Mark Alan Mulder was born on the 5th August 1977, in South Holland, Illinois USA, and is former baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2000 to 2008. He played for the Oakland Athletics, and represented the team twice in the All-Star Game in 2003 and 2004. Then, Mulder played for the St. Louis Cardinals, with whom he won the World Series in 2006.
How rich is the former baseball player? It has been calculated by authoritative sources that the overall size of Mark Mulder’s net worth is as much as $13 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017. Baseball is the main source of Mulder’s wealth.
Mark Mulder Net Worth $13 Million
To begin with, he represented the team of Michigan State Spartans while studying at Michigan State University from 1994 to ‘98.
Concerning his professional career, he was selected the 2nd overall in the first round by the Oakland Athletics in the MLB Draft of 1998. After spending two ears in minor leagues, Mulder made his debut in major league baseball with Oakland on the 18th April 2000. As the starting pitcher, he had nine wins against 10 defeats, averaging 5.44 in 154 innings launched. Things changed quickly, as he was one of the best baseball pitchers the following season, with Mulder recording the statistics of 21 wins against 8 defeats in 34 starts; his earned points average was 3.45 in 229 innings. He was ranked the 2nd in the vote determining the winner of the Cy Young Award for best pitcher in the American League, handed to Roger Clemens.
In 2002, Mulder’s statistics were roughly the same as the previous season. In 2003, he was selected for the All-Star Game, after presenting his best average of earned points in one season, of 3.13 in 186 innings and two thirds on the mound. In the end of 2004, Mark Mulder was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals against right-hander Dan Haren, first baseman Daric Barton and right- hander Kiko Calero. Mulder continued his momentum in 2005, Alongside Chris Carpenter, Jeff Suppan, Matt Morris and Jason Marquis, he had 205 innings and 3.64 ERA in 32 starts, recording 16 victories against 8 defeats. After a good start in the 2006 season, his troubles began and he found himself on the list of injured players, and for the first time, his record of wins – defeats (6-7) was negative. He had difficulties in returning after an operation, and was left out for the playoffs, sitting on the bench in the Cardinals triumph over the Detroit Tigers in the World Series 2006.
He had to undergo another shoulder operation in the end of 2007. Mulder had to finish his career after having made a start and two outings in succession for Saint-Louis in 2008. He announced his retirement in the middle of 2010, nearly two years after his last game played in the middle of 2008. In 2013, 36-year-old Mark Mulder attempted to return to the game – in 2014, he signed a contract with the Los Angeles Angels in minor league. From the beginning of the camp, he injured his Achilles tendon, and was subsequently released from his contract the same year. In February 2015, he confirmed that he would not try to return again. Afterwards, he went on working as an analyst of “Baseball Tonight” aired on ESPN.
Finally, in the personal life of Mark Mulder, he has been married to Lindsey since 2006. They have two children.
