Kyle Gibson is a professional baseball player who plays for the Minnesota Twins of the Major League Baseball. Besides, he is also one of the top prospects in baseball as per a report published on 2011.
Likewise, this player is currently living a lavish lifestyle with his huge net worth of almost $10 million. Also, Kyle exchanged his marital vows with his wife, Elizabeth Gibson on November 27th, 2010.
Kyle Gibson belongs to the married group. He and his beautiful wife, Elizabeth Gibson got married on November 27, 2010. As per Kyle, he met his wife on the first October of his freshman year in Missouri. He said, “I met Elizabeth through her roommate who was from Indian later I began to take an interest in Elizabeth.”
Kyle continues, “I got to know Elizabeth, who was a gymnast on the Missouri team, through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). Once I got to know the woman she was and how she lived her life, it drew me to her even more.”
Besides, the cute couple is blessed with a beautiful daughter, Hayden, who was born in 2012. The couple had to go through the trauma during the birth of their daughter.
In the meantime, Hayden was suffering from the lack of oxygen for the first 20 minutes after her birth and until then it wasn't sure if she is going to fight back or not. In one of his interviews, Kyle explained that the hardest moment was when he had to inform his wife that their daughter was on the edge between life or death.
Kyle Gibson stands at a perfect height of 6 feet and 2 inches and he has a well-maintained body that weighs about 90 kg.
Kyle Gibson has a massive net worth of $10 million. Besides, he has appeared in 7 seasons of the MLB and made total career earnings of $19.1 million. Besides, alone in 2019, he made about $8.1 million.
Year | Team | Earnings |
2009 | Minnesota | $1,800,000 |
2013 | Minnesota | $490,000 |
2014 | Minnesota | $502,500 |
2015 | Minnesota | $537,500 |
2016 | Minnesota | $587,500 |
2017 | Minnesota | $2,900,000 |
2018 | Minnesota | $4,200,000 |
2019 | Minnesota | $8,125,000 |
Total Earnings | $19,125,000 |
Besides, Gibson signed a 1 year / $8,125,000 contract with the Minnesota Twins, including $8,125,000 guaranteed. Also, his contract assured him an annual average salary of $8,125,000. In 2019, Gibson will earn a base salary of $8,125,000, while carrying a total salary of $8,125,000.
Additionally, Kyle is one of the highest-paid players of Minnesota Twins, standing just behind Marwin Gonzalez and Jake Odorizzi, having an annual salary of $12,000,000 and $9,500,000 respectively.
Kyle Gibson was born on October 23, 1987, in Greenfield, Indiana, as Kyle Benjamin Gibson. Talking about his education, he completed his high school from Greenfield High School, school the same where his former teammate Matt Magill studied.
Later, he enrolled himself in the University of Missouri from where he was selected by the Missouri Tigers.
Kyle Gibson was drafted by the Minnesota Twins with the 22nd overall pick of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft. Prior to that, he was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 36th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft but chose to attend the University of Missouri, where he played for the Missouri Tigers baseball team.
For his 2014 season, Gibson was a mainstay in the Twins rotation, contributing 13 wins in 31 starts for Minnesota. His ERA was 4.47, second to Phil Hughes on the starting staff.
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