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Neftali Feliz

Neftali (Antonio) Feliz (twitter: @NefFeliz)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: May 2, 1988 in Azua, Azua, Dominican Republic
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 2009 (Age 21)
Team: Rangers 2009-2012
2013 Contract Status: 1st-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$2.9M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 3.064, Arb Eligible: 2014, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: Greg Maroni, California Sports Mgmt [*]
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All-Star

Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2009 21 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 1.74 20 0 3 0 0 2 31.0 13 6 6 2 8 0 39 3 0 0 117 269 0.677 3.8 0.6 2.3 11.3 4.88
2010 22 TEX AL 4 3 .571 2.73 70 0 59 0 0 40 69.1 43 21 21 5 18 1 71 5 0 5 269 165 0.880 5.6 0.6 2.3 9.2 3.94 AS,RoY-1
2011 23 TEX AL 2 3 .400 2.74 64 0 56 0 0 32 62.1 42 22 19 4 30 1 54 0 1 2 252 162 1.155 6.1 0.6 4.3 7.8 1.80
2012 24 TEX AL 3 1 .750 3.16 8 7 0 1 0 0 42.2 28 15 15 5 23 0 37 2 0 0 175 143 1.195 5.9 1.1 4.9 7.8 1.61
4 Yrs 10 7 .588 2.67 162 7 118 1 0 74 205.1 126 64 61 16 79 2 201 10 1 7 813 169 0.998 5.5 0.7 3.5 8.8 2.54
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .588 2.67 65 3 47 0 0 30 83 51 26 25 6 32 1 81 4 0 3 327 169 0.998 5.5 0.7 3.5 8.8 2.54

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2009 21 TEX AL 31.0 20 0 6 1.74 5.09 0.02 -0.37 101.5 4.76 10 1.0 1.6 0.2 1.6 14 .552 .506 $400,000
2010 22 TEX AL 69.1 70 0 21 2.73 4.36 -0.04 -0.33 105.1 4.28 11 1.2 1.8 0.3 2.3 19 .517 .507 $402,000 AS,RoY-1
2011 23 TEX AL 62.1 64 0 22 3.18 4.34 0.10 -0.33 109.6 4.29 8 0.8 1.5 0.0 1.5 14 .512 .505 $457,160
2012 24 TEX AL 42.2 8 7 15 3.16 4.40 -0.02 0.16 109.3 5.00 9 1.0 .4 -0.0 1.4 13 .624 .506 $502,000
4 Seasons 205.1 162 7 64 2.81 4.47 0.01 -0.24 106.8 4.51 38 4.0 1.6 0.6 6.8 60 .525 .506 $1,761,160

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 22 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 2 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 9 3.750 13.5 6.8 20.3 13.5 0.67
2010 22 TEX AL ALCS W NYY 0 0 0.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 11 0.667 0.0 0.0 6.0 15.0 2.50
2010 22 TEX AL WS L SFG 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 1 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
2011 23 TEX AL ALDS W TBR 0 0 2.70 3 0 3 0 0 3 3.1 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 13 1.200 5.4 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
2011 23 TEX AL ALCS W DET 0 0 0.00 4 0 3 0 0 1 4.1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 16 0.692 2.1 0.0 4.2 6.2 1.50
2011 23 TEX AL WS L STL 0 0 4.91 4 0 3 0 0 2 3.2 2 2 2 0 4 0 7 1 0 0 17 1.636 4.9 0.0 9.8 17.2 1.75
2 Yrs (6 Series) 0 0 1.93 18 0 15 0 0 7 18.2 8 4 4 1 13 1 23 1 0 1 76 1.125 3.9 0.5 6.3 11.1 1.77
2 ALDS 0 0 3.86 5 0 4 0 0 3 4.2 4 2 2 1 5 0 4 0 0 1 22 1.929 7.7 1.9 9.6 7.7 0.80
2 ALCS 0 0 0.00 7 0 6 0 0 1 7.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 8 0 0 0 27 0.682 1.2 0.0 4.9 9.8 2.00
2 WS 0 0 2.70 6 0 5 0 0 3 6.2 3 2 2 0 4 0 11 1 0 0 27 1.050 4.1 0.0 5.4 14.9 2.75

All-Star Pitching

Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2010 TEX AL 22

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
2009 21 TEX AL 20 117 105 6 13 1 1 2 1 0 8 39 .124 .207 .210 .416 .172 22 1 3 1 0 0 1
2010 22 TEX AL 70 269 245 21 43 8 0 5 0 0 18 71 .176 .246 .269 .516 .225 66 5 5 1 0 1 1
2011 23 TEX AL 64 252 217 22 42 13 0 4 1 3 30 54 .194 .289 .309 .598 .236 67 5 0 3 2 1 3
2012 24 TEX AL 8 175 150 15 28 3 1 5 3 0 23 37 .187 .303 .320 .623 .213 48 5 2 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 162 813 717 64 126 25 2 16 5 3 79 201 .176 .266 .283 .549 .219 203 16 10 5 2 2 5
162 Game Avg. 65 327 288 26 51 10 1 6 2 1 32 81 .176 .266 .283 .549 .219 82 6 4 2 1 1 2
MLB Averages .257 .325 .406 .731 .297

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2009 21 TEX AL 10.0 1.0 119 1.2 2.4 -1.2 .97 1.2 -0.0 13.7 1.3 0.97 13.7 8 9 3
2010 22 TEX AL 13.3 1.4 280 3.5 9.2 -5.7 1.70 1.9 0.2 17.9 1.7 1.70 23.8 44 14 12
2011 23 TEX AL 10.3 1.0 268 0.7 7.2 -6.5 1.57 0.8 -0.4 6.9 0.7 1.57 9.9 32 11 20
2012 24 TEX AL 6.5 0.7 177 0.3 3.1 -2.8 1.00 0.6 -0.2 4.9 0.5 1.00 6.3 0 0 1
4 Yrs 40.1 4.1 844 5.7 21.9 -16.2 1.41 4.5 -0.4 43.3 4.2 1.41 53.6 84 34 36

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2012 24 TEX AL 8 7 3 1 3 0 1 5 2 .714 1 1 1 0 4 57% 57.7 71 41 6 0 0 4 6.0 6.0 6.0 103 0 2 5 0 119
1 Yr 8 7 3 1 3 0 1 5 2 .714 1 1 1 0 4 57% 58 71 41 6 0 0 4 6.0 6.0 6.0 103 0 2 5 0 119
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 101 -13 4.4 4.4 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2009 21 TEX AL 20 20 3 1 0 3 2 1 67% 12 9 18 4 22% 6 .967 8 9 3 12 3 5 10 10 14 2 15 0 4.7 25
2010 22 TEX AL 70 70 59 4 3 43 40 3 93% 46 3 16 1 6% 9 1.704 44 14 12 59 10 1 11 59 6 10 6 17 3.0 15
2011 23 TEX AL 64 64 56 2 3 38 32 6 84% 38 0 16 5 31% 9 1.569 32 11 20 53 4 7 11 53 6 11 6 19 2.9 17
2012 24 TEX AL 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 16
4 Yrs 162 155 118 7 6 84 74 10 88% 96 12 50 10 20% 1.405 84 34 36 125 17 13 32 123 26 23 27 36 3.2 17

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2009 21 TEX AL 117 45% 1.7% 33.3% 6.8% 3.4% 31% 0.63 0.64 55% 6% 6.7% 25% 16 1 6%
2010 22 TEX AL 269 51% 1.9% 26.4% 6.7% 4.8% 30% 0.55 0.63 63% 13% 5.5% 19% 53 5 9%
2011 23 TEX AL 252 44% 1.6% 21.4% 11.9% 6.8% 41% 0.56 0.60 64% 15% 4.9% 23% 41 5 12%
2012 24 TEX AL 175 46% 2.9% 21.1% 13.1% 5.1% 32% 0.61 0.73 62% 13% 9.1% 21% 37 5 14%
4 Yrs 813 47% 2.0% 24.7% 9.7% 5.3% 34% 0.58 0.64 62% 13% 6.2% 21% 147 16 11%
MLB Averages 45% 2.6% 18.7% 8.4% 7.6% 33% 0.81 1.09 69% 19% 7.6% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2009 21 TEX AL 117 507 4.33 322 64% 25% 19% 35% 21% 75% 0% 48% 75% 56% 3% 4 3 23% 27 11 0 23% 6 1 0 0 0
2010 22 TEX AL 269 1072 3.99 697 65% 25% 20% 30% 25% 75% 1% 49% 74% 57% 3% 9 5 28% 74 44 3 24% 11 3 0 0 0
2011 23 TEX AL 253 1063 4.20 650 61% 26% 20% 28% 26% 74% 1% 45% 73% 53% 6% 16 10 19% 48 31 1 15% 9 5 -1 0 0
2012 24 TEX AL 176 737 4.19 431 58% 23% 18% 33% 26% 77% 0% 45% 77% 53% 7% 13 7 26% 45 23 2 16% 5 6 -1 0 0
4 Yrs 815 3379 4.15 2100 62% 25% 19% 31% 25% 75% 1% 47% 74% 55% 5% 42 25 24% 194 109 6 20% 31 15 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.82 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 79% 59% 5% 23% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2009 21 TEX AL 117 13 1 1 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 8 3 2 38% 1 0 0 34 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 22 TEX AL 269 43 7 0 5 1 11 4 1 3 2 14 6 4 43% 1 5 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2011 23 TEX AL 252 42 4 0 4 0 2 1 3 2 2 12 10 0 83% 3 2 2 93 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
2012 24 TEX AL 175 28 1 0 5 0 4 2 3 2 3 4 2 2 50% 0 0 0 61 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 813 126 13 1 16 1 23 7 9 7 9 38 21 8 55% 5 7 2 270 5 3 63% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
MLB Averages 52% 73%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2009 21 1 0 1.000 1.74 20 0 3 0 0 2 31.0 13 6 6 2 8 0 39 3 0 0 117 269 0.677 3.8 0.6 2.3 11.3 4.88 269
2010 22 5 3 .625 2.42 90 0 62 0 0 42 100.1 56 27 27 7 26 1 110 8 0 5 386 188 0.817 5.0 0.6 2.3 9.9 4.23 188
2011 23 7 6 .538 2.55 154 0 118 0 0 74 162.2 98 49 46 11 56 2 164 8 1 7 638 177 0.947 5.4 0.6 3.1 9.1 2.93 177
2012 24 10 7 .588 2.67 162 7 118 1 0 74 205.1 126 64 61 16 79 2 201 10 1 7 813 169 0.998 5.5 0.7 3.5 8.8 2.54 169

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2009 21 3 0 1.000 1.41 32.0 12 6 5 2 7 40 3 0.594 3.4 2.0 11.3 5.71 0.6 20
2010 22 5 2 .714 2.65 68.0 42 22 20 5 18 70 5 0.882 5.6 2.4 9.3 3.89 0.7 70
2011 23 4 2 .667 2.85 60.0 42 21 19 4 30 52 0 1.200 6.3 4.5 7.8 1.73 0.6 64
2012 24 2 2 .500 3.07 41.0 27 16 14 5 22 36 2 1.195 5.9 4.8 7.9 1.64 1.1 8
4 Yrs 14 6 .700 2.60 201.0 123 65 58 16 77 198 10 0.995 5.5 8.9 2.57 0.7 162

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2010

Awards (yr lg award)
2010 AL Rookie of the Year

Games Played s c a p y
2010 AL  70 (10th)

Saves s c a p y
2010 AL  40 (3rd)
2011 AL  32 (5th)
Active  74 (28th)
Career  74 (191st)

Games Finished s c a p y
2010 AL  59 (1st)
2011 AL  56 (4th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
2010 AL  3.5 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
2009 AL  born 1988-05-02 (3rd)
2010 AL  born 1988-05-02 (6th)

             

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 7 (1706), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 23 (562), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS Relief Pitcher (413th), 6.8 career WAR/6.8 7yr-peak WAR/6.8 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  6. Gordon Maltzberger (957)
  7. Ken Tatum (956)
  8. Tom Wilhelmsen (956)
  9. Greg Holland (955)
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  6. Steve Bedrosian (961)
  7. Doug Bird (960)
  8. Chris Ray (960)
  9. Chris Perez (956)
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