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2020 LOS ANGELES ANGELS

FÉLIX PEÑA # 64
BORN: FEB 25, 1990 OPENING DAY AGE: 30
BIRTHPLACE: SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, D.R. RESIDES: SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, D.R.
SIGNED THRU: 2020 MLB SERVICE: 2 YEARS, 79 DAYS
ACQUIRED: FROM CUBS FOR CASH CONSIDERATIONS OR A PTBNL, OCT. 9, 2017

RHP HEIGHT: 6-2 WEIGHT: 220 BATS: R THROWS: R

PEÑA’S LIFETIME PITCHING RECORD
Year Club W-L ERA G GS CG GF SHO SV IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO WP BK BAA
2009— Cubs 2 (DSL) 1-4 3.58 14 6 0 3 0 0 50.1 53 30 20 2 4 15 0 38 7 0 .266
2010— Cubs 1 (DSL) 1-2 1.17 20 1 0 6 0 2 46.1 36 11 6 1 0 9 2 38 3 1 .216
2011— Cubs (AZL) 3-2 6.92 17 0 0 9 0 1 39 48 35 30 8 3 9 0 32 6 1 .296
2012— Peoria 0-0 4 .50 6 0 0 1 0 0 10 9 5 5 1 0 5 0 10 1 0 .237
Boise 4-2 3 .43 15 6 0 1 0 0 63 60 33 24 5 2 22 0 42 4 0 .243
2013— Kane County 4-7 3.92 21 17 1 1 0 1 103.1 102 57 45 5 7 32 0 77 8 0 .257
2014— Daytona 4-6 3 .19 19 19 1 0 0 0 96 88 43 34 6 4 34 0 76 6 0 .240
Tennessee 2-4 7 .48 6 6 0 0 0 0 27 .2 30 23 23 5 2 17 0 26 1 0 .294
2015— Tennessee 7-8 3 .75 25 23 1 1 0 0 129 .2 111 60 54 10 5 49 1 140 12 5 .231
2016— Iowa 3-4 3 .41 36 0 0 10 0 3 63 .1 46 24 24 4 2 23 3 81 1 0 .203
CHICAGO (N.L.) 0-0 4.00 11 0 0 2 0 1 9 5 4 4 1 0 3 1 13 1 0 .156
2017— Iowa 2-1 5 .54 24 0 0 8 0 6 39 42 24 24 6 4 14 3 46 1 0 .280
CHICAGO (N.L.) 1-0 5.24 25 0 0 15 0 0 34.1 35 21 20 8 2 18 1 37 3 0 .259
2018— Salt Lake 1-2 3 .51 10 9 0 0 0 0 33 .1 30 14 13 2 5 16 0 38 1 2 .250
LAA 3-5 4 .18 19 17 0 1 0 0 92 .2 87 45 43 12 4 28 0 85 7 0 .247
2019— LAA 8-3 4 .58 22 7 0 1 0 0 96 .1 80 56 49 16 6 34 0 101 8 0 .219
peÑa
MAJOR TOTALS 12-8 4.49 77 24 0 19 0 1 232.1 207 126 116 37 12 83 2 236 19 0 .234
ANGELS TOTALS 11-8 4.38 41 24 0 2 0 0 189 167 101 92 28 10 62 0 186 15 0 .233
N.L. TOTALS 1-0 4.98 36 0 0 17 0 1 43.1 40 25 24 9 2 21 2 50 4 0 .240
MINOR TOTALS 32-42 3.88 213 87 3 40 0 13 701 655 359 302 55 38 245 9 644 51 9 .247
Disabling Injuries: 2019 — Torn ACL; disabled Aug. 4 - end of season
2019 SEASON
◆ In first full Major League season with Angels, set career highs in wins (led Angels staff), innings pitched and
strikeouts.
◆ Was Angels primary pitcher in 21 of 22 appearances (followed an Opener 14 times + seven starts)...Went 8-1 with
a 4.32 ERA (66.2 IP – 32 ER), 74 strikeouts and 22 walks in games following Openers.
◆ Earned win July 12 vs. Seattle, after tossing final seven innings of Angels combined no-hitter (Taylor Cole pitched
first two innings), allowing just one walk with six strikeouts…The 7.0 IP matched his career high...Longest no-
hit relief appearance in Angels history (previous was 6.1 innings of no-hit relief by Clyde Wright, Aug. 20, 1968
vs. BAL)…11th official no-hitter in Angels history…13th combined no-hitter in Major League history (second by
Angels; also Mark Langston/Mike Witt on April 11, 1990 vs. SEA).
◆ Became first A.L. player to have two games in a season with 7+ strikeouts and zero walks as a reliever since
Baltimore’s Moe Drabowsky in 1966...One of three pitchers since 1908 with four games in a season of 7+
strikeouts in relief, joining Melido Perez (1991 White Sox) and Dick Radatz (1963 Red Sox).
◆ Ranked fourth in Majors (led A.L.) with a .181 (35/193) batting average against right-handers (min. 200 batters
faced)...Was seventh in A.L. (min. 400 batters faced) with a .219 (56/366) batting average against for the season.
MAJOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
2018
◆ Ranked fourth among all Angels pitchers in starts and innings pitched and was sixth in strikeouts.
◆ Began year with Triple-A Salt Lake and pitched primarily as a starter for first time since 2015 season.
◆ Appeared in 10 games (nine starts) for Bees across three stints in Triple-A.
◆ Had two promotions to Angels for one game relief stints Apr. 8 and May 17 before receiving third and final Major
League call-up June 15...Did not allow a run in last 10.2 innings pitched for Salt Lake.
◆ Made first Major League start June 19 vs. Arizona (ND; 4 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO) and remained in Angels rotation
for remainder of season.
◆ In first six starts after joining rotation, pitched to a 2.73 ERA (29.2 IP – 9 ER) and allowed three-or-fewer runs in
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