Anthony La Russa, Jr. is a Tampa, Florida-born American professional baseball player, manager as well as an executive. Born on 4 October 1944, La Russa is best known for serving as manager for Major League Baseball (MLB) clubs including the Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics and St Louis Cardinals. One of the highly regarded personalities when it comes to baseball, Tony has been active in the field since 1963.
A name well-recognized in baseball, how wealthy is Tony La Russa as of 2015? Currently, Tony has been counting his net worth at a decent amount of $30 million. Obviously, all of his income has been amassed from his career in baseball. Initially, Tony earned being a professional baseball player and later he went on to earn more as a manager for three major clubs.
Tony La Russa Net Worth $30 Million
Raised in Florida, Tony was inclined towards becoming a baseball player from his school days. He debuted in the major league baseball (MLB) in 1963 as a member of the Kansas City Athletics team. As a player, he played in five of the major league seasons being a part of the teams Atlanta Braves, Chicago Cubs as well as Kansas City/Oakland Athletics. Clearly, his career as a player earned him a lot of money, but more money was yet to come as he switched to being a coach and manager for baseball teams rather than a player.
This turn of events was caused by his shoulder injury in 1965, which eventually put a full stop to his career as a player in major leagues and he had to stick to playing baseball in minor games. However, in the year 1979 Tony was hired as the manager for the White Sox, leading them to the American League West Champioship in 1983, and adding considerably to his net worth.
Between 1986 and 1995, he worked for the Oakland Athletics,.and as the manager went on to earn him and his team three consecutive wins in American League Championship from 1988 to 1990, and the World Series in 1989. This became a pivotal time for Tony’s career in which he not only earned deserved fame, but also millions of dollars to add to his net worth.
In the year 1996, he left Oakland Athletics to join St. Louis Cardinals as a manager and he worked with the team until 2011, winning seven National League Central titles, and the World Series in 2006 and 2011, after which he retired as a manager. Of course this period of his career saw his net worth rise substantially.
For the next three years Tony took a managerial position with the MLB, and then recently Tony made a comeback to a more active role as an executive for the Arizona Diamondbacks where he has been working since 2014.
During his career in baseball, he was awarded as Manager of the Year for four years in 1983, 1988, 1992 as well as in 2002. Tony was induced into the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in 2014 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014 with 100% votes of the electors.
As for his personal life, Tony has married twice, firstly to Luzette Sarcone(1967-73) with whom he has two daughters, and since 1973 to Elaine Coker, two more daughters and living in Alamo, California. For now, Tony has been enjoying his successful life as an executive, a celebrated personality and a multi-millionaire complemented by his present net worth of $30 million.
