Ken Harrelson is most widely known for his 33-year tenure as a play-by-play broadcast announcer for the Chicago White Sox.
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26 Facts About Ken Harrelson
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In December 2019, Harrelson was named the 2020 recipient of the Ford C Frick Award, presented annually to one broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball".
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Ken Harrelson played golf, baseball, football and basketball at Benedictine Military School in Savannah, Georgia.
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Ken Harrelson finished third in the American League Most Valuable Player balloting, with two players from the pennant-winning Detroit Tigers finishing ahead of him—pitcher Denny McLain won the award and catcher Bill Freehan finished second.
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Ken Harrelson had felt that his business ventures made it impractical for him to move to any other city.
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Ken Harrelson finished the year with 30 home runs and a career-high 99 walks.
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Ken Harrelson used his local celebrity status to briefly host a half-hour TV show, The Hawk's Nest, on local CBS affiliate WJW-TV.
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Ken Harrelson was very popular in Cleveland, with his autobiography coming out around the time of the trade to the Indians.
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When Indians rookie Chris Chambliss took over the first base position in 1971, Ken Harrelson retired mid-season to pursue a professional golf career.
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Ken Harrelson has been credited with being the first player to wear a batting glove in an actual game.
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Ken Harrelson became highly popular, especially after being teamed with veteran play-by-play man Ned Martin in 1979.
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On October 2,1985, Ken Harrelson was named executive vice president of baseball operations for the White Sox.
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Ken Harrelson traded rookie Bobby Bonilla, later a six-time All-Star, to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Jose DeLeon in July 1986.
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Ken Harrelson resigned his executive role with the White Sox on September 26,1986, approximately one week before the end of the regular season.
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Ken Harrelson returned to the White Sox in 1990 as the main play-by-play announcer during television broadcasts, teaming up with Tom Paciorek until 2000 and Darrin Jackson from 2000 to 2008.
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On May 31,2017, Ken Harrelson announced his final year in the broadcast booth would be the 2018 season.
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On December 11,2019, Harrelson was named the 2020 recipient of the Ford C Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Ken Harrelson is known for his homerism and catch phrases, known as "Hawkisms".
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Ken Harrelson has stated publicly that he wants to die in the booth during a game and that he will never retire.
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Ken Harrelson's comments followed Wegner's ejection of White Sox rookie pitcher Jose Quintana after Quintana threw a pitch behind Ben Zobrist.
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Ken Harrelson had a 30-minute special on CSN Chicago, Put it on The Board which aired on Monday, June 7,2010 celebrating his 25 years as a Chicago White Sox broadcaster with memorable footage, memorable quotes and an interview with CSN Chicago's Chuck Garfien.
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Ken Harrelson threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game to White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen.
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An informal study by one baseball columnist, based on the number of home-team "biased" comments throughout the course of a game, concluded that Ken Harrelson was by a wide margin the broadcaster who openly rooted for his team the most often.
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In 1970, Ken Harrelson was part-owner of a $2 million waterfront nightclub in East Boston called the 1800 Club.
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