Eric Thames is a professional MLB player of the Milwaukee Brewers who plays as an outfielder. Thames was also in the team of Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. Toronto selected him in the 2008 MLB Draft.
Apart from playing for Milwaukee Brewers, he has also played for major baseball teams such as NC Dinos and Baltimore Orioles.
Eric Thames has an estimated net worth over $7 million, mostly earned through his MLB career. Well, his entire MLB career-making is reported $16,441,309. In addition to this, he receives a salary of $6 million in the 2019 season.
Salary and earnings:
Season | Team | Salary |
2008 | Toronto Blue Jays | $150,000 |
2011 | Toronto Blue Jays | $305,409 |
2012 | Seattle Mariners | $172,587 |
2012 | Toronto Blue Jays | $313,313 |
2017 | NC Dinos | $4,500,000 |
2018 | NC Dinos | $5,000,000 |
2019 | NC Dinos | $5,000,000 |
Total salary: | $16,441,309 |
Currently under, Eric Thames signed a three years $16,000,000 contract with the Milwaukee Brewers, including $16,000,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $5,333,333. He will earn a base salary of $6,000,000 while carrying a total salary of $6,000,000 in 2019.
A prominent baseball player like Eric Thames earns a considerable amount of money from playing professional baseball. He has previously played for NC Dinos, Toronto Blue Jays, Seattle Mariners to name a few.
With his enormous wealth, he is enjoying an exceptional luxurious lifestyle and is reputed to be fond of collecting cars. His collection of vehicles has like Monster Car and Ford car that is estimated to have cost more than $40,000.
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Currently, 32, Eric Thames is rumored to be single and unmarried. As far as his relationship status is concerned, he is quite secretive about sharing any sort of information about himself. He has generally kept himself from out of the spotlight, and there is no controversy or wrong as well as unfortunate incident related to his name.
Well, he is a low profiled man who never shares details about his love life in the media which is why mostly he is rumored to be single due to lack of evidence. Eric is a sort of player that is instead focused on his baseball career rather be involved or drawn to any kind of scandal or trouble.
Despite his love life, he seems to be a frank man who is well known for his friendly behavior and in and outside games. Moreover, he is a kind of family man as he is seen mostly with his mother.
His current height of 6 feet whereas his weight is around 95 kg.
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Eric Thames holds an American nationality. He was born on November 10.1986 in Santa Carla, California. He did his schooling from Bellarmine College Preparatory and became the MVP in his senior year.
After joining West Valley Community College and got traded to Pepperdine Waves and also named MVP where he batted .407 and 13 home runs.
He started his professional baseball career with Dunedin Blue Jays and represented for a couple of seasons.
Thames made his debut for Toronto Blue Jays in the MLB and shot him into prominence when he had a record with a batting average of .262 that includes 12 home runs and 37 RBI which he made in 95 matches.
After a season, he was traded to Seattle Mariners in 2012 season and after playing for two years traded to Baltimore Orioles and went on to represent NC Dinos.
He is currently playing for Milwaukee Brewers whom he signed a three-year contract worth $16 million in 2016. He now plays alongside Ryan Braun, Travis Shaw, etc.
With the team, his outstanding performances earned him KBO MVP, Golden Glove, Batting Champion, etc. are some accolades that he won during his time with Milwaukee.