Jeurys Familia Mojica is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.
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37 Facts About Jeurys Familia
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Jeurys Familia has played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox.
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Jeurys Familia made his MLB debut in 2012, and became the team's closer in 2015.
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Jeurys Familia's father worked for the Dominican military and part-time at a gas station despite being hindered by a leg injury suffered in a childhood accident.
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Jeurys Familia was especially fond of Allen Iverson and was a fan of Kobe Bryant.
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Jeurys Familia did not begin playing baseball until he was older and his friends had largely abandoned basketball in its favor.
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Jeurys Familia did not have access to baseball equipment for most of his childhood.
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Jeurys Familia was signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent on July 13,2007 for $100,000.
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In 2010, Jeurys Familia was promoted to the St Lucie Mets of the Florida State League.
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Also in 2010, Jeurys Familia was selected to represent the Mets at the All-Star Futures Game where he pitched for the World Team.
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Jeurys Familia was then promoted to the Double-A Binghamton Mets of the Eastern League.
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On September 4,2012, Jeurys Familia made his MLB debut against the St Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.
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Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless eighth inning, striking out the first batter he faced, Lance Berkman.
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Jeurys Familia made one start in 2012 on October 1 against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park by pitching four scoreless innings, walking six batters, striking out three and giving up just one hit.
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Jeurys Familia was moved to the 60-day disabled list to make room for David Aardsma on the 40-man roster.
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On July 30,2014, against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field, Jeurys Familia came into the game in the seventh inning and got the final out while facing one batter.
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Jeurys Familia pitched the eight inning getting three outs with one strikeout facing three batters.
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Jeurys Familia became the established eighth inning pitcher, or the "set-up man" in front of the closer, Jenrry Mejia, in 2014.
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Jeurys Familia made it to the final vote of the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game but lost to Carlos Martinez.
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Jeurys Familia struggled after the All-Star break, blowing three consecutive saves in late July, including giving up a game-winning home run to Justin Upton on July 30,2015, when the Mets blew a six-run lead.
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Jeurys Familia gave up a double to Bryce Harper with two outs and got Jayson Werth to fly out to center fielder Juan Lagares to end the game.
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Jeurys Familia recorded two saves in the 2015 National League Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, retiring all 16 batters he faced.
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Jeurys Familia struck out Dexter Fowler to send the Mets to the World Series.
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Jeurys Familia gave up the home run to Gordon on a quick pitch, which Familia used to throw off hitters' timing throughout the 2015 season.
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Jeurys Familia blew saves in games 4 and 5 as well, both of which the Mets lost, the latter of which ended the series.
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Jeurys Familia tied Robb Nen for most save opportunities in one postseason, with eight.
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On July 5, Jeurys Familia was named to the National League roster for the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Petco Park, joining teammates Yoenis Cespedes, Bartolo Colon, Noah Syndergaard and Mets manager Terry Collins.
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Jeurys Familia finished the season with 51 saves, the most in Major League Baseball.
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Jeurys Familia became the only Mets pitcher other than John Franco to lead the National League in saves.
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Jeurys Familia placed in a tie with catcher, and future teammate, Wilson Ramos for seventeenth in voting for the 2016 National League Most Valuable Player Award.
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On March 29,2017, Jeurys Familia was suspended for the first 15 games of the season without pay for violating the league's personal conduct policy, regarding a domestic violence incident that occurred nearly five months prior to the suspension.
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On July 21,2018, Jeurys Familia was traded to the Athletics in exchange for Will Toffey and Bobby Wahl.
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On March 15,2022, Jeurys Familia signed a one-year contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.
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Construction on the house had begun in 2014, but was delayed when Jeurys Familia decided to pay for surgery to repair a leg injury that had plagued his father since childhood.
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On October 31,2016, Jeurys Familia was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
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