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Felix
Mantilla		  
Nickname: The Puma
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 175
 
Born: July 29, 1934 in P.R., , ISABELA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1968   
All-Star Selections 1961   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 21 MON NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 7 7
1957 22 MON NL     5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 8
1958 23 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 7 8
1959 24 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 8 8 8
1960 25 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 8 8 8
1961 26 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
1962 27 DET AL $ 1,041,429   5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 7 8
1963 28 DET AL $ 1,041,429   5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
1964 29 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 8
1965 30 DET AL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 8 7 7
1966 31 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1967 32 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 7 7 7
1968 33 DET AL $ 1,000,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 4 3 3 7 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,041,429   5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 8 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 21 AAA   137 530 82 143 18 4 28 70 2 1 47 67 .270 .329 .477 .807 82.8  
1957 22 AAA   119 437 71 114 17 1 28 72 2 1 51 57 .261 .338 .497 .835 74.0  
1958 23 MON NL 64 187 20 49 12 0 4 16 0 0 14 21 .262 .313 .390 .704 19.8 2.4
    AAA   31 113 19 27 6 1 10 22 1 0 6 17 .239 .277 .575 .853 18.7  
1959 24 MON NL 95 263 28 58 6 0 8 31 0 0 13 33 .221 .263 .335 .598 22.6 0.9
1960 25 MON NL 92 222 33 58 9 1 9 30 0 0 22 28 .261 .329 .432 .762 30.2 4.9
1961 26 DET AL 106 353 47 88 13 1 14 54 0 0 20 46 .249 .296 .411 .707 43.4 5.7
1962 27 DET AL 153 533 55 118 20 2 14 55 2 0 39 67 .221 .277 .345 .622 46.7 3.3
1963 28 DET AL 155 457 58 112 22 1 15 56 1 0 31 54 .245 .295 .396 .691 53.0 8.4
1964 29 DET AL 124 420 38 103 16 2 12 40 2 0 23 73 .245 .284 .379 .663 41.5 4.8
1965 30 DET AL 131 429 50 104 22 5 17 46 1 0 33 47 .242 .300 .436 .736 54.7 9.8
1966 31 DET AL 151 502 61 123 27 3 10 55 0 0 21 53 .245 .280 .371 .650 49.4 6.3
1967 32 DET AL 110 246 19 51 9 1 8 21 0 0 14 45 .207 .252 .350 .602 22.1 1.5
1968 33 DET AL 157 556 46 117 20 1 14 53 0 0 28 100 .210 .255 .326 .581 44.6 2.1
11 Years Sim 1338 4168 455 981 176 17 125 457 6 0 258 567 .235 .283 .376 .659 428.0 50.1
3 Years AAA 287 1080 172 284 41 6 66 164 5 2 104 141 .263 .335 .495 .831 175.5  
162 Game Average 504 55 118 21 2 15 55 0 0 31 68 .235 .283 .376 .659 51.8  
Career Highs 157 556 61 123 27 5 17 56 2 0 39 100 .262 .329 .436 .762 54.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2415 252 559 95 9 71 247 4 0 129 333 .231 .275 .366 .641 238.4
vs LH   1753 203 422 81 8 54 210 2 0 129 234 .241 .295 .388 .683 200.3
Home 672 2098 224 501 95 7 73 252 3 0 116 269 .239 .282 .395 .677 230.5
Away 666 2070 231 480 81 10 52 205 3 0 142 298 .232 .285 .356 .641 208.3
RISP   871 0 210 37 4 25 307 0 0 51 125 .241 .281 .379 .660 92.7
Pinch Hitting   40 7 6 1 1 2 9 0 0 3 7 .150 .205 .375 .580 3.4
Close/Late   490 59 105 12 1 13 49 0 0 39 69 .214 .278 .322 .600 44.2
Mar/Apr 218 684 77 159 29 2 27 68 0 0 47 92 .232 .288 .399 .687 77.9
May 239 722 78 157 28 4 17 78 0 0 54 111 .217 .274 .338 .611 66.9
June 235 732 72 160 30 1 17 76 1 0 49 114 .219 .268 .332 .600 65.0
July 230 718 78 172 39 2 22 83 3 0 35 97 .240 .278 .391 .669 76.4
August 192 585 65 150 21 4 22 68 0 0 36 66 .256 .304 .419 .722 72.9
Sep/Oct 224 727 85 183 29 4 20 84 2 0 37 87 .252 .293 .385 .678 79.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1958 23 MON NL 3B 40 38 322.3 21 68 8 5 .918 2.49   0.5
    SS 13 12 101.0 16 43 1 9 .983 5.26   0.8
    1B 4 0 8.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88   0.0
    2B 4 0 8.0 2 5 0 1 1.000 7.88   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 24 MON NL 3B 66 63 530.0 28 138 8 8 .954 2.82   2.4
    SS 12 8 67.3 14 25 3 1 .929 5.21   0.4
    CF 3 2 17.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71   0.1
    2B 9 0 16.0 2 7 0 2 1.000 5.06   0.1
    1B 1 0 4.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1960 25 MON NL 3B 56 52 439.7 24 119 6 4 .960 2.93   1.8
    SS 20 10 106.7 15 45 3 9 .952 5.06   0.5
    2B 11 0 23.0 2 9 0 2 1.000 4.30   0.1
1961 26 DET AL 3B 103 102 912.3 41 233 14 20 .951 2.70   3.3
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 27 DET AL 3B 127 120 1089.0 84 292 17 19 .957 3.11   4.0
    CF 25 25 220.3 57 1 0 0 1.000 2.37   1.2
1963 28 DET AL CF 151 151 1174.0 307 5 1 4 .997 2.39   4.9
    3B 16 0 29.0 1 13 2 1 .875 4.34   0.1
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 1 2 0 .333 2.25   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1964 29 DET AL CF 102 101 871.0 232 3 1 2 .996 2.43   2.8
    3B 23 21 183.0 17 49 6 3 .917 3.25   0.6
    2B 1 0 7.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1965 30 DET AL 3B 81 77 662.3 42 154 11 17 .947 2.66   2.0
    CF 46 45 360.0 106 1 0 0 1.000 2.68   1.3
    LF 6 5 40.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.35    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 .667 18.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1966 31 DET AL 3B 105 101 846.3 50 202 21 22 .923 2.68   0.5
    SS 27 26 226.0 37 85 5 18 .961 4.86   0.5
    CF 18 18 146.0 32 0 0 0 1.000 1.97   0.1
1967 32 DET AL 3B 102 73 657.0 43 130 9 8 .951 2.37   1.4
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1968 33 DET AL CF 151 149 1298.7 351 5 2 1 .994 2.47   6.4
    SS 4 0 9.0 3 5 1 3 .889 8.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 720 647 5674.0 351 1399 102 107 .945 2.78   16.8
  CF 497 491 4088.3 1092 15 4 7 .996 2.44   16.8
  SS 80 56 516.0 87 206 14 41 .954 5.11   2.2
  2B 28 0 60.0 8 23 2 5 .939 4.65   0.3
  LF 10 5 45.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20   0.0
  1B 5 0 12.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 8.25   0.0
  RF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
Career Totals   1342 1199 10397.3 1556 1643 122 160 .963 2.77   36.1
Career Highs   170 151 1310.7 354 293 26 40 .992 3.38    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 23 MON NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
1959 24 MON NL 8 25 5 7 0 1 1 4 0 0 4 5 .280 .379 .480 .859
1960 25 MON NL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1962 27 DET AL 5 19 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .211 .250 .263 .513
1963 28 DET AL 7 22 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 4 .136 .240 .409 .649
1964 29 DET AL 2 8 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .625 .875
Career Post-Season Batting 28 75 10 16 1 1 4 9 0 0 8 11 .213 .298 .413 .711
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1968-5-157
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  5. Harry Anderson (945)
  6. Don Baylor (933)
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  8. Al Luplow (931)
  9. Joe Lis (930)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Montreal in 1956
Injured on 8/16/1957 with a Inflamed Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 2-3 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1958, off Warren Spahn (SDP)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1958, off Billy Hoeft (PIT)
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 3/3/1961 (Going to MON: RF Larry Doby, P Chris Short, 2B Rocky Bridges, 3B Dick Williams. Going to DET: 1B Joe Adcock, SS Felix Mantilla, LF Chuck Tanner)
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
Injured on 7/27/1961 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1962, hitting .455 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
2/1/1963: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,041,429 through salary arbitration
4/2/1963: Signed a minor league contract extension with Detroit
10/29/1964: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/30/1966 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1968
 
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