Andrew Eugene Pettitte, better known as Andy Pettitte, is an American retired baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons long in MLB for New York Yankees (1995–2003, 2007–2010, 2012–2013) and Houston Astros (2004–2006). The Yankees selected him in the 22nd round of the 1990 Major League Baseball draft, but he chose to play college baseball. The Yankees retained the right to sign him as a draft-and-follow prospect.
On February 4, 2011, Pettitte announced his retirement after months of speculation about his future. Subsequently, he spent over a year away from baseball but returned as a guest instructor in 2012 and retired in 2013.
Born on June 15, 1972, Pettitte is Baton Rouge, Louisiana native. He held an American nationality and came of Italian and Cajun descent.
As of 2022, Andy Pettitte has a jaw-dropping net worth of $75 million, solely summoned through his 18 years as an MLB player. His MLB career earnings is listed below:
| Year | Team | Earnings |
| 1995 | New York Yankees | $109,000 |
| 1996 | New York Yankees | $195,000 |
| 1997 | New York Yankees | $600,000 |
| 1998 | New York Yankees | $3,800,000 |
| 1999 | New York Yankees | $5,950,000 |
| 2000 | New York Yankees | $7,000,000 |
| 2001 | New York Yankees | $7,000,000 |
| 2002 | New York Yankees | $9,500,000 |
| 2003 | New York Yankees | $11,500,000 |
| 2004 | Houston Astros | $5,500,000 |
| 2005 | Houston Astros | $8,500,000 |
| 2006 | Houston Astros | $16,428,416 |
| 2007 | New York Yankees | $16,000,000 |
| 2008 | New York Yankees | $16,000,000 |
| 2009 | New York Yankees | $5,500,000 |
| 2010 | New York Yankees | $11,750,000 |
| 2012 | New York Yankees | $2,500,000 |
| 2013 | New York Yankees | $12,000,000 |
| Total | $139,832,416 |
How Pettitte made $139,832,416 from MLB? Initially, Pettitte signed a deal with the Yankees in 1991, receiving an $80,000 signing bonus ($150,169 in current dollar terms). For the 2003 season, Yankee exercised an $11.5 million option.
Upon being a free agent in 2003, Pettitte joined Houston signing a 3-year $31.5 million contract. In December 2006, he returned to Yankee, agreeing on a one-year $16 million contract and extended the following year for the same figure.
On January 26, 2009, the starting pitcher signed a 1-year $5.5 million contract with New York and a 1-year $11.75 million contract On December 9 that same year for the next season.
On February 4, 2011, Pettitte retired from professional baseball but made his comeback, signing a one-year $2.5 million contract with New York on March 16, 2012. For the 2013 season, he penned a one-year $12 million contract with New York and announced his final retirement on September 20, 2013
Andy Pettitte is not the only athlete who came out of retirement: Marshawn Lynch and Jason Witten are on the list.
Pettitte's House in Purchase, New York (NY) SOURCE: virtualglobetrotting In 2007, he scored a lavish mansion in Purchase, New York (NY), for $3,981,000. Besides, he owns other properties in Deer Park, Texas (TX), US.
Andy Pettitte tied the knot with his long-time girlfriend, Laura, in 1992. Though they attended the same high school, Deer Park High School, the duo met at Central Baptist Church when he was fifteen. Laura was the pastor’s daughter who taught him a lot about biblical integrity.
Andy Pettitte and his wife Laura SOURCE: Player Wags What's more, Laura had three older brothers with whom Pettitte got extremely close. After some time, Laura and Andy Pettitte started dating: she was in eighth grade, and he was in tenth grade.
As devotee Christians, Andy and Laura committed to one another that they would not have sex until they married. He said, "I don’t think people realize how huge of a commitment that is, especially with teenagers. If you commit yourself to not doing that, then you’ll focus on other things in your relationship."
On November 3, 1994, Andy and Laura welcomed their first child, a son, Joshua Blake Pettitte. Later four years, on May 28, they had their second son Jared Pettitte.
Andy Pettitte with his children SOURCE: Bleacher Report On January 10, 2001, their first daughter, Lexy Grace Pettitte, was born. By 2005, the family extended to six following the birth of their third son, Luke Jackson Pettitte.
Among the four, the eldest, Joshua, was picked by the Yankees in the 37th round of the 2013 MLB draft. However, the young talent chose to enroll at Baylor University rather than sign a professional contract. He played at Rice University after transferring from Baylor in April 2014.
Back in September 2006, the Los Angeles Times published that former relief pitcher Jason Grimsley, during a June 6, 2006, federal raid by federal agents investigating steroids in baseball, named Pettitte as a user of performance-enhancing drugs, including Roger Clemens and three others.
Later a month, it was disclosed that neither the name of Clemens nor Pettitte appeared in the affidavit submitted by Grimsley.
On December 13, 2007, Pettitte was one of several Yankees named in the Mitchell Report after being discovered using HGH on 2–4 occasions in 2002. Pettitte agreed on using HGH but clarified it was meant to help heal an injury and not to enhance his performance.
However, the affidavit on February 13, 2008, changed the scenario where Pettitte admitted to additional HGH injections twice in one day in 2004, using HGH obtained via prescription for his seriously ill father. Further, Pettitte recalled being told by former Yankees teammate Clemens in 1999 or 2000: that he had recently received injections of HGH, which was also mentioned in that affidavit.
Pettitte addressed his use of human growth hormone at a news conference SOURCE: nytimes During the hearing that Pettitte "misremembered," Clemens claimed his 1999/2000 HGH remark, alleging that what Pettitte heard was Clemens's reporting of his wife's use of HGH at that time. Nonetheless, Clemens denied knowing of HGH use by his wife. McNamee rectified Pettitte's recollection of events.
On February 18, 2008, Pettitte apologized to both Yankees and Astros fans for his past drug use. In the press conference, he states the performance-enhancing-drug scandal has wrecked his friendship with Clemens.
Andy was born as the younger of two children to Tommy (French and Indian) and JoAnn Pettitte (Italian). He was raised in a very strong Catholic family. The Pettitte family later relocated to Texas, where he enrolled at Deer Park High School and pitched for the school's baseball team.
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