Kevin Youkilis Net Worth, Career, Biography, Facts, Age, Life Story

Kevin Youkilis is a former American professional baseball player who has a net worth of $24 million. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1979, Kevin Youkilis was considered one of the best baseball players of his time. He played college baseball close to home for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats.

The Boston Red Sox drafted him in 2001; he later made his Major League Baseball debut with the team on May 15, 2004. Youkilis went on to play for the Red Sox until 2012. Youkilis won two World Series with the Red Sox (though he did not play in the 2004 World Series championship) in 2004 and 2007. He is a three-time MLB All-Star (2008, 2009, 2011) and a Gold Glove Award winner (2007). In 2008, Youkilis won the American League Hank Aaron Award. The right-handed first and third baseman also played for the Chicago White Sox in 2012, the New York Yankees in 2013, and the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2014. During the end of the 2000s, he was thought of as one of the best 50 players in Major League Baseball. He last played in the MLB with the Yankees on June 13, 2013, and retired on October 30, 2014. Youkilis’ MLB career stats through then include a .251 batting average, 150 home runs, and 618 runs bated in. Youkilis is heavily involved in several charities, including organizations that work with Jewish children. He held a wedding ceremony with Enza Sambataro in Mexico in 2008, though the pair did not formalize their marriage; they broke up two years later. Youkilis later married NFL quarterback Tom Brady’s sister, Julie. The 2003 book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis is where Youkilis earned the nickname “the Greek God of Walks,” a nickname which ended up following him throughout the rest of his career. He reportedly disliked the nickname, but once when asked about it he replied, “It’s better than being ‘the Greek God of Illegitimate Children.'”