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Full Name:
 

José Antonio Bautista Santos​

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Nicknames:

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“Joey Bats"

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Born:  
   

October 19, 1980 

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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Family:  

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Father: Americo 
Mother: Sandra
Brother: Luis Bautista
Spouse: Neisha Croyle

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Growing up his mother was an accountant and financial planner, and his father ran poultry farms. His parents are divorced.

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His brother Luis was drafted in 2007 by the Chicago Cubs (32nd round).

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He and his wife were married on November 18, 2017 at The Breakers in West Palm Beach.

 

Friends:  

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Marcus Stroman, Devon Travis, Danny Valencia, Edwin Encarnacion, Melky Cabrera, and Jose Reyes were at his wedding.

 

Jose Reyes performed a song at the wedding.

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School:  

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De La Salle High School, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

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He attended private schools throughout his childhood.

Chipola College, Marianna, Florida.
Indians baseball
Coach: Jeff Johnson
Teammate: Russell Martin

Don Odermann (a businessman from San Francisco) helped him attend college in the United States. 

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Baseball Related:

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2000 - Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates (599th overall).

2003 - Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the Rule 5 draft.

2004 - April 4th - Major League debut with the Baltimore Orioles.

2004 - Claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. 

2004 - His contract was purchased by the Kansas City Royals 

2004 - Traded by the Royals to the New York Mets for Justin Huber.

2004 - Traded from the Mets (minutes after acquiring him) to Pittsburgh Pirates (with Ty Wigginton and Matt Peterson) for Kris Benson and Jeff Keppinger.

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2008 - Traded from the Pirates to the Blue Jays for a player to be named later.

2011 - Signed a 5-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays ($64 million).

2017 - Signed a 1-year contract with the Toronto Blue Jays ($18 million).

2018 - The Blue Jays declined his option of $17 million.
 

2018 - Signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves.
 

Extra:

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Bautista created a highlight tape of himself after high school using a camcorder and sent it to various colleges in the United States.

2004 - He was the 1st player to appear on 5 different MLB rosters in 1 season.

2015 - October 14th - Bautista flipped in bat in the ALDS after hitting a homerun off of Sam Dyson.

 
2016 - May 15th - Bautista was hit by a pitch from Matt Bush. Two batters later he slide into 2md base making contact with Rougned Odor. Rougned Odor appeared to try to throw the ball into Bautista's head and then punched him in the face when he stood up. Bautista was suspended 1 game for the incident.

When he became one of the leaders in homeruns every year he was quoted saying that he been drug-tested as many as 16 times in 2 years  

His idol was Michael Jordan as a child.

Pittsburgh Steelers fan (NFL).

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Sample Heckles:

 

Not available

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@JoeyBats19

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