Peter Morgan Alonso is an American professional baseball first baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). His nicknames are Polar Bear Pete, Pistol Pete. He made his MLB debut in 2019. He is taken as the power-hitting batsman.
Pete Alonso is famous for a baseman. He was selected by the New York Mets in their second-round with the 64th overall selection of the 2016 Major league Baseball draft. He began the 2017 season with the St. Lucie Mets of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League. He was ranked as New York's Fourth Best Prospect going into the 2018 season by MLB. In 2018 season, he began in Binghamton and received a midseason promotion to the Las Vegas 51s of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. He represented the Mets in the 2018 All-Star Futures Game. He made the Mets Opening Day roster in 2019, where he recorded his first major league hit against Washington Nationals. He had his first career multi-home run game against the Minnesota Twins. He became the first player in MLB history to have at least 11 extra-base hits as no other player ever had more than mine. On May 20, he hit his 15th home run of the season. This 416-foot blast tied the Mets rookie record for the most home runs before the All-Star break.
Pete Alonso was born on December 7, 1994, in Tampa, Florida. He holds American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. His birth sign is Sagittarius and religion is Christian. He studied in Jesuit High School in for his first two years of high school in Tampa, Florida. Then he was transferred to Henry B. Plant High School. He completes his high school. Since his young age, he started playing baseball for the school's baseball team as a third baseman. He enrolled at the University of Florida where he played college baseball as the first baseman for the Florida Gators.
Pete Alonso was born to a father named Peter Matthew Alonso and a mother named Michelle Alonso. His paternal grandfather named Peter Conrad Alonso had fled his hometown of Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War and settled in Queens, New York.
Pete Alonso height of 6 feet 3 inches (1.91m) tall and body weight of 111 kg. He has an athletic body build. He has blonde hair.
Pete Alonso is an unmarried man but is in a relationship with Hayley Walsh, who is a lifestyle blogger. She also graduates of Michigan State University. The couple has been together since 2015.
Pete Alonso estimated net worth of $2.46 million and his salary is unknown. He owns over 5000 units of Kforce stock worth over $2,107,932 and over the last few years, he sold KFRC stock worth over $350,669.