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By Jon Paul Hoornstra
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Tommy Hutton signed an $8,000 contract to play baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1964. The scout who signed him, Tommy Lasorda, would manage Hutton for three years in the minor leagues and one day earn a place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Like Lasorda, Hutton gained more renown for what he did after his playing career ended. The longest tenured and most popular television analyst in Miami Marlins history said Monday that the 2026 season will be his last as a broadcaster.
"It means a lot to me because who would’ve thought when I signed in 1964 with the Dodgers out of high school that I would’ve had a career in baseball as a player and a broadcaster for over 60 years," Hutton said March 2 during the broadcast of a spring training game between the Marlins and St. Louis Cardinals. "Never would’ve thought of that.”
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Although he worked a reduced schedule in recent years, the 79-year-old Hutton remained a familiar voice to Marlins fans because of his longevity.
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Long after his final season with the Montreal Expos in 1981, Hutton replaced another former Expo — Hall of Famer Gary Carter — as the top analyst in the Marlins’ booth next to play-by-play man Jay Randolph in 1997.
After this year, Hutton will have been involved in Marlins broadcasts for 27 the team’s 34 seasons.
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Hutton played for the Dodgers (1966-69), Philadelphia Phillies (1972-77), Toronto Blue Jays (1978) and Montreal Expos (1978-81) at the major league level.
In Miami, Hutton provided a link to baseball's past for a new fan base after the Marlins joined the National League as an expansion franchise in 1993.
"I had a biological father who I loved and Tommy (Lasorda) was my baseball father who taught me about the game both on and off the field," Hutton said in a 2023 interview.
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