Born on ninth March 1973 in La Mesa, California as Aaron John Boone, who is a son to Bob Boone who is another baseball legend and grandson of former major leaguer Ray Boone. He is also brother to Matt Boone, who was a former Cincinnati Reds minor leaguer. He is also a descendant of Daniel Boone. Aaron dreamt of baseball from his early years. He used to play baseball in his school and also while he was attending the University of Southern California. It was finally in 1998 that he started playing baseball as a professional for Cincinnati Reds. Later in 2002, he joined the New York Yankees and went on to play for them till around 2006. Aaron has been a dedicated to baseball, all through his life. This dedication has brought him both name and fame. By the year 2007, his net worth was estimated to be around 1,000,000 dollars while playing for the Washington Nationals. He earned a salary of 750,000 dollars when he became joined Houston Astros. He has a batting average of 263 and has hit 126 home runs. He has also batted in 555 runs.
Aaron’s biography tells us that he played in the ’2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game’. He played as a Reserve at position 3B for the National League. However, the Americans won that game by defeating the National League by one point. Some of the other TV shows hosted by Aaron Boone included ’Mike and Mike’ in 2005, ’Prime 9’ in 2009, ’The Top 5 Reasons You Can’t Blame...’ in 1999, the ’2003 American League Championship Series’ and ’Sunday Night Basketball’ in 1990. However, he has not ventured into movies yet.He has won a few ’NL Player of the Week’ awards in 2003, ’Reds Ernie Lombardi MVP Award’ in 2002, the ’NL All-Star Award’ in 2003 and also the ’Cleveland Indians Good Guy Award’ in 2005.
In 2002, Aaron tied the knot with Laura Lee Cover, who is an American actor and model. She was ’Playboys Playmate of the Month in October 1988’ and she has appeared in numerous videos by Playboy. In 2009, Aaron Boone announced that he would be undergoing an open heart surgery to replace an aortic valve. He underwent the surgery at the Stanford University Hospital in California, while his wife Laura Cover was pregnant with their second kid. Boone had his best season in 2003 when he was an All-Star player and scored 24 home runs. He played his last games in the Majors for the Houston Astros; this was after his open heart surgery.
In February 2010, Boone announced his decision to retire from Major League Baseball. He is currently working as a broadcaster for ESPN and is a contributor to Baseball Tonight. He is considered to be the only player who returned to play in the Majors after an open heart surgery. He is married and lives in Scottsdale in Arizona with his wife, Laura Cover and their two kids Brandon and Bella.
Birth Date: | 9 Mar, 1973 |
Age: | 47 yrs |
Occupations: | Baseball player |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | La Mesa |
Education: | University of Southern California |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | Baseball player |
Net Worth 2021: | 5 million |