Felix Mantilla
Milwaukee Braves 1956–1961; New York Mets 1962; Boston Red Sox 1963–1965; Houston Astros 1966
Percentile snapshot
1965 season — qualified batters
of 96 qualified 1965 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 35 | 56 | 53 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .283 | .309 | .340 | .649 | 81.2 | 80.8 | .294 | 0.1 |
| 1957 | 71 | 200 | 182 | 28 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 34 | 2 | 0 | .236 | .296 | .363 | .659 | 81.9 | 84.0 | .294 | 0.4 |
| 1958 | 85 | 252 | 226 | 37 | 50 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 2 | 0 | .221 | .282 | .345 | .627 | 70.2 | 73.3 | .281 | 0.0 |
| 1959 | 103 | 274 | 251 | 26 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 31 | 6 | 1 | .215 | .266 | .271 | .537 | 49.0 | 50.2 | .248 | -0.6 |
| 1960 | 63 | 159 | 148 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 1 | .257 | .291 | .365 | .656 | 82.5 | 85.6 | .293 | 0.4 |
| 1961 | 45 | 105 | 93 | 13 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | .215 | .298 | .280 | .578 | 65.0 | 59.8 | .275 | 0.0 |
| 1962 | 141 | 518 | 466 | 54 | 128 | 17 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 37 | 51 | 3 | 1 | .275 | .330 | .399 | .729 | 91.9 | 91.4 | .331 | 1.5 |
| 1963 | 66 | 198 | 178 | 27 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 2 | 1 | .315 | .384 | .461 | .845 | 137.8 | 131.8 | .380 | 1.8 |
| 1964 | 133 | 470 | 425 | 69 | 123 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 64 | 41 | 46 | 0 | 1 | .289 | .357 | .553 | .910 | 148.0 | 142.3 | .400 | 4.3 |
| 1965 | 150 | 629 | 534 | 60 | 147 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 92 | 79 | 84 | 7 | 3 | .275 | .374 | .416 | .790 | 122.8 | 117.0 | .363 | 4.0 |
| 1966 | 77 | 166 | 151 | 16 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 0 | .219 | .279 | .371 | .650 | 84.2 | 83.4 | .294 | 0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964-09-03 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 1964-06-28 | CLE @ BOS Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 1964-09-18 | MIN @ BOS Gameday | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 1962-05-25 | NYM @ LAD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 1963-09-15 | BOS @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956-05-20 | ATL @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-05-20 | ATL @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-06-03 | PIT @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-06-03 | PIT @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956-06-18 | ATL @ PIT Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.
Honors
Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.