Chipper Jones Net Worth and Biography

Chipper Jones is an American former professional baseball player, with an estimated net worth of $110 Million. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves from 1993 to 2012. He was a member of the 1995 World Series championship team that beat the Cleveland Indians.

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Biography

Chipper Jones was born in  Florida, on April 24, 1972. He was to born to Lynne Jones and Larry Wayne Jones, Sr., a high school teacher, and baseball coach. He attended T. DeWitt Taylor High School, the same school his father taught and coached baseball.

Jones showed an early love for baseball predominantly because of his father’s position as coach and began to play Little League teams at age seven. He began his high school baseball career at the same school, where he pitched a one-hitter as a freshman.

He went to The Bolles School as a sophomore, where he was a two-way player in football. In baseball, he had a 6–3 win-loss record with 87 strikeouts and a 1.89 earned run average (ERA) as a pitcher, with a .391 batting average and seven home runs, earning him First Team All-State honors.

In 1989, Jones won First Team All-State honors in both football and baseball and won a state championship in baseball. He was also selected as the tournament’s most valuable player and had an 11–1 pitching record, 0.81 ERA, and 107 strikeouts in 84 innings pitched.

In his senior year, the Bulldogs were the state-runner up while Jones compiled a 7–3 record with a 1.00 ERA and 100 strikeouts in 79 innings on the mound while hitting .488 with 14 stolen bases. Jones won the Gatorade Circle of Champions Florida Baseball Player of the Year, Regional Baseball Player of the Year, was the Runner-up National Player of the Year and was inducted into the Florida High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2012.

Jones accepted a scholarship offer to play college baseball at the University of Miami but was drafted into the MLB.

Career

The Atlanta Braves selected Jones as the first pick overall in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft and signed him to a contract with a $275,000 signing bonus. After spending three years in several minor leagues, Jones made his major league debut on September 11, 1993, as the youngest player in the league. He spent his entire MLB Career with the Atlanta Braves (1993 to 2012).

Jones was named to the NL All-Star team eight times. He was also a member of the Atlanta Brave that beat the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 World Series championship. Jones won the 1999 National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award and the 1999 and 2000 NL Silver Slugger Award for third basemen. He was the MLB batting champion in 2008 after hitting .364.

Jones ended his career in 2012 with a .303 career batting average, 468 home runs, and 1,623 runs batted in (RBIs). He has the most career RBIs for a third baseman and holds the Braves team record for career on-base percentage (.402). Among switch hitters, Jones ranks second behind Eddie Murray for career RBIs, and he is the only switch hitter in MLB history with a career batting average of at least .300 and 400 or more home runs.

He was the 18th player in MLB history to accumulate 5,000 at-bats and finish with at least a .300 batting average, .400 on-base percentage, and .500 slugging percentage—and the only switch hitter to reach all of these milestones.n On June 28, 2013, the Braves retired Jones’ number 10 and inducted him into the team’s Hall of Fame. On July 29, 2018, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Chipper Jones Net Worth

Chipper Jones is one of the richest baseball players in the world, with an estimated net worth of $110 Million. He is one of the highest-paid players in MLB history. In 200 he signed a six-year, $90 million contract with the Braves, after winning the 1999 National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award.

Following the 2005 season, Jones reworked his contract with the Braves—freeing up money for the Braves to pursue elite free agents, while virtually ensuring he would end his career in Atlanta.

In 2009, Jones agreed to a three-year $42 million contract extension with the Braves; the deal includes an option that could become worth up to $61 million over four seasons. Chipper Jones earned $168 million in salary alone, throughout his  MLB career, He also earned millions more from endorsements.