The Chicago White Sox agreed to a multiyear contract with ESPN’s John Schriffen to be their television play-by-play announcer.

The 39-year-old Schriffen replaces Jason Benetti, who took a similar job with the Detroit Tigers in November. Schriffen will call games with longtime analyst Steve Stone for NBC Sports Chicago.

Schriffen said it was exciting to learn of chairman Jerry Reinsdorf’s passion for the team and baseball’s history when they met in Arizona last weekend.

Schriffen, who joined ESPN in 2020, has called select Saturday and Sunday games for ESPN radio’s MLB broadcasts since 2022. He also works NCAA basketball, football, baseball and softball games as well as the NBA G-League and Summer League for the network.

Schriffen plans to call the majority of Chicago’s games, though he did not have an exact number. He said the White Sox are his top priority, but he hopes to keep working for ESPN in the offseason.

Schriffen, who is biracial, joins Seattle’s Dave Sims as the only Black TV play-by-play announcer. His grandfather, Alphonso Deal, was president of the NAACP’s Philadelphia chapter.

Before joining ESPN, Schriffen was a studio host for the NFL Network, as well as a play-by-play broadcaster and sideline reporter for CBS Sports from 2015 to 2020. He worked as a New York-based correspondent for ABC News from 2012 2014, contributing reports for Good Morning America and Nightline.

Schriffen graduated from Dartmouth, where he pitched.