Overview
- Joe Buck received the Ford C. Frick Award on Saturday during Baseball Hall of Fame Weekend, calling it the greatest honor of his broadcasting career.
- Buck holds the record for most World Series assignments with 24 and called 135 World Series games between 1996 and 2021, alongside 21 All-Star Games and 26 LCS broadcasts.
- MLB Network aired a special, Bob Costas with Joe Buck, before the ceremony in which Buck acknowledged that being Jack Buck’s son gave him a leg up and said public criticism affected him at times.
- A 16-member committee named Buck the 50th Frick recipient with the highest vote total among finalists, and his award places him permanently in the Hall of Fame’s Scribes & Mikemen exhibit.
- The honor completes a multigenerational milestone for the Buck family, reinforces Buck’s standing across sports broadcasting, and may reshape how audiences weigh his achievements against earlier claims of nepotism.