Xander Bogaerts

Xander Bogaerts: Biography in Details

Who is Xander Bogaerts?

Xander Bogaerts is a professional Baseball player. Currently, Bogaerts is playing as a baseball shortstop for Boston Red Sox.

He is also a national baseball player for Netherlands national Baseball Player.

Who are the parents of Xander Bogaerts?

Xander Bogaerts was born Xander Jan Bogaerts on the 1st of October 1992 in Oranjestad, Aruba to Jan Bogaerts and Sandra Brown. He is of British-Irish ancestry.

He has a twin brother, Jair. Also, he has a sister, Chandra Schmid Bogaerts.

Early Career

At the age of 16, he was discovered by a talent hunter for the Boston Red Sox, Mike Lord. After playing for Lord, he played for Craig Shipley who happens to be the vice president of international scouting.

Later, he joined the team with a signing bonus of $410k.

Xander Bogaerts- Professional Career

Minor Leagues

Professionally, he debuted in 2010 with the minor leagues, Dominican Summer League. Two years later, he started as a Class-A player at the minor baseball team, Portland Sea Dogs. With the team, he played in the minor leagues, Eastern League.

Ending the year, he was named at the sixth position on MLB.com and 8th in Baseball America.

Major Leagues

In June 2013, he was promoted to the Pawtucket Red Sox. On the 19th of August 2013, he was promoted to the major leagues. One day, later he met his MLB debut against the professional team, San Francisco Giants.

In the same year, he played World Baseball Classic as a national player of the Dutch.

He started the 2014’s season as the shortstop for the Red Sox. In the season, he also played as the third base. The same year, he first won the Silver Slugger Award.

The 2015’s season became a milestone in his career as he achieved his career-high with a .320 average which includes seven home runs and 81 RBIs. For his performance, he was also a finalist for Rawlings Gold Glove Award as a shortstop.

In 2016, he made his debut in MLB All-Star Game. In the major league, his batting points were .294 with 21 home runs. The following year, he suffered from a sprained joint. For that, he was suggested to be on the disabled list for a while. However, the player refused to be on the list. He ended the season batting .273 with just 10 home runs and 62 RBIs.

In 2019, he was signed by Red Sox under a contract of the six-year that worth $132 million. In the same year, he was placed fifth in Al MVP voting.

Xander’s Awards, Nomination

• 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019- Silver Slugger Award at American League.

How much is the net worth of Xander Bogaerts?

He has an estimated net worth of $20 million as of 2023. That also includes his luxury car brands like GMC and Range Rover.  In 2015, he bought a home whose worth is around $0.7 million.

As of 2020, his season as a player for the Red Sox is $32 million which includes a $20 million signing amount with $12 million as his annual salary. Prior to that in 2019, he earned $12 million as his salary.

In the next season, his estimated earnings will be in the range of $52 million.

Contract

Currently, he is in a six-year contract with his current baseball team that is worth $132 million. Before this, he was on a one-year contract with the same team that was worth $12 million.

Xander’s Height, Weight

He is a black-eyed brunette. His height is 6 feet and 1 inch and weighs around 83 kg.

Xander Bogaerts- Instagram, Twitter

He has 247k followers on Instagram and 2.3k on Twitter.

On Instagram, he is following the personalities like Ryan Garcia, Nelson Cruz, and Chris Brown.

Trivia

• His Nickname is X-man, Bogey and Bogie.
• Since childhood, he had an interest in Baseball along with his twin brother.

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