Raymond's baseball experience includes minor league stops with the independent Brockton Rox (2005), Triple-A Iowa Cubs (2000-2004), Single-A Charleston RiverDogs (1999) and the independent Sonoma County Crushers (1995-1998).
Spent parts of four years providing television and radio play-by-play for several Drake University football and men's basketball games as well as radio for women's basketball games (2002-2005).
Broadcast four seasons of Stanford University women's basketball (1998-2001).
As a former business reporter for Forbes Magazine, Raymond was nominated for the prestigious 2001 Loeb Award for Outstanding Business Reporting.
Graduated from Stanford University, where he served as Senior Class President and competed for the Track and Field team.
Raymond and his wife, Tish, live in Houston with their boys Donnie, Tommy and Michael.
Bill Brown returns for his 23rd season as the club's primary play-by-play voice on television.
He joined the Astros in 1987 after working as senior producer and anchor of the Financial News Network's SCORE program...prior to that assignment, he was sports director of the Sports Time Cable Network, which televised selected games of the Reds, Royals and Cardinals.
Brown spent one year with HSE in Pittsburgh and was the television voice of the Cincinnati Reds from 1976-82.
He was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame on November 12, 2004.
Bill is a member of the Advisory Board at Houston Taping for the Blind and has been a volunteer reader for 13 years. In October of 2007, Brown organized a charity golf tournament to benefit the organization.
Brown and his wife, Dianne, reside in Houston. They have one daughter, Allison, and three grandchildren: Luke, 7, Emma Kate, 5, and Caitlynn, 2.
Jim Deshaies returns for his 13th season to serve as an analyst on television.
Returned to the Houston organization in 1997 to provide color commentary for both television and radio.
He was a 21st-round draft selection of the New York Yankees in the 1982 June free agent draft. He came to the Astros in a trade that sent Joe Niekro and Dody Rather to the Yankees on Sept. 15, 1985.
He had an immediate impact on the 1986 West Division championship team by setting a club rookie record for victories with 12 and finished seventh in NL Rookie of the Year balloting. Deshaies set a modern-day Major League record on Sept. 23, 1986, when he fanned the first eight batters he faced in a start against the Dodgers.
His finest season in the Majors was with Houston in 1989 when he fashioned a 15-10 record with a 2.91 ERA over 225.2 innings pitched. His 61 wins for the Astros are third-most by a lefthander to Mike Hampton's 69 and Bob Knepper's 93.
An 84-95 lifetime record also included Major League time with San Diego, Minnesota, San Francisco and Philadelphia.
Was on the ballot in 1999 as one of the starting pitchers on the Astros All-Astrodome Team.
Deshaies and his wife, Lori, reside in The Woodlands with their three daughters: Libby, Molly and Kelly.
ALEX TREVIÑO Alex Treviño returns for his 14th season of analysis on the Astros Spanish radio network.
A native of Monterrey, Mexico, he spent 13 seasons in the Majors, primarily as a catcher, including the 1988-90 seasons with the Astros. He also spent time with the Mets, Reds, Braves, Giants and Dodgers.
Batted a career-high .290 while serving as Houston's backup catcher in 1989...batted .364 (32x88) in 25 starts Treviño played in 939 Major League games and had a .249 lifetime average.
He attended the University of Nuevo Leon in Mexico before starting his professional baseball career.
FRANCISCO ROMERO Romero enters his second season of play-by-play on the Astros Spanish radio network.
Joins the Astros after spending five seasons broadcasting Milwaukee Brewers games in Spanish on Telemundo Wisconsin...his Major League broadcasting experience also includes selected Minnesota Twins games over five seasons from 2003-08.
His major League broadcast debut was for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Telemundo Arizona in 1999, and he spent two years on Diamondbacks broadcasts from 1999-2000.
Other Major League broadcasting experience includes selected games on Spanish Radio with the Cincinnati Reds in 2005 also spent four seasons as the play-by-play broadcaster and pre- and post-game show producer on Spanish radio broadcasts for the Triple A Tucson Sidewinders of the Pacific Coast League.
Additional sports broadcasting experience includes both football and basketball for the University of Arizona Spanish Radio Network 1999-2008, as well as three seasons on the Arizona Cardinals radio halftime report.
A graduate of the University of Arizona, Romero spent 10 years as the sports anchor for the Telemundo affiliate in Tucson, AZ.
In 2003, the Arizona Daily Star named him as one of the Top 100 Sports Figures of Southern Arizona...earned a 2004 Emmy Award from the Rocky Mountain Chapter in the sports reporting category.
Team
MILO HAMILTON
BRETT DOLAN
DAVE RAYMOND
BILL BROWN
JIM DESHAIES
ALEX TREVIÑO
FRANCISCO ROMERO
