Jon Miller is a Bay Area native whose national baseball broadcasting exploits earned him the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award in 2010.
Miller grew up in Hayward, where he became the play-by-play announcer for the Hayward High basketball team–though the school didn’t have a radio station. Never mind; he’d record the games and figure a way to get them played back on the school intercom system.
A self-made tape, recorded at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park, caught the attention of Oakland Athletics broadcaster Monte Moore (BARHOF 2023), and Miller’s remarkable career was off and running. He worked as Moore’s sidekick in 1974, calling games as the A’s won the World Series.
Best known locally for his many years on San Francisco Giants radio and TV broadcasts, Miller broadcast California Golden Seals hockey, San Jose Earthquakes soccer, Golden State Warriors basketball and University of San Francisco basketball.
Miller attended the College of San Mateo.