Mike Matheny is an American former professional baseball player and current manager of the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born on September 22, 1970.

He played in MLB for 13 seasons as a catcher for Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants. Matheny later spent seven seasons as the manager of the Cardinals.

Matheny tied the knot with a former field hockey player at the University of Michigan. They have five children together.

Mike Matheny Children

Tate Matheny is the son of Mike Matheny. Tate is the oldest son, he played college basketball at Missouri State University and was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 4th round of the 2015 MBL Draft.

His daughter, Katie played ice hockey at Ohio State. Currently, two of the younger Matheny sons played baseball collegiately Luke for Saint Louis University and Blaise for Missouri State University.