14 Facts About Fred Manfra

Fred Manfra was born on September 1946 and is an American retired sportscaster, best known for radio and television broadcasts of the Baltimore Orioles.

Fred Manfra has covered many other sports, including football, basketball, ice hockey, horse racing and the Olympics.

Fred Manfra retired in May 2017 as a Baltimore Orioles sportscaster.

Baltimore native, Manfra is a 1964 graduate of Patterson High School, where he was inducted into its Hall of Fame in 1996.

Fred Manfra began his broadcasting career at radio station KREL in Corona, California in the early 1970s, and gradually moved up through other jobs in Ventura, California, Davenport, Iowa, Milwaukee, and Detroit.

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Fred Manfra worked for the Associated Press radio sports network in Washington, DC before moving to New York City to begin a long stint with ABC network radio.

Fred Manfra worked for ABC for 15 years, doing many weekend sports shows.

Fred Manfra has handled varied assignments including the NBA Finals and All-Star Game, Winter and Summer Olympic events, the NHL Stanley Cup Finals and All-Star Game, the Breeder's Cup, and horse racing's triple crown races.

Fred Manfra has called football and basketball games for the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Michigan Wolverines.

Fred Manfra was hired as a play-by-play announcer for Baltimore Orioles radio broadcasts on WBAL-AM on December 16,1992.

Fred Manfra succeeded Joe Angel, who had moved to the expansion Florida Marlins in a similar capacity.

Fred Manfra was joined in the radio booth by Angel upon the latter's return in early-February 2004.

Fred Manfra drastically cut back his assignments in 2016, and only called 10 games in the first half of the 2017 season before his retirement on June 4 of that year.

Fred Manfra was inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in 2018.