If a guy hits .300 every year, what does he have to look forward to? I always tried to stay around .190, with three or four RBI. And I tried to get them all in September. That way I always had something to talk about during the winter. – Bob Uecker
I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed. – Bob Uecker
Anybody with ability can play in the big leagues. But to be able to trick people year in and year out the way I did, I think that was a much greater feat. – Bob Uecker
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year… unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time. – Bob Uecker
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs. – Bob Uecker
Baseball hasn’t forgotten me. I go to a lot of old-timers games and I haven’t lost a thing. I sit in the bullpen and let people throw things at me. Just like old times. – Bob Uecker
I think my top salary was maybe in 1966. I made $17,000 and 11 of that came from selling other players’ equipment. – Bob Uecker
I didn’t get a lot of awards as a player. But they did have a Bob Uecker Day Off for me once in Philly. – Bob Uecker
The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud. – Bob Uecker
Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets. – Bob Uecker
I hope the fans have enjoyed listening as much as I’ve enjoyed doing the games. I don’t ever go to the park where I don’t have a good day. I don’t like losing. But I don’t think I ever go to the park where I have a bad day. I don’t think once. – Bob Uecker
I hit a grand slam off Ron Herbel and when his manager Herman Franks came out to get him, he was bringing Herbel’s suitcase. – Bob Uecker
Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist. – Bob Uecker
Not bragging by any means, but I could have done a lot of other stuff as far as working in films go and working in television… I had chances to do that stuff, but I like baseball, I really do. – Bob Uecker
After getting out of the service and going into baseball I never wanted to do anything else. – Bob Uecker
When I came up to bat with three men on and two outs in the ninth, I looked in the other team’s dugout and they were already in street clothes. – Bob Uecker
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of ‘Don’t do this’ and ‘Don’t do that.’ And that’s one of the things that I’m most proud of. – Bob Uecker
Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word? – Bob Uecker
I had been playing for a while, and I asked Louisville Slugger to send me a dozen flame treated bats. But when I got it, I realized they had sent me a box of ashes. – Bob Uecker
