Mike Tauchman, who has been known to be a professional outfielder playing in baseball, was born on 03rd December 1990. Mike is a professional American baseball player who has been playing in the Major League for some time now. He has been playing in the position of an outfielder for the team of Chicago Cubs, which is one of the top teams in Major League Baseball, or as it has come to be known MLB. To add to his professional life, Mike has also been the owner of another American baseball team, known as the St. Louis Cardinals.
In the recent news reports, it has been mentioned that during the last match which had been played between the Saint Louis Cardinals against their opponent the Chicago Cubs, it had seemed that the outcome of the match had been already decided till Tauchman’s play had come into picture. It has been told in the reports that during the match when the ball had been blasted to be sent to the centre field by Alec Burleson, everyone had started to feel that the Cardinals were going to win the match by the end of the game. But the home run which had been in the expectations could not go through, as Mike leapt over and took the catch for the same.
Mike Tauchman Net Worth 2024
Mike has played for teams other than the Chicago Cubs in his early years of the MLB career, and as an outfielder now, he has also been the owner of a team of his own. His long career and other ventures have been the main reasons for his net worth, which has built up to be in the millions. Before the Chicago Cubs, he had been a part of the teams that included the likes of the Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, etc. These teams had seen him play for the famous MLB leagues only but outside MLB, he has been a part of the Hanwha Eagles when he had toured in the KBO League with his teammates.
Mike has been in the lead since his college years, in 2013, during the time of his senior year, he had been batting .425 which resulted in him leading all the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Players during that time. He had been the major selection during the MLB Draft, which had been conducted in the year 2013. This had been so because he had been selected by The Rockies in the same year’s draft during the 10th Round, however, he had eventually gone forward to play in his MLB Debut match in the later year of 2017. However, after the selection he chose to play in the Short-Season, that year.
Mike Tauchman Bio & Earnings Overview
Name | Mike Tauchman |
Born | 03rd December 1990 |
Birthplace | First Team All MVC Player, 2013’s MVC Baseball Player of the Year Award, KBO All-Star, etc. |
Age | 32 |
Occupation | Baseball Player |
League | MLB League |
Team | Chicago Cubs (current) |
Position | Outfielder |
Bats | Left |
Throws | Left |
MLB Debut | 2017 |
Awards | First Team All MVC Player, 2013’s MVC Baseball Player of the Year Award, KBO All Star, etc. |
School | William Fremd High School |
College | Bradley University |
Wife | Eileen |
Father | Robert Tauchman |
Mother | Cindy Tauchman |
Height | 5.8 ft |
Weight | Over 88 kg |
Net Worth | Over 500,000 USD |
Mike Tauchman Early Life, Age & Family
Mike was born as Michael Robert Tauchman, as it has been mentioned in the village called Palatine, US on 03rd December 1990. He had spent his early years in the county of Illinois, where he had been raised by his parents, namely, Robert Tauchman (his father) and Cindy Tauchman (his mother). He has attended the William Fremd High School, alongside his sister, Julia Tauchman, in the same village of Palatine in Illinois. During his time in the school, Mike had started to play baseball and had held the positions of safety and quarterback in their numerous matches. For being able to bat a .490, he had also been named the Mid-Suburban League West Player of the Year in his senior school year.
Following this, he went to Bradley University for his studies in college education. At this time, he had been a college baseball player in the University’s team, which had been titled as the Bradley Braves. While he had been batting a .425 to lead the NCAA Division 1 by himself, he had also been enrolled in the degree for business & administration studies. He had also been able to lead the Missouri Valley Conference with his ability to bat .513. As a result of this, Mike was awarded the MVC Baseball Player of the Year Award in the year 2013.
Mike Tauchman Career Beginnings
After he had been selected by the Colorado Rockies, Mike played in games such as the Short Season Baseball Minor Leagues. He had been named the “Northwest League Mid-Season All-Star” for the same. Following this, he had been a part of the California Minor Baseball League from the team of TriCity. Mike’s performance in these matches prompted the Rockies to let him be a part of the Majors and he was able to make his first-ever MLB Match debut on 27 June 2017. After two years in 2019, the Rockies had allowed the Yankees to trade for Tauchman.
This trade had been made to secure Phil Diehl, who had been known as an excellent pitcher. During his Yankees days, Mike had been placed second in the AL Percentage in terms of the balls that had been hit into the opposite field. After this tenure, Tauchman was traded again by the Yankees to the San Francisco Giants on 27 April 2021, in exchange for another pitcher, Wandy Peralta. After a short time, Tauchman had been able to hit the first grand slam of his MLB League matches career.
Mike Tauchman Latest News & Stats
In the latest match of the Chicago Cubs against the St. Louis Cardinals, Mike Tauchman had been the main reason to help his team win the game. During the match, when Alec had sent the ball into the centre field, a home run would have been the sure expectation of the admirers, the fans, and the teammates. But Mike had come to leap over the wall to easily take the catch and rob the Louis Cardinals with a win for the Chicago Cubs, as the total had been a 3-2 victory.
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MLB Statistics
Batting Avg | .237 |
Home Run | 22 |
Runs Batted | 111 |