Felix Mantilla
[edit] Biography
Felix Mantilla (Felix (Lamela) Mantilla) was born on July 29, 1934 in Isabella, Puerto Rico. He made his Major League debut on June 21, 1956 for the Milwaukee Braves. In 1957, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI. Mantilla played for the Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros over the course of his 11 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Felix Mantilla's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1964, when he slugged 30 home runs, hit for a .289 average and knocked in 64 runs. However, others believe that it was 1965, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .275 average and knocked in 92 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 35
| 53
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 3
| .283
| .309
| .340
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 71
| 182
| 28
| 43
| 4
| 21
| .236
| .296
| .363
| 9
| 1
| 14
| 34
| 2
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 3
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 85
| 226
| 37
| 50
| 7
| 19
| .221
| .282
| .345
| 5
| 1
| 20
| 20
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 6
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| 103
| 251
| 26
| 54
| 3
| 19
| .215
| .266
| .271
| 5
| 0
| 16
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 6
| 1
| 8
|
| 1960
| MIL
| N
| 63
| 148
| 21
| 38
| 3
| 11
| .257
| .291
| .365
| 7
| 0
| 7
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| 45
| 93
| 13
| 20
| 1
| 5
| .215
| .298
| .280
| 3
| 0
| 10
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
|
| 1962
| NY
| N
| 141
| 466
| 54
| 128
| 11
| 59
| .275
| .330
| .399
| 17
| 4
| 37
| 51
| 5
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 11
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| 66
| 178
| 27
| 56
| 6
| 15
| .315
| .384
| .461
| 8
| 0
| 20
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 5
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| 133
| 425
| 69
| 123
| 30
| 64
| .289
| .357
| .553
| 20
| 1
| 41
| 46
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
|
| 1965
| BOS
| A
| 150
| 534
| 60
| 147
| 18
| 92
| .275
| .374
| .416
| 17
| 2
| 79
| 84
| 8
| 3
| 7
| 5
| 24
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 77
| 151
| 16
| 33
| 6
| 22
| .219
| .279
| .371
| 5
| 0
| 11
| 32
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 6
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 620
| 1570
| 204
| 381
| 35
| 159
| .243
| .298
| .352
| 52
| 7
| 116
| 208
| 14
| 15
| 18
| 6
| 38
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 349
| 1137
| 156
| 326
| 54
| 171
| .287
| .369
| .474
| 45
| 3
| 140
| 144
| 12
| 3
| 9
| 7
| 41
|
| Total
|
|
| 969
| 2707
| 360
| 707
| 89
| 330
| .261
| .329
| .403
| 97
| 10
| 256
| 352
| 26
| 18
| 27
| 13
| 79
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| 3B
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 1956
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 19
| 41
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 7
| 63
| 9
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 35
| 30
| 265
| 58
| 90
| 11
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .931
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 13
| 7
| 84
| 20
| 29
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .980
|
| 1957
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 43
| 28
| 277.2
| 73
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .987
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 11
| 1
| 30
| 15
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 34
| 27
| 247.2
| 60
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 5
| 5
| 41
| 8
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 21
| 18
| 170.1
| 41
| 47
| 3
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1958
| MIL
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 58
| 44
| 383.1
| 97
| 126
| 7
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .970
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 7
| 3
| 29
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 25
| 20
| 190.2
| 29
| 76
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .929
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 6
| 3
| 28
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| 3B
| 9
| 4
| 42
| 4
| 9
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .867
|
| 1959
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1960
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 26
| 12
| 128.1
| 38
| 27
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .956
|
| 1960
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 5
| 5
| 35
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 25
| 20
| 178
| 35
| 58
| 6
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1960
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 3
| 0
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1960
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 8
| 5
| 40
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| LF
| 2
| 1
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 10
| 84
| 25
| 27
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .981
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| CF
| 5
| 4
| 35
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| OF
| 10
| 8
| 67
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| RF
| 3
| 3
| 23
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| SS
| 19
| 0
| 29
| 5
| 9
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .933
|
| 1961
| MIL
| N
| 3B
| 6
| 4
| 42
| 5
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1962
| NY
| N
| 2B
| 14
| 9
| 91.1
| 35
| 24
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1962
| NY
| N
| 3B
| 95
| 88
| 759
| 76
| 179
| 14
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
| 1962
| NY
| N
| SS
| 25
| 17
| 165.2
| 28
| 48
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .950
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 11
| 11
| 96
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| SS
| 26
| 23
| 207
| 49
| 62
| 4
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 6
| 6
| 49
| 13
| 11
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1963
| BOS
| A
| CF
| 11
| 11
| 96
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 46
| 46
| 398
| 97
| 119
| 1
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .995
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| 3B
| 7
| 6
| 47.1
| 5
| 9
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .824
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| LF
| 35
| 31
| 293
| 43
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| SS
| 6
| 4
| 48
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 47
| 41
| 375
| 60
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| RF
| 8
| 7
| 61
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1964
| BOS
| A
| CF
| 5
| 3
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| BOS
| A
| 2B
| 124
| 120
| 1060
| 251
| 286
| 13
| 64
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .976
|
| 1965
| BOS
| A
| CF
| 8
| 7
| 64
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| BOS
| A
| OF
| 27
| 26
| 216.1
| 37
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1965
| BOS
| A
| 1B
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1965
| BOS
| A
| LF
| 20
| 19
| 152.1
| 26
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .900
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 3B
| 13
| 11
| 100.1
| 15
| 30
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| OF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 2B
| 10
| 9
| 68
| 6
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| 1B
| 14
| 12
| 97
| 100
| 3
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| 1966
| HOU
| N
| LF
| 1
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 181
| 119
| 1124.1
| 242
| 411
| 34
| 86
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .951
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 142
| 121
| 1069.2
| 116
| 260
| 24
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .940
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 155
| 123
| 1110
| 219
| 7
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| Total
|
|
| 1B
| 15
| 13
| 105
| 108
| 4
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| Total
|
|
| CF
| 75
| 60
| 527.2
| 112
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| RF
| 11
| 10
| 84
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 328
| 281
| 2516.1
| 623
| 709
| 31
| 152
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| Total
|
|
| LF
| 73
| 53
| 498.1
| 90
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .948
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Braves (1952).
- Selected by New York Mets from Milwaukee Braves in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
- Traded by New York Mets to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Tracy Stallard, Pumpsie Green and a player to be named later (December 11, 1962); New York Mets received Al Moran (January 14, 1963).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Houston Astros in exchange for Eddie Kasko (April 3, 1966).
- Released by Houston Astros (November 28, 1966).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (February 9, 1967).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (July 6, 1967).
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