NASHVILLE — Joe Castiglione is going to Cooperstown. Can you believe it?

The longtime Red Sox radio broadcaster has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcast by the Baseball Hall of Fame. Castiglione will be honored in Cooperstown as part of Hall of Fame Weekend this coming July.

“Bringing knowledge and passion to the booth every day for more than four decades, Joe Castiglione has given voice to the greatest era of Red Sox success in the broadcast era,” said Josh Rawitch, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement. “Starting with the team in 1983 in Carl Yastrzemski’s final season, Joe has connected generations of Red Sox fans with a delivery that has become part of the New England fabric. His calls of the team’s four World Series wins in the past 20 seasons provided fans with memories that will echo forever throughout Red Sox nation.”

Castiglione recently wrapped up his 41st season calling Red Sox baseball on the radio. Prior to coming to Boston the Hamden, Connecticut, native began his career at WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio and eventually got his first MLB opportunity calling Cleveland Indians games in 1979. He then worked Brewers games in 1981 and returned to the Indians booth in 1982 before joining the Red Sox broadcast the following year.

Castiglione was selected from a group of 10 finalists by the 15-member Frick Award committee. The other finalists included Joe Buck, Gary Cohen, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Ernie Johnson Sr., Ken Korach, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper and Dan Shulman.

In addition to becoming the 48th recipient of the Frick Award, Castiglione was also inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2014 and in 2022 the home Fenway Park radio booth was named in his honor.