List of Major League Baseball on NBC broadcasters
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Current
Play-by-play
Jason Benetti: Sunday Night Baseball play-by-play (2022, 2026–present)
Matt Vasgersian: MLB Sunday Leadoff play-by-play / #2 Sunday Night Baseball play–by–play (2023, 2026–present)
Dave Flemming: MLB Sunday Leadoff #2 play–by–play (2026–present)
Tom McCarthy: MLB Sunday Leadoff #3 play-by-play (2026–present)
Guest color commentators
Roger Clemens: Yankees color commentator
Mark Grant: Padres color commentator
Ben McDonald- Orioles Color commentator
Rubén Amaro Jr.: Phillies Color commentator
Brian Roberts: Orioles color commentator
Jeff Brantley: Reds color commentator
Steve Stone: White Sox color commentator
Sam LeCure: Reds color commentator
Vinny Rottino: Brewers color commentator
Dan Plesac: White Sox color commentator
Hunter Pence: Giants color commentator
Caleb Joseph: Blue Jays color commentator
Joe Girardi: Yankees color commentator
Andy Dirks: Tigers color commentator
Tim Dillard: Brewers color commentator
Will Middlebrooks: Red Sox color commentator
Geoff Blum: Astros color commentator
Dallas Braden: Athletics color commentator
Jim Deshaies: Cubs color commentator
Orel Hershiser: Dodgers color commentator
Eric Hosmer: Royals color commentator
Trevor Plouffe: Twins color commentator
Dexter Fowler: Blue Jays color commentator
John Franco: Mets color commentator
Kevin Frandsen: Nationals color commentator
Lou Merloni: Red Sox color commentator
Bob Walk: Pirates color commentator
Gaby Sánchez: Marlins color commentator
Brian Anderson: Rays color commentator
Jim Palmer: Orioles color commentator
Jeff Nelson: Marlins color commentator
Jake Peavy: Padres color commentator
Luis Gonzalez: Diamondbacks color commentator
Andruw Jones: Braves color commentator
Corey Kluber: Guardians color commentator
Al Leiter: Mets color commentator
Rick Manning: Guardians color commentator
Albert Pujols: Cardinals color commentator
Ryan Rowland-Smith: Mariners color commentator
Brad Thompson: Cardinals color commentator
Neil Walker: Pirates color commentator
Mark Gubicza: Angels color commentator
David Murphy: Rangers color commentator
Matt Capps: Pirates color commentator
Justin Morneau: Twins color commentator
Mike Bacsik: Rangers color commentator
Dan Petry: Tigers color commentator
John Kruk: Phillies color commentator
C. J. Nitkowski: Braves color commentator
Sunday Leadoff reporters
John Fanta: Lead Sunday Leadoff reporter (2026–present)
Caroline Pineda: #2 Sunday Leadoff reporter (2026–present)
Ashley ShahAhmadi: #3 Sunday Leadoff reporter (2026–present)
Erica Weston: Alternate Sunday Leadoff reporter (2026-present)
Jordan Cornette: Alternate Sunday Leadoff reporter (2026–present)
Pregame hosts
Bob Costas: lead pregame host (2026–present)
Ahmed Fareed: pregame host (2022–2023, 2026–present)
John Fanta: alternate pregame host (2026–present)
Ashley ShahAhmadi: alternate pregame host (2026–present)
Studio analysts
Dexter Fowler: pregame studio analyst and Blue Jays game analyst (2026–present)
Clayton Kershaw: pregame studio analyst and Inside The Pitch analyst (2026–present)
Adam Ottavino: pregame studio analyst and #2 Inside the Pitch analyst (2026–present)
Anthony Rizzo: pregame studio analyst and #1 Inside the Pitch analyst (2026–present)
CC Sabathia: alternate pregame studio and Inside the Pitch analyst (2026–present)
Joey Votto: pregame studio analyst and Inside the Pitch analyst (2026–present)
Eric Hosmer: alternative Inside the Pitch Analyst (2026–present)
Former
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Marv Albert In 1979, Albert, who had called backup play-by-play for NBC baseball earlier in the decade, became the network's pregame host for the series Major League Baseball: An Inside Look. When former Yale University president Bart Giamatti was named president of the National League in 1986, Albert japed to St. Louis Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog that there now would be "an opening for you at Yale." Herzog retorted by saying "I don't think that's funny, Marv!"
Mel Allen (1951–1953; 1955–1958; 1960–1963)
Sparky Anderson (1979 American League Championship Series)
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Sal Bando (1982)
Red Barber (1948 World Series and 1952 World Series)
Johnny Bench (1994)
Len Berman
Buddy Blattner (1964; 1969)
Marty Brennaman (1975 World Series and 1976 World Series)
Jack Brickhouse (1954 World Series, 1959 World Series, and 1951–1953 All-Star Games)
Jim Britt
Jack Buck (1965 All-Star Game and Game of the Week announcer in 1976)
Brendan Burke (2023)
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Harry Caray (1964 World Series, 1967 World Series, and 1968 World Series)
Skip Caray (called all Division Series games in 2000 while Bob Costas was concluding his Olympic hosting duties from Sydney, Australia)
Ken Coleman (1967 World Series)
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Byron Day
Bucky Dent
Don Drysdale (1977)
Leo Durocher (1957–1959)
E
Gene Elston (1968 All-Star Game)
Dick Enberg (1977–1982)
Bill Enis (1972–1973)
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Joe Garagiola (1961–1964; 1974–1988)
Gayle Gardner (1989) In 1989, Gardner became the first female to regularly host Major League Baseball coverage for a television network.
Bob Gibson
Curt Gowdy (1958 World Series, 1st 1959 All-Star Game, 1st 1960 All-Star Game, 2nd 1961 All-Star Game, 2nd 1962 All-Star Game, and 1964 World Series; 1966–1975)
Jim Gray (1995–2000)
Bryant Gumbel (1976–1981)
Greg Gumbel (1994–1995)
H
Fred Haney (1960)
Merle Harmon (1980–1981)
Ernie Harwell
Ken Harrelson (1984–1987)
Al Helfer (1955–1958 All-Star Games and 1957 World Series)
Russ Hodges (1951 World Series, 1954 World Series, and 1962 World Series, 2nd 1959 All-Star Game, and 1st 1961 All-Star Game)
Tom Hussey
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Charlie Jones (1977–1979)
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Jim Kaat (1984–1986)
George Kell (1962 National League playoff, 2nd 1962 All-Star Game, and 1968 World Series)
Gene Kelly
Sandy Koufax (1967–1972) In 1971, Koufax signed a ten-year contract with NBC for $1 million to be a broadcaster on the Saturday Game of the Week. Koufax never felt comfortable being in front of the camera; he quit before the 1973 season.
Tony Kubek (1965–1989)
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Barry Larkin (1999 World Series)
Guy LeBow
John Lowenstein
Ron Luciano (1980–1981)
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Bill Macatee (1982–1989) Macatee joined NBC in 1982, where he hosted and reported on a variety of major events including late-night coverage of Wimbledon and the World Series, as well as the pre-game shows for the League Championship Series, Super Bowl XVII, and college football bowl games.
Mickey Mantle (1969–1970)
Ned Martin (1975 World Series)
Tim McCarver (1980)
Jim McIntyre (1970 World Series)
Al Michaels (1972 World Series)
Jon Miller (1986–1989) Miller would call games for NBC on their occasional doubleheader weeks. If not that, then Miller would appear on Saturday afternoon regionals the day after NBC's occasional prime time telecasts.
Joe Morgan (1986–1987, 1994–2000)
Monte Moore (1972 World Series, 1973 World Series, 1974 World Series, and Game of the Week announcer from 1978–1980; 1983)
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Lindsey Nelson (1957–1961; 1964, 1971 All-Star Game, 1969 World Series, and 1973 World Series) When NBC got baseball with Lindsey Nelson and Leo Durocher, for a while, the backup team was Chuck Thompson and Bill Veeck.
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