Nicknamed “Maggs”, retired Venezuelan Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder Magglio Ordonez has an estimated net worth of $16 million. Born Magglio Jose Ordonez Delgado on January 28, 1974 in Caracas, Venezuela, he had a total of 15 major league career years. He spent the first eight years playing for the Chicago White Sox. On February 7, 2005, he became a free agent and signed with the Detroit Tigers. He retired as a Tiger on June 3, 2012 during a ceremony at Comerica Park before the afternoon game.

Ordonez was a .309 hitter with 294 home runs and 1,236 RBIs in 1,848 games in the MLB. He has been selected six times for the All-Star Game – 1999-2001, 2003, and 2006-2007. He won the American League batting title in 2007 with an average of .363. He has also established a career high with 139 runs batted in where he finished runner-up to Alex Rodriquez in the AL Most Valuable Player award voting.

Magglio Ordonez was a supporter of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. He appeared in a televised political ad in early 2009. As a result, he was booed by the anti-Chavez funs during his at bats and while he was on the field during the 2009 World Baseball Classics.