Dan Haren is a former professional baseball player originally from the U.S.A. Haren played for the St. Louis Cardinals in Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to that, he played for Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Anaheim's Los Angeles Angels, Washington Nationals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Miami Marlins, and Chicago Cubs.
Apart from that, he took retirement from playing baseball and currently, Dan serves as an executive with the Diamondbacks. Besides, he is living a lavish lifestyle with his huge net worth of $42.5 million.
The 38 years old dashing former player, Dan Haren is currently married to his beautiful wife, Jessica Haren. As per some sources, the love birds met each other at a party through a mutual friend during his sophomore year, when he was a freshman.
We all know love is blind and so was the love of Dan. Luckily, when he left college and went into the minors, he was still located relatively close by and was able to see his girlfriend (then), by sleeping in the garage of a teammate.
Dan Haren was married to his wife Jessica Haren on November 2006. Dan and Jessica had their first child, Rhett Haren, December 11, 2007, 3 days before Dan was traded from Oakland to Arizona. After that, they were again blessed with a son. The details are yet to follow.
Dan stands at a perfect height of 5 feet and 11 inches tall. Besides, he has a well-maintained body that weighs about 80 kg.
Dan Haren has a jaw-dropping net worth of $42.5 million. Besides, during his 11 seasons playing career, he made total career earnings of $85.7 million. Likewise, his salary was recorded $13 million in 2013 which was the highest in his entire career.
Year | Team | Salary |
2010 | Los Angles | $8,250,000 |
2011 | Arizona | $12,750,000 |
2012 | Washington | $12,750,000 |
2013 | Arizona | $3,500,000 |
2013 | Arizona | $13,000,000 |
2014 | Miami | $11,000,000 |
2015 | Chicago | $3,551,912 |
2015 | Miami | $6,448,088 |
Earnings | $85.7 million |
Haren also signed a 1 year / $1,000,000 contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, including $1,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $1,000,000 in 2015.
Dan Haren was born on September 17, 1980, in Monterey Park, California. He was born to his father Dan Haren Sr. and mother as Daniel John Haren. Besides, not much information is available about his family background.
As per his wiki, Dan completed his high school from Bishop Amat High School and later he graduated from the University of Pepperdine. Apart from that, he holds American nationality and is of white descent.
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Dan Haren was selected by the Cardinals in the second-round pick of the 2001 MLB Draft. After he made his MLB debut in 2003, the Cardinals traded him to the Athletics to get Mark Mulder. After his first All-Star season in 2007, the Athletics traded him to the Diamondbacks for prospects.
Later, he was again traded to Angles during the 2010 season after he appeared in two more All-Star games. The reason for the trade was to get Joe Saunders and pitching prospect.
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