Justin Verlander Net Worth: A Baseball player, his earnings, contract, salary, wife

Justin Verlander is an American professional baseball player with a net worth of $95 million and an annual wage of $28 million. Verlander is known for his four pitching styles; a hard four-seam fastball, a slider, a 12-6 curveball, and a change-up that has brought him huge success and cemented his legendary status.

Income Sources of Justin Verlander

The pitcher was able to amass his massive wealth through his salary over the years and from endorsement deals.

In 2013, Verlander put pen to paper on what was at the time the biggest deal ever handed to a pitcher, a seven-year contract worth $180 million. During that time, the six-time Major League Baseball All-Star also signed lucrative endorsement deals with companies like Under Armour, GlaxoSmithKline, Breitling, and Rawlings.

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Assets of Justin Verlander

As their wedding day approaches, Kate Upton and Justin Verlander appear to have settled on a marital home — at least during the offseason. The model-actress and professional baseball player recently paid $5.25 million for an estate behind gates in Beverly Crest, The Times has confirmed.

Upton and Verlander are now linked with the purchase in a chain of ownership that reads like a who's who of stars. Saxophonist Kenny G, who sold the house in 1998 to the great tennis player Pete Sampras for $2.5 million, is among former owners.

Later, Sampras sold the home to producer Jon Peters, whose credits include the superhero flicks "Man of Steel" and "Batman." Fame actress Kate Jackson of "Charlie's Angels" and television producer-director William Asher are also a former owner of this house.

Built in 1976, the estate is centered on a renovated traditional-style home with five bedrooms and six bathrooms. The 5,706 square feet living space features vaulted and beamed ceilings, hardwood floors and a great fireplace room. An updated kitchen opens up to a family room with a wet bar.

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Outdoors, under the main house sits a sunken tennis court designed for Sampras. The property also includes a swimming pool, lawns, mature trees, and a guest house.

Last year, the house was listed for as much as $6,795 million, records show. It was offered for $5,475 million more recently. Hat tip to TMZ for the first purchase report.

The listing was shared by Judy Feder of Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, and Steve Frankel of Coldwell Banker. The buyers were represented by Susan Smith, also from Hilton & Hyland.

Upton, 24, is known on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue for her appearances. Among her acting credits is the movie comedy "Tower Heist" (2011) and "The Other Woman" (2014).

Verlander, 33, won the 2011 American League Cy Young award. A six-time all-star, with the Detroit Tigers, he has 173 wins over a dozen seasons.

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Early Life of Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander was born in Manakin-Sabot, a short ride from Richmond in Virginia, on February 20, 1983. His nationality is American, and North American is his ethnicity.

His birth name is Verlander's Justin "Brooks." Justin, with his rich parents Kathy and his brother Benjamin, formed a tight-knit family. Once asked to name the most impressive person he ever met, Justin did not hesitate to answer his father Richard.

Justin Verlander attended his school at "Old Dominic University" and finished his high school at "Goochland High School"

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Career of Justin Verlander

Justin was sent to the Richmond Baseball Academy at the age of 13 because his father was no longer able to catch his pitches due to the speed of the throws. Shortly after joining the academy, he clocked 84 mph. The velocity continued to increase and as he entered high school, it passes 93 mph. He has been pitching for three years for the Old Dominion University baseball team.

In 2003, by recording 139 strikeouts, he set a single-season school record; in 2004, he broke his own record and set up a new Colonial Athletic Association record with 151 strikeouts. Justin Verlander's professional baseball career began when he was selected second overall by the Tigers in the 2004 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. He signed in October of that year with the Tigers and started the 2005 season for the Lakeland Flying Tigers in the Florida State League. He ended the pitching of the 2005 season for the Detroit Tigers ' Erie SeaWolves, the AA affiliate.

He became the fifth starter in the Tigers rotation in 2006 and became the first rookie rotation, becoming the first rookie pitchers in the game history to win 10 games before the end of June. That year he was named the year's American League Rookie. He set a new career high on June 12, 2007, pitching the first ever at Comerica Brewers ' No-Hitler, striking out 12 batters and walking four.

In 2016, Verlander launched the "Wins for Warriors Foundation" for U.S. military veterans. The campaign "Wins for Warriors Foundation" raised $246,311 to help Houston recover from Hurricane Harvey in 2017. To date, Verlander has donated over $1 million to this cause. Verlander has also supported various local Detroit charities for the poor as well as helping with national efforts such as the Red Cross.

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Personal Life of Justin Verlander

Justin Verlander is a married man. The 2017 Babe Ruth Award recipient-Justin Verlander married his a few-year-old girlfriend, supermodel and actress Kate Upton, who has popularly appeared on the cover of a number of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues and has also performed in movies such as Tower Heist (2011) and The Layover (2017).

The pair reportedly began dating in early 2014 before being engaged two years later in 2016. A few days after Verlander celebrated winning the World Series in November 2017, he and his actress girlfriend went ahead to exchange vows at a private ceremony held in a medieval church in Tuscany, Italy witnessed by close family and friends.

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