Rubén Amaro, Jr. Net Worth

What is Rubén Amaro Jr.'s Net Worth?

Rubén Amaro Jr. is an American former professional baseball player, executive, and coach who has a net worth of $2 million. Rubén Amaro Jr. played for three different MLB teams between 1991 and 1998, spending most of his time with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cleveland Indians. After the end of his playing career, Amaro served as the assistant general manager of the Phillies from 1998 to 2008, and then as the general manager from 2009 to 2015.

Early Life and Education

Rubén Amaro Jr. was born on February 12, 1965, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to MLB player Rubén Sr. and his wife Judy. His father was Mexican-Cuban, and his mother was Russian and Jewish. As a teenager, Amaro went to William Penn Charter School, where he played both baseball and soccer. After graduating in 1983, he enrolled at Stanford University. Amaro played college baseball at Stanford and helped lead the school to victory in the College World Series as a senior in 1987.

Professional Playing Career

After graduating from Stanford, Amaro was drafted by the California Angels in the 1987 MLB amateur draft. He began his professional career in the minors, working his way up in stature over the years. In 1989, he batted .360 in the Midwest League and .382 in the Texas League, and in 1990 he batted .317 between the AA and AAA levels. Amaro finished his minor league career hitting .326 at the AAA level in the first part of the 1991 season. In June of that season, he made his major league debut for the Angels. Amaro was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies at the end of the year. He played two seasons with the team, and in his second season in 1993 helped the Phillies win the NL pennant and reach the World Series. In the World Series, they fell to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games.

In late 1993, Amaro was traded to the Cleveland Indians. He played for the team from 1994 to 1995, and in the latter year helped the team finish first in the AL Central with a 100-44 record. The Indians advanced to the playoffs for the first time in nearly 40 years, and ultimately made it to the World Series. There, they lost to the Atlanta Braves in six games. Released by the Indians in late 1995, Amaro signed as a free agent with the Blue Jays in early 1996. He was released by the team that May, and subsequently signed as a free agent with his former team the Phillies. In his first season back with the team, Amaro batted .313 with a .380 on-base percentage. He played two more seasons with the Phillies in 1997 and 1998 before retiring as a player. In his eight-year MLB playing career, Amaro batted .235 with 16 home runs and 100 RBI.

Philadelphia Phillies Manager

Right after the end of his playing career in 1998, Amaro joined the Phillies front office as the assistant general manager to Ed Wade. He served in that position for ten seasons before he became the Phillies general manager in 2009, the year after the team's championship season. Amaro had a memorable and auspicious start to his tenure as GM, with the Phillies winning the NL East title in each of his first three seasons and posting the best record in baseball in both 2010 and 2011. However, his success began declining in 2012, when the Phillies failed to make it to the playoffs for the first time since 2006. Amaro was heavily criticized for retaining ailing first baseman Ryan Howard, and in a 2014 fan poll conducted by Philly.com, over 93% of voters wanted Amaro removed as GM. He was ultimately let go in September of 2015.

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Coaching and Advisory Roles

In 2016, Amaro became the first-base coach for the Boston Red Sox, a position he held for two seasons. He subsequently became the first-base coach for the New York Mets in 2018. Amaro was then promoted to an advisory role in the Mets front office.

Baseball Analysis

In 2020, Amaro became a pre-game and post-game analyst for NBC Sports Philadelphia, covering Phillies games on television. The following year, he was hired as an analyst for the MLB Network. Additionally, Amaro co-hosts a podcast called "The Phillies Show" and regularly contributes to the WIP-FM morning radio program in Philadelphia.

Personal Life

Amaro married his first wife, Virginia Machado, in late 1996. They had two daughters, Andrea and Sophia, before they divorced. Amaro wed his second wife, Jami Schnell, in late 2014. They also eventually divorced.

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