1996 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Herb Carneal
The 1996 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award was Herb Carneal.
Carneal was the longtime voice of the Minnesota Twins.
Carneal's devotion to baseball led to his first broadcasting job for radio station WMBG in Richmond, Va., directly after graduation from high school.
He continued to learn the trade at WSYR in Syracuse and as a baseball announcer for the Springfield, Mass., Cubs.
The experience led to his handling radio play-by-play for both the Athletics and the Phillies over Philadelphia stations WIBG and WFIL, respectively, in 1954.
The Baltimore Orioles beckoned in 1957, and Carneal teamed with his mentor, Ernie Harwell, for five seasons.
He then moved into the Twins' radio booth in 1962, the year after the Washington Senators relocated to Minnesota.
