When Bob Uecker was in the clubhouse and on the field during the Milwaukee Brewers' NL Central championship celebration in September he was wearing a familiar hat. It wasn't a Brewers or championship hat.

Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker “Mr. Baseball” and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90. In a statement released Thursday by the Brewers,

Bob Uecker, Milwaukee Brewers radio announcer and TV star, has passed away at the age of 90, his family has announced. Uecker, who was nicknamed “Mr. Baseball” during his Hall of Fame media career, died following a “private battle with small cell lung cancer.