Jim Price Dies: Former Detroit Tigers Baseball Player & Radio Announcer Was 81
deadline.comJim Price, a former Detroit Tigers catcher who would go on to be the voice broadcasting the baseball games, has died. He was 81. “All of us with the Detroit Tigers are deeply saddened to learn of Jim Price’s passing,” Tigers chairman and CEO Chris Ilitch said in a statement. “Jim was a champion on the field, in the broadcast booth, and throughout the community.
That Jim was with the organization for much of his life, doing what he loved, is such a powerful sign of his dedication and loyalty to the Tigers and the city of Detroit.” Ilitch continued, “Those are among the many reasons Jim was one of my mother and father’s favorite people, and they had such a strong relationship for many years.
The thoughts of my family, and everyone across baseball, are with Jim’s wife, Lisa, and the entire Price family.” Price was born on October 13, 1941, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
He played for the Detroit Tigers between 1967 and 1971 playing in 1968 when the team won the World Series over the St. Louis Cardinals.
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