Subject(s): Ernie Harwell Sport: Baseball Location: Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit, MI Unveiled: 15/9/2002 Sculptor: Lou Cella Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth, side 1: ERNIE HARWELL. BORN JANUARY 25 1918 (WASHINGTON, GA). The Tigers' broadcasting legend and masterful storyteller for 42 seasons. COMMISSIONED BY TIGERS OWNER MIKE ILITCH. DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 15 2002. ROTBLATT-AMRANY STUDIO. SCULPTOR LOU CELLA. Inscribed on plinth, side 2: ERNIE HARWELL'S CAREER AS A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL BROADCASTER SPANNED 55 SEASONS AND SEVEN DECADES. HE ANNOUNCED FOR: DETROIT TIGERS (1960-91, 1993-2002). BROOKLYN DODGERS (1948-49). NEW YORK GIANTS (1950-53). BALTIMORE ORIOLES (1954-59). CALIFORNIA ANGELS (1992). Inscribed on plinth, side 3: ERNIE HARWELL WAS THE BEST KNOWN AND MOST BELOVED VOICE IN BASEBALL. HIS SHARP WIT AND UNBRIDLED ENTHUSIASM FOR LIFE ENTERTAINED MILLIONS OF FANS THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER. HIS SIGNATURE PHRASES, SUCH AS "STOOD THERE LIKE THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD" AND "LONG GONE" ARE PART OF BASEBALL HISTORY. Inscribed on plinth, side 4: ERNIE HARWELL WAS THE FIRST ACTIVE ANNOUNCER TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME (1981). HE ALSO HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE NATIONAL SPORTSCASTERS AND SPORTSWRITERS HALL OF FAME (1989), THE MICHIGAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME (1989) AND THE RADIO HALL OF FAME (1998). Links: Sculptor