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Melvin Mora

The Melvin Mora Foundation is an American, non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in Miami, Florida. It is mostly known to help talented, young baseball players and their families who are in poverty. Melvin Mora is a native Venezuelan from a small town called Aguas Negras State Yaracuy. One of the reasons Melvin Mora created the foundation was because he saw a significant number of homeless children in the streets, hungry, and no direction in life.
Melvin's grandmother was diagnosed with cancer in a hospital that was in harrowing conditions. It was overwhelming to see her die in these conditions; this is what sparked him to help humankind and those in need.o

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Melvin created this foundation not only to help people pursue their dreams in sports, but to also provide help to those who need it. After a couple years from the creation of the Melvin Mora Foundation, he organized a Home Run Derby with Major League Baseball Players to fund enough money in Venezuela in order to recreate the hospital that his grandmother died in. From this event, the foundation was able to determine how many people were truly in need of help. Gerber Company and Chico Diaper Company provided assistance along with the Melvin Mora Foundation to donate food and other necessities to families that needed it.

The Melvin Mora Foundation went around the world steering kids away from the danger on the streets, and turned their worlds completely around. In doing so, kids were able to focus more on having fun by playing sports rather than worrying about their daily lives.
The Melvin Mora Foundation has also expanded its donations to Aruba, United States, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. They have donated medical supplies and sports equipment. They hope to reach more countries across the ocean in order to help as many people as possible.
The foundation has also organized a spiritual event for those who are religious in order to get closer to the community. He organized an event in Venezuela to help young athletes pursue their dreams; this event was sponsored by Under Armour. All in all, Melvin Mora hopes that his foundation will grow and connect different people all over the world to shed light and provide happiness to kids and their families the rest of their lives.

Baseball Career

Mora was signed out of Venezuela in 1991. After spending seven years in the Astros minors system and couple of months in CPBL's Mercuries Tigers, he signed as a free agent with the Mets in 1998 and made his major league debut in the 1999 season. With his ability to play all three outfield positions, shortstop, second base and third, Mora was considered a valuable man to have around.In 1999, he scored the winning run of the final game of the year for the Mets on a wild pitch by the Pirates' Brad Clontz, which propelled the Mets to a one-game playoff with Cincinnati, which they won.

Used as a utility player in Baltimore, Mora showed promise and hints of ability to contribute as an everyday player but struggled to break through. Things changed when an injury-depleted Orioles team used Mora almost exclusively in left field, and Mora responded with the best stretch of his career. He reached base in 32 straight games while using a 23-game hitting streak to temporarily become the American League batting leader. Finally excelling as a hitter, Mora was chosen for his first All-Star selection. Mora's season was cut short due to injuries (a bruised wrist and a partially torn ligament in his left knee), but finished with a .317 batting average, 15 home runs, and a .418 on-base percentage in 96 games.

Mora's 2003 season proved that he could be a consistent hitter at the major league level. In 2004, Mora became the Orioles' regular third baseman and enjoyed his most productive season in the majors. Mora hit a career-high .340, finishing second in the AL batting race to Ichiro Suzuki's .372 mark; led the league hitters in on-base percentage (.419); ranked 5th in slugging average (.562) and OPS (.981); 6th in runs (111), doubles (41) and times on base (264); 8th in hits (187), and 9th in total bases (264). His 27 home runs and 104 RBI were also career-highs while leading his team in batting average runs, on-base percentage, slugging average and OPS. At third base, he improved and became more consistent as the season wore on.

  • Twice All-Star (2003, 2005)
  • Twice American League Player of the Month(May 2004, August 2008)
  • First player to hit a home run off the top of the foul pole at Camden Yards

Melvin Mora is currently the International Director of the Bulls of Herrera de Panama, which was named Champion in the Panamanian Professional Winter League. He had the best record in the 2017 season as his team would play for 500 avg, and in 2018-2019 he was named Winter League Champion, in addition the same team of the Torres De Herrera participated in the first Caribbean Series which was made in Panama City, and managed to become champion in the Caribbean Series in his first attempt as International Director defeating major teams such as, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, thus achieving its consecration as International Director of the Caribbean.