Mark DeRosa- Bio, Age, Salary, Net worth, Height, Wife, Children, House

Mark DeRosa is a popular American former professional baseball player as well as a studio analyst. He is well-known for playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2013, for a variety of franchise teams including the Atlanta Braves, Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, and others.

Early life, Childhood, and Education

He was born on 26th February 1975 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States of America, to his father, Jack DeRosa, and her mother whose name is still unknown.

Mark holds American nationality and belongs to a Caucasian white ethnic background and his horoscope is Pisces. Unfortunately, his father passed away in 2012 while fighting cancer.

Mark DeRosa grew up in her childhood in Passaic, New Jersey, the USA. Meanwhile, there is no information about his siblings as of now.

Regarding his academic qualifications, he attended his high school at Bergen Catholic High Schooling Oradell, New Jersey. During his high school, he won the all-state honors in baseball and football as well.

Later on, DeRosa completed his graduation from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1997. At an early age, he played college varsity baseball as a quarterback.

Career and Professional Life

Moving towards her career, DeRosa began his professional career as a baseball player.

Early Career

Initially, Mark was picked in the 7th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft by the Atlanta Braves after playing collegiate baseball. Although, he made his Major League Baseball debut as a shortstop on 2nd September 1998.

Despite being picked by the Braves, Mark spent the majority of his tenure with the team from 1998 to 2001 as a backup pitcher.

After a couple of years as a backup after Vinny Castilla’s departure, DeRosa finally got the starting spot. Later on, The Braves failed to sign him to a contract for the 2005 season, therefore ending his career.

Professional Career

Later on, he signed with the Texas Rangers. Due to injuries, he delayed his starting lineup. Finally, he got the opportunity to play to start over in May 2006. DeRosa scored his career-high 74 points for his team Texas Rangers.

Additionally, DeRosa signed a three-year contract with the Chicago Cubs on 14th November 2006. Although, he played 149 games for the cubs and recorded ten home runs along with 74 RBIs.

The Cubs traded DeRosa to the Cleveland Indians in 2008. He played for the New Jersey native and played as a third base for the Indians for the first time.

Mark DeRosa became the #7 of the Cleveland Indians in the field against the New York Yankees.

After that, Cleveland Indians traded DeRosa to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Chris Perez and Jess Todd on 27th June 2009.

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Health Issue

Suddenly, Mark DeRosa was admitted to a hospital on 23rd February 2008, after he had trouble breathing and a rapid heartbeat.

Later on, he completed the heart procedure to improve his irregular heartbeat. Therefore, DeRosa got his nickname “The Pulse.”

After a successful recovery in his health in 2008, he scored his career-high points with 21 home runs and 87 RBIs.

Injury

Meanwhile, the former Cleveland third base player was put on the disabled list because of his wrist injury.

DeRosa had to undergo surgery to repair a torn tendon sheath on 26th October 2010. Furthermore, DeRosa turned down the Cardinals’ offer of salary negotiation in 2010.

Later on, he signed a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants. After that, he went for a medical examination, and the injured athlete found out that his earlier wrist surgery and been a case of total negligence.

Meanwhile, his club The Giants announced that he had to go through a long-term surgery. Similarly, DeRosa injured the same wrist that had been operated on earlier.

Finally, the third base swinger appeared in The Giant’s field for the last season on 4th August 2011. DeRosa was put on the disabled list on 29th April 2012, due to muscle strain.

More About His Career

DeRosa signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays on 22nd January 2013. The former professional baseball player hit his 100th home run on 27th July 2013.

He solely led the team to an advantage point in the second inning. Meanwhile, he played as a pinch-hitter, third base, second base, first base, and a designated hitter for the Blue Jays in the 2013 season.

Later on, his club the Blue Jays decided to extend the contract with DeRosa on 27th July 2013. Unfortunately, it was announced on 12th November 2013, that DeRosa would be retiring.

MLB Network Career

After this retirement, he worked as a studio analyst on the MLB Network. At present, he serves as a co-host and an analyst on the weekday morning show, MLB Central, in company with Robert Flores and Lauren Shehadi.

Apart from this, he was also the broadcast announcer for the MLB video game franchise, MLB: The Show.

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Salary and Net worth

Regarding his net worth and salary status, he is very much successful in his professional career as a popular American former baseball player as well as a studio analyst.

He also gained so much fame as he is a famous American former baseball player we may conclude DeRosa’s net worth is around $20 million.

Whereas, Mark Derosa signed a 1 year / $750,000 contract with the Toronto Blue Jays, including $750,000 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $750K.

Currently, he worked as an analyst for the MLB Network with many years of field experience, DeRosa probably earns around $1 million approximately. Mark has a luxurious house and is rumored to be sold for around $3.5 million as per the source.

Relationship Status| Married Life

Moving towards his love life, Mark DeRosa is a married man. He is married to his long-term girlfriend Heidi DeRosa in 2003.

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She is well-known as a former professional fashion model. Unfortunately, the date of the ceremony and proposal has not been revealed yet.

The love birds have two lovely children; daughter Gabriella Faith DeRosa and son Brooks DeRosa.

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Rumors and Controversy

Talking about rumors and controversy Mark is enjoying his personal life and he does not want to be part of scandals to create headlines.

There are no reports of scandals surrounding DeRosa because he has been out of the spotlight for a long period.

Mark DeRosa, meantime, has maintained a positive public image and avoided problems.

Body Measurement| Height, Weight

Discussing his body measurements, Mark DeRosa was a professional former tennis player with an athletic body posture in his lifetime.

At that time, Mark stood a tall height of 6 feet 1 inch(185 cm), and his body weight was 97 kg.

Furthermore, Mark DeRosa had a beautiful pair of dark brown eyes with dark brown hair color.

Social Media Presence

Regarding her social media platforms, Mark DeRosa is quite active on social networking sites such as Twitter and Instagram.

As a former athlete, Mark has drawn tons of fans’ attention to his social media account. His Instagram profile has gained over 9.2K followers with the username of @markdero7 whereas he has 41.2K followers on his Twitter profile.

Unfortunately, Mark DeRosa is not available on Facebook at the moment.