All You Need to Know About Andruw Jones
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Two years later, after being promoted to the Minor Leagues’ Class-A Macon squad, Andruw Jones won Minor League Player of the Year. He began playing in the Major Leagues with the Braves in 1995, and at the age of 19 years and 180 days, he became the youngest player in World Series history, hitting home runs in his first two at-bats against the Yankees in Game 1.
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He went on to become a five-time All-Star (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006) and a ten-time Gold Glove Award winner (1998-2007), as well as the MLB home run and NL RBI leaders in 2005, receiving the Silver Slugger and NL Hank Aaron awards.
Jones signed a one-year, $3.5 million contract with Japan’s Pacific League team, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, in December 2012. He was named a 2013 All-Star and won the Japan Series championship. He tried MLB comebacks in 2015 and 2016, before retiring in February 2016. He was eventually hired as a special assistant in the Braves organization. The franchise retired his No. 25 jersey and inducted him into the Braves Hall of Fame.
Jones finished his Major League Baseball career with a.254 batting average, 434 home runs, and 1,289 RBIs.
Jones joined the Atlanta Braves in 2002, signing a six-year, $75 million contract. As a free agent in 2008, he signed a two-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers worth $36.2 million.
Andruw Jones’ compensation alone totaled more than $126.6 million throughout his 16-year MLB career.
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