Scott Franzke

Scott Franzke (born March 6, 1972) is an American sportscaster and radio play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Early life and education Franzke was born in Dallas on March 6, 1972. In 1994, he graduated from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas with a degree in broadcast journalism.

Philadelphia Phillies

In 2006, he was hired by the Philadelphia Phillies to take over those same duties when Tom McCarthy was hired away from the Phillies by the New York Mets, their National League Eastern Division rivals. McCarthy returned to the Phillies broadcasting team in 2008.

In 2007, Franzke assumed more play-by-play duties, replacing Scott Graham in the broadcast booth, turning over pre- and post-game duties to Jim Jackson.

In 2008 and the first month of the 2009 season, Franzke called play-by-play in innings 1–3 and 5–9 with Andersen, while Harry Kalas joined Andersen for play-by-play in the fourth. After the death of Kalas, Franzke assumed play-by-play duties for all nine innings for the remainder of the 2009 season. Until 2020, Franzke called innings 1–3 and 6–9 during home games (with Jackson taking over for innings 4–5) while continuing to call all nine during away games and home games when Jackson was unavailable due to his work as the television play-by-play voice of the Philadelphia Flyers. Beginning in 2021, Franzke once again called all nine innings for every game.

On February 13, 2023, the Phillies announced they reached a long-term deal with Franzke after the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2022 season.

Memorable Philadelphia Phillies calls 2008: 2009:

2010:

2022:

2023:

2024:

Personal life Franzke and his wife, Lori, have three children.