Jaime Jarrin
Broadcaster
2018
Hall of Fame: 2018
One of the most recognizable voices in Spanish broadcasting Jaime Jarrin joined the Dodgers at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1959. Jarrin lent his voice to "Fernandemania" in 1981 when pitcher Fernando Valenzuela [https://www.eatlife.net/dodger-stadium/fernando-valenzuela.php] took the baseball world by storm. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
JAIME JARRIN
HIGHLY RESPECTED FOR HIS ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE, SUPERIOR INFLECTION AND DIALECT TONE, JAIME JARRIN IS SYNONYMOUS WITH BASEBALL AMONG THE SPORT'S CONTINUALLY EXPANDING LATINO AUDIENCE
1998 MARKS JARRIN'S 40TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR BEHIND THE MICROPHONE WITH LOS ANGELES. THE LIKABLE BROADCASTER'S TENUE WITH THE DODGERS RANKS SECOND LONGEST AMONG PLAY-BY-PLAY ANNOUNCERS WITH ONE CLUB, BEHIND HIS ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTERPART WITH THE TEAM, VIN SCULLY.
"THE SPANISH VOICE OF THE DODGERS," JARRIN, SINCE 1973, HAS BEEN THE LEAD PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN FOR THE TEAM'S SPANISH FLAGSHIP STATION KWKW WHICH BROADCASTS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AREAS OF NEVADA, AS WELL AS REACHING MEXICO. PRIOR TO TRAVELING WITH THE DODGERS, HE BROADCAST GAMES TO A LATINO AUDIENCE BY RE-CREATING SCULLY'S LIVE ACCOUNTS. A VETERAN POST-SEASON ANNOUNCER, JARRIN HAS CALLED THE ACTION IN 16 WORLD SERIES FOR CBS RADIO, CADENA LATINA, AND CADENA CARACOL, NOW REPORTING REGULARLY TO AN AUDIENCE IN EXCESS OF 30 MILLION.
IN 1970, JARRIN BECAME THE FIRST LATIN AMERICAN TO WIN THE GOLDEN MIKE AWARD, PRESENTED TO A BROADCASTER BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS ASSOCIATION.
A NATIVE OF CAYAMBE, ECUADOR, JARRIN MIGRATED TO CALIFORNIA IN 1955 AND BECAME SPORTS DIRECTOR FOR KWKW. HE ATTENDED CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF QUITO PRIOR TO COMING TO LOS ANGELES.
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JULY 20, 1998
December 10, 1935 One of the most recognizable voices in all of Spanish-language broadcasting, Jaime Jarrin joined the Dodgers at the Los Angeles Coliseum in 1959. He arrived in the United States from his native Ecuador on June 24, 1955 - the same day pitcher Sandy Koufax made his MLB debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jarrin's first exposure to baseball was watching the Dodgers in the 1955 World Series on television. When the Dodgers moved to the West Coast in 1958, Jarrin was working at KWKW radio in Los Angeles and given one year to prepare to become a baseball announcer. He would become an icon in the Southern California community, lending his voice to "Fernandomania" in 1981 when Mexico pitcher Fernando Valenzuela took the baseball world by storm, winning both the Rookie of the Year and Cy Young Award honors. [https://www.eatlife.net/dodger-stadium/fernando-valenzuela.php] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Jaime Jarrin (born December 10, 1935) is an Ecuadorian-born American sportscaster known as the Spanish-language voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He began broadcasting for the Dodgers in 1959 and was the 1998 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame. One of the most recognizable voices in Hispanic broadcasting, Jarrin, "the Spanish Voice of the Dodgers" is also heard on Spectrum SportsNet LA's SAP channel.Jaime Jarrin:Born in Cayambe, Ecuador, Jarrin began work as a broadcaster in his home country when he was just 16 years old. He went on to become the announcer for the National Congress of Ecuador. He came to the United States on June 24, 1955. At the time, he had never seen a baseball game.
When the Dodgers moved to Los Angeles in 1958, KWKW (1300 AM) was enlisted by team owner Walter O'Malley to be the team's Spanish-language flagship station; Jarrin was KWKW news and sports director, having joined the station as a news reporter in 1955.
Jaime JarrinFor the first six years, they did not travel with the team but would recreate the games on radio while listening to the English-language broadcast in a studio.For the 2015 season, Jarrin was paired for the first time in the booth with his son Jorge Jarrin. With the retirement of fellow Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully in 2016, Jarrin became the longest tenured active broadcaster in baseball on April 7, 2017.
Jaime Jarrin1962-1984
Jarrin never missed a game, calling close to 4,000 games over 22 seasons.On September 28, 2021 Jarrin announced he would retire after the 2022 season. At 64 total seasons, all with the Dodgers, he ends his career as the third-longest-tenured individual with one team (behind Scully, 67 years, and Tommy Lasorda, 69 years, both also entirely with the Dodgers).
Lifetime of Excellence in Broadcasting
2008 Radio & TV News Association of Southern California
- Primer Desfile Ecuatorino LA 1999
- Comite Civico Ecuatoriano LA
- Jaime Jarrin Star
