Felix Mantilla
Felix (Lamela) Mantilla
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 29, 1934 in Isabela, P.R.
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1956
Final Game: October 2, 1966
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1956 21 MLN NL 35 56 53 9 15 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 8 .283 .309 .340 .649 79 18 1 1 1 0 0 6/5
1957 22 MLN NL 71 200 182 28 43 9 1 4 21 2 0 14 34 .236 .296 .363 .659 82 66 3 2 1 1 2 64/58
1958 23 MLN NL 85 252 226 37 50 5 1 7 19 2 0 20 20 .221 .282 .345 .627 71 78 6 0 4 2 2 847/65
1959 24 MLN NL 103 274 251 26 54 5 0 3 19 6 1 16 31 .215 .266 .271 .537 49 68 8 2 3 2 1 46/587
1960 25 MLN NL 63 159 148 21 38 7 0 3 11 3 1 7 16 .257 .291 .365 .656 84 54 1 1 1 2 1 46/87
1961 26 MLN NL 45 105 93 13 20 3 0 1 5 1 1 10 16 .215 .298 .280 .578 59 26 2 1 1 0 0 64/5897
1962 27 NYM NL 141 518 466 54 128 17 4 11 59 3 1 37 51 .275 .330 .399 .729 95 186 11 5 3 7 0 564
1963 28 BOS AL 66 198 178 27 56 8 0 6 15 2 1 20 14 .315 .384 .461 .845 133 82 5 0 0 0 1 68/4
1964 29 BOS AL 133 470 425 69 123 20 1 30 64 0 1 41 46 .289 .357 .553 .910 144 235 12 4 0 0 1 47/9568
1965 30 BOS AL 150 629 534 60 147 17 2 18 92 7 3 79 84 .275 .374 .416 .790 119 222 24 8 3 5 5 *47/83 AS,MVP-29
1966 31 HOU NL 77 166 151 16 33 5 0 6 22 1 0 11 32 .219 .279 .371 .650 85 56 6 2 1 1 0 35/47
11 Seasons 969 3027 2707 360 707 97 10 89 330 27 10 256 352 .261 .329 .403 .732 101 1091 79 26 18 20 13
162 Game Avg. 162 506 453 60 118 16 2 15 55 5 2 43 59 .261 .329 .403 .732 101 182 13 4 3 3 2
MLN (6 yrs) 402 1046 953 134 220 30 3 18 78 14 4 68 125 .231 .285 .325 .610 69 310 21 7 11 7 6
BOS (3 yrs) 349 1297 1137 156 326 45 3 54 171 9 5 140 144 .287 .369 .474 .843 131 539 41 12 3 5 7
NYM (1 yr) 141 518 466 54 128 17 4 11 59 3 1 37 51 .275 .330 .399 .729 95 186 11 5 3 7 0
HOU (1 yr) 77 166 151 16 33 5 0 6 22 1 0 11 32 .219 .279 .371 .650 85 56 6 2 1 1 0
NL (8 yrs) 620 1730 1570 204 381 52 7 35 159 18 5 116 208 .243 .298 .352 .650 78 552 38 14 15 15 6
AL (3 yrs) 349 1297 1137 156 326 45 3 54 171 9 5 140 144 .287 .369 .474 .843 131 539 41 12 3 5 7

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1956 21 MLN NL 56 41 5 3.3 98 .333 .283 .257 .309 .323 .340 .406 .649 .728 79 .360 -1.7 -0.2 .475 .057 .057
1957 22 MLN NL 200 144 20 3.8 97 .269 .236 .260 .296 .322 .363 .403 .659 .725 82 .406 -4.3 -0.4 .592 .214 .126 2.7
1958 23 MLN NL 252 188 22 3.1 99 .214 .221 .260 .282 .326 .345 .406 .627 .732 71 .327 -9.1 -0.9 .549 .221 .124 3.1
1959 24 MLN NL 274 211 18 2.3 98 .233 .215 .260 .266 .325 .271 .403 .537 .728 49 .216 -17.5 -1.7 .442 .139 .056 4.0
1960 25 MLN NL 159 115 16 3.8 93 .267 .257 .255 .291 .320 .365 .391 .656 .710 84 .430 -3.0 -0.3 .571 .169 .108 3.0
1961 26 MLN NL 105 77 8 2.8 100 .250 .215 .263 .298 .328 .280 .409 .578 .738 59 .280 -5.1 -0.5 .487 .172 .065 1.0
1962 27 NYM NL 518 360 62 4.6 103 .285 .275 .270 .330 .337 .399 .410 .729 .747 95 .505 -3.0 -0.3 .657 .208 .124 4.7
1963 28 BOS AL 198 128 31 6.5 97 .316 .315 .259 .384 .325 .461 .399 .845 .725 133 .692 8.3 0.9 .805 .264 .146 3.0
1964 29 BOS AL 470 315 81 6.9 100 .266 .289 .261 .357 .330 .553 .406 .910 .736 144 .710 24.7 2.5 .886 .358 .264 .0
1965 30 BOS AL 629 422 83 5.3 97 .295 .275 .257 .374 .328 .416 .394 .790 .723 119 .622 16.6 1.7 .756 .296 .140 10.1
1966 31 HOU NL 166 126 15 3.2 90 .237 .219 .256 .279 .314 .371 .386 .650 .700 85 .376 -3.0 -0.3 .565 .232 .152 1.7
11 Seasons 3027 2127 361 4.6 98 .270 .261 .261 .329 .328 .403 .402 .732 .729 101 .520 3.0 0.5 .665 .243 .142 41.4
162 Game Avg. 506 356 60 4.6 98 .270 .261 .261 .329 .328 .403 .402 .732 .729 101 .520 1 0 .665 .243 .142 7
MLN (6 yrs) 1046 776 89 3.1 97 .247 .231 .259 .285 .324 .325 .402 .610 .727 69 .325 -40.7 -4.0 .521 .176 .094 15.8
BOS (3 yrs) 1297 865 195 6.1 98 .288 .287 .259 .369 .329 .474 .399 .843 .728 131 .669 49.6 5.1 .811 .314 .187 15.4
NYM (1 yr) 518 360 62 4.6 103 .285 .275 .270 .330 .337 .399 .410 .729 .747 95 .505 -3.0 -0.3 .657 .208 .124 4.7
HOU (1 yr) 166 126 15 3.2 90 .237 .219 .256 .279 .314 .371 .386 .650 .700 85 .376 -3.0 -0.3 .565 .232 .152 1.7
NL (8 yrs) 1730 1262 166 3.5 98 .258 .243 .262 .298 .327 .352 .403 .650 .730 78 .386 -46.7 -4.6 .564 .191 .109 23.8
AL (3 yrs) 1297 865 195 6.1 98 .288 .287 .259 .369 .329 .474 .399 .843 .728 131 .669 49.6 5.1 .811 .314 .187 15.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 22 MLN NL WS NYY W 4 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 0
1958 23 MLN NL WS NYY L 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 8 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 WS 8 11 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 1 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 BOS AL 30 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1956 21 MLN NL 56 0.0% 14.3% 1.8% 3.6% 13% 8.00 6.6 17.7 1.14 80%
1957 22 MLN NL 200 2.0% 17.0% 7.0% 7.0% 33% 2.43 5.4 45.5 8.7 1.00 73%
1958 23 MLN NL 252 2.8% 7.9% 7.9% 5.2% 26% 1.00 11.3 32.3 11.9 1.05 80%
1959 24 MLN NL 274 1.1% 11.3% 5.8% 2.9% 15% 1.94 8.1 83.7 13.2 1.06 80%
1960 25 MLN NL 159 1.9% 10.1% 4.4% 6.3% 26% 2.29 9.3 49.3 13.5 1.00 82%
1961 26 MLN NL 105 1.0% 15.2% 9.5% 3.8% 20% 1.60 5.8 93.0 18.6 1.11 72%
1962 27 NYM NL 518 2.1% 9.9% 7.1% 6.2% 25% 1.38 9.1 42.4 7.9 1.07 79%
1963 28 BOS AL 198 3.0% 7.1% 10.1% 7.1% 25% 0.70 12.7 29.7 11.9 1.35 80%
1964 29 BOS AL 470 6.4% 9.8% 8.7% 10.9% 42% 1.12 9.2 14.2 6.6 1.26 74%
1965 30 BOS AL 629 2.9% 13.4% 12.6% 5.9% 25% 1.06 6.4 29.7 5.8 1.18 69%
1966 31 HOU NL 166 3.6% 19.3% 6.6% 6.6% 33% 2.91 4.7 25.2 6.9 1.20 69%
11 Seasons 3027 2.9% 11.6% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.38 7.7 30.4 8.2 1.13 76%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1956 21 MLN NL 0 0 53% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 22 MLN NL 6 0 44% 90 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 81% 12 4 8 2 0 2 7 0 7
1958 23 MLN NL 6 0 48% 131 2 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 54% 25 17 8 2 0 2 14 2 12
1959 24 MLN NL 6 0 33% 124 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 45% 15 10 5 4 2 1 10 2 7
1960 25 MLN NL 2 1 42% 65 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 57% 9 6 3 3 2 1 9 1 8
1961 26 MLN NL 1 0 40% 34 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 56% 12 6 6 1 0 1 3 1 2
1962 27 NYM NL 5 0 27% 180 3 1 75% 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 12 52% 25 13 12 4 1 2 13 5 8
1963 28 BOS AL 4 0 30% 111 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 30% 13 13 0 4 2 2 6 1 5
1964 29 BOS AL 4 0 28% 184 0 1 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 33% 24 21 3 4 3 1 12 2 9
1965 30 BOS AL 2 0 19% 251 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 10 42% 27 17 10 12 8 4 14 6 8
1966 31 HOU NL 3 1 25% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 44% 3 2 1 1 1 0 5 2 3
11 Seasons 39 2 30% 1228 27 10 73% 26 10 0 0 0 1 3 0 26 58 48% 167 111 56 37 19 16 93 22 69
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1956 21 MLN NL 26 35% 15 5 2 0 0 1.50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 0 0 1 1 100% 29
1957 22 MLN NL 200 20% 43 7 0 0 1 2.46 4 0 9 2 2 2 2 0 1 1 100% 31 3 10% 14 3 21% 133 20 15% 7 5 71% 12 5 42% 0
1958 23 MLN NL 239 56% 50 7 1 0 0 0.96 7 0 10 1 6 3 4 0 3 4 133% 41 6 15% 21 8 38% 138 13 9% 10 4 40% 9 4 44% 12
1959 24 MLN NL 256 32% 54 4 0 0 0 1.18 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 0 6 3 50% 53 8 15% 23 7 30% 147 15 10% 12 6 50% 8 3 38% 18
1960 25 MLN NL 151 49% 38 7 2 0 1 2.04 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 14 4 29% 75 8 11% 8 4 50% 8 4 50% 9
1961 26 MLN NL 103 46% 20 5 0 0 0 1.56 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 4 1 25% 48 4 8% 2 1 50% 4 2 50% 2
1962 27 NYM NL 518 27% 128 17 3 1 2 1.68 11 0 16 10 1 5 6 0 6 3 50% 114 11 10% 54 24 44% 345 53 15% 31 16 52% 27 13 48% 0
1963 28 BOS AL 198 27% 56 16 2 0 0 1.22 6 0 4 3 3 2 4 0 2 0 0% 31 5 16% 9 4 44% 83 9 11% 3 0 0% 7 1 14% 0
1964 29 BOS AL 470 22% 123 25 6 1 3 1.74 30 0 9 20 10 19 11 0 0 0 77 12 16% 24 4 17% 223 34 15% 11 3 27% 19 9 47% 0
1965 30 BOS AL 627 26% 147 1 1 0 0 1.55 18 1 19 15 3 11 7 0 5 3 60% 124 24 19% 50 13 26% 445 79 18% 37 18 49% 43 15 35% 2
1966 31 HOU NL 167 49% 33 38 10 2 5 1.66 6 0 10 4 2 2 4 0 1 1 100% 43 6 14% 19 2 11% 153 18 12% 14 4 29% 13 4 31% 0
11 Seasons 2955 31% 707 132 27 4 12 1.62 89 1 85 59 30 48 41 0 26 18 69% 549 79 14% 233 70 30% 1796 254 14% 135 61 45% 151 61 40% 72
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 21 35 56 53 9 15 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 8 .283 .309 .340 .649 79 18 1 1 1 0 0
1957 22 106 256 235 37 58 10 2 4 24 2 1 15 42 .247 .299 .357 .657 81 84 4 3 2 1 2
1958 23 191 508 461 74 108 15 3 11 43 4 1 35 62 .234 .291 .351 .642 76 162 10 3 6 3 4
1959 24 294 782 712 100 162 20 3 14 62 10 2 51 93 .228 .282 .323 .605 67 230 18 5 9 5 5
1960 25 357 941 860 121 200 27 3 17 73 13 3 58 109 .233 .284 .330 .614 70 284 19 6 10 7 6
1961 26 402 1046 953 134 220 30 3 18 78 14 4 68 125 .231 .285 .325 .610 69 310 21 7 11 7 6
1962 27 543 1564 1419 188 348 47 7 29 137 17 5 105 176 .245 .300 .350 .650 78 496 32 12 14 14 6
1963 28 609 1762 1597 215 404 55 7 35 152 19 6 125 190 .253 .309 .362 .671 84 578 37 12 14 14 7
1964 29 742 2232 2022 284 527 75 8 65 216 19 7 166 236 .261 .320 .402 .722 97 813 49 16 14 14 8
1965 30 892 2861 2556 344 674 92 10 83 308 26 10 245 320 .264 .332 .405 .737 102 1035 73 24 17 19 13
1966 31 969 3027 2707 360 707 97 10 89 330 27 10 256 352 .261 .329 .403 .732 101 1091 79 26 18 20 13

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1956 21 37 59 57 11 17 1 1 0 4 0 1 8 .298 .322 .351 .673 6 35
1957 22 74 213 194 32 49 10 1 5 24 2 16 36 .253 .315 .392 .706 23 71
1958 23 89 264 240 42 55 6 1 8 22 2 22 21 .229 .292 .363 .654 25 85
1959 24 108 288 266 30 60 6 0 3 22 7 18 32 .226 .278 .282 .560 21 103
1960 25 66 169 158 24 43 8 0 3 13 3 8 17 .272 .308 .380 .687 19 63
1961 26 47 110 98 14 22 3 0 1 5 1 11 17 .224 .309 .286 .595 8 45
1962 27 141 515 466 53 128 17 4 11 58 3 37 51 .275 .330 .399 .729 61 141
1963 28 66 201 180 29 58 8 0 6 16 2 21 14 .322 .393 .467 .860 33 66
1964 29 132 468 423 71 123 20 1 30 66 0 41 46 .291 .359 .556 .915 83 133
1965 30 150 635 540 63 153 18 2 19 97 7 82 84 .283 .383 .430 .812 87 150
1966 31 77 168 153 19 35 5 0 6 25 1 12 32 .229 .292 .379 .671 17 77
11 Seasons 987 3090 2775 388 743 102 10 92 352 28 269 358 .268 .336 .411 .747 383 969
162 Game Avg. 162 507 455 64 122 17 2 15 58 5 44 59 .268 .336 .411 .747 63 969

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1965 (2B)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1965 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1965 AL  .374 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  30 (9th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1965 AL  92 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1965 AL  79 (3rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1964 AL  25 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1964 AL  2.5 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1965 AL  234 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1965 AL  8 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1962 NL  7 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1965 AL  24 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 10 (1373), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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