Jackie Robinson net worth
Jackie Robinson Net Worth and Salary: Jackie Robinson was an American professional baseball player who passed away with a net worth (adjusted for inflation) of $6 million.
Jackie Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia in January 1919 and died in October 1972. He is known for breaking the color boundaries of baseball when he made his Major League Baseball debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. Robinson played for the Dodgers his entire career in Major League Baseball until 1956, although he started with the Kansas City Monarchs before that. During his career, he was the 1955 World Series champion and six-time All-Star. He was the 1949 National League MVP and NL batting champion that same year. Robinson was the 1947 MLB Rookie of the Year and a two-time NL stolen base leader. His No. 42 jersey was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers and all MLB teams since. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on the first ballot in 1962. He also received the Congressional Gold Medal and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Jackie Robinson died of a heart attack on October 24, 1972, at the age of 53.
Salary, Assets and Wealth: Over the course of his career, Jackie has earned a total salary of $296,000. This is the same as about $2.8 million adjusted for inflation.
His first professional salary, $400 a month, came from the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro League.
[In1945heplayedfortheDodgers’minorleagueteamtheMontrealRoyalsfora$3500signingbonusanda$600monthlysalaryIntoday’sdollarsthesigningbonusisworthabout$50000[1945年，他为道奇队的小联盟球队蒙特利尔皇家队效力，获得了3500美元的签约奖金和600美元的月薪。以今天的美元计算，这笔签约奖金价值约为50000美元。
In 1947, when he made his major league debut, Jackie’s annual salary was raised to $5,000.
His highest salary of $39,750 came in 1952. That’s the same $380,000 in income today. Meanwhile, white players earn an average of $50,000 a year, while Joe DiMaggio earns $100,000 a year.
When he retired in 1957, Look Magazine paid him $50,000 for the exclusive rights to his retirement photos. That’s about $450,000 in today’s dollars. After retirement, he worked at snack company Chock Full o’Nuts, earning $50,000 a year.
At the time of his death, Jackie’s greatest asset was his six acres of land in Stamford, Connecticut. Jackie built the estate in 1955. The local country club did not accept him as a member. After his death in 1972, the estate was divided into four parcels, which were sold by his heirs one piece at a time. One of the last lots sold in 2011 for $1.7 million.
other efforts: Jackie invested in a clothing store called Jackie Robinson Clothiers, but it was ultimately unsuccessful.
In 1963, he founded the Liberty National Bank. The bank closed permanently in 1990 due to financial bankruptcy.
In the late 1960s, he founded a construction company, creatively named Jackie Robinson Construction, specializing in the construction of low-income homes and apartments.
