James Timothy McCarver was born on October 16,1941 and is an American sportscaster and former professional baseball catcher.
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29 Facts About Tim McCarver
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Tim McCarver appeared in the MLB All-Star Game in 1966 and 1967, and was the starting catcher for the World Series champion St Louis Cardinals in 1964 and 1967.
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Tim McCarver called a then-record 23 World Series and 20 All-Star Games.
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Tim McCarver won three Sports Emmy Awards, and was the recipient of the 2012 Ford C Frick Award for broadcasting.
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Tim McCarver, following his years with Memphis' Christian Brothers High School, was signed by the St Louis Cardinals in 1959.
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In 1966, Tim McCarver was named to the All-Star Team, scored the winning run in the 10th inning of that 1966 All-Star Game, and became the first catcher to lead the National League in triples, with 13.
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Tim McCarver was the favorite catcher of the notoriously temperamental Bob Gibson, and fostered a relationship with young pitcher Steve Carlton that would keep him in the major leagues later in his career.
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Tim McCarver was released, and Johnson led the Red Sox to the '75 AL pennant.
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On July 4,1976, Tim McCarver hit what is known as a "Grand Slam Single" when, after hitting a grand slam, he passed his teammate Garry Maddox on the basepath.
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Tim McCarver finished his career as the personal catcher for Steve Carlton for the Phillies in the late 1970s.
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Tim McCarver retired after the 1979 season to begin a broadcasting career.
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Tim McCarver briefly returned to duty in September 1980, thus becoming one of only 29 players in baseball history to date to appear in Major League games in four different decades.
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Tim McCarver caught 121 shutouts during his career, ranking him 9th all-time among major league catchers.
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Tim McCarver began his broadcasting career at WPHL-TV in Philadelphia, where he was teamed with Richie Ashburn and Harry Kalas for Phillies games, before co-hosting HBO's Race for the Pennant in 1978 and working as a backup Game of the Week commentator for NBC in 1980.
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Tim McCarver has called baseball for all four major US television networks.
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Tim McCarver called his first World Series in 1985 for ABC as a last minute replacement for Howard Cosell.
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Tim McCarver is one of three sportscasters to have covered the Mets and the Yankees, along with Fran Healy and Tom Seaver, and one of three sportscasters to have covered both the Mets and the Phillies, along with Todd Kalas and Tom McCarthy.
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Tim McCarver commented that the Yankees' Rivera pitched inside to left handed hitters, often giving up a lot of broken bat hits to shallow outfield, and that it was dangerous to bring the infield in, in such circumstances.
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In 2003, Tim McCarver set a record by broadcasting his 13th World Series on national television ; in all, he called 24 Fall Classics for ABC, CBS, and Fox.
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Also, from 1984 to 2013, Tim McCarver never missed commentating on at least one League Championship Series per year.
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Tim McCarver announced March 27,2013 that he would leave Fox after the 2013 season.
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Tim McCarver teamed with Dan McLaughlin to call 30 games in the 2014 season.
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However, Tim McCarver returned to the Cardinals booth for 40 games in 2015, and continued to call a select number of games each year through 2019.
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McCarver hosted a nationally syndicated sports interview program, The Tim McCarver Show, from 2000 until 2017 when it was replaced by The James Brown Show.
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In October 2008, just before the 2008 NLCS, Tim McCarver made public his feelings about Manny Ramirez, calling him "despicable" and criticizing Ramirez for his perceived sloppy, lazy play in Boston and how he had suddenly turned it around in Los Angeles.
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