Such sad news’: Tigers radio voice, World Series champion Jim Price dies at age 81…
Jim Price, a longtime radio analyst for the Detroit Tigers, died Monday at age 81, the team announced.
Price was the backup catcher on the 1968 Tigers team that won the World Series. All five of his big-league seasons were spent in Detroit, from 1967 through 1971.
“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.
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 fought cancer since 2008. He went more than 10 years after the first diagnosis without missing a game. But he stopped traveling with the team in 2020, when the pandemic hit. His home schedule had been reduced the last two seasons.
The last game he worked was July 9 against the Blue Jays at Comerica Park, and he called the Tigers’ combined no-hitter the day before.
