The journeyman catcher and award-winning sports commentator, known by many as “Mr.
Baseball,” was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer in 2023.
Belvedere, died Thursday morning at his home in Milwaukee.
Bob Uecker in 1987.Credit:ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty
Baseball" spent several years in the minor leagues before being called up by the Milwaukee Braves in 1962.
He hit 14 home runs and had a career batting average of .197. whenever a Brewers player knocked one out of the park.
Belvedere, and in all three of theMajor Leaguefilms alongside Tom Berenger,Charlie Sheen, andWesley Snipes.
Bob Uecker in ‘Major League: Back to the Minors’.Warner BrosCourtesy Everett
