Edwin Encarnación biography, siblings, injury, stats, salary, contract, twitter, children, net worth

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Edwin was born on 7 January 1983, he was born under the zodiac sign of Capricorn. Edwin was born in La Romana in the Dominican Republic. The name of his father is <a href="/biography/edwin-encarnaci-n">Elpidio Encarnación</a> and the name of his mother is Mireya Revera. Edwin also has three siblings and out of these three, two are his brothers and one is his sister. The name of his brothers is Richard Encarnación and Julio Encarnación, the name of his sister is Evelin Encarnación. His father worked as coach of track and field event and he is known to be born on the third number. As per the records, Edwin’s father had 12 more children who are Edwin’s half-brothers.

Edwin started playing in the draft game in 2000 and he played for Texas Rangers for the major League Baseball Draft. A year later, he was traded to Cincinnati Reds and at that point of time, he got a chance to play his first professional match in the major league. This was in 2005 and with more and more games, his stats kept on improving. He played several matches for the team he made his career’s highest score in 2008. Edwin played as a hitter and he struggled really hard to maintain his position.

Later in 2009, Edwin started playing with Toronto Blue Jays after signing a contract with them and he played for the team till 2011. It was during his term with Toronto Blue Jays that he was injured and he suffered burns on his forehead and face. The burns were caused by a firework rocket that exploded near his mouth. It almost killed him but he was lucky to escape with minor injuries. He was kept under observation at Miami Hospital and he was discharged after two days.

In 2010, Edwin suffered another injury and this time it was his arm, he had to miss nearly 30 games to recover and get back to the game. Later his contract was renewed by Toronto Blue Jays and he got another chance to play with them. He played for the team till 2016 before joining Cleveland Indians in January 2017. The contract was for three years and it was reported that the contract price was 60 Million dollars. As per the information, the contract also has a club option and an option for a buyout.

As per the records, Edwin is married but the name of his wife is not available on public domain. His wife also gave birth to a child after the marriage and the name of Edwin’s son is Edwin Junior Encarnación. Total annual salary of this baseball player is estimated to be 13 Million American Dollars and as per one of the estimate, his total net worth is 14 Million American Dollars. Edwin is also on twitter and he blogs on twitter quite frequently. Because of his fame, Edwin also has a lot of fans on this microblogging platform.

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