October 27, 2017

Our Definitive List Of New York City’s 21 Favorite Pro Sports Dads

On the field, they are professional sports stars–off the field, they are all-star dads!

By Brooke Schuldt

New York City is known for its pro sports teams, from the legendary New York Yankees to the New York Giants, and every team in between. On the field, players focus on trying to earn championship titles for their teams, but off the field, some of them are proud dads! Here are just a few of our favorite NYC pro sports dads:

Derek Jeter

Former Team: New York Yankees

New York City's favorite athlete and his supermodel wife Hannah Davis became parents in August to daughter Bella Raine.

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Michael Strahan

Former Team: New York Giants

Former Giants defensive end and current TV personality Michael Strahan is the father of four children, Isabella (12), Sophia (12), Tanita (25), and Michael Jr. (22).

Photo: Parade
Jorge Posada

Former Team: New York Yankees

The former Yankees catcher has been spending his retirement with his two children, Paulina (15) and Jorge Jr. (unknown).

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Mike Piazza

Former Team: New York Mets

One of baseball's most famous catchers, Mike Piazza, now spends his time with his children, Marco (4), Paulina (8), and Nicoletta (10).

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Eli Manning

Team: New York Giants

New York City's favorite quarterback has three daughters, Caroline (2), Lucy (4), and Ava (7).

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Matt Forte

Team: New York Jets

Off the field, the Jets running back spends his time fathering his three kids, Nala, Jaden, and Matthew.

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Muhammad Wilkerson

Team: New York Jets

The New Jersey native and Jets defensive end has a son and a daughter who occupy his time off the field.

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Masahiro Tanaka

Team: New York Yankees

The star pitcher and his wife, Japanese TV personality Mai Satoda, welcomed a son in 2016.

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CC Sabathia

Team: New York Yankees

Adding to the list of Yankee bullpen dads, Sabathia is the father of four children, Cyia (unknown), Carter (unknown), Jaeden (12), and Carsten (14).

Photo: MLB.com
Luis Severino

Team: New York Yankees

Rounding out the Yankees' collection of bullpen dads is Luis Severino, who has a 2-year-old daughter named Abigail.

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Brett Gardner

Team: New York Yankees

The veteran player is the father of two sons, Hunter and Miller.

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Gary Sanchez

Team: New York Yankees

One of the Yankees' newest players is also a father to three-year-old daughter Sarah.

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David Wright

Team: New York Mets

Popular Mets infielder David Wright gave his daughter a pretty creative name that also shows his love of his team--Olivia Shea.

Photo: Double G Sports
Jacob de Grom

Team: New York Mets

The Mets' all-star pitcher is also an all-star dad to one-year-old son Jaxon.

Photo: New York Post
Henrik Lundqvist

Team: New York Rangers

The Rangers goalie and New York Family cover dad spends his off-rink time with 5-year-old daughter Charlise and 2-year-old daughter Juli.

Photo by Michael Jurick
Ryan McDonagh

Team: New York Rangers

Rangers captain and star defenseman Ryan McDonagh recently welcomed his first child, one-year-old daughter Falan.

Photo: Ryan McDonagh on Instagram
Rick Nash

Team: New York Rangers

The Rangers left wing has a 4-year-old son named McLaren who gets all of his attention off the ice.

Photo: Double G Sports
Andrew Ladd

Team: New York Islanders

The Canadian-born left wing has two children, Andy (3) and Locklan (4).

Photo: NY Sports Day
Sean Kilpatrick

Team: Brooklyn Nets

The Nets shooting guards spends his time off the court with his daughter Bailey.

Photo: Newsday
Andrea Pirlo

Team: New York City FC

The soccer star and midfielder has two children, Angela (10) and Niccolo (14).

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Luis Robles

Team: New York Red Bulls

The Red Bulls star goalkeeper has three children, Emily (1), Olivia (2) and Eli (4).

Photo: New York Red Bulls on Twitter