Chip Caray | |
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 Caray in 2009. | |
| Born | Harry Christopher Caray III (1965-02-27)February 27, 1965 (age 60) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Education | University of Georgia Journalism |
| Occupation | Sports broadcaster |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Susan |
| Children | 4; includingChris |
| Family | Skip Caray (father) Harry Caray (grandfather) |
Harry Christopher"Chip" Caray III (born February 27, 1965) is an American television broadcaster forFanDuel Sports Network Midwest coverage ofSt. Louis Cardinals baseball.[1] He joined the Cardinals' broadcast team after leaving theAtlanta Braves, where he had served as the televisionplay-by-play voice from 2005 to 2022. Chip is also known from his time as a broadcaster for theFox Saturday Game of the Week, as the television play-by-play broadcaster for theChicago Cubs from1998 to2004. He is the son of broadcasterSkip Caray, the grandson of broadcasterHarry Caray, and the father of broadcasterChris Caray.
Caray graduated fromParkway West High School inChesterfield, Missouri in 1983.[2][3] He graduated from theUniversity of Georgia in 1987 with a degree in journalism. Before his first job withFox, he worked with local television stations inPanama City, Florida, andGreensboro, North Carolina. He was the play-by-play broadcaster for theOrlando Magic of theNBA from1989 to1998.[4]
Caray worked on baseball games for theSeattle Mariners of theAmerican League from1993 to1995.[5] While broadcasting with the Mariners, Caray received a two-game tryout with theSt. Louis Cardinals. After the 1994 season, he was expected to sign with St. Louis, but chose instead to remain with Seattle.[citation needed] Caray was also a broadcaster for the first edition ofMajor League Baseball on Fox in1996.[6]
In December 1997, Chip Caray was hired to work alongside his grandfather as broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs. Harry Caray died in February 1998, and Chip stayed with the team and took his grandfather's place as "the voice of the Cubs."[7] He would go on to serve as their announcer for seven seasons, withSteve Stone providing color commentary for most of those years. Both Caray and Stone left the Cubs after the 2004 season.[8]
On the final day of the 2004 season, Caray announced that he had signed a long-term contract with bothTBS and Clear Channel to work alongside his father,Skip, broadcasting games for theAtlanta Braves, staying closer to his family, who lived inOrlando, Florida.[9] He also became a broadcaster for TBS'scollege football coverage of theBig 12 andPac-10.
In 2007, TBS began broadcasting theMajor League Baseball playoffs. Caray was named the main play-by-play broadcaster for TBS during its coverage of the playoffs. TBS would cover all Division Series games and theNational League Championship Series.Hall of Fame playerTony Gwynn called the playoff games with Caray.[10]
Caray was criticized for making factual mistakes during postseason broadcasts on TBS.[11][12][13] In response to such criticisms, Caray said, "It wasn't the job that I had when I came here in the first place. It would be like being a pinch-hitter or being a relief pitcher that works once every 10 days. I'm better when I work more." On November 30, 2009, TBS announced that Caray and the network decided to part ways.[14][15]
On December 21, 2009,Fox Sports South andSportSouth announced that Caray would be the play-by-play announcer for all 105 Braves games on the networks. The deal also includes selected college basketball games on theregional sports networks.[14]
On January 23, 2023, it was announced that Caray would become the play-by-play announcer for theSt. Louis Cardinals, taking over for longtime broadcasterDan McLaughlin. His grandfather, Harry Caray, had begun his career as the voice of the Cardinals.
During the June 21, 2025 game between the Cardinals andCincinnati Reds, Caray accidentally misread a promo for the team’s Disability Pride Night, substituting the word “flag” with ahomophobic slur. Dead air followed for over 30 seconds before Caray continued on with the game as if nothing happened. FanDuel Sports Network Midwest told the website Front Office Sports it considered the mistake to be an “honest” one, and that he would not be punished for it.[16]
Chip Caray's grandfather,Harry, was famous for calling games of theSt. Louis Cardinals,Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs. His father,Skip, was the longtime broadcaster for theAtlanta Braves until he died in2008.[18] Chip Caray occasionally imitates his father with sarcastic comments made in a high, nasal voice. Caray also has a half-brother,Josh Caray, who is the play-by-play announcer for theRocket City Trash Pandas, the Double-A affiliate of theLos Angeles Angels.[19][20]
Caray and his wife have four children.[21][22] Caray's twin sons,Chris and Stefan, attended theUniversity of Georgia and began their professional sportscasting career with theAmarillo Sod Poodles, theTexas League affiliate of theArizona Diamondbacks.[23] In 2023, they were placed in theArizona Fall League broadcast pool. Chip met son Chris when the Cardinals played theAthletics inOakland on April 15, 2024. Chris was broadcasting Athletics' games forNBC Sports California in his second big-league series, while Chip called the Cardinals games. Chris is in a play-by-play rotation withJenny Cavnar, who has the bulk of the games and is the first woman to be in a team's primary role.[24] Caray and his son Stefan called anMLB Spring Breakout game in 2025.[25]