José Manuel Guillén (pronounced [ɡiˈʎen]; born May 17, 1976) is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder. Guillén played for ten Major League Baseball (MLB) teams in his career.
José Guillén Net Worth is $16 Million
Net Worth: $16 Million
Date of Birth: May 17, 1976 (47 years old)
Place of Birth: San Cristóbal Province
Gender: Male
Profession: Baseball player
What is Jose Guillen’s Net Worth and Salary?
Jose Guillen is a Dominican former professional baseball outfielder for Major League Baseball who has a net worth of $16 million. Jose Guillen played for 10 teams over his career, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, Kansas City Royals, and lastly, the San Francisco Giants.
Professional career
Pittsburgh Pirates
Guillén was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent on August 19, 1993. He made his MLB debut on April 1, 1997 and was the team’s everyday right fielder. Guillén made the jump to the Majors having played the entire 1996 campaign in High-A.
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
On July 23, 1999, Guillén was traded, along with Jeff Sparks, to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Joe Oliver and Humberto Cota. On November 27, 2001, after two injury-plagued seasons with the Devil Rays, the team released him.
Arizona Diamondbacks
On December 18, 2001, Guillén signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He played in only 54 games for the Diamondbacks before being released on July 22, 2002.
Colorado Rockies
Guillén was signed by the Colorado Rockies on July 29, 2002, but was released just three days later on August 1, before playing in any games.
Cincinnati Reds
On August 20, 2002, Guillén signed with the Cincinnati Reds.
Oakland Athletics
On July 30, 2003, Guillén was traded by the Reds to the Oakland Athletics for Aaron Harang, Joe Valentine, Kyle Wallace, and Jeff Bruksch. While he was hitting home runs in 2003, he was not taking many walks. He is one of only six players who have concluded a 30-homer season with more homers than walks (31 HR, 29 BB), the others being Alfonso Soriano (39-23 in 2002), Garret Anderson (35-24 in 2000), Iván Rodríguez (35-24 in 1999), Joe Crede (30-28 in 2006), and Ryan Braun (34-24 in 2007) After the 2003 season he became a free agent.
Anaheim Angels
On December 20, 2003, Guillén was signed by the Anaheim Angels.
In 2004, he hit .294 with 27 home runs and 104 RBIs for the Angels, but he was suspended the last two weeks of the regular season and during the postseason for “inappropriate conduct” in publicly expressing his displeasure with Angels manager Mike Scioscia following Scioscia’s removal of Guillén in favor of a pinch runner during a crucial game against the Oakland Athletics.
Washington Nationals
On November 19, 2004 he was traded to the Washington Nationals for shortstop Maicer Izturis and outfielder Juan Rivera. The move sent Guillén to his sixth team in just five seasons.
In 2005, Guillén began his season strongly. In April, he batted .303 with 6 home runs and 14 RBIs. The Nationals were impressed and on April 29, they exercised his option for 2006.
On June 14, 2005, the Nationals began a three-game series against the Angels, who were still helmed by Mike Scioscia. This marked Guillén’s first return to Anaheim since being traded. Going into the series, both Guillén and Scioscia kept a civil tone publicly, each indicating that the past was behind them and claiming that they held no hard feelings toward each other. However, the tensions below the surface were exposed when, during the second game of the series, Angels pitcher Brendan Donnelly was found with illegal substances on his glove.
Donnelly was ejected from the game, and Scioscia came out of the dugout and exchanged hostile words with Nationals manager Frank Robinson, who had instigated the search of Donnelly’s glove. The confrontation led to both teams’ benches being cleared as all of the players streamed out on to the field. As he was being restrained by fellow Nationals players, Guillén shouted angry words at the Angels, a number of whom made it clear that they felt their former teammate had been the one who told Robinson to have Donnelly’s glove examined. (Several weeks later, Guillén would acknowledge that he had indeed done so.)
In the eighth inning of the same game, Guillén hit a two-run home run to tie the game, and the Nationals went on to win. After the series’ final game, Guillén blasted Scioscia and acknowledged that despite his earlier statements to the contrary, he was in fact still hurt over what had happened at the end of the 2004 season.
I don’t got truly no respect for [Scioscia] anymore because I’m still hurt from what happened last year . . . Mike Scioscia, to me, is like a piece of garbage . . . He can go to hell . . I can never get over about what happened last year. It’s something I’m never going to forget. Any time I play that team, Mike Scioscia‘s managing, it’s always going to be personal to me.
Nevertheless, Guillén remained as a crucial ball player for the Washington Nationals. In 2005, he hit .283 with 24 home runs and 76 RBI for Washington.
In 2006, he was involved in an incident with Pedro Martínez. Martinez hit him with a pitch twice, and after the second time Guillén charged the mound, only to be held back by Paul Lo Duca and umpire Ted Barrett. Guillén appeared in only 69 games and hit only .216 with 9 homers and 40 RBI. On July 25, 2006, he was diagnosed with a tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, which would require ligament replacement surgery.
PED Controversy
Jose Guillen was linked to performance-enhancing drugs in the Mitchell Report and suspended for 15 games in 2007. He was ultimately granted amnesty like all the other players mentioned in the report. Then in 2009, he admitted working with Angel Presinal for many years, a personal trainer closely linked to PEDs who is banned from major league clubhouses. In 2010, MLB started an investigation on shipments of human growth hormone received by Guillen and directed the Giants to keep him off their postseason roster. It was revealed in November 2010 that the DEA intercepted a package of 50 HGH syringes being delivered to Guillen’s home.
