Willson Contreras is an international professional Venezuelan baseball catcher for the Chicago Cubs of MLB. His full name is Willson Eduardo Contreras.
He made his MLB career debut in 2016. Contreras batted .205 in 29 games at age 17. In 2010, he batted .313 in 17 games when at the age of 18.
Contreras’s Salary and Net worth
As of 2016, his salary is $507,500 USD. He is a Venezuelan professional baseball player who has a net worth of $4 million USD.
The St. Louis Cardinals signed Willson Contreras to a five-year, $87.5 million deal. The annual average salary is $17,500,000, with the Montreal Canadiens receiving $87.5 million guaranteed.
Contreras’ base salary in 2023 will be $10 million, with a total salary of $10 million.
His age and height
He was born on 13 May 1992. On this birth date, his present age is 31 years old. His height is 6 feet 0 inches or 1.85m.
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His wife or girlfriend
The Cubs will kick off a three-matches against the Cardinals Friday. In fact, he got married to his girlfriend, Andrea Villamizar.
He had a 1-year relationship and has not been engaged previously.
Willson Contreras Baseball Ranking, height, family, biography, contract, career, and more
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Willson Contreras MLB career and news
He batted .205 in 29 games at age 17 and he batted .313 in 17 games with them in 2010 at age 18.
In the Year 2015, he was named the Cubs Minor Association Player later batting .333/.413/.478 with eight home runs.
He completed 80 hits in 295 at-bats with 35 RBIs, 12 home runs, and a .275 batting average, in 2016.
Contreras was the Cubs’ inaugural day starting catcher against the St. Louis Cardinals, on 2 April 2017.
In Four games of the NLCS, he hit the longest postseason home run (491 feet) since Statcast, on 18 October 2017.
Contreras was voted to start in the All-Star Game 2018 when his first All-Star game. He and his teammate Javier Baez were named starters for the National Club in the All-Star 2019 game, but neither recorded a hit.
He and his brother, William Contreras, were picked to play in the 2022 MLB All-Star Game, making him the fifth set of brothers to do so in baseball history.
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