Phillies sign Tom McCarthy and Scott Franzke to multi-year contract extensions

Larry Andersen, Kevin Stocker and Gregg Murphy round out the radio broadcast team

February 21st, 2023

The Phillies have reached multi-year contract agreements with Tom McCarthy and Scott Franzke, the voices of the team’s television and radio broadcasts, respectively.

McCarthy, who has been with the club for 21 years over two stints, has served as the club’s television play-by-play announcer since 2009. Franzke, who made his Phillies radio debut in 2006, has been the team’s main play-by-play commentator for radio broadcasts since 2007. 

“With Tom and Scott, it’s the familiarity of their voices, their extensive knowledge of the Phillies and their passion for the game that made these extensions an easy decision,” said Phillies Executive Vice President David Buck. “We look forward to each of them bringing our fans along for this exciting journey through the 2023 season and beyond.”

“I am thrilled to be back for the foreseeable future and get this season started during one of the most anticipated years we’ve had in a long time,” said McCarthy. “The connection we make with our players and fans through our broadcast coverage is what makes this job so rewarding.”

“My family and I are very excited to be a continuing part of this organization and the Philadelphia community,” said Franzke. “The team on the field is obviously on the rise and the team in our broadcast booth is second to none.”

In addition to the contract extensions for McCarthy and Franzke, the Phillies have signed Kevin Stocker to a multi-year contract. Stocker will serve as the club’s radio color analyst for road games and select home games not called by Larry Andersen. Andersen, the club’s longtime color analyst, will continue to call most home games for the 2023 season.

A member of the 1993 NL championship team, Stocker began his Phillies radio broadcast career calling six games over the 2016 and 2017 seasons, before working select road games in 2018 and 2022.

“I’m very grateful to the Philadelphia Phillies for my expanded role in the broadcast booth and the opportunity to work alongside a group of broadcasters who are the best in the business,” said Stocker.  “They love to bring Phillies baseball to the fans, and I am truly honored to be a part of it.”

Gregg Murphy will host pregame and postgame radio shows both at Citizens Bank Park and for road games. Murphy joined the Phillies broadcast team in 2012 as a field reporter.