Phillies Broadcasters

Now in his 25th season in the big leagues, Tom McCarthy is in the 18th year of his second tour of duty with the Phillies doing television play-by-play. In his first stint with the club, he spent five seasons (2001-05) as the host of the pre- and postgame radio shows, while also doing radio play-by-play. He also hosted his own weekday afternoon-drive show on ESPN Radio 920 AM, which concentrated on local sports. He spent the 2006-07 seasons as a radio broadcaster with the New York Mets on WFAN before returning to the Phillies in November 2007.

A graduate of The College of New Jersey (BA degree in communications), Tom spent six seasons with the Trenton Thunder, the former double-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. He was hired as director of public and media relations in 1993 and promoted to assistant general manager in 1996, while also working as one of the team’s broadcasters, doing play-by-play on radio and television for CN8.

After the 1999 season, Tom left the Thunder to pursue a full-time career in broadcasting, creating the first local-driven show on ESPN Radio 1680 AM. He also used to work national shows for ESPN Radio.

Tom has done extensive broadcasting for collegiate sports in his career. He currently does NFL games for CBS, basketball and college football play-by-play for CBS College Sports Network (formerly CSTV) and NFL and college basketball games for Westwood One, after three years of doing NFL games with Sports USA Radio. Previously, he worked as the radio voice of the Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball team (2004-09) and the play-by-play voice for Rutgers University football (2001-03), as well as Princeton University football (1995-2000) and men’s basketball (1995-2003).

In 2000, Tom earned a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for his work on CN8 and is a two-time winner (2002 & 2004) of the Achievement in Radio Award for Best Local Sports Coverage. He also received the Radio/TV Excellence Award from the New Jersey Sportswriters Association in January 2007 and the Good Guy Award in 2009. He was inducted into the Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame in the summer of 2011 and had the radio booth at Trenton’s Waterfront Park named after him. Additionally, he was named the 2013 Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and was inducted into the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame in June 2019. In March 2022, Tom received the Bob Vetrone Award, which recognizes those whose service, professionalism and commitment have made a lasting contribution to the student-athletes and institutions of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Born in Jersey City, N.J., Tom and his wife Meg live in Allentown, N.J. They have two sons, Patrick and Tommy, and two daughters, Maggie and Kerri. Patrick, a broadcaster for the New York Mets, filled in for his dad for a few games in 2021-22 when he was with triple-A Lehigh Valley.

One of the most popular and colorful players in Phillies history, John Kruk rejoined the club’s broadcast team in January 2017. He had previously been a color analyst for the team in 2003, the final season at Veterans Stadium.

Prior to rejoining the Phillies broadcast team, John spent 13 years with ESPN as both a color commentator on “Sunday Night Baseball” and a studio analyst for “Baseball Tonight.” He also worked for FOX and co-hosted “The Best Damn Sports Show Period.” In 2001, he was a hitting coach for the Phillies’ double-A team in Reading, Pa., before transitioning to a role assisting the club with suite sales for Citizens Bank Park. John also acted in several films, including the baseball-themed movie, The Fan, starring Robert DeNiro and Wesley Snipes.

John played 10 years in the major leagues, six of them with the Phillies, and was a member of the 1993 National League championship team when he posted career bests with a .316 batting average and a .430 on-base percentage. He made three consecutive All-Star teams (1991-93) as a Phillie, which included a memorable at-bat against future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson at the 1993 Midsummer Classic.

The San Diego Padres selected John in the third round of the 1981 draft. At the major league level, he played for the Padres (1986-89), Phillies (1989-94) and Chicago White Sox (1995). John finished his playing career with a .300 batting average, a .397 on-base percentage, 199 doubles, 100 home runs and 592 RBI in 1,200 games.

In 2003, John was selected to the All-Vet Team, which honored the best Phillies to play each position at Veterans Stadium, and he was inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame in 2011.

John and his wife Melissa live in Naples, Fla., with their son Kyle and daughter Keira.

Ben Davis enters his 11th season in the booth after joining the Phillies broadcast team in February 2015. He is also in his 15th year as an in-studio baseball analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia’s pre- and postgame shows and makes occasional appearances on 94 WIP’s morning show.

A local product, Ben was selected by the San Diego Padres as the second overall pick in the 1995 draft out of Malvern Preparatory School and went on to have a seven-year (1998-2004) major league career with the Padres (1998-2001), Seattle Mariners (2002-04) and Chicago White Sox (2004). Ben converted to pitcher for the final three seasons (2008-10) of his professional career, spent with single-A Sarasota in the Cincinnati Reds organization and the Camden Riversharks of the independent Atlantic League.

Ben currently resides in Chadds Ford, Pa., with his wife Megan and their four children.

Over the past four decades, Ruben Amaro Jr. has held several positions with the Phillies - general manager, assistant general manager, player, bat boy and now color analyst. Ruben joined the broadcast team in 2020 for select Phillies telecasts and had his role expanded for the 2021 season. In addition, he joined MLB Network as an on-air analyst in March 2022 and makes regular appearances on the WIP morning show.

A Philadelphia native, Ruben was a bat boy for the Phillies from 1980-83 when his father, Ruben Sr., a former shortstop with the club, was first base coach. He is a 1983 graduate of the William Penn Charter School, where he played both baseball and soccer. In 1987, he earned a bachelor’s degree in human biology from Stanford University and was a member of the NCAA championship baseball team.

Selected by the Angels in the 11th round of the 1987 MLB Draft, Ruben made his major league debut with the club in 1991. Following that season, he was traded to his hometown Phillies, where he spent five of his final seven big league seasons (1992-93, 96-98). His only time away was 1994-95, when he played for Cleveland. Ruben played for two league champions - the pennant-winning 1993 Phillies and the 1995 Cleveland club that captured the AL crown. In 1996, he ranked third among National League pinch-hitters with a .387 average.

At the conclusion of the 1998 season, Ruben moved into the Phillies front office as assistant general manager and held that position through 2008 under both Ed Wade and future Hall of Famer Pat Gillick. After the Phillies’ World Series win in 2008, Gillick transitioned into a new role and Ruben succeeded him as GM.

In his first year as GM, the Phillies won the NL pennant, making it to the seventh World Series in club history, and the team’s 93 wins were the most in 16 years (97 wins in 1993). Following the season, Ruben was named Executive of the Year by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association (PSWA) and the Phillies were honored as the Team of the Year by the PSWA and Organization of the Year by Baseball America. Over a two-year span (2010-11), he constructed a team that had the best records (97-65 and 102-60, respectively) in the major leagues. Prior to 2010, the Phillies had never posted the best record over the course of a major league season.

Ruben left the Phillies toward the end of the 2015 season and spent the next three years as first base coach and outfield instructor for the Boston Red Sox (2016-17) and New York Mets (2018). He worked as a scout for the Mets in 2019. Ruben is the co-founder and ambassador for Sluggball: Baseball Reimagined, president of the Ruben Amaro Sr. Foundation, vice president of the Ashburn-Kalas Foundation and ambassador for the Darren Daulton Foundation.

He lives in Philadelphia with his partner Lori and has two daughters, Andrea and Sophia.

Taryn Hatcher joined NBC Sports Philadelphia’s Phillies broadcast team in 2023 as a sideline reporter. She has also worked as a sideline reporter covering the Flyers and 76ers as well as an in-studio host, field reporter and anchor since joining NBCSP in 2018.

Beyond her duties with NBC Sports Philadelphia, Taryn has covered the Stanley Cup Playoffs on TNT, college football for Big Ten Network and Penn Relays for NBC Sports Network.

A native of Delran, N.J., Taryn previously worked as a sports anchor and reporter in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Hawaii News Now KGMB/KHNL. During her time in the Aloha State, she covered a variety of sports, including the Pro Bowl, Tua Tagovailoa’s breakout high school seasons, LPGA and PGA events and the Triple Crown of surfing.

Taryn broke into the business while a student at Rutgers University, making appearances on Big Ten Network as a sideline reporter and serving as an intern with NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt had his role with the Phillies expanded in 2014 when he returned to the Phillies broadcast booth for Sunday home games. From 2015-18, he also worked Saturday home telecasts. Mike previously worked as a Phillies broadcaster during the 1990 season.

Arguably the greatest third baseman to ever play in the major leagues - and the greatest player in Phillies history - Schmidt returned to the organization in 2002 as a special instructor, a role he held through the 2018 season before being named special advisor.

Following his 18-year playing career (1972-89), spent entirely with the Phillies, Mike was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995 with 96.5% of the votes, becoming the 26th player elected on the first ballot. He led the National League in home runs a record eight times; RBI, four times; slugging percentage, five times; and on-base percentage and total bases, three times.

When he retired, Mike was ranked seventh on MLB’s all-time home run list (548) and will enter the 2025 season ranked 16th, with Giancarlo Stanton the closest active player (51st all-time with 429 homers). Mike holds the career record for a third baseman in home runs (509) and set the major league record for homers in a season by a third baseman with 48 in 1980, which stood until it was broken in 2007 by Alex Rodriguez (52).

A 12-time NL All-Star during his career, Mike won three NL MVP Awards (1980, 1981 & 1986), six Silver Slugger Awards and 10 Gold Gloves, while also being named the MVP of the 1980 World Series.

In 2014, Mike began working as a broadcaster on Phillies telecasts during home Sunday games. From 2015-18, he worked Saturdays as well. He spent the 1990 season as a Phillies broadcaster and in 2004 managed single-A Clearwater, his first stint as a full-time manager or coach at any level, leading the club to a 55-81 record. In 2009, he served as third base coach for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic.

Mike was born in Dayton, Ohio, and currently lives in Jupiter, Fla., with his wife Donna

Cole Hamels is making his professional broadcasting debut for the Phillies in 2025, serving as a color analyst.

The MVP of the 2008 World Series, Cole also was named a special advisor to baseball operations in December 2024 and represents the Phillies as a club ambassador. In this role, he will advise the front office on baseball matters and represent the Phillies as a club ambassador. In addition to his duties as a special advisor, Cole is set to make his professional broadcasting debut for the Phillies in 2025, serving as a color analyst for spring training and regular season telecasts.

A first-round selection (17th overall) of the Phillies in the 2002 MLB Draft, Cole spent 10 of his 15 major league seasons in Philadelphia. The Most Valuable Player of the 2008 World Series champion Phillies finished his career in red pinstripes going 114-90 with a 3.30 ERA and 1,844 strikeouts in 295 games (294 starts). A three-time All-Star with the Phillies, Cole ranks third all-time in franchise history in strikeouts, fourth in starts and sixth in wins and innings pitched (1,930.0).

In 2015, his final season as a Phillie, Cole tossed the 13th no-hitter in club history on July 25 against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Cole, a native of San Diego, currently resides in the Dallas area with his children.

Scott made his Phillies debut in 2006, when he was named the pre- and postgame host for Phillies radio broadcasts and did radio play-by-play in the middle innings. In 2007, he took over as the main play-by-play commentator for Phillies radio broadcasts, working with Larry Andersen. The duo was honored at the Philadelphia A.I.R. (Achievement in Radio) Awards, winning for Best Live Sports Event Coverage in 2007 and 2008. Additionally, they received the Bill Campbell Award for excellence in local broadcasting from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association in 2017. Scott is also a three-time winner of the Pennsylvania Sportscaster of the Year Award (2010, 2015 and 2022), given by the National Sports Media Association.

A 1994 graduate of Southern Methodist University (SMU) with a degree in broadcast journalism, Scott began his radio career as a talk show host with Prime Sports Radio, a national all-sports radio network based in Dallas. He worked for two seasons as the part-time pre- and postgame host for his hometown Texas Rangers (1997-98) before becoming the voice of the Kane County Cougars, a single-A affiliate of the Florida Marlins (1999-2001). In 2000, Scott covered the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, for Sporting News Radio. He spent four years (2002-05) in his second stint with the Rangers as the full-time studio host of the pre- and postgame shows and fill-in play-by-play announcer, winning the 2003 Katie Award for Best Radio Play-by-Play Sportscast from the Press Club of Dallas.

Scott was born in Dallas and currently lives in Gladwyne, Pa., with his wife Lori, son Gus and twin daughters Loretta and June.

Larry is in his 28th season serving as a color analyst for Phillies games, making him the club’s longest-tenured active broadcaster. He chose to reduce his schedule in 2018 and now calls mostly home games, along with select road series.

Larry began his broadcast career with the Phillies in 1998. He had been offered a position on the Houston Astros’ broadcast team in 1997 when Larry Dierker moved from the booth to become manager, but opted instead to become pitching coach for the Phillies’ triple-A affiliate at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. In 2008, he and his partner Scott Franzke won for Best Live Sports Event Coverage at the Philadelphia A.I.R. (Achievement in Radio) Awards, the second straight year they won that category. In 2017, the duo was honored with the Bill Campbell Award for excellence in local broadcasting by the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association.

A former relief pitcher who played 25 years of professional baseball, including 17 seasons in the major leagues with Cleveland (1975-79), Seattle (1981-82), Houston (1986-90), Boston (1990), San Diego (1991-92) and two stints with the Phillies (1983-86; 93-94), Larry was 40-39 with 49 saves and a 3.15 ERA in 699 career games (1 start). In 1987, he pitched 101.2 innings, all in relief, and in 1989-90, he posted ERAs below 2.00 – 1.54 ERA in 1989 and 1.79 ERA in 1990.

Larry is famously known for being traded from the Astros to the Red Sox for future Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell in August 1990. He pitched in two World Series with the Phillies in 1983 and 1993, and also appeared in the ALCS twice, with Houston in 1986 and Boston in 1990. Larry holds the Phillies’ club record for longest consecutive scoreless streak by a reliever (32.2 IP), set in 1984. It is also the third-longest among all Phillies pitchers, trailing Grover Alexander’s 41.0 scoreless innings in 1911 and Cliff Lee’s 34.0-inning streak in 2011.

After graduating from Interlake High School in Bellevue, Wash., in 1971, he was drafted by Cleveland in the seventh round and made his major league debut with the club in 1975. Following his playing career, Larry spent three seasons as a minor league pitching coach, first with double-A Reading (1995-96) and then Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (1997). He also served as a guest instructor at Phillies spring training for five years (2013-17).

Born in Portland, Ore., Larry has two daughters, Angie and Tania, and one son, Chase. He and his wife Kristi live in Philadelphia.

Gregg Murphy joined the Phillies television broadcast team in 2012, bringing viewers closer to the action by reporting from the field, dugouts and elsewhere throughout the ballpark during games. He added some play-by-play duties in 2014 and continued in both roles through the 2020 season. In 2021, Gregg moved over to the radio side to handle pre- and postgame show duties, while occasionally filling in for Scott Franzke on play-by-play.

Originally hired as part of the on-air team at NBC Sports Philadelphia in December 2008, Gregg is a multiple Emmy winner and nominee in numerous categories, including sports reporting. He was also recognized twice as the winner of the Associated Press Outstanding Talk Program for “Out of Bounds,” a program he hosted earlier in his career.

Before joining NBC Sports Philadelphia, he was at CN8, “The Inquirer High School Sports Show” and WFMZ in Allentown, Pa.

A 1993 graduate of St. Joseph’s University with a degree in English, Gregg has reported on many notable sports events, including the NCAA Tournament, Super Bowl, World Series and NBA Finals.

Born in Meadowbrook, Pa., Gregg was raised in Mt. Laurel, N.J., and attended Holy Cross High School in Delran, N.J. He gives his time and hosting talents to the Families Behind the Badge Foundation, which benefits Philadelphia police officers.

Gregg lives in Mullica Hill, N.J., with his wife Christa. Together they have five children: one daughter, Quinn, and four sons, Matthew, Colin, Shane and Beckett.

A member of the 1993 Phillies National League championship team, Kevin Stocker rejoined the Phillies radio broadcast team in 2022. He previously served in that capacity in 2018, working select road games, after calling six games in the two prior seasons.

Prior to his work with the Phillies, Kevin spent 18 years as a college baseball color analyst for the Pac-12 Network, CBS College Sports Network and ESPN. A former college player himself, Kevin was selected by the Phillies in the second round of the 1991 MLB Draft out of the University of
Washington. He played eight seasons in the major leagues, including his first five (1993-97) with the Phillies. In 545 games for the club, Kevin batted .262 with a .347 on-base percentage. He made his major league debut on July 7, 1993, and played all 20 innings of the Phillies’ win over the Los Angeles Dodgers that night.

During the 2017 season, Kevin also broadcast four Major League Baseball games as part of the Intel True VR Game of the Week venture between MLB and Intel Corporation.

Kevin currently resides in Newtown Square, Pa., with his wife Brooke. They have three children, daughter McKenna and sons Logan and Zach.

The 2025 season marks Bill Kulik’s 21st season as a member of the Phillies’ Spanish broadcasting team and his 31st in professional baseball as a broadcaster and producer of Spanish-language sports content.

Bill established the Spanish Béisbol Network in 2001 and the company has continued to grow, adding Spanish broadcasting rights to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012. Prior to his time with the Phillies, Bill called games for the Boston Red Sox and, between the two clubs, has been part of five World Series broadcasts (2004; 2007-09; 2022).

A native New Englander, Bill lived in Latin America for 10 years, earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryant University in marketing and went to graduate school at Boston College. He and his wife Chesco reside in Moorestown, N.J., and have six children: Amanda, Arielle, KJ, Bryce, Seychelle and Quinlan.

Oscar joined Phillies Spanish radio broadcasts in 2021, working alongside Bill Kulik. He has two decades of sports broadcasting experience in the Hispanic market in the U.S. and across Latin America covering MLB, NFL, college football and the NBA. He has called multiple Super Bowls, World Series and NBA Finals in Spanish. He also currently serves as the color analyst for the Eagles Spanish radio broadcasts.

Oscar is also an accomplished global business executive that has worked in leadership positions for world-class organizations like Procter & Gamble, The Coca-Cola Company and Aramark. At Coca-Cola, he managed the company’s sports and entertainment assets around the world including MLB, NBA, FIFA and Disney, among many others.

Oscar is a passionate advocate for the development of the Hispanic community and has served as an advisor for multiple Hispanic organizations, such as Congreso, The National Hispanic Corporate Council and Hispanic Business Development Center.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Oscar received his MBA from Mercer University and he currently resides in Philadelphia with his family.

The 2025 season is Angel’s 18th on Spanish-language baseball broadcasts and his 14th with the Phillies. He also worked on the Washington Nationals Spanish radio broadcasts for four years (2008-11).

From 2022-23, Angel produced and hosted a Spanish sports talk show called “Sabado Deportivo,” which aired on WTTM 1680 AM in Philadelphia and South Jersey. It was his second show on the station, having previously produced his own sports radio show called “Deportes de Aquí y de Allá,” which aired weekdays from 2006-08. Most recently, Angel served as the play-by-play announcer for ALDS playoff games on MLB Network alongside former major leaguer Yonder Alonso.

Angel was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and is a graduate from Superior School of Locution and Social Communication in the DR with a concentration in social communication. He has lived in Philadelphia since 2001 and he and his wife, Michel, have two sons, Brian and Brandon.