Christian Yelich is an international American professional baseball outfielder. His full name is Christian Stephen Yelich. He played for the Miami Marlins for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He won the Gold Glove Award in 2014 and also got the Silver Slugger Award in 2016 and 2018.
His Salary, Contract, and Net worth
In his MLB career, as of 2018, his salary is 7 million USD. Yelich net worth was estimated at USD 67 million as of 2020.
In total, the agreement includes $28 million in deferred salary ($4 million per year from 2022 to 2028) and another $2 million in deferred payments if the Brewers exercise a $6.5 million buyout of the contract’s mutual option for 2029.
Age and height
He was born on 5 December 1991. From this birth date, his recent age is 33 years old. His height is 6 feet 2 inches or 1.9 meters.
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His wife or girlfriend
Yelich hadn’t married yet. but he has a girlfriend. His new girlfriend’s name is Emily Balkind.
Christian Yelich MLB ranking, height, family, biography, contract, career, and more
| Yelich's Golf career, family, net worth, contract, wife, girlfriend, and more | |
|---|---|
| His height, weight, age, biography | |
| Full name | Christian Stephen Yelich |
| nick name | Yelich |
| profession | professional MLB player |
| Height in cm and m | 190cm and 1.90m |
| Height in feet inches | 6 feet 2 inches |
| Weight in kg | 88 kg |
| Weight in Ibs | 196 Ibs |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Hair Style | Small |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Date of Birth | 1991-12-05 00:00:00 |
| age | 32 Years (as of 2023) |
| Birth Place | Thousand Oaks, California |
| Religion | Unknown |
| Nationality | United States |
| High School | Westlake High School |
| College | Westlake High School and College |
| His MLB Statistics, team, career awards and more | |
| Bat style | Left |
| Throws | Right |
| Batting Average | 296 |
| Home Runs | 151 |
| Runs Batted In | 522 |
| Stolen Bases | 128 |
| Teams in Club career | Miami Marlins (2013-17), Milwaukee Brewers (2018-present) |
| Career Highlights and award | |
| 2x all star | 2018, 2019 |
| All-MLB First team | 2019 |
| Gold Glove Award | 2014 |
| 3× Silver Slugger Award | 2016, 2018 and 2019 |
| 2× NL Hank Aaron Award | 2018 and 2019 |
| 2× NL batting champion | 2018 |
| 2× Hit for the cycle | 2018 |
| All-World Baseball Classic | 2017 |
| National team | United States |
| World Classic baseball team | 2017 Los Angeles |
| His contract, salary, net worth | |
| Contract team for deal | Nine-year $215 million contract extension with the Brewers |
| Salary | 7 Million USD |
| Net worth | $67 million USD (Approx) |
| Family, wife, parents, and favourite details | |
| Fathers name | Name not known |
| Mothers name | Alecia Yelich |
| brother's | Cameron Yelich and Collin Yelich |
| Sister | Name not known |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| wife | N/A |
| marriage date | N/A |
| Wife Profession | N/A |
| children | Unknown |
| girlfriend | Emily Balkind |
| Twiter | Twitter open |
| Favourite color | Black |
| Favourite games | MLB and tennis |
| Favourite animals | Dog |
| Favourite MLB player's | Unknown |
| Favourite destination | New York |
| Favourite singer | Unknown |
| Hobies | Not known |
Yelich MLB career and news
The Marlins promoted Yelich to the MLB from the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, on July 23, 2013.
Besides, the Marlins operated Yelich to the Milwaukee Brewers for Lewis Brinson, Isan Díaz, Jordan Yamamoto, and Monte Harrison on January 25, 2018.
Yelich became the sixth player in his MLB career to hit a home run in each of his team’s first four games, on March 31, 2019.
He started a nine-year deal, a $215 million contract extension with the Brewers team on 6 March 2020.
He was selected to play the United States National Baseball team in the World Baseball Classic 2017. Then Yelich was selected to play with the All-States MLB at the MLB Japan All-Star Series 2018, but, after he withdrew from the game.
He batted .252/.355/.383 in 2022, with the highest ground ball percentage of any big league player (58.6%) and the lowest fly ball percentage (23.0%).
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