A former professional baseball player from Venezuela, Andres Galarraga, has a net worth of $25 million.
Caracas, Venezuela was the birthplace of Andres Galarraga, who played his first Major League Baseball game on August 23, 1985, for the Montreal Expos.
Prior to starting his career as a career journeyman, he flew with the Expos until 1991.
Galarraga was a member of the Stavros football team.
Louis Cardinals in 1992, Colorado Rockies in 1993, Atlanta Braves in 1998 and 2000, Texas Rangers in 2001, San Francisco Giants in 2001, Montreal Expos in 2002, San Francisco Giants in 2003, and Anaheim Angels in 2004.
The right-handed first baseman is a five-time MLB All-Star (1988, 1993, 1997, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner (1989-1990) and a two-time Gold Glove Award winner (1989–1990). He has also won two Silver Sluggers (1998, 1996) and was twice named National League Comeback Player of the Year in 1993 and again in 2000, once after beating cancer.
In 1993, he won the National League’s batting title, and in 1996, he won the National League’s home run championship.
October 3, 2004, marked the end of Galarraga’s MLB career with the Angels.
With 2,333 hits, 399 home runs, and 1,435 runs batted in, he has a career batting average of.288.
After retiring, Galarraga relocated to West Palm Beach, Florida.