Bob Costas is calling it quits on play-by-play after a legendary career.
The longtime Major League Baseball play-by-play announcer is retiring from calling games, Costas confirmed to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand. He told Marchand he would address his decision “at a later date.”
Costas’ final call was when the New York Yankees won the American League Division Series in Game 4. He’d been with TNT since 2021 doing play-by-play for the network’s postseason coverage.
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The 72-year-old will continue with his other work on MLB Network — where he’s been since 2009 — and will still be the voice of the Hall of Fame announcement.
Costas began his broadcasting career in 1973 in Syracuse where he called Eastern Hockey League games before he joined KMOX in St. Louis the following year. He worked at NBC Sports for 40 years and built an impressive résumé that included Olympic coverage, hosting “Football Night in America” and doing play-by-play for the NBA.
Costas’ voice became synonymous with baseball and he had several memorable calls over his 44 years of calling the game, including Derek Jeter’s final game at Yankee Stadium when he hit a walk-off RBI-single in his last at-bat.
TNT will look for Costas’ replacement for both its regular and postseason MLB coverage.
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