1949: Scully begins his professional broadcasting career as a fill-in announcer for WTOP in Washington, D.C.
Nov. 12 , 1949: With all the more experienced announcers sick or occupied, Scully does play-by-play for the Maryland-Boston University football game. Dodgers announcer Red Barber hears him and recommends him for an opening on the Dodgers announcing staff.
April 18, 1950: Scully broadcasts his first regular-season Dodgers game.
Sept. 30, 1953: At the age of 25, Scully becomes the youngest person to broadcast a World Series game when he is part of the team broadcasting the Dodgers-Yankees World Series.
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1958: Scully marries his first wife, Joan Crawford, and decides to move to the Los Angeles area so he can continue broadcasting Dodgers games after the team moves from Brooklyn.
1964: The New York Yankees offer Scully a lucrative deal to become their main announcer. He declines.
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Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully looks over Dodger Stadium before a game on July 3, 2012. Scully has worked as an announcer for the Dodgers organization for more than six decades. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully, with wife Sandi at his side, waves to the crowd during a ceremony honoring the Dodgers broadcaster before the game Sept. 23, 2016, at Dodger Stadium.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully and Hall-of-Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax embrace during the pregame ceremony honoring the Dodgers broadcaster on Sept. 23, 2016.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts (30) joins MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, right, in presenting a check to Vin Scully to be donated to the Dodgers broadcaster’s favorite charity during a pregame ceremoney Sept. 23, 2016.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully speaks to family, friends and fans during a pregame ceremony honoring the legendary Dodgers broadcaster Friday night. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Fans wipe away tears during the pregame ceremony honoring Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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A fan holds a letter from Vin Scully that was given out before the Dodgers game on Friday night. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully stands in front of street sign marking “Vin Scully Way” at the Dodgers’ spring training complex in Vero Beach, Fla., in 1985. (Jayne Kamin / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully with Jerry Doggett in the announcer’s booth at Dodgertown during spring training in Vero Beach, Florida on April 8, 1985.
(Jayne Kamin / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully, center, poses for a photo with Dodgers pitching greats Don Drysdale, left, and Sandy Koufax during spring training in Vero Beach, Fla., in 1985. (Jayne Kamin / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully speaks to Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser, left, as Dodgers outfielder Kirk Gibson listens during a November 1989 charity benefit. (Steve Lowry / Associated Press)
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Vin Scully sits in the broadcast booth at Dodger Stadium in September 1999. Scully’s talents have landed him speaking roles in several baseball-themed movies and television shows. He even served as a game show host. (Bob Carey / Los Angeles Times)
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From left, longtime Kings announcer Bob Miller, legendary Lakers announcer Chick Hearn and Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully talk before a show for Fox Sports in December 2000. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully has broadcast Dodgers games since before the team moved to L.A. in 1958.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully speaks during manager Joe Torre’s introductory news conference at Dodger Stadium in November 2007. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully acknowledges the crowd after receiving a standing ovation before a game between the Dodgers and Boston Red Sox at the Coliseum in March 2008. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully listens to legendary UCLA coach John Wooden at an interview in June 2008. (Lori Shepler / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully announces, “It’s time for Dodgers baseball,” before the team’s season opener against the San Francisco Giants in April 2009. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Hall of Fame Dodger announcer Vin Scully before the start of a Dodgers - Reds game at Dodger Stadium on August 22, 2010.
(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully looks at a Sandy Koufax bobblehead doll while in the broadcast booth on Aug. 7, 2012. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully acknowledges the cheers of the crowd during his bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium on July 25, 2013. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
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Vin Scully waves to fans as he rides in a car with his wife, Sandra Hunt, while serving as the 2014 Rose Parade Grand Marshal. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Dodgers announcer Vin Scully takes the stage to speak about his decision to come back for a 66th season in the broadcast booth during a news conference at Dodger Stadium on July 30, 2014.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Vin Scully is applauded on the field at Dodger Stadium, by family members, as he is recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records as the “longest tenured sports team employee” on September 23, 2015.
(Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Jan. 26, 1972: Scully’s wife dies after an accidental prescription drug overdose.
Late 1973: Scully marries Sandra Hunt.
April 8, 1974: Scully calls Hank Aaron’s historic 715th home run.
1975-82: Scully becomes one of the main NFL broadcasters for CBS. He also broadcasts golf with the network.
March 1982: The Dodgers name a street after Scully at their spring training site in Vero Beach, Fla.
1982: Scully is inducted into the broadcasters’ wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
1983-89: Scully works for NBC, covering weekend and playoff baseball games.
Oct. 26, 1986: Scully provides the voice (“Behind the bag. It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight and the Mets win it!” as the New York Mets make an improbable rally to defeat Boston in Game 6 of the World Series.
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Oct. 15, 1988: Scully is in the booth as a hobbled Kirk Gibson hits a homer to lift the Dodgers to a Game 1 World Series win over Oakland. “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.”
Jan. 20, 1994: Scully’s oldest son, Michael, dies in a helicopter crash.
1995: Scully is inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
April 21, 2001: The Dodgers name the press box in Dodger Stadium after Scully.
Jan. 1, 2014: Scully serves as grand marshal for the Tournament of Roses parade.
Jan. 29, 2016: Los Angeles changes the name of Elysian Park Avenue, which is the main road into the stadium, to Vin Scully Avenue.
Houston Mitchell is an assistant sports editor, writer of the Dodgers Dugout newsletter and editor of all of the sports newsletters for the Los Angeles Times.
