Mike Ivie is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mike Ivie's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Mike Ivie was drafted first overall in the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft as a catcher by the San Diego Padres. He began his career in the Padres’ minor league system, where he once hit 21 homers in 21 games. He made his major league debut as an 18-year-old in 1971. Even though he was a catcher in the minor leagues, he occasionally started as a third baseman, but was then moved to first base and made the Padres in 1974. During the 1978 off season, he was traded from the Padres to the San Francisco Giants in exchange for Derrel Thomas.
After the 1978 season, Ivie was the talk of a trade rumor involving the Minnesota Twins to bring Rod Carew to the Giants. The trade fell through and Carew ended up with the California Angels. Ivie went on to hit a career high 27 home runs and 89 RBI for the Giants in 1979. Going into the 1980 season, Ivie was considered the Giants’ successor at first base to Willie McCovey upon his retirement, but after an off-season accident with a hunting knife in which he sliced part of his fifth finger from his hand, he was unable to perform and became a bench player. He walked away during that season, but a phone call from McCovey convinced him to return and he played out the 1980 season, hitting four home runs. In 1981, when Frank Robinson was given the job as Giants’ manager after Dave Bristol was fired after the 1980 season, Ivie’s career took a turn. Even though he was reported to have a good attitude during spring training and worked hard, he lost the starting first base job to free agent Enos Cabell, acquired during the off season, and was then traded to the Houston Astros during the season. He asked for his release, which was granted. He then called on Sparky Anderson, manager of the Detroit Tigers, and he was signed to play first base and designated hitter. He was their starting first baseman or DH during the 1982 season and hit 14 home runs. During the 1983 season, Ivie was released by the Tigers and retired from baseball.
