Baseball is a popular game of the world. The game has maximum number of viewers from the United States and Canada and Paul Goldschmidt is one of the renowned players in baseball. He is a professional baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League baseball (MLB). In 2011, he made his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks. His nickname is “Goldy” and full name is Paul Edward Goldschmidt. He was born on September 10, 1987 and this makes his age 29 years now. His place of birth was Wilmington, Delaware. He is American. His ethnicity is white. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He is the son of Kim Goldschmidt and David Goldschmidt. Paul Goldschmidt is very quick and active when he is in the field. He worked as a nightmare for his opponents.
Paul Goldschmidt was grown up in The Woodland, Texas a suburb of Houston. Later on, he went to the “The Woodland High School” and played baseball over there. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Texas State University and played college baseball for the Texas State Bobcats baseball team. He emerged as a successful baseball player. He was honored by numerous awards. He set records for home runs (36), doubles (45), walks (110), and RBI (369) throughout his three-year career at Texas State.
In 2009, Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2009 Major League baseball draft picked him. He played at the minor league for Arizona Diamondbacks. On August 1, 2011, he was called for the Major league. He scored his first home runs against the San Francisco Giants. On June 109, 2015, he hit his 100th career home runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Until 2016, his career stats: batting average (.299), Hits (844), home runs (140), RBI (507), and stolen bases (99).
Paul Goldschmidt met his wife during his freshman year at Texas State. They dated before celebrating their wedding in 2010. Since getting married to till date, the lovely couple is extremely happy in their conjugal life. They have shared strong love and affection with each other so the chance of divorce between them is very less. They together have a son named Jake who was born on Sep 2, 2015.
Read his wife bio: Amy Goldschmidt
In Sep 2013, he received a degree in B. SC Management from University of Phoenix. He is a Christian. He has belief in Jesus Christ. He is not a philanthropist. Until now, he has not shown any interest towards the charities and social work. He has never been the part of the controversy.
Numerous awards and rewards have honored him for his accomplishments. He is four-time MLB All-Star. He managed to win the National League Hank Aaron Award, Gold Glove Award and Silver Slugger Award.
Paul Goldschmidt has a massive number of fans on social networking sites. He has an impressive salary. As of now, his net worth is around $4.5 million.
