How many games did Vin Scully call? Is Vin Scully In The Hall Of Fame?

Vincent Edward Scully was an American sportscaster noted for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016.

He was born on November 29, 1927 in the Bronx, grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan and died on August 2, 2022 aged 94 at his home in Hidden Hills, California.

How many games did Vin Scully call?

Scully saw almost baseball had to offer as he personally called three perfect games, 21 no-hitters, 25 World Series and 12 All-Star Games.

Scully was behind the microphone for 20 no-hitters and three perfect games (by Don Larsen, Sandy Koufax, and Dennis Martinez).

His run calling games constituted the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he was second only to Tommy Lasorda (by two years) in terms of number of years associated with the Dodgers organization in any capacity.

He retired at age 88 in 2016, ending his record-breaking run as the team’s play-by-play announcer.

Scully holds records for most World Series as a broadcaster with 28. He also has the longest tenure with one club at 65 seasons (as of 2014).

Is Vin Scully In The Hall Of Fame?

Scully was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2009 and on May 11, 2009, he was awarded the Ambassador Award of Excellence by the LA Sports & Entertainment Commission.

Scully has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6675 Hollywood Blvd.

Since 2001, the press box at Dodger Stadium has been named after Scully, and a street within the team’s former Dodgertown spring training facility in Vero Beach, Florida was named “Vin Scully Way.”