Jesús Feliciano (born June 6, 1979) is a Puerto Rican former professional

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and

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. He was most recently the

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for the

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of the

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(MLB). He played in MLB for the

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Professional career

Los Angeles Dodgers

Feliciano was originally picked in the 36th round of the

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by the

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as a draft-and-follow player. He signed in May and debuted as a professional with the short-season

Yakima Bears The Yakima Bears were a minor league baseball team in the northwest United States, located in Yakima, Washington. The Bears competed at the Class A Short Season level as members of the Northwest League from 1990 to 2012. Following the 2012 season ...

that summer. He batted .305 with 26 RBI, and stole 34 bases in 44 attempts in 77 games, finishing four steals behind

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leader

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. Feliciano led the Northwest League in at-bats with 302, outfield putouts with 191, and outfield double plays. In , Feliciano played for the Advanced-A

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and he stole 20 bases in 30 tries. He played for the Class-A Advanced San Bernardino Stampede in and batted .289, stealing 31 bases while being caught 11 times. He fielded .996, leading

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outfielders. Feliciano spent back at Vero Beach and hit .262, stealing 22 bases in 32 attempts. Feliciano again led his league's outfielders in fielding percentage, this time handling 284 chances without an error. Feliciano struggled in playing for the

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, only batting .237 in 100 games. He hit .300 that winter for the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the

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. He began even worse than he had done in the summer of '02, hitting .138 and 4 RBI in 37 games. He was released by Dodgers on May 29.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

He later was signed by the

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where he played in 72 games for the Double-A

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. He also played for

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and in 68 games for the High Class-A

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Washington Nationals

He was signed by the

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organization and played for the

Harrisburg Senators The Harrisburg Senators are a Minor League Baseball team who play in the Eastern League, and are the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. The team is based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and play their home games at FNB Field on Cit ...

. He also spent time with the Oaxaca Warriors in the

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New York Mets

On June 7, 2010, the

selected the contract of the 31-year-old outfielder. He went to

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to play against the

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in a three-game series. He had been leading the

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in hitting with a batting average of .385. On July 12, he was demoted for the return of the injured

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. On August 22, 2010, he was called up from the Triple-A

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to take the place of Rod Barajas. When the Mets traded

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to the Texas Rangers, Jesus was sent down to the Minors again to make room for rookie outfielder

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. On November 5, 2010, Feliciano was sent down to the minors to the Triple-A

, then became a free agent after refusing the minor league assignment.

Tampa Bay Rays

The

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signed Feliciano to a minor league contract on January 19, 2012.

International career

Caribbean Series

In the

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, he played for the Leones de Ponce.

Puerto Rico Winter League

In the 2009–2010 season he played with the

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. In the 2011–2012 season he played with the league champions

Indios de Mayagüez The Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians) are a baseball team in Puerto Rico's Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, in Spanish). Based in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, the ''Indios' ...

World Baseball Classic

He was selected to play on the Puerto Rican national team for the

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, where he was the starting left fielder alongside major leaguers

and

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Coaching career

He joined the

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organization after retiring and replaced

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as hitting coach for the

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in 2014. He was the hitting coach for the

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in 2015. He served as the

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manager in 2016 and 2017. He led his club to the

championship in 2016 and won the 2016 Northwest League Manager of the Year Award. He served as hitting coach for the

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in 2018. Prior to the 2019 season, he was hired by the

as their first base and outfield coach. On December 20, 2020, it was announced that Feliciano would not return to the Angels coaching staff in 2021.

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