About me
Duane Kuiper, a 13-time Emmy award-winning broadcaster, will begin his 41st season as a Major League announcer in 2025. He embarks on his 32nd consecutive year in the NBC Sports Bay Area, NBC Bay Area and KNBR Radio broadcast booths. He was named California’s 2020 Sportscaster of the Year as selected by the National Sports Media Association. Kuiper was one of 10 finalists for the 2025, 2024, 2023 and 2014 Ford C. Frick Award for baseball broadcasting excellence. Kuiper and his NBCSBA broadcast partner, Mike Krukow, were both named as one of 10 finalists on the 2025 and 2024 Frick Award ballot. Kuiper emerged as one of the top three fan selections in online voting in 2014. The former 11-year big league infielder has received 13 local Emmy awards for his distinguished broadcasting career: On-Camera talent (9); Sports Live Broadcast (2); and Sporting Event/Game-Live (2). He provided commentary for the Giants from 1987-92 and served a one-year stint with the expansion Colorado Rockies in 1993. The former infielder spent the last four years of his career with the Giants, following seven campaigns with the Cleveland Indians. In 2004 he was voted by Cleveland fans as one of the 100 greatest players in Tribe history. After retiring in 1985, Kuiper provided commentary on Giants radio and TV broadcasts through the end of that season, and had his own radio show on KNBR from 1982-85. Kuiper’s scorecards from Barry Bonds’ historic 756th home run game, Randy Johnson’s 300th career victory, Matt Cain’s perfect game in 2012 and the scorecard from Gaylord Perry Day (August 13, 2016 - BAL @ SF) are displayed at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. The Wisconsin native previously served as a board member of the Giants Community Fund and was a member of the Junior Giants Committee and the former Chair of the Junior Giants Glove Drive. Kuiper lends his time and support to ARF (Animal Rescue Foundation, http://www.arflife.org). Kuiper, along with his NBCSBA partner, Mike Krukow, served as an ambassador for the UTAC (Until There’s A Cure) campaign in 2023. A graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL, Kuiper resides in Danville. He and his late wife, Michelle, are parents to two children, Cole (married to Rachel Jensen) and Dannon (married to Zach Rease), and have two granddaughters, Andy and Kit.
