42 Facts About Jeremy Affeldt

Jeremy David Affeldt is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

Jeremy Affeldt threw and batted left-handed and played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Royals, Colorado Rockies, Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants.

Jeremy Affeldt was a third-round draft pick by the Kansas City Royals in 1997 MLB draft.

Jeremy Affeldt made the team in 2002, and started part of the year for them.

In five seasons with the Royals, Jeremy Affeldt bounced back and forth between the starting rotation and the bullpen.

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Jeremy Affeldt was born in Phoenix, Arizona, to David and Charlotte Jeremy Affeldt.

Jeremy Affeldt's father was a member of the United States Air Force, and Affeldt lived in Guam, Merced, California, and Spokane, Washington, growing up.

Jeremy Affeldt attended Northwest Christian High School, a Division 2-B school in Colbert, Washington.

Jeremy Affeldt participated in three sports while there, but it was baseball that drove several major league scouts to the school to see him pitch.

Jeremy Affeldt was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1997 MLB draft.

Jeremy Affeldt ultimately decided not to accept a scholarship offer to play college baseball for his hometown Gonzaga University.

In 1999, Jeremy Affeldt spent the entire season with the Royals' single-A affiliate, which had changed to the Charleston Alley Cats during the offseason.

Jeremy Affeldt pitched with the Wilmington Blue Rocks of the single-A advanced Carolina League in 2000.

Jeremy Affeldt was not expected to make the Kansas City Royals' roster in 2002, but he was added to the bullpen after he had an 0.

Jeremy Affeldt remained in the bullpen for the remainder of the 2002 season.

In 2003, Jeremy Affeldt found himself competing with Runelvys Hernandez for the first spot in the Royals' starting rotation during Spring training.

Jeremy Affeldt was placed on the disabled list after only four games with blister problems again.

In 2004, Jeremy Affeldt was named the Royals' third starter out of Spring training.

Jeremy Affeldt's final start of 2004 came on May 18 against the Texas Rangers.

Jeremy Affeldt blew his first save opportunity of 2004 against the Oakland Athletics on May 22, but he converted in his next outing on May 25 against the Detroit Tigers.

Jeremy Affeldt was no longer the closer because Mike MacDougal had been closing well in his absence.

Jeremy Affeldt returned to Kansas City's starting rotation in 2006 when he was named the fourth starter during Spring training.

Jeremy Affeldt spent the entire 2007 season in the bullpen, where he was used as a lefty specialist.

Jeremy Affeldt pitched in all four games of the World Series without giving up a run, but the Rockies were swept by the Red Sox.

In 2010, Jeremy Affeldt again spent the entire season in the bullpen for the Giants.

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Jeremy Affeldt made his first playoff appearance for the Giants in Game 2 of the 2010 NLCS against Philadelphia.

In Game 6, Jeremy Affeldt entered the game in the third inning with runners on first and second and nobody out after starting pitcher Jonathan Sanchez was taken out early.

Jeremy Affeldt pitched in two games in the World Series, which the Giants won in five games to give Jeremy Affeldt his first World Series ring.

Jeremy Affeldt clarified that he suffered the injury while pitching the night before in Chicago.

Jeremy Affeldt started the 2014 season on the disabled list with a strained MCL in his right knee.

Jeremy Affeldt was credited with the win when Travis Ishikawa hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to clinch the pennant for the Giants.

Jeremy Affeldt earned the win in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series against his first Major League team the Kansas City Royals.

Jeremy Affeldt entered games in seven different innings and pitched in nine different innings overall, from the 2nd through the 10th.

Jeremy Affeldt had three different kinds of pitches: a sinking fastball, a curveball, and a split.

Jeremy Affeldt's fastball travelled in the low nineties, and while his curveball was not fast, it had late breaking action and got a lot of swing-throughs.

Jeremy Affeldt induced groundballs at a high rate with his sinking fastball and could get the strikeout when the situation called for it.

Jeremy Affeldt is a devout Christian and a strong advocate for ending child poverty.

Jeremy Affeldt writes a weekly blog about his Christian faith and his desire to stir a movement in the cause of helping the suffering and marginalized.

Jeremy Affeldt became a prominent member of Not For Sale's Free2Play campaign, pledging a $100 donation for every strikeout and recruiting other professional athletes, including his teammate Matt Cain and the St Louis Cardinals' Matt Holliday.

Jeremy Affeldt founded an organization known as Generation Alive that exists to develop a generation of young leaders, committed to serving others and responding to the needs in their community.

In 2013, Jeremy Affeldt released a book entitled To Stir a Movement: Life, Justice, and Major League Baseball.

In 2015, Jeremy Affeldt received an honorary degree from Whitworth University for his humanitarian efforts.