Pedro Feliciano
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| New York Mets — No. 25 | |
| Relief Pitcher | |
| Born: August 25, 1976 | |
| Bats: Left | Throws: Left |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| September 4, 2002 for the New York Mets | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through July 31, 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 10-5 |
| Earned Run Average | 3.17 |
| Strikeouts | 149 |
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Pedro Juan Feliciano (born August 25, 1976 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball left-handed relief pitcher with the New York Mets.
Feliciano graduated from Jose S. Algeria High School in Dorado, Puerto Rico. In 1995 he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 31st round of the amateur draft and began his professional career with the Great Falls Dodgers in the Pioneer League. His progress through the minor leagues was slow and marred by injuries. After four years in the Rookie and Class A leagues, he suffered a shoulder injury in 1999 which prevented him from playing all season. He returned in 2000, achieving some success at the AA level, but pitched poorly in his one inning with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In 2001, he again failed in AAA after pitching well in AA. After six years of service in the minor leagues without promotion to the majors, he became a free agent.
Feliciano signed with the Cincinnati Reds for the 2002 season, but was traded to the New York Mets in August along with Brady Clark for Shawn Estes. On September 4, 2002, Feliciano finally made his major league debut pitching two scoreless innings of relief against the Florida Marlins. Since then, he has had mixed success with the Mets, being recalled from and optioned to the AAA Norfolk Tides several times in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, he spent the season with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League, but returned to the Mets as a left-handed specialist for 2006.
His excellent play for the Mets in the 2006 and 2007 seasons actually helped him reach consideration for him to play in the 2007 All-Star Game. However, he did not make the cut. In 2007, he recorded his first career big-league save against the Philadelphia Phillies.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
- Pedro Feliciano at ESPN.com
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1 Luis Castillo | 3 Damion Easley | 5 David Wright | 6 Rubén Gotay | 7 José Reyes | 10 Endy Chávez (DL) | 11 Ramón Castro | 13 Billy Wagner | 15 Carlos Beltrán (DL) | 16 Paul Lo Duca | 17 David Newhan | 18 Moisés Alou | 20 Shawn Green | 21 Carlos Delgado | 22 José Valentín (DL) | 23 Marlon Anderson | 25 Pedro Feliciano | 26 Orlando Hernández | 27 Carlos Gómez (DL) | 28 Juan Padilla (DL) | 29 Jorge Sosa | 30 Aaron Sele | 33 John Maine | 44 Lastings Milledge | 45 Pedro Martínez (DL) | 46 Oliver Pérez | 47 Tom Glavine | 48 Aaron Heilman | 50 Duaner Sánchez (DL) | 54 Brian Lawrence | 59 Guillermo Mota | 60 Scott Schoeneweis Manager Willie Randolph | Bench Coach Jerry Manuel | 1st Base Coach Rickey Henderson | 3rd Base Coach Sandy Alomar, Sr. | Hitting Coach Howard Johnson | Pitching Coach Rick Peterson | Bullpen Coach Guy Conti |
