How much does Pete Alonso get paid?

Peter Morgan Alonso (born December 7, 1994), nicknamed “Polar Bear,” is an American Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Mets (MLB). During the 2019 season, he made his MLB debut and set a major league record for the most home runs by a rookie with 53. He was also the first Mets player to hit 50 home runs or more in a season, breaking the Mets’ single-season home run record.

Alonso and his brother Alex, a lacrosse player for Queen’s University of Charlotte, were born in Tampa, Florida to Peter Matthew Alonso (the son of Catalan refugees who fled Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and moved to Queens, New York but later settled in Lancaster, Ohio) and Michelle Lynn Alonso (née Morgan), a “former college softball player at Ohio Wesleyan University, who would drive young Pete to his games.”

Alonso attended Jesuit High School in Tampa for his first two years of high school before transferring to Henry B. Plant High School. As a freshman, he participated in lacrosse and football before deciding to concentrate solely on baseball. He played third base for the baseball team. He enrolled in the University of Florida, where he was a first baseman for the Florida Gators. In his freshman season, he was named All-Southeastern Conference. He played collegiate summer baseball for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League in 2014 and the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2015. In 58 games that year, he hit.374/.469/.659 with 14 home runs and 60 RBIs. He competed for Florida in the College World Series in 2015 and 2016.

How much does Pete Alonso get paid?

Alonso will earn a base salary of $7,400,000 in 2022, with a total salary of $7,400,000.