Former baseball pitcher Bartolo Colon, from the Dominican Republic, is worth $40 million. Bartolo Colon was a four-time All-Star and the AL Cy Young Award winner in 2005. He also played for eleven different MLB organizations.
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What is Bartolo Colon’s Net Worth?
| et Worth: | $40 Million |
| Date of Birth: | May 24, 1973 (49 years old) |
| Place of Birth: | Altamira, Puerto Plata |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.8 m) |
| Profession: | Baseball player |
| Nationality: | Dominican Republic |
Bartolo Colon’s Early Life.
Bartolo Colon’s birthday is May 24th, thus he turned 45 today. He spent his childhood here helping his father, Miguel, pick fruit and coffee beans. Bartolo attributes his physical and professional fortitude to the time and effort he put in as a young boy.
Bartolo Colon’s Baseball Career.
The Cleveland Indians signed Colon as an amateur free agent in 1993, and he began his professional baseball career with the club’s minor league affiliate. Despite missing time with a bruised elbow, he was a standout in the minors and eventually won the Lou Boudreau Award as the Indians’ Minor League Player of the Year in 1995.
Bartolo Colon’s first season in Major League Baseball was a mixed bag. He debuted on April 4, 1997. However, he improved with time and eventually won his only start in the 1998 American League Championship Series and in 2000 threw a no-hitter against the Yankees.
In 2002, he was part of a transaction that sent him and Tim Drew from the Cleveland Indians to the Montreal Expos in exchange for Cliff Lee, Grady Sizemore, Brandon Phillips, and Lee Stevens.
Colon went on to play for the Chicago White Sox in 2003, the Anaheim Angels from 2004-2007, the Boston Red Sox in 2008, the Chicago White Sox again in 2009, the New York Yankees in 2011, the Oakland Athletics from 2012-2013, and the New York Mets from 2014-2016.
After that, he joined the Atlanta Braves in 2017, however, he was DFA’d after just 13 starts. After signing a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins, the 44-year-old pitcher was called up to the majors, where he became the oldest American League pitcher to record a nine-inning complete game since Nolan Ryan, at age 45, in 1992.
He played for the Texas Rangers in 2018—his final season in the majors—and that was his final year of professional baseball.
Colon joined the Mexican League’s Acereros de Monclova in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was canceled in 2020, but it was revived the following year so that Colon could make his debut in the regular season. After declaring his retirement in 2022, he played one final season of winter league baseball with the Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican Professional Baseball League.
Bartolo Colon had a 247-188 record and a 4.12 ERA with 2,535 strikeouts in his Major League Baseball career. He made the All-Star team four times (1998, 2005, 2013, and 2016) and led the American League in victories in 2005, also winning the American League Cy Young Award.
Bartolo Colon’s Contracts & Earnings.
In 2011, Bartolo Colon inked a one-year, $900,000 contract with the New York Yankees. A one-year, $3 million contract was signed by him and the Oakland Athletics in 2012.
With the New York Mets, he signed a two-year, $20 million contract in 2013, followed by a one-year, $7.5 million contract in 2015. After signing a one-year deal with the Atlanta Braves in 2016, he earned $12.5 million.
Bartolo Colon made $117 million during his MLB career, all from salary.
Bartolo Colon Weight
Towards the end of his career, Bartolo’s weight became somewhat noticeable. Bartolo weighed 185 pounds as a rookie in the early 1990s. He reached a peak weight of around 285 pounds, making him one of the heaviest players (if not the heaviest) in the league in his later years.
Among the league’s pitchers, he was unquestionably the heaviest. The retirement lifestyle led to a significant weight loss for him, perhaps as much as sixty to seventy pounds.
Bartolo Colon’s Personal Life.
Bartolo Colon and his wife Rosanna are New Jersey residents and proud parents of four kids. At the tender age of 13, he was introduced to his future wife in the Dominican Republic.