Tim Kurkjian net worth and salary: Tim Kurkjian is an American journalist, baseball analyst, and author who has a net worth of $2 million dollars. Tim Kurkjian was born in Bethesda, Maryland, and graduated from the University of Maryland. He began his journalism career with the Washington Star, and then went on to write for the Baltimore News-American. While working for the Dallas Morning News in Texas, he began covering Texas Rangers baseball.
This led to an offer to cover the Baltimore Orioles for the Baltimore Sun. He then became a Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated and a reporter for CNN/Sports Illustrated. He is currently a Major League Baseball analyst for ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" and "Sports Center", as well as a writer for ESPN the Magazine and ESPN.com. He is the author of two books, "America's Game" and "Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod's Heart to Zim's Head-My 25 Years in Baseball".