J.T. Realmuto was born in Del City, Oklahoma, on March 18, 1991. He was a three-sport athlete for Carl Albert High School in Midwest City, Oklahoma, from 2006 to 2010.
He was a shortstop, quarterback, and power forward for the baseball team, as well as a power forward for the basketball squad. The Carl Albert baseball and football teams also won state championships during Realmuto’s high school career.
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Realmuto set a national high school baseball record for runs batted in (RBIs) in a single season as a senior in 2010 when he had 119 RBIs in 42 games. His batting average was.595, and he had 21 home runs, 22 doubles, and 88 hits during the season.
Realmuto struggled with framing pitches as a rookie, and he spent the 2015–16 summer learning how to move out-of-zone pitches to called strikes.
By mid-June, he was hitting around.300, maintaining his offensive output through the start of the 2016 season. Due to Dee Gordon’s suspension, he was used in numerous positions in the batting order, including seven games as the leadoff batter.
Realmuto’s good batting continued throughout the season, with a seven-at-bat hitting run at the start of July, but he struggled defensively, making seven mistakes before the MLB All-Star break. In 545 at-bats for the Marlins, he batted.303 with 11 home runs, 48 RBIs, and 60 runs scored.
J.T. Realmuto signed a five-year, $115 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies, with $115 million guaranteed and a $23,100,000 yearly average salary. Realmuto will be paid a base pay of $23,875,000 in 2022, as well as a total salary of $23,875,000.