Felix Mantilla

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Felix Mantilla was an infielder for the Mets in 1962. Normally a third baseman, he also spent time at second base and shortstop. Mantilla had 11 home runs and 59 runs batted in over 141 games with the Mets.

After six seasons with the Milwaukee Braves, Felix led the Mets with a .275 batting average and 7 sacrifice flies in '62. On May 16, he singled in the 11th inning to drive in the winning run for a 6-5 Mets victory over the Cubs at the Polo Grounds. Four days later, he hit a three-run homer (the second of three Mets home runs in a 6-run 7th) in a 9-6 win over the Braves in a doubleheader nightcap at Milwaukee. Mantilla also had two singles, a double, a triple and four RBIs in a game at Los Angeles on May 25.

At the Polo Grounds on July 6, Mantilla had four singles in the Mets' 10-3 win over the Cardinals. He hit a three-run homer off Don Drysdale in the bottom of the first inning of an eventual 5-4 Mets loss to the Dodgers on July 13. In the second game of a twinbill on August 21, Felix had four singles in the Mets' 5-4 triumph over the Pirates at the Polo Grounds.

Mantilla was traded to the Boston Red Sox for Tracy Stallard, Pumpsie Green and Al Moran on December 11, 1962. He played three seasons for the Sox and finished his career with the Houston Astros in 1966.