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How much money did Mike Piazza make in his career?

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Mike Piazza is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher who played 16 seasons from 1992 to 2007.

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Mike Piazza made an estimated $113,340,170 in his career which lasted for over sixteen years.

Mike Piazza earned $120 million in salary alone during his career. Endorsements brought him tens of millions more.

Mike’s highest single-season salary was $16 million, which he received from the Mets in 2005. After adjusting for inflation, that equates to around $22 million in today’s dollars.

Piazza was a 12-time All-Star and 10-time Silver Slugger Award winner at catcher. During his career, he hit 427 home runs, including a record 396 as a catcher, along with a.308 batting average and 1,335 runs batted in (RBI)

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NEW YORK – JUNE 1: Mike Piazza #31 of the New York Mets looks on before a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on June 1, 1999 at Shea Stadium in New York, New York. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

Piazza paid $3 million for a majority stake in the third-division Italian soccer club A.C. Reggiana in Reggio Emilia in 2016. His interest stemmed from his friendship with former Italian soccer player Maurizio Franzone.

Piazza was the hitting coach for the Italian National Baseball team at the World Baseball Classics in 2009 and 2013. When the Italian Baseball Academy won back-to-back European Baseball Championships in 2010 and 2012, he was an instructor.

 


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