Vincent Edward Scully was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 29, 1927. He began his illustrious career at Fordham University, where he worked on the school newspaper and the college radio station.
In the 1950s, he joined the then-Brooklyn Dodgers and followed them to the West Coast, where he became synonymous with Dodgers baseball for the next 67 seasons.
What was Vin Scully’s Net Worth?
Vin Scully had a net worth of $25 million at the time of his death. On December 23, 1949, Vin signed his first contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. During baseball’s roughly 30-week season, the contract paid $100 per week.
After adjusting for inflation, that amounted to $3,000 per season, or around $32,000 per year. Vin earned between $1 and $1.5 million per year between 1990 and 2008. Vin Scully’s salary increased to $3 million per year beginning in 2008. He also had separate contracts with networks such as NBC and Fox at various points in his career.
