14 Facts About Dan Dickerson

Daniel Hill Dickerson was born on November 13,1958 and is an American sportscaster, best known for his current position as the lead radio play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Detroit Tigers on the Detroit Tigers Radio Network.

Dan Dickerson attended the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills before graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1980.

Dan Dickerson began his radio career at WMAX in Grand Rapids, Michigan as a news anchor and reporter.

Dan Dickerson moved to competitor WCUZ in 1982, where he would cover sports for the next six years.

Dan Dickerson moved to Detroit in 1988 and WWJ, where he served as a general assignment news reporter and weekend news and sports anchor.

Dan Dickerson hosted the post-game call-in show for the station's Detroit Lions broadcasts.

In 1995, Dan Dickerson moved to crosstown competitor WJR, where he held a variety of positions.

Dan Dickerson served as co-host of the weeknight sports call-in show Sportswrap; morning sports anchor; sideline reporter and fill-in play-by-play announcer for Michigan Wolverines football; and play-by-play announcer for Michigan basketball for two seasons.

Dan Dickerson took over as lead play-by-play announcer on Tigers radio following Harwell's retirement at the end of the 2002 season, working with Price as a two-man crew.

Dan Dickerson has called several events for Fox Sports Detroit television, including high school football since 2002, a Michigan State Spartans hockey game in 2008, and Detroit Titans basketball games in 2010 and 2011.

Dan Dickerson is a longtime member of the Detroit Sports Media Association, founded in 1948 by pioneering Tigers announcer Ty Tyson.

Dan Dickerson was honored by DSMA in 2009 with the Tyson Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting and has been named Michigan Sportscaster of the Year three times by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Dan Dickerson appears as the Detroit Tigers correspondent on MLB Network's weekday afternoon baseball news show The Rundown.

Dan Dickerson tripped on a curb while jogging outside the Detroit Tigers team hotel in Kansas City, Missouri on May 26,2009, forcing him to return to Michigan for surgery and miss six games.