Tom Glavine Net Worth: How Much Money Did Tom Earn From Contracts?

By Saumya On Nov 19, 2022

Thomas Michael Glavine is an American baseball pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets in Major League Baseball for 22 years. During the 1990s, Glavine won 164 games as a pitcher for the National League.

This was second only to teammate Greg Maddux, who won 176 games. He won 20 games five times and won the Cy Young Award twice. He was one of only 24 pitchers in the history of the major leagues to get 300 career wins. When the Atlanta Braves beat the Cleveland Indians in the 1995 World Series, he was named the Most Valuable Player.

Let’s Have a Quick Glance at Tom Glavine!

Real Name	Thomas Michael Glavine
Date of Birth:	Mar 25, 1966 (56 years old)
Place of Birth:	Concord
Gender:	Male
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.82 m)
Profession:	Baseball player
Net Worth:	$80 Million

What is the Net Worth of Tom Glavine?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Tom Glavine is a former major league baseball player from the United States. He has a net worth of $80 million. Tom Glavine made his money by playing baseball for the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets for many years.

Glavine’s first few years in the major leagues were a mixed bag. From 1987 to 1990, he went 33–43, including a year in which he lost 17 games. In 1991, things got better for him. He won 20 games and had an earned run average of 2.55. It was the first of three straight years in which he won 20 or more games, and he won his first Cy Young Award from the National League.

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Personal Life of Tom Glavine: Is He Married or Divorced?

Tom Glavine married Christine in 1998, and together they have five children from different families. The couple lives in the Georgia city of Johns Creek. One of their sons, Peyton, was picked in the 2017 MLB Draft, but he went to Auburn University instead. Peyton joined the team of Washington Nationals. Tom has also coached the hockey and baseball teams that his sons played on.

Glavine is known for being modest about his achievements and loves to play golf, so his good friend Jack Kennedy gave him six dozen golf balls with his uniform number, 47, on one side and the number of losses he had in his career, 203, on the other. The gift was given around the time that Glavine got a phone call telling him that he would be inducted into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.

Tom Glavine Early Life: Childhood And Education

Thomas Michael Glavine was born in March of 1966 in Concord, Massachusetts. He got a letter in both baseball and ice hockey in high school. Later, the Billerica Memorial High School Athletic Hall of Fame chose to honor him. He didn’t go to college, but the Atlanta Braves picked him in the 1984 draught. In 1984, the Los Angeles Kings picked him in the NHL Draft.

Glavine chose to play baseball, and in August 1987, he made his first game. As a pitcher in the 1990s, he won 164 games. He won 20 or more games over the course of five seasons and won the Cy Young Award twice. He is one of only 24 pitchers who have won 300 games. In 1995, he helped the Braves win the World Series. He was named World Series MVP. He also has four Silver Slugger awards to his name.

Tom Glavine Career: How Did He Start Playing Baseball?

Tom Glavine was picked by both the Los Angeles Kings and the Atlanta Braves in the 1984 NHL Draft and 1984 MLB Amateur Draft, but he chose to play baseball. He made his major league debut with the Braves in August 1987, but his first two years in the big leagues were up and down. But in 1991, he changed everything and became one of the best pitchers of the 1990s.

During the 2000s, Glavine won 164 games as a pitcher in the National League. Only teammate Greg Maddux won more games as a pitcher in the National League. Tom Glavine played baseball for the Atlanta Braves until 2002. The Braves won the World Series in 1995 when they beat the Cleveland Indians. Glavine was named World Series Most Valuable Player.

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After Tom Glavine had a rough second half of the 2002 season and played poorly in his first two postseason starts, the Atlanta Braves decided not to pay him for the third year of his contract. Glavine then signed a contract with the New York Mets, where he played until 2007. He had a rough first year with the Mets, but he got back on track and played well for the rest of his time there.

In November 2007, Tom Glavine went back to Atlanta. It was the first time in his career that he was put on the disabled list. On August 14, 2008, he played his last game. He signed a one-year contract to come back in 2009, but the Braves let him go while he was in rehab. In 2010, Tom Glavine stopped playing for the Atlanta Braves for good. Later that year, his No. 47 jersey was taken off the field.

How Much Money Did Tom Glavine Earn From Contracts?

Tom Glavine’s first big contract was a four-year, $20.5 million deal with the Atlanta Braves in 1992. In 1997, he agreed to stay with the team by signing a 4-year, $34-million contract.

In 2003, Glavine signed a $35 million, three-year deal with the New York Mets. His last deal was with the Atlanta Braves for a year and $1 million. During his time in MLB, Tom Glavine made more than $131 million just from his salary.