Yordano Ventura Hernández was born on the 3rd June 1991, in Samaná, Dominican Republic, and was a professional baseball player, probably best known for being the pitcher for Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Kansas City Royals, with which he won the World Series title in 2015. Ventura passed in 2017.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this prosperous professional athlete accumulated for life? How rich Yordano Ventura would be today? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Yordano Ventura’s net worth, as of late 2017, would be around the sum of $3.7 million, including assets such as custom made Jeep Wrangler, all acquired through his career in professional baseball, active between 2013 and 2017.
Yordano Ventura Net Worth $3.7 Million
Yordano was raised in the Dominican Republic. Although he enrolled in a local high school, at the age of just 14 he decided to abandon his education and began working in the construction business. In 2008, he transferred to the USA, settling down in Kansas City, Missouri, where as a free agent, signed a $28,000 worth contract with the Kansas City Royals baseball team. After spending the next year and a half as a student within their baseball academy, Ventura began playing for the Class A Midwest League’s Kane County Cougars in 2011. These endeavors provided the basis for Yordano Ventura’s net worth.
In 2012, Ventura transferred to the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, appearing for the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Due to his good performances, he was chosen to play in the All-Star Futures Game as well as in the Carolina-California All-Star Game. By the end of the season, he was promoted to the Class AA Texas League, where he played for the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. Shortly after the beginning of the 2013 season, Yordano was promoted again, this time to the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, where he defended the colors of the Omaha Storm Chasers, and at the end of the season, he was selected for the roster of another All-Star Futures game. All these accomplishments helped Yordano Ventura to master his pitching skills, and also add a notable sum to his net worth.
In September 2013, Ventura debuted in the Triple-A Baseball National Championship, as the pitcher of the Kansas City Royals, while in 2014 he was chosen as a regular member of their starting rotation in the American League Division Series. However, the real breakthrough in his baseball career occurred in 2015, when after signing a five-year-playing contract with the Royals, with a total worth of $23 million, he helped the team win the 2015 World Series championship title. It is certain that all these achievements dramatically increased the total revenues of Yordano Ventura by a large margin.
When it comes to his personal life, Ventura was married to Maria del Pilar Sangiovanni, with whom he welcomed three children. He was also quite active within several charities, including several pediatric cancer wards all across Kansas City.
In January 2017, the 25-year-old Ventura was killed in a car accident in Juan Adrián, the Dominican Republic, after losing control and flipping over his vehicle. By the time authorities arrived at the scene of the accident, he was already dead.
Yordano Ventura will long be remembered as a “power pitcher” in Kansas City – his fastballs could reach a speed of 102 mph (164 km/h).
