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Harry Caray Net Worth

By Emily Ross |


Harry Caray net worth is
$9 Million

Harry Caray Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Harry Caray, born Harry Christopher Carabina (March 1, 1914 – February 18, 1998) was an American baseball broadcaster on radio and television. He covered four Major League Baseball teams, beginning with 25 years of calling the games of the St. Louis Cardinals. After a year working for the Oakland Athletics and eleven years with the Chicago White Sox, Caray spent the last sixteen years of his career as the announcer for the Chicago Cubs. 
Full NameHarry Caray
Net Worth$9 Million
Date Of BirthMarch 1, 1914
DiedFebruary 18, 1998, Rancho Mirage, California, United States
Place Of BirthSt. Louis, Missouri, USA
ProfessionSports commentator, Voice Actor
EducationUniversity of Missouri
NationalityAmerican
SpouseDolores Goldmann, Marian Binkin, Dorothy Kanz
ChildrenSkip Caray, Michelle McFadden, Elizabeth Caray, Patricia Eddy, Christopher Caray
ParentsChristopher Carabina, Daisy Capuran
NicknamesHarry Caray, Caray, Harry
IMDB
MoviesRed River, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Angel and the Badman, Trader Horn, Straight Shooting, The Shepherd of the Hills, Duel in the Sun, The Vanishing Legion, The Prisoner of Shark Island, The Spoilers, Beyond Tomorrow, So Dear to My Heart, The Last Outlaw, Man of the Forest, The Last of the Mohic...
Star SignPisces
#Trademark
1Caray continued the tradition with Cubs fans after switching teams in 1982
2Wore huge black-rimmed glasses with thick blue lenses in his later years. Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh-inning stretch.
#Fact
1Inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1989.
2Portrayed by Will Ferrell on Saturday Night Live.
3Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 96-98. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
4While he was awarded the Ford Frick Award by the Hall of Fame, he (and all other recipients) is not considered a member of the Hall.
5Harry Caray was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1990.
6Father of Skip Caray, Grandfather of Chip Caray
7Interred at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, in section 42w, block 22.
8Was orphaned at the age of 10.
9Was a major-league baseball broadcaster for 53 years; 25 with the St. Louis Cardinals, one with the Oakland Athletics, 11 with the Chicago White Sox and 16 with the Chicago Cubs.
10Suffered a stroke in 1987.
11Suffered two broken legs after being run over by a taxi in 1968.
12Collapsed at a Rancho Mirage, California, nightclub after a Valentine's Day dinner with his wife. After spending four days in a coma, Caray succumbed shortly after being removed from life-support.
13Led the crowds at Cubs games in singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." (Started the tradition at Comiskey Park with the White Sox in the 1970's.)

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Ferris Bueller's Day Off1986TV Broadcaster (voice, uncredited)

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Undercover Boss2010TV Series performer - 1 episode

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Jimmy Buffett: Live at Wrigley Field - The Labor Day Weekend Shows2006Video dedication: this disc's for you

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 50th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1998TV SpecialHimself (Memoriam)
When It Was a Game 21992TV Movie documentaryHimself (voice)
The Story of America's Classic Ballparks1991Video documentaryHimself
Uncle Buck1990TV SeriesHimself
1968 World Series1968TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Color Commentator
1967 World Series1967TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Announcer
1964 World Series1964TV Mini-SeriesHimself - Play-by-Play Announcer / Trophy Presentation

Archive Footage

Known for movies

Himself - Play-by-Play Announcer / Trophy Presentation

1964 World Series (1964)
as Himself - Play-by-Play Announcer / Trophy Presenta

Himself

The Story of America's Classic Ballparks (1991)
as Himself

Himself - Color Commentator

1968 World Series (1968)
as Himself - Color Commentator

Himself

When It Was a Game 2 (1992)
as Himself