Broadcasters

TOM HAMILTON, the “Voice of the Indians,” will enter his 31st season of calling Cleveland Indians baseball games on the radio in 2020. In his 30 seasons since 1990, Hamilton has called all 92 postseason games the Indians have played over that span, including three World Series' (1995, 1997, 2016). His 30-year tenure, along with Rick Manning, is the second-longest in club history next to his former partner, Herb Score (34 years, 1964-97).

Hamilton is joined in the booth by Jim Rosenhaus, providing action and commentary for all 162 regular season games and 15 spring training contests on Newsradio WTAM 1100, 100.7FM WMMS and the Indians Radio Network.

Tom came to the Indians after spending three seasons as a broadcaster for the AAA Columbus Clippers (1987-89), then the top farm club of the New York Yankees. Previously, Tom worked in Milwaukee, Appleton, Watertown and Shell Lake, Wisconsin.

Some of his broadcasting credits include University of Wisconsin football games, University of Colorado basketball games, the Appleton Foxes Minor League baseball games and work for ABC radio. He is a seven-time recipient of the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Award (1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2016). The Press Club of Cleveland inducted Tom into its Journalism Hall of Fame in November 2015. Tom also called Big Ten Conference basketball on television for 25 years. In honor of his 20th season with the Indians, Tom was given the Cleveland Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame Award for 2009.

Hamilton is a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin. He resides in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife, Wendy. The Hamilton’s have four children: two boys, Nicholas and Bradley, and two girls, Kelsey and Katie. Both Nick and Brad played baseball for and graduated from Kent State University. Nick is currently a scout for the Kansas City Royals. Kelsey is currently working towards her master's degree from the University of Washington.

2020 marks the 14th season for JIM ROSENHAUS as part of the Cleveland Indians radio broadcast team and his ninth teaming with Tom Hamilton on every game broadcast. During his time with the Tribe, Jim has also served as the host of Indians Warm Up and Tribe Talk on the Indians Radio Network. Jim also provides webcasts (Indians.com) for most spring training games not on the Indians Radio Network. For the last eight seasons he has also served as the Indians team correspondent for MLB Network.

Rosenhaus joined the Indians prior to the 2007 season after spending 11 years as the playby- play voice of then Indians AAA affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. Jim started his professional baseball broadcasting career with the Tribe's long-time Single A affiliate in Kinston, NC. In addition to his baseball broadcasting work, Rosenhaus spent 11 years as the voice of the University of Buffalo men’s basketball team.

In the baseball offseason, Jim has worked various televised events for SportsTime Ohio, including college and high school basketball, OHSAA football state playoffs and college and high school volleyball.

On July 24, 2011, Jim was inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame, along with former Indians catcher, Tony Pena.

Jim resides in Bay Village, Ohio with his wife, Carole, and sons, Nathan and Cole.

Former Tribe center fielder RICK MANNING returns for his 31st season as color commentator for Indians baseball telecasts on SportsTime Ohio and on WKYC- TV. Rick's tenure with the club began in 1990 and his 30-year tenure is the secondlongest in franchise history (alongside Tom Hamilton).

"Arch", 65, began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the first-round selection (2nd overall) in the 1972 June draft out of LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls, NY. The first 8 1/2 years of his 13-year Major League career were spent in Cleveland (1975-1983), where he won a Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess. Manning was also selected as the BBWAA “Good Guy” award winner for the 1980 season and caught the final out in Len Barker's 1981 perfect game. He later played with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1983-87 before ending his 13-year career with a career batting mark of .257 (1349-5248) in 1555 games.

Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has two children, Kyle and Jessica, and eight grandchildren.

MATT UNDERWOOD begins his 21st season as a broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians, while 2020 will mark his 14th year in the TV booth calling play-by-play with partner Rick Manning. He spent seven seasons (2000-06) as a member of the Tribe radio broadcast team and 13 years as host of Indians Warm Up, the pregame show heard on the Cleveland Indians Radio Network.

Matt began his career with local ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5, where he spent 17 years and served as the station’s sports director from 1997-1999. Underwood has called play-byplay action for the OHSAA football playoffs as well as NCAA football on SportsTime Ohio.

The Ashland, OH native graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990. He is a member of both the Ashland County Sports Hall of Fame and the Baldwin-Wallace Radio Hall of Fame. In 2013, Underwood received the Alumni Merit Award from B-W and the Distinguished Alumni

Award from Ashland High School. Matt has helped raise money for numerous charitable organizations including Cleveland Indians Charities, Team Focus, Ashland County Cancer Association and The Sophia Underwood Memorial Scholarship.

He currently resides in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Max and Devan.

ANDRE KNOTT begins his sixth season as a reporter for all Cleveland Indians telecasts on SportsTime Ohio.

Knott has contributed to SportsTime Ohio’s coverage over the past several years in various capacities, from covering high school football and the Cleveland Browns to hosting Drennan Live. Previously, he was the Browns Radio Network sideline reporter for six years, 2004-10, and has also been seen and heard covering Cleveland sports on WKNR and WEWS and still has a working partnership with Newsradio WTAM 1100. He also records a weekly podcast for Scene Magazine.

Andre and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Wadsworth, Ohio with their children, Isabella and AJ. He is a graduate of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and Kent State University. He was an All-Ohio running back and four-time letter winner in baseball at St Vincent-St. Mary, earning SVSM Hall of Fame induction honors in 2018.