How much is Robin Yount worth?
| Net Worth: | $10 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Baseball Player |
| Date of Birth: | September 16, 1955 (age 66) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.83 m |
About Robin Yount
Before his family relocated to southern California, Robin Yount resided in Covington, Indiana, where he was born in Danville, Illinois. They moved due of his father’s new position testing rocket engines at Rocketdyne while Yount was still a baby.
Robin attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills.
- Born: Sept. 16, 1955
- Hometown: Danville, Ill.
- Height: 6-0
- Weight: 165 pounds
- Bats: Right
- Throws: Right
- Family: Wife, Michelle; son Dustin; daughters Amy, Melissa and Jenna; brother Larry swas a pitcher in the Houston Astros organization.
- Primary positions: Shortstop and center field
ahead of the bigs
When he was a young boy, his family relocated from Illinois to southern California, where he attended Woodland Hills’ William Howard Taft High School.
was chosen by the Milwaukee Brewers as the third player overall in the 1973 amateur draft. He was chosen by the San Diego Padres one pick in front of fellow Hall of Famer Dave Winfield.
At age 17, he played in just 64 minor league games, all in the New York-Penn league, hitting.285 with three home runs.
Profession Highlights
He played shortstop with the Milwaukee Brewers for his entire 20-year career (1974–93), making him one of the best all-around shortstops in major league history.
Although he only hit 251 home runs in his career, he still has the seventh-most at-bats in Major League Baseball history with 11,008.
With 3,142 hits overall, the record presently sits at number 17.
With a lifetime batting average of.285, was 39th all-time in runs scored with 1,632, and had 1,406 RBI (70th).
He led the American League in doubles and triples on two separate occasions (1980, 1982). (1983, 1988). Additionally, he twice led the league in games played (161 in 1976 and 1988). (all 162).
At the age of 18, Yount made his major league debut on April 5, 1974. He went four games without a hit before hitting a home run in his sixth game. He was the final 18-year-old to smash a home run in the major leagues as of 2013.
Yount caused considerable controversy when he vowed to leave baseball and switch to professional golf four years after he reached the majors. He believed the Brewers underpaid him. During spring training in 1978, the most of his demands were satisfied, and he played the entire season and spent 15 more seasons with the Brewers.
was the first Brewers player to ever be named to the All-Star team in back-to-back years (1980, 1982–83). Prior to Ryan Braun joining the team for four straight seasons, he held that distinction (2008-11).
His three All-Star Game selections rank second-fewest among all Hall of Fame players since the game’s inception in 1933 (together with Ferguson Jenkins).
won the American League Most Valuable Player honor twice (1982 and 1989).
In 1982, when he led the American League in hits with 210, he had his best season. Yount produced four hits, including a home run, to lead the Brewers to a 10-2 victory on the final day of the regular season when Milwaukee and Baltimore were tied for the American League East lead and playing in a winner-take-all game. Yount had a career-best 1982 year with 29 home runs, 114 RBI, and a.331 batting average (.001 behind league-leader Willie Wilson). His 129 runs set a record for the most runs scored by a shortstop, and his.578 slugging percentage was the second-highest ever for a shortstop.
In addition, he received his only Gold Glove in 1982 and ran away with the AL MVP award, receiving all but one of the 28 first-place votes.
became the only player in two World Series games to record four hits, but the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the St. Louis Cardinals in a seven-game series.
Yount was transferred to the outfield in 1985 due to shoulder discomfort, and he split his time between center field and right field. The Brewers made him their regular center fielder the following season.
Yount became the first player in the AL to earn multiple MVP awards since legendary New York Yankees players Mickey Mantle (1960, 1961) and Roger Maris (1960, 1989) after winning a second MVP title in 1989. (1956, 1957 and 1962). The third player in history to receive MVP awards at two separate positions. The other two were Stan Musial and Hank Greenberg.
Yount recorded his 3,000th hit on September 9, 1992, against the Cleveland Indians, becoming the 17th player in big league history to accomplish the feat. In addition, he joined Willie Mays as the only players in baseball history with 200 home runs, 200 stolen bases, and 100 triples.
On October 3, 1993, at the age of 38, he ended his career as the Brewers’ all-time leader in hits and home runs.
was a proponent of weight training before it became popular in baseball in the 1970s and 1980s.
following retirement
The Brewers retired his jersey number (19) in 1994.
He received 77.5 percent of the vote on the first ballot when he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
was a co-owner of a Toyota-Atlantic series racing team.
was the Arizona Diamondbacks’ first base coach and bench coach from 2002 to 2004.
He was hired as Milwaukee’s bench coach in 2005.
He joined the Northwoods Baseball League’s Lakeshore Chinooks (Mequon, Wisconsin) as a minority owner in 2012.
