Mark Reynolds is a baseball player who became famous playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals as a third and first baseman. Having made his MLB debut in 2007 with the Arizona Diamondbacks, he played for many other teams before settling with the Nationals.
Biography of Mark Reynolds
MLB star Mark Andrew Reynolds was born on Aug. 3, 1983, in Pikeville, Kentucky. When he was still a child, his family decided to move to Virginia and he was raised there. He started playing baseball as a child.
For his education, he attended the first Colonial High School and graduated in 2001. He then moved to the University of Virginia, where he spent three years before being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the deals with 2004.
Although during his high school days, he also played other sports including basketball and golf. It was for baseball that he became popular. While playing for the Cavaliers baseball team in college days, he hit 35 career home runs, which turned out to be the second all-time in team history.
Career and Statistics
After drafting the 2004 draft, he began his professional minor league career where he played for teams such as the Yakima Bears in the Northwest League, South Bend Silver in the Midwest League, and the Lancaster JetHawks in the California League. The youngster then played for the Tennessee Smokies in the Southern League before leaving for the major league.
His debut for the Diamondbacks was in a game against the Colorado Rockies in 2007. He continued with the team until 2010 when he was granted a $14.5 million contract extension that was to keep him with the team for the next 3 years. He was then traded to the Baltimore Orioles in 2011.
He remained with the Orioles for 2011 and 2012 seasons in which he became the fastest player to record up to 1,000 strikeouts in major league history. He had spent a year with the Cleveland Indians by the end of 2012, then moved to the New York Yankees once the contract was terminated. He would end up with the Milwaukee Brewers the next year, then the St. Louis Cardinals would come for him on another one-year contract, after which he would go to the Colorado Rockies. After the contract expired, he remained without a contract until he was signed by the Washington Nationals.
Looking at his overall stats for the 12 years he spent in the league, Mark Reynolds played 1542 games and 5913 plate appearances. He has 5153 hits, 765 innings and 1227 hits. More so, he has 239 doubles, 14 triples, 287 home runs, 819 RBIs, 62 stolen bases, and his batting average is .238 in the second half of 2018.
Contract and salary
Considering he has spent many seasons as a baseball player in MLB, there is little dispute that Mark Reynolds has all the necessary experience in the league. That said, over the years he’s enjoyed different contracts that have defined his salaries.
After becoming a free agent at the end of the 2017 season, the veteran player signed a contract with the Washington Nationals, who signed him to the minor league for a year. With the contract, he receives a salary of 1 million dollars.
In 2015 and 2016, when he was with Colorado in the Rockies, Reynolds earned $2 million and $2.6 million respectively. During the past year with the St. Louis Cardinals, he received $ 2 million, the same salary as with the Milwaukee Brewers. Going back further, with the Cleveland Indians, he was paid $6 million. His best year as far as salary was his second season with the Baltimore Orioles, his salary amounting to $7.5 million while he was paid $5.33 million the previous season.
A much younger player between 2008 and 2010, his lowest salary was over $396,000 and his highest salary was $833,000.
other facts
- He is married to Kathleen Reynolds and the two have two children.
- With a very athletic build, he stands 6 feet 2 inches tall.
- Reynolds also had a talent for basketball and golf.
- He was also known as Sheriff in his early days as he was nicknamed Skeletor.