DETROIT, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A familiar voice on the Detroit Tigers Radio Network which broadcasts games on numerous stations across Michigan has died.
Media outlets across the state report that longtime Tigers broadcaster and catcher during the teams’ 1968 championship Jim Price passed away Monday night, August 7.
According to team officials, Price had been in poor health but was still doing commentary with longtime partner Dan Dickerson on home radio broadcasts as recently as last month.
In a release for the team, Dickerson called the loss of Price ‘such sad news’, saying “Jim and I were together for 24 seasons and experienced both ends of the spectrum with our beloved Tigers – from a tough season in the first year after Ernie retired to two trips to the World Series. Jim helped get me through that first season, which made what happened three years later all the sweeter.”
The legendary and well-known announcer was born Jimmie William Price in 1941 in Harrisburg Pennsylvania, and originally signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Hershey High School. He spent seven years in the Pirates’ minor-league system before being purchased by the Tigers in 1967. He went on to spend the next five seasons as backup catcher to Bill Freehan.
Price joined Tigers radio broadcasts in 1998 and also spent several seasons doing TV broadcasts during the 1990s.
He was 81-years-old.
