Who is Dusty Bakers Second Wife Melissa Esplana

Melissa Esplana (full name: Melissa Grace Esplana Fiesta, born February 21, 1961) is a 62 years old American socialite from San Francisco, California, better known as the wife of former Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Dusty Baker.

Melissa’s husband, the current coach of the MLB team, the Houston Astros, spent 19 years in the MLB as a player, and a lot has been said and written about him. However, not much is known about his second wife, Melissa Esplana. Read on as we answer the burning questions about the socialite.

Melissa Esplana was born Melissa Grace Esplana Fiesta on February 21, 1961, in San Francisco, California, United States of America. Dustin Baker’s second wife is 62 years old, and her birth sign is Pisces. Esplana’s birth status allows her to enjoy all the rights, privileges, and responsibilities of an American citizen. However, her ethnic identity is a bit more diverse despite being more of a Latina.

The identity of the socialite’s birth family members has been withheld from the public to this point, and this has led to the fact that we don’t know who her parents or siblings are, what they do for a living, and where they are at the moment. Melissa Esplana grew up in a Latino-dominated community in the San Francisco area, where she made good memories as a child with her family.

So far, though, the celebrity wife has not been forthcoming with regard to her formal education despite reports that suggest she attended an unidentified local community high school. We can confirm that Esplana is college educated and graduated with a degree in Literature and English Language from an unknown United States higher institution.

Melissa Esplana tied the knot with Dusty Baker on November 27, 1994. Due to her decision to keep her private affairs away from the spotlight, we have been unable to ascertain when, where, and how Melissa Esplana met her husband. Following their wedding in November 1994, Melissa Esplana and her husband proceeded to start a family together.

Dusty Baker’s wife has stood by his side through all the challenges he has encountered since marrying her, including when he had to deal with prostate cancer. Other than the publicly acknowledged health challenge, Melissa Esplana and her husband have discreetly dealt with other challenges that their marriage has experienced in their over 28 years as a married couple, and this has enabled them to avoid unwarranted controversies.

Melissa Esplana and Dusty Baker have one child together, a son named Darren John Baker, who was born on February 11, 1999, nearly 9 months before their fifth anniversary as a married couple. The socialite’s only son is currently 24 years old and is billed to follow in his father’s footsteps as a baseball player.

After graduating from Jesuit High School, Darren Baker was drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 27th round of the 2018 amateur draft, but the then 19-year-old baseball player opted to further his studies at the University of California, Berkeley on a baseball scholarship. His exploits at the institution earned him the Tom Hansen Award in 2021.

The Washington Nationals eventually got their man in the 10th round of the 2021 MLB draft, and the 24-year-old plays in the infield position for the team he joined over a year ago. Darren Baker bats with his left hand and throws with his right.

Melissa is also a stepmother to her husband’s first child from his previous marriage to Alice Lee Washington, who he met in the 1960s and married on May 30, 1970. The child in question is now an established woman named Natosha Lichon Baker.

Esplana’s stepdaughter was born on September 29, 1979, and she currently works as a graphic designer in the Baker Family-owned winery, Baker Family Wines, in West Sacramento, California.

Beyond her role in the company, Natosha Baker is happily married, and that marriage has made Melissa a step-grandmother to a daughter Nova Love Smith. Not much is known about Natosha’s mother since her divorce from Dusty Baker.

Recall that Melissa Esplana is a college graduate with a degree in Literature and English Language. However, it would appear that she chose not to put that degree to work professionally and is essentially regarded as a homemaker, a responsibility which by itself is no meager accomplishment considering the fact that she lives in a successful home.

On the other hand, her husband Dusty Baker is regarded as one of the most influential figures in Major League Baseball, both as a player and as a manager. As a player, Dusty Baker spent 19 years in the MLB; the first seven of those 19 years were spent playing for the Atlanta Braves from 1968 – 1975.

His major accomplishments as a player came during the next seven years (1976 – 1983) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, where he became a World Series champion in 1981 as well as the Gold Glove Award in the same championship-winning year. Baker ended his playing career turning out for the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland Athletics.

He returned as a manager for the Giants in 1993 and was named NL Manager of the Year three times during the 9 years he spent managing them from 1993 – 2002. They are one of 5 teams he has managed in his managerial career so far. Presently he is the manager of the Houston Astros, a position he has held since 2020.

Despite her status as a celebrity wife, Melissa Esplana is currently not available on any social media platform, further reinforcing her ideals of maintaining privacy. She currently resides in Granite Bay, California, in a 9,000-square-foot mansion built on a 5-acre plot of land her husband purchased near Sacramento.

The property purchased for an estimated $589k in June 2003 is reportedly valued at around $5 million and $6 million as of 2022, and you can bet that Dusty Baker’s estimated net worth of $20 million is more than sufficient to maintain the property.