Texas Rangers pitcher donates $9.4M Missouri mansion to charity
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Cole Hamels throws to the Seattle Mariners during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2009, file photo, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels, right, and his wife Heidi talk following a news conference in Philadelphia. The Hamels are donating a mansion and 100 acres of land in southwest Missouri to charity that provides camps for children with special needs and chronic illnesses and their siblings. (AP Photo/ Joseph Kaczmarek, File)
REEDS SPRING, Mo. — Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels and his wife, Heidi, are donating a mansion and 100 acres of land in southwest Missouri to charity that provides camps for children with special needs and chronic illnesses and their siblings.
The 32,000-square foot home will be donated to Camp Barnabas.
The mansion and land is near Table Rock Lake near Reeds Springs. Heidi Hamels grew up in Buffalo, Missouri.
The Springfield News-Leader reports an attorney for the couple said they thought the mansion would be their dream home. But when Hamels was traded to the Rangers, they moved to Texas and never moved into the Missouri house. According to ESPN, the home was listed for $9,418,400 on realtor.com at the time of the donation.