Tom McCarthy (born July 5, 1968) is an American sports broadcaster. He is the television play-by-play announcer for

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television broadcasts and also calls

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games on radio for

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. He calls select

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and

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games on

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as well. McCarthy previously served as the play-by-play voice of

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men's and women's basketball teams.

Broadcast career

McCarthy spent five seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (2001–05) as a radio play-by-play voice and as their pre-game and post-game radio host. Previously, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the Double-A

Trenton Thunder The Trenton Thunder are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Trenton, New Jersey, and play their home games at Trenton Thunder Ballpark. From 1994 to 2020, it was a Minor League Baseball team of the D ...

for six seasons (1994–99). He has also been a play-by-play voice for

Rutgers University Rutgers University ( ), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of three campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's C ...

football and for national football and basketball broadcasts on the

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(formerly known as CSTV), the

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TV network,

, and the

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. After two seasons (2006–07), as a play-by-play announcer for the National League East rival

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, McCarthy signed a five-year deal to return to Philadelphia beginning with the 2008 season. Following the death of

Harry Kalas Harold Norbert Kalas (March 26, 1936 – April 13, 2009) was an American Sports commentator, sportscaster, best known for his Ford C. Frick Award, Ford C. Frick Award-winning role as lead Sports commentator, play-by-play announcer for the Phila ...

early in the 2009 season, McCarthy took over television play-by-play on a full-time basis. McCarthy is one of three broadcasters to have covered both the Mets and Phillies on a regular basis (the others being

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and

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). McCarthy spent nearly a decade broadcasting

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football and men's basketball. He was the play-by-play voice for the

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during their 43–41 upset win over defending NCAA champion

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in the

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and during their 27–2 run through the 1997–98 season. In 2009, McCarthy did play-by-play of the

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for the

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from their studios in

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with

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Spanish language radio announcer Uri Berenguer on the color commentary. McCarthy has called a game for ''

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'' as well as MLB games on

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, most of them involving the Phillies. He is a broadcaster for the ''

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''. His current partner is

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. McCarthy is one of the current broadcasters who cover both

and

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. In

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, he called his first prime-time NFL game in a Tuesday night matchup between the

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and the

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. McCarthy serves as the play-by-play announcer for

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preseason games alongside color commentator, Joe Thomas. On January 9, 2022, McCarthy filled in for CBS' lead NFL play–by–play announcer

Jim Nantz James William Nantz III (born May 17, 1959) is an American sportscaster who has worked on telecasts of the National Football League (NFL), NCAA Division I men's basketball, the NBA, and the PGA Tour for CBS Sports since the 1980s. He has ancho ...

for a game featuring the

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and

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. Nantz had to sit out that week's broadcast alongside color commentator

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due to

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protocols.

Personal life

McCarthy graduated from Brick Memorial High School in

Brick, New Jersey Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality,

in 1986 and is a 1990 graduate of

Trenton State College The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, ...

(now The College of New Jersey). At Trenton State, he was a brother of the Phi Gamma Chi chapter of

Alpha Chi Rho Alpha Chi Rho (), commonly known as Crows, Crow, or AXP, is an American men's collegiate fraternity founded on June 4, 1895, at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, by the Reverend Paul Ziegler, his son Carl Ziegler, and Carl's friends Wi ...

. He currently lives with his wife Meg in

Allentown, New Jersey Allentown is a borough located in western Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, bordering adjacent Mercer County. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 1,734, a decrease of 94 (−5.1%) from the 2010 c ...

. They have two dogs - Ginger and Peanut Butter McCarthy. His son Pat is also an announcer for the

References

External links

Tom McCarthy biography at mlb.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCarthy, Tom 1968 births Living people American male journalists American radio sports announcers American television sports announcers Brick Memorial High School alumni College basketball announcers in the United States College football announcers The College of New Jersey alumni Major League Baseball broadcasters Minor League Baseball broadcasters NFL announcers New York Mets announcers People from Allentown, New Jersey Philadelphia Phillies announcers Princeton Tigers football announcers Rutgers Scarlet Knights football announcers People from Brick Township, New Jersey Women's college basketball announcers in the United States