He was also selected by the Diamondbacks as their first pick in the 1997 Expansion Draft. He was selected third overall by the Angels in the 1993 Amateur Draft and the following season was named the Sporting News AL Rookie of the Year. Brian spent 13 seasons pitching in the majors with the Angels, Indians, Royals and Diamondbacks, and was a member of the latter’s 2001 World Champion team. He also filled in as broadcaster for the Indians on Sports Time Ohio and hosted a weekly highlights show while recovering from injury in 2007. Brian previously served on the major league staff as assistant to the pitching coach, working under Jim Hickey from March 2008 through the 2009 season. He has two daughters, Stephanie Wheeler and Alexandra, and three grandchildren: Gabriel, 16 Zachary, 13 and Evie, 10.īrian enters his 11th season as full-time television color analyst on Bally Sports Sun and his 13th season as part of the Rays broadcast. He and his wife, Carla, support a number of causes, including military combat veterans via their 501(c)(3) charity W.A.R.
Dewayne was inducted into the Tampa Bay Sports Club Hall of Fame in 2018.
In 2015, Dewayne authored Position to Win: A Look at Baseball and Life From the Best Seat in the House, which chronicles his life and career in sports broadcasting. He was named the 2013 Florida Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. Frick Award, presented annually by the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 2012, 2013, 20. Dewayne was named a finalist for the Ford C. A 1975 graduate of SIU- Edwardsville, where he began his sports career with WSIE Radio, Dewayne earned Distinguished Alumnus of the Year honors in 1987 and was inducted into its Alumni Hall of Fame in 2010. In 1975-76 he was sports director at KPLR TV in St. Dewayne began his baseball career as the radio voice of the Oklahoma City 89ers (1973-74). He was the lead play-by-play announcer for the Yankees from 1990-94, and spent the 1994-95 seasons calling the action for The Baseball Network (ABC/ NBC). He began his major league play-by-play career as the radio and TV voice of the Astros from 1977-84, then for the Cubs from 1985-89. Before joining the Rays, he spent three years calling play-by-play for a variety of ESPN sports broadcasts. He has broadcast more than 6,000 MLB games in his career, including nine no-hitters. Dewayne has also handled play-by-play for FOX Sports national baseball coverage. Dewayne anchors the Emmy Award-winning Bally Sports Sun telecast this year, his 46th season broadcasting major league baseball and 24th with the Rays.
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