Ryan Howard Net Worth and Biography

Ryan Howard is a professional American baseball Player, with an estimated net worth of $125 Million. He is known for being the fastest player in baseball history to reach 100 home runs and 200 home runs. He spent his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the Philadelphia Phillies, from 2004 to 2016.

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Biography

Ryan Howard was born in Florissant, Missouri. He attended Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri, and Missouri State University, where he played college baseball for the Bears from 1998 to 2001.

Howard finished his collegiate career with 50 home runs, 183 runs batted in (RBIs), and a .335 career batting average in 172 games played. He was the 1999 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year.

Missouri State retired Howard’s number on December 18, 2010. He also played one summer in the Central Illinois Collegiate League, a league partially funded by Major League Baseball (MLB) for future prospects to develop.

Career

The Philadelphia Phillies selected Howard in the fifth round of the 2001 draft and assigned him to the Batavia Muckdogs of the NY-Penn League. Howard ascended the Phillies’ minor league system, earning consecutive awards in the Florida State League and Eastern League in 2003 and 2004. He was promoted to the Class AAA International League and was named by Major League Baseball one of the best first basemen in Philadelphia Phillies History.

Howard made his MLB debut in 2004. He won the National League (NL) Rookie of the Year Award in 2005 and the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award in 2006. Howard was a three-time NL All-Star (2006, 2009, 2010), and won the Silver Slugger Award, Hank Aaron Award, and the NL Championship Series MVP Award in 2009.

Known for his power, Howard is a member of the 50 home run club. He was a two-time NL home run champion (2006, 2008), and became the fastest player to reach both the 100 and 200 home run milestones in MLB history, passing the marks in 2007 and 2009, respectively.

He is also tied with Sammy Sosa for the most National League 140 RBI seasons at three and the most National League 130 RBI seasons at four. From 2006 to 2009, he hit 198 home runs, hitting at least 45 in each season. By the time he reached thirty years old, he had hit 222 home runs in 732 games.

Over the remaining 840 games of his career, he proceeded to hit 160 before playing his last major league game at the age of 36. Howard is Major League Baseball’s (ignominious) all-time record-holder for most times striking out four times in a game, commonly referred to as a “Golden Sombrero”.

Ryan Howard’s Net Worth

Ryan Howard is one of the richest baseball players in the world, with an estimated net worth of $120 Million. In 2009, the Phillies renewed Howard’s contract in a one-year deal for $900,000, the highest salary ever offered to a player not eligible for salary arbitration.

In 2008, Howard won an arbitration case against the Phillies and was awarded $10 million, the most ever for a victorious player and tied for the most ever awarded. The Phillies had offered $7 million to Howard in salary.

During spring training of the 2009 season, Howard agreed to a 3-year, $54 million contract with the Phillies. In 2010 Howard signed a 5 year $125 million contract with the Phillies. In total, he earned $190 million in salary while in the MLB. He also served as a representative for several named brand products including Adidas, and restaurants such as Subway.