The great contribution that the Dominican Republic has made to the MLB. Many stars of the Big leagues they were born in that country.
Examples abound and two of them are Pedro Martínez and Manny Ramírez, who also became partners for several seasons in the Boston Red Sox.
Martinez He played 18 years in the majors and had such a brilliant career that he earned his plaque in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame. He was a World Series champion, an eight-time All-Star, and a three-time Cy Young winner (1997, 1999, and 2000).
#OTD in 2004, the Mets signed Pedro Martínez to a four year, $ 53 million contract.
In 2005, Martínez had a 2.82 ERA, 2.95 FIP, 0.949 WHIP (MLB led), 8.6 K / 9 and 146 ERA +.@ 45PedroMartinez also recorded his 3,000th career strikeout with the Mets in 2007. pic.twitter.com/j7no1MK3G1
– Metsmerized (@Metsmerized) December 15, 2020
The right-hander who had his most splendid years with the Red Sox – although he wore four other jerseys – went on to earn $ 17.5 million in one season and accumulated income of $ 146,259,585 in salaries alone.
After 12 years in retirement, Martinez’s estimated estate is valued at about $ 70 million.
For his part, Ramírez, 49, was involved in baseball fields until 2020. Still in January of this year, he considered the option of being a player coach in Australia, but the possibility was canceled.
Manny Ramirez turns 49 today.
—1x World Series MVP
—2 × Champ
—9 × Silver Slugger
—12 × All-Star
—29 postseason home runs: No. 1 all-time
—555 career HR: 15th all-time
—Earns $ 2M / year in deferred contract money from the @RedSox until 2026
—Career? to date: $ 234MBoston legend. pic.twitter.com/VA4b1sswyu
– Boardroom (@boardroom) May 30, 2021
He left the Major Leagues in 2011 after several controversies and with 19 years of experience. In that period he went to 12 All-Star Games, won 9 Silver Bats, a batting title, 2 World Series rings and became MVP of the championship fight.
His offensive numbers made him a valued player and in his prime he had salaries of $ 20.5 million per season.
All this has led him to now have a net worth of $ 110 million (according to the Celebrity Networth portal), much higher than that of Martínez and also continues to produce money, because he has deferred salaries that Boston must pay him until 2026.