2Robinson Cano – Net worth: $240 million
Robinson Cano, whose full name is Robinson Jose Cano Mercedes, is the second baseman for the Seattle Mariners of MLB and #2 on our top list of the world’s richest baseball players.
At the age of 32, the Dominican-American player, who was named after the baseball legend Jackie Robinson, accumulated a net worth of $24o million. He joined Seattle Mariners this year, before he played for New York Yankees, from 2005 until 2013.
A member of the Yankees World Series championship team (2009) and the Dominican Republic’s 2013 World Baseball Classic championship team, Robinson Cano has won some of the most valuable player awards, such as ‘World Baseball Classic Champion’ and ‘World Baseball Classic MVP’.
Other awards include 5 ‘All-Star’ awards, 5 ‘Silver Slugger’ awards and 2 ‘Gold Glove’ awards.