Satchel Paige Net Worth 2018: What is this baseball player worth?

Satchel Paige was a pro baseball player who played Pitcher. Paige was born on July 7, 1906, in Mobile, Alabama. Paige died on June 8, 1982, in Kansas City, Missouri. This page will take a closer look at Satchel Paige’s net worth.

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Satchel Paige Career, Earnings

Paige batted Right and threw Right. Paige debuted in the Negro League Baseball for the Chattanooga Black Lookouts, as well as for the Major League Baseball on July 9, 1948 for the Cleveland Indians. In all, Paige played for the Chattanooga Black Lookouts, Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Black Sox, Cleveland Cubs, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Kansas City Monarchs, Trujillo All-Stars, New York Black Yankees, Memphis Red Sox, Philadelphia Stars, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, Kansas City, Bismarck Churchills, House of David, Dragones de Ciudad Trujillo, and Agrario de México. Paige’s career ended with the Kansas City Athletics in 1965.

Some of Paige’s most prominent statistics in the NLB included a Win-loss record (pitching) stat of 100-50. In the MLB, Paige’s most prominent statistics included a Win-loss record (pitching) stat of 28-31, and a Earned Run Average stat of 3.29. Some of the highlights of Satchel Paige’s career included: 2× Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 5× East-West All-Star Game, World Series champion, Negro World Series champion, and Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame.

Satchel Paige was inducted into the National Hall of Fame by the Negro League Committee during the Baseball year1971 induction period.

Satchel Paige Net Worth 2018

Baseball player annual pay can range widely. In professional baseball, the average player earns near $3 million annually. Top players can receive $25 million or more annually, and lower paid players earn $1 million or less. Outside the MLB, most contracts are worth less than $10,000 a year.