Vin Scully, Corridor of Fame broadcaster for the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Tuesday at age 94, the staff introduced.

“Now we have misplaced an icon,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten stated in an announcement. “Vin Scully was one of many biggest voices in all of sports activities. He was a large of a person, not solely as a broadcaster, however as a humanitarian. He beloved folks. He beloved life. He beloved baseball and the Dodgers. And he beloved his household. His voice will at all times be heard and etched in all of our minds eternally. I do know he was trying ahead to becoming a member of the love of his life, Sandi. Our ideas and prayers exit to his household throughout this very tough time. Vin might be really missed.”

Scully served because the Dodgers’ broadcaster for 67 years, together with an eight-year stretch in Brooklyn earlier than the franchise relocated to Los Angeles in 1958. His stint with the Dodgers was the longest time spent by a sports activities broadcaster with anyone staff.

A local of The Bronx, Scully was the broadcaster for 25 World Collection, 20 no-hitters and 12 All-Star Video games. He briefly served in the USA Navy earlier than starting his profession as a broadcaster in 1949, when he referred to as play-by-play for school soccer video games.

Scully began broadcasting Dodgers video games in 1950, becoming a member of the legendary Purple Barber and Connie Desmond. He grew to become the youngest man to broadcast a World Collection sport in 1953, when — at age 25 — he changed Barber for the Fall Basic between the Dodgers and the rival New York Yankees.

Scully has obtained quite a few awards and honors throughout his famed profession. He gained the Ford C. Frick Award, given yearly by the Baseball Corridor of Fame for “meritorious service by baseball broadcasters,” in 1982 and was named the High Sportscaster of All-Time by the American SportsCasters Affiliation in 2009.

Scully additionally obtained the Commissioner’s Historic Achievement Award, which acknowledges accomplishments and contributions of historic significance, in 2014. He grew to become simply the second non-player to obtain the award, becoming a member of Rachel Robinson (2007).

In 2001, the press field at Dodger Stadium was renamed in Scully’s honor, and in 2016, town of Los Angeles renamed a piece of roadway working from Sundown Boulevard to Stadium Manner as “Vin Scully Avenue.”

The Dodgers additionally honored Scully earlier than their house opener in 2016, his closing season as a broadcaster, with a pregame ceremony attended by a number of of the group’s legendary figures, together with Sandy Koufax and Tommy Lasorda.

“I do know it is the proper time,” Scully stated inside Dodger Stadium earlier than the sport on April 12, 2016. “I saved considering, ‘I will be 89 when the season ends. For those who go yet one more 12 months, you will be 90.’ I do not assume that is truthful to the listeners. This might be it and I will be grateful.”