Alex Rodriguez’s Net Worth 2022

How much is Alex Rodriguez’s net worth 2022?

Alex Rodriguez is a $350 million net worth former professional baseball player and television analyst from the United States. Alex Rodriguez played for the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers before joining the New York Yankees. He played for the New York Yankees from 2004 until his retirement in 2017.

Earnings from a Job

Alex Rodriguez earned a little less than $475 million in salary, bonuses, and endorsements during his professional career. Alex has earned tens of millions of dollars in retirement. His total career earnings as of this writing exceed $650 million.

Growing Up

Alex Rodriguez was born in New York City on July 27, 1975. His parents, Lourdes and Victor Rodriguez, raised him and his two half-siblings, Suzy and Joe. Rodriguez’s childhood idol was the New York Mets baseball team.

Rodriguez went to Christopher Columbus High School, where he was a baseball star. After being named USA Baseball Junior Player of the Year, he pursued a baseball career.

Career

Alex Rodriguez debuted in baseball in 1994. After a successful season in his Major League debut, he quickly became known as a star. Over the next decade, Rodriguez established himself as one of baseball’s best all-around players, putting him on track to become one of the game’s all-time greats.

Rodriguez signed the most lucrative contract in baseball history with the Texas Rangers in 2001 and went on to win the MVP Award in 2003. Rodriguez was traded to the New York Yankees the following year. He kept putting up incredible numbers for his team.

He returned to the New York Yankees after taking a break to further his career. He was an All-Star in 2006, finishing fourth in the league with 121 RBIs and 48 home runs, becoming the first Yankee to win the American League home run title.

He became the seventh player in MBL history to hit 600 home runs, and the youngest in 35 years. He had to retire from baseball due to a knee injury. In 2013, he returned to the New York Yankees and made his debut.

Rodriguez has won several awards. He has a 12-time All-Star appearance and a 10-time AL Silver Slugger Award. Rodriguez was the Seattle Mariners’ player of the year twice and a three-time Babe Ruth Home Run winner.

Post-Baseball Career

Rodriguez went on to become a media personality after retiring from professional baseball. He has worked as a Fox Sports 1 broadcaster, appeared on Shark Tank, and was a member of the ABC News network. ESPN announced in January 2018 that A-Rod would be joining the Sunday Night Baseball broadcast team.

Highlights

• Most Home Runs By A Player Of Hispanic Descent (Since 1994)
• Battling Champion (1996)
• Doubles Leader (1996)
• World Baseball Classic Participant for United States (2006)
• Youngest Ever Hit 500 Home Runs (2007)
• American Leauge Champion (2009)
• World Series Champion (2009)

Controversies

Rodriguez denied using performance-enhancing drugs during an interview with Katie Couric on 60 Minutes in 2007. He admitted to using steroids while playing for the Rangers from 2001 to 2003 in February 2009. While recovering from a hip injury in 2013, Rodriguez made headlines for his feud with team management over his rehabilitation and for allegedly obtaining performance-enhancing drugs as part of the Biogenesis baseball scandal.

MLB suspended him for 211 games in August 2013 for his role in the scandal, but he was allowed to play while appealing the punishment. The original suspension would have been the longest non-lifetime suspension in Major League Baseball history if it had been upheld. Following an arbitration hearing, the suspension was reduced to 162 games, keeping him out of the game for the entire 2014 season.

Property Management

A-Rod paid $4.4 million for his Hollywood Hills bachelor pad, a 3,700 square foot, four-bedroom, three and a half bath home. In 2014, he purchased the home from Meryl Streep and her husband, Don Gummer. In Coral Gables, Florida, he owns a large custom-built mansion.

A-Rod also owns apartment buildings in New York. His A-Rod Corp. has teamed up with brokerage expert Adam Modlin and Stonehenge NYC real estate investor and operator Ofer Yardeni to buy apartments and condos of various sizes throughout the city.

Alex and Jennifer Lopez co-purchased a Park Avenue condo for $15.3 million in 2018. They sold this property for $15.75 million in 2020. They paid $6.6 million for Jeremy Piven’s Malibu mansion in 2019. They proceeded to completely renovate the interior with Joanna Gaines’ assistance. They sold this house for $6.8 million less than two years later.

A-Rod and J-Lo paid $1.4 million for a home in Encino, California, in July 2020. Alex and Jennifer paid $32.5 million for a mansion on Star Island in Miami in August 2020.