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Dewayne Staats was born on 8 August, 1952 in Advance, Missouri, U.S., is an American sportscaster (born 1952). Discover Dewayne Staats's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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71 years old |
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Leo |
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8 August, 1952 |
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8 August |
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Advance, Missouri, U.S. |
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United States
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He is a member of famous Sportscaster with the age 71 years old group.
Dewayne Staats Height, Weight & Measurements
At 71 years old, Dewayne Staats height not available right now. We will update Dewayne Staats's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Dewayne Staats Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dewayne Staats worth at the age of 71 years old? Dewayne Staats’s income source is mostly from being a successful Sportscaster. He is from United States. We have estimated Dewayne Staats's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
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Timeline
Dewayne Staats (born August 8, 1952) is an American sports broadcaster who has been the television play-by-play commentator for the Tampa Bay Rays since their inception in 1998.
Staats has been a broadcaster for several teams over his 40+ year career.
Staats regularly listened to the St. Louis Cardinals baseball broadcasts, featuring Harry Caray and Jack Buck.
Staats began announcing professional baseball with the Oklahoma City 89ers (1973–74) while still a student at SIUE.
He graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) in 1975 with a degree in Mass Communications.
He began his broadcasting career reporting sports on WSIE, the SIUE radio station; as an announcer for high school sports on several of the nearby small town radio stations such as WOKZ in Alton, Illinois; and as an intern at KMOX in St. Louis.
After graduation, he was sports director at KPLR-TV in St. Louis (1975–76), then he worked for the Houston Astros (1977–84), Chicago Cubs (1985–89), New York Yankees (1990–94), and ESPN (1995–97) before joining the Rays in their 1998 inaugural season.
He has two daughters, Stephanie (b. 1978) and Alexandra (b. 1984), from his first marriage.
Among the several no-hitters Staats has announced were Nolan Ryan's fifth on September 26, 1981 for the Houston Astros, one-handed pitcher Jim Abbott's on September 4, 1993 for the New York Yankees, and Matt Garza on July 26, 2010 for the Tampa Bay Rays.
Staats announced college football and college basketball games during his tenure at ESPN.
He was named recipient of the SIUE Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award in 1987.
With the Cubs, Staats called the first MLB night game in Wrigley Field history with Steve Stone on August 8, 1988, although the game was canceled due to rain.
Stephanie is married to former MLB relief pitcher Dan Wheeler, who played with the Rays (the team Staats commentates for) from 1999-2001 and from 2007-2010.
Staats has three grandchildren, Gabriel, Zachary, and Evie.
Staats' first wife, Dee, died in 2005 after a long battle with cancer.
He has since remarried to the former Carla Berry.
As a promotion in 2006, dual talking bobblehead dolls of Staats and Joe Magrane were given away at a home game against the Seattle Mariners.
He became a member of the SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame in 2006 and of the SIUE Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.
The Dewayne Staats Award for Broadcast Journalism was established in 2008 by the Mass Communications Department at SIUE.
This award "recognizes a student who exhibits Staats’s passion for sports, and who demonstrates the writing, announcing and analytical skills needed to excel in the field of Sports Journalism."
Staats has been repeatedly nominated for the Ford C. Frick Award, the broadcasters' path to the Baseball Hall of Fame, since 2008.
Staats and his broadcast team have won multiple local Emmy awards from the Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Staats celebrated his 30th season as a Major League Baseball announcer in 2006, and on June 22, 2010, he called his 5000th major league game.
