COOPERSTOWN, New York - Former Cleveland Naps/Indians and Northeast Ohio broadcasting voice Jack Graney has been selected as the 2022 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Graney, who died in 1978, will be recognized posthumously during the Baseball Hall of Fame Awards Presentation the day before the 2022 Hall of Fame Inductions, slated for July 24, 2022.
Graney, believed to be the first player who jumped from the playing field to the broadcast booth, spent 14 years as an outfielder for Cleveland (including their 1920 World Series-winning campaign) before launching his broadcasting career in 1932, spending nearly 30 years as the team's play-by-play voice before the advent of television.
Graney also worked on national stages in his broadcast of the 1935 All-Star Game from Cleveland, as well as that year's World Series between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs.
Graney was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, its second year of operation, and is a member of the Guardians Hall of Fame.
Former player-turned-announcer will be posthumously honored at July 22-25 induction weekend at Cooperstown
