Skip Caray (left) and Pete Van Wieren acknowledging fans at a Braves game in 1983.
Born
Peter Dirk Van Wieren
(1944-10-07)October 7, 1944
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Died
August 2, 2014(2014-08-02) (aged 69)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Occupation
Sportscaster
Spouse
Elaine Van Wieren (m. 1964-2014;his death)
Children
2
Peter Dirk Van Wieren (October 7, 1944 – August 2, 2014) was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play for Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves.
Peter Dirk VanWieren (October 7, 1944 – August 2, 2014) was an American sportscaster best known for his long career calling play-by-play for Major League...
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Braves Hall of Fame in 2004 alongside long-time Braves broadcaster PeteVanWieren. He has been recognized with six Georgia Sportscaster-of-the Year awards...
announcing, while WSB broadcast the series in Atlanta with Skip Caray, PeteVanWieren, Don Sutton, and Joe Simpson announcing. NL Atlanta Braves (4) vs....
full-time broadcaster with the Washington Nationals; Skip Caray and PeteVanWieren went to the Braves Radio Network full-time; and Joe Simpson signed...
as a television announcer along with Ernie Johnson, Skip Caray and PeteVanWieren. He was on the Atlanta Braves Radio Network as well as WTBS-TV. Chaney...
commentators, while longtime play-by-play announcers Skip Caray and PeteVanWieren had their roles on the broadcasts reduced. The telecasts were also...
Sterling Ralph Kiner, Steve Zabriskie and Tim McCarver Radio WSB (ATL) WHN (NYM) Radio announcers PeteVanWieren and Skip Caray Bob Murphy and Gary Thorne...
Locally, the Series was called on WGST-AM in Atlanta by Skip Caray, PeteVanWieren, Ernie Johnson, Joe Simpson, and Don Sutton, and on CJCL-AM in Toronto...
from 1989 to 1995, pairing with the likes of Bob Neal, Ron Thulin and PeteVanWieren. In his second stint from 2003 to 2010, he was usually paired with...
games during the regular season as color commentator, until 2008 with PeteVanWieren and presently with Jim Powell He is credited as the accidental namesake...
in this fashion, joining his mentors Ernie Johnson, Skip Caray, and PeteVanWieren. A section of U.S. Highway 29, the main route for drivers leaving Pensacola...
Jeff Torborg (CBS) John Sterling and Michael Kay (WABC) Skip Caray, PeteVanWieren, Don Sutton and Joe Simpson (WSB) ALCS New York Yankees over Baltimore...
(deceased) Jeff Torborg: (analyst, 2006) FSN South and Turner South PeteVanWieren: (play-by-play, 1976–2008) Braves Radio Network, TBS, and Turner South...
against the Toronto Blue Jays, included speeches by former broadcaster PetevanWieren, former teammate Matt Diaz and former manager Bobby Cox. Smoltz was...
Cincinnati Zoo. Larry King hosted the broadcast with Craig Sager and PeteVanWieren handling interviews. The broadcast's big draw would have been the Home...
(MIN) Radio announcers Vin Scully and Johnny Bench (CBS) Skip Caray, PeteVanWieren, Dave O'Brien and Don Sutton (WSB) Herb Carneal and John Gordon (WCCO)...
which he was paired with announcers such as Bob Neal, Ron Thulin, PeteVanWieren, and his old CBS partners Verne Lundquist and Dick Stockton. Shortly...
Superstation (PeteVanWieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) Fox Sports South (Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) Radio WSB (AM) (PeteVanWieren, Skip Caray...
Cincinnati Zoo. Larry King hosted the broadcast with Craig Sager and PeteVanWieren handling interviews. The broadcast's big draw would have been the Home...
which gave the Yankees a 6–5 victory, and Game 2's infamous interview of Pete Rose by Jim Gray on NBC. This was the first World Series since the advent...
including: Ford C. Frick Award winner Marty Brennaman (1970–1973), PeteVanWieren (1974–1975), Larry Matson (1976), Bob Rathbun (1980–1985, 1990), Charlie...
radio and television announcers. Skip Caray died on August 3, while PetevanWieren announced his retirement on October 21. Both men had been broadcasting...
Locally, the Series was called on WGST-AM in Atlanta by Skip Caray, PeteVanWieren, Joe Simpson, and Don Sutton, and on CJCL-AM in Toronto by Jerry Howarth...
Aaron's 715th home run Remembrance of the life of longtime announcer PeteVanWieren Baltimore Orioles 60th anniversary in Baltimore Remembrance of the...
Geoffrion (1975–79), and Bobby Harper (1979–80; home games only). PeteVanWieren also did play-by-play for the Flames. The Flames left Atlanta for Calgary...
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