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Explore Tommy Pham net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! MLB outfielder who overcome a myriad of ailments to earn his major first appearance in the league with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2014. He was on the Cardinals’ debut Opening Day roster in 2016 however, he injured his muscle during the first match of the year. In this article, we will discover how old is Tommy Pham? Who is Tommy Pham dating now & how much money does Tommy Pham have?

NameTommy Pham
First NameTommy
Last NamePham
OccupationBaseball Player
BirthdayMarch 8
Birth Year1988
Place of BirthLas Vegas
Home TownNevada
Birth CountryUnited States
Birth SignPisces
Full/Birth Name
ParentsTawana Pham
SiblingsNot Available
SpouseNot Known
Children(s)Not Available

Tommy Pham Biography

Tommy Pham is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on March 8, 1988 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. His MLB debut in 2014 marked him as the first Vietnamese-American player within the MLB since His major league debut in 2014 made him the first Vietnamese-American to play in the MLB since Danny Graves..

Thomas James Pham (born March 8, 1988) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays. Pham bats and throws right-handed, stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 210 pounds (95 kg).

Pham attended Durango High School in Spring Valley, Nevada, where he played baseball as a pitcher and infielder. As a senior, Pham was named the Class 4A All-State Player of the Year by the Reno Gazette-Journal and a second team All-American after finishing with a .633 batting average. With a fastball that reached 93 miles per hour (150 km/h), he drew more interest as a pitching prospect, but wanted to play the field. He originally committed to play college baseball at Arizona before switching his choice to Cal State Fullerton. Ultimately, Pham opted for professional baseball over college after the St. Louis Cardinals selected him in the 16th round of the 2006 amateur draft. He received a $325,000 signing bonus, higher than most players drafted as late as the 16th round.

He’s of Vietnamese origin and has one sister.

Baseball America named him the Pacific Coast League’s Most Outstanding defensive outfielder of 2015.

Thomas James Pham was born on March 8, 1988, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Tawana, aged 17 and Anhtuan, aged 19. He is the elder of fraternal twins, with sister Brittany, whose birth occurred two minutes after his. At the time of their birth, Anhtuan was incarcerated, as he would be for most of their lives. Anhtuan was born in Vietnam to a Vietnamese mother and an African American father and moved to the United States with his mother, brother and sister. Anhtuan excelled at American football but became entangled in drugs and street crime. He was shot and injured by an off-duty police officer in Washington, D.C. in 2016 after he was caught stealing frozen crab legs from a supermarket.

Tommy Pham Net Worth

Tommy is one of the richest Baseball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tommy Pham's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

He was a player in Durango High School, where his fastball of 93 miles per hour attracted a lot of interest, though he preferred to play in the outfield. He eventually dropped out of college baseball after being selected in the 16th round of the year 2006.

Net Worth$5 Million
SalaryUnder Review
Source of IncomeBaseball Player
CarsNot Available
HouseLiving in own house.

The start to Tommy Pham’s professional baseball career has taken a number of detours due to injury. He suffered a broken wrist in 2010. In a 2011 game while attempting to deny a home run ball, he tore a ligament. He played 40 games and batted .294. In early 2012, while diving for a baseball, Pham noticed a pop in his shoulder. The opinion of team doctors was that it was not serious. He continued play but it worsened, and later examination showed a torn labrum, costing him nearly all of the season. After promotion to AAA Memphis Redbirds of the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 2013, he tore his other labrum. He returned to Springfield after rehabilitation and batted .301 in 45 games. Pham played most of the 2014 season for Memphis, appearing in 104 games, and he batted .324 with a .395 on-base percentage (OBP), .491 slugging percentage (SLG), 63 runs scored, 16 doubles, six triples, 10 home runs (HR) and 44 runs batted in (RBI).

On September 16, Pham tripled and had his first multi-home run game against the Milwaukee Brewers in a 5–4 victory. He had actually homered in three consecutive plate appearances spanning his last at bat previous to the game, September 13 against the Cincinnati Reds. In the next game against the Brewers, Pham’s line drive ricocheted off the head of starting pitcher Jimmy Nelson. Although Nelson had to leave the game, he was able to walk off the field in his own ability, and a magnetic resonance image (MRI) revealed a contusion. Pham doubled and tripled in this game, giving him six hits and eight RBI in consecutive games against Milwaukee. He homered in a 4–3 win over the Chicago Cubs on September 20, and drove in two of the runs in a 3–1 win over the Reds on September 22. The Cardinals won 100 games and the National League Central division. Pham made his major league postseason debut as a pinch hitter during the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 2015 National League Division Series (NLDS) against the Cubs, and hit his first career home run against Jon Lester.

Ethnicity, religion & political views

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Pham suffers from keratoconus, a rare eye disorder which causes degenerative vision problems. It was not until Pham began wearing contact lenses in 2009 that he became able to track pitches to the best of his ability.

Who is Tommy Pham Dating?

According to our records, Tommy Pham is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of January 13, 2024, Tommy Pham’s is not dating anyone.

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He was called up to the major leagues with the Cardinals for the first time on September 7, 2014.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Tommy Pham height 6 ft 1 in Tommy weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Height6 ft 1 in
WeightNot Known
Body MeasurementsUnder Review
Eye ColorNot Available
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A native of Las Vegas, Nevada, the Cardinals selected Pham in the 16th round of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. He overcame a number of injuries and vision impairments related to keratoconus to make his major league debut nine seasons after being drafted. In 2017, Pham became the first Cardinals batter since 1900 to record at least a .300 batting average, 20 home runs, 20 doubles and 20 stolen bases in the same season.

He opened the next season with Memphis but missed the first two months with a quadriceps injury. On June 9, Pham hit two home runs and a career-high five RBI against the Iowa Cubs. In his first 24 games after returning from the disabled list, he batted .338 with a .402 OBP, .625 SLG, five home runs and 21 RBI. The Cardinals recalled him to the major league club on July 3, 2015, and he was influential in a 2–1 victory over the San Diego Padres the next day. He doubled for his first major league hit, then, later in the game, pilfered his first stolen base and scored the winning run, his first major league run. On July 5, Pham hit his first major league home run the day after collecting his first major league hit. He hit another double that game, and drove in all three of the Cardinals’ runs – also his first three major league RBI – as the Cardinals again defeated the Padres, 3–1.

Facts & Trivia

Tommy Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tommy Pham celebrates birthday on March 8 of every year.

The Cardinals selected Pham for the Opening Day roster in 2016. However, he injured his oblique in his first at bat on Opening Day, in the first inning versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Thus, he was the first player following the start of the regular season to be placed on the DL. The club reactivated him from the DL on May 17 and optioned him back to Memphis. His home run on August 2 against the Cincinnati Reds was the Cardinals’ 11th pinch hit home run of the season, establishing a new club record. For the season, he had the highest strikeout percentage against left-handed pitchers (41.7%).

Who did Tommy Pham slap?

On Friday night, Reds outfielder Tommy Pham slapped Giants outfielder Joc Pederson on the field before their teams were scheduled to play. It turned out that it was all sparked by a $10,000 buy-in fantasy football league that includes MLB players from several teams.

What happened between Joc Pederson and Tommy Pham?

Why did Tommy Pham slap Joc Pederson? Pham slapped Pederson because of a dispute that stemmed from a fantasy football league in which both were involved. In short, Pham believed that Pederson violated the rules of their league by stashing a player on Injured Reserve.

What eye disease does Tommy Pham have?

One of the most recognized athletes with the eye disease, keratoconus, is our own San Diego Padres’ outfielder Tommy Pham. He joins NBA superstar Steph Curry and two-time NBA All-Star Jerry Stackhouse in rising to the highest level of their game while defying keratoconus, which can cause serious visual impairment.

Where is Tommy Pham from?

Las Vegas, NV

Why was Tommy Pham suspended?

Reds’ Tommy Pham suspended 3 games for slapping Giants’ Joc Pederson. Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham received a three-game suspension after slapping San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson before Friday’s game, Major League Baseball announced Saturday. Pham’s suspension is retroactive to Friday night.

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