Andruw Jones is a Dutch baseball player who spent 17 seasons in Major League Baseball as a designated hitter (MLB).

What is the Net worth and salary of Andruw Jones?

Because baseball is Andruw’s principal source of income, he amassed his $50 million fortune with the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. His yearly compensation is also $2.5 million dollars. Furthermore, his cool passionate house in Los Angeles, California, is valued at around $50 million. It also has a swimming pool that cost $10 million dollars. With his family, he enjoys a pretty opulent lifestyle.

Andruw Jones’s Childhood

Jones was born in the Netherlands on April 23, 1977. He is 42 years old and belongs to the Taurus zodiac sign. Henry Jones and Carmen Jones are his parents. His ethnicity is black and his nationality is Dutch.

Andruw Jones’s Body measurements

At the age of 11, Jones was a member of a youth select squad that traveled to Japan to compete in a competition. He played catcher and third base on occasion. After a couple of years, he moved to the outfield. Jones stands at a typical height of 6 feet and weighs 85 kilograms. His eyes are dark brown, and his hair is brown. His sexual orientation is also straight.

Career during 1996

In-Game 1 of the 1996 World Series on October 20, 1996, Jones was able to demonstrate his talents on the national platform. He hit for two home runs to left field on his first two at-bats as the Braves trounced the New York Yankees 12–1.

Jones became the youngest player ever to homer in the World Series at the age of 19 years, 180 days, breaking Mickey Mantle’s record of 20 years, 362 days – on what would have been Mantle’s 65th birthday.

Furthermore, Jones joined Gene Tenace as the only other player to smash home runs in his first two World Series at-bats. Likewise, Jones was selected to the Braves’ post-season squad in 1996. During the 1996 World Series, he became the youngest player in history to hit a home run in the World Series at the age of 19.

In 2003, with the power-hitting Gary Sheffield in the line-up, Jones reached a new career high-water record in RBIs, with 116. Jones made his third All-Star team and homered in the game. The American League beat the National League, 7–6. Unfortunately, he took a step backward in 2004 when he hit fewer than 30 homers and struck out 147 times.

Awards and achievements of Andruw Jones

From 1998 to 2007, Jones won 10 consecutive Gold Gloves. His 10 Gold Gloves for an outfielder ranks him in a tie for second with Al Kaline, Ichiro Suzuki, and Ken Griffey Jr. for most Gold Gloves won by an outfielder. Similarly, he is also one of five center fielders to record at least 400 putouts in a season six times.

However, the others are Willie Mays, Richie Ashburn, Kirby Puckett, and Max Carey. Additionally, he won NL Silver Slugger Award in 2005, the NL player of the month (2005), and Fielding Bible Awards at center field in 2007. Since playing in Japan, Jones did comebacks in the 2015 and 2016 MLB seasons. He formally retired from baseball in February 2016 and was recruited by the Braves as a special assistant later that month.

Who is Andruw Jones Wife?

Jones was married to Nicole Derick. Nicole Derick and Andruw married on 23rd November 2002. They are the parents of one son, Druw, and one daughter, Madison. There is no information regarding their prior love tales. Early in the morning of Christmas Day, 2012, Police arrested Jones for the battery. The police officers responded to a domestic disturbance incident between him and his wife Nicole in suburban Atlanta. He was released on a $2,400 bond late that morning. Nicole Jones filed for divorce in early January 2013 and the two proceeded to court over custody of their kid.

More Career of Andruw Jones

• Jones signed with the Atlanta Braves organization as a free agent in 1993 at the age of 16.
• Similarly, he was promoted to Danville of the Appalachian League after only 27 games with the Braves development team in West Palm Beach, Florida.
• Jones played for Class-A Macon in 1995.
• In his first at-bat, he blasted a homer.
• He concluded the season with 25 home runs and 100 runs batted in.
• Jones also represented the South Atlantic League along with 56 steals.
• His amazing season capped off when he was crowned Minor League Player of the Year.
• The Braves brought Jones up to Atlanta on August 15, 1996, when he was barely 19 years old.
• In his first career Major League game, Jones went 1 for 5 with a run batted in and a run scored.
• During his second game, he went 2 for 5 with a home run as well as a triple.

  

• Moreover, He got his first multi-homer game against the Reds on August 22.
• He spent his limited time in the majors playing in the right field because established center fielders Marquis Grissom and Kenny
• Lofton were already entrenched in the position.
• Similarly, He concluded the season batting .217 with 5 home runs and 13 RBIs.
• In the National League Championship Series against the Cardinals, Jones batted .222 with a home run and 3 RBIs.
• The Braves won the Series and advanced to the World Series.