Joe Buck Biography and Wiki
Joe Buck is an American sportscaster and the son of sportscaster Jack Buck. He has worked for Fox Sports from its inception in 1995 until 2022, including excursions as the network’s lead play-by-play announcer for the National Football League and Major League Baseball.
Buck was hired by Fox in 1994 and became the youngest man ever to announce a regular slate of National Football League games on network television at the age of 25. He was named Fox’s lead play-by-play voice for Major League Baseball in 1996, joining forces with Tim McCarver, who had previously worked with his father on CBS. That year, he became the youngest man to call a World Series national broadcast, surpassing Sean McDonough, who did so for CBS at the age of 30 in 1992.
Buck called 23 World Series and 21 All-Star Games for Fox from 1996 to 2021, the most of any network television play-by-play announcer. During the 2006 season, Buck and Curt Menefee shared hosting duties for Fox’s pre-game show Fox NFL Sunday, replacing James Brown. To accommodate his participation, the show began broadcasting on-site from the site of Fox’s top game of the week.
Buck and Greg Norman were announced in April 2014 to anchor Fox’s new package of United States Golf Association telecasts, most notably the U.S. Open. On December 12–14, 2014, the pair made their broadcast debut at the Franklin Templeton Shootout, which Norman also hosted. In 2016, Fox fired Norman and replaced him with Paul Azinger.
Joe Buck Age
Buck is 52 years old as of 2021, he was born on April 25, 1969, in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Joe Buck Height
She stands at an average height of 6 feet.
Joe Buck Family
Buck was born in Florida and raised in the St. Louis area. His father Jack Buck who passed away on June 18, 2002, was also a sportscaster. His mother Carole Lintzenich was his second wife of Jack. He attended St. Louis Country Day School. He was an undergraduate at Indiana University Bloomington.
Joe Buck’s Wife | Married
Buck was married to Ann Archambault from 1993 to 2011, and they had two daughters. On April 12, 2014, he married NFL Network and now ESPN reporter Michelle Beisner, a former Bronco cheerleader. They welcomed twin sons in April 2018
Joe Buck Salary
ESPN’s Buck receives an annual salary of $75,000-$90,000 from his career as a news journalist. Buck has an estimated net worth of $13 million as of 2022.
