Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. James R. "Jimmy" Dudley (September 27, 1909 February 12, 1999) was an American sportscaster, best known as the play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians for nearly two decades. A native of Alexandria, Virginia, Dudley majored in chemistry at the University of Virginia. He turned to broadcasting in the late 1930s, starting out at a Charlottesville radio station. He moved up to calling Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox games from 1938-1941 before serving as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.