An outfielder in the Basketball, Jayson Werth was born in Springfield Illinois, on 20th May 1979. His father Jeff Gowan was also a collegiate football and football player for Illinois State University. Jayson Werth is currently playing baseball with MLB (Major League of Baseball) for Washington National. He has also played for Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers. Basically he is a right fielder but he can also play as left fielder as he did for the Washington Nationals in 2015. Jayson has a net worth of $US 55 million. He was a World Series champion in the year 2008 and All Star in 2009.
Early Life and Career
Jayson started playing baseball in very start. He was a successful youngster who travelled around to play baseball. At the age of 7 his team travelled throughout the state and made it to the top four championships of that time. Werth gained attention for recruiters in his high school. He attended Glenwood High School in Chatham, Illinois. At high School he had .652 of batting average. In his junior year he struggled a lot by scoring 15 home runs in 31 games only. His team reached State Championship in the year 1996. Jayson started his MLB career too early. Initially he had planned to pLay college baseball with University of Georgia. He didn’t fulfill his plan after beings selected in MLB Draft of 1997 by the Baltimore Orioles.
MLB Career of Jayson Werth
Jayson’s career in MLB was started with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2002. He was traded with Blue Jays by Orioles for exchange of John Bale. In 2005 Jayson was again traded with Los Angel Dodgers this time. In one of the starting matches he met a serious wrist injury. This could not limit him to the bench as he still managed to play 102 games in 2005 season. Exploratory surgery in 2006 found two impaired ligaments. Due to this cortisone was injected into his wrist. This complicated process cost Werth to miss entire 2006 season.
Werth played baseball with Philadelphia Phillies by signing a one year contract of $850,000 on 19th December, 2006. He signed another two year contract of $10 million with Phillies on 21st Jan, 2009. This was the best year of his career too. In MLB’S This Year in Baseball Awards, he was voted as the unsung start of the game by his fans. He signed contract with Washington Nationals on 5th December, 2010. This was worth of $140 million. It is also the 14th richest contract in the base ball history.
Personal Life
Jayson Werth is a married. His wife is Julia Werth. The couple has two children together. It was a co incidence that Julia also attended the Chatham Glenwood High School. This is the same school where Jayson went. In 2004 the couple brought a lawsuit against Julia’s former boy friend. Later was accused of threatening the family. The threatening letter also spread rumors about Werth’s relationships and affairs with other women. All these claims were later proven false and claimer has to pay the $50,000 for damages.
| Birth Date: | 20 May, 1979 |
| Age: | 40 yrs |
| Occupations: | Baseball player |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Springfield |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American baseball player |
| Net Worth 2021: | 75 million |
