Pedro Feliciano

Infobox MLB player

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width=150
name=Pedro Feliciano
position=Relief Pitcher
team=New York Mets
number=25
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1976|8|25
birthplace=Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
debutdate=September 4
debutyear=2002
debutteam=New York Mets
statyear=July 30, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=13-9
stat2label=Earned Run Average
stat2value=3.38
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=225
teams=
*New York Mets (by|2002-by|2004, by|2006-present)
*Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (NPB) (by|2005)

Pedro Juan Feliciano (born August 25, 1976 in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher with the New York Mets.

Feliciano graduated from Jose S. Algeria High School in Dorado, Puerto Rico. In 1995 he was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 31st round of the amateur draft and began his professional career with the Great Falls Dodgers in the Pioneer League. His progress through the minor leagues was slow and marred by injuries. After four years in the Rookie and Class A leagues, he suffered a shoulder injury in by|1999 which prevented him from playing all season. He returned in by|2000, achieving some success at the AA level, but pitched poorly in his one inning with the AAA Albuquerque Dukes. In by|2001, he again failed in AAA after pitching well in AA. After six years of service in the minor leagues without promotion to the Majors, he became a free agent.

Feliciano signed with the Cincinnati Reds for the by|2002 season, but was traded to the New York Mets in August along with Brady Clark for Shawn Estes. On September 4, 2002, Feliciano finally made his Major League debut pitching two scoreless innings of relief against the Florida Marlins. Since then, he has had mixed success with the Mets, being recalled from and optioned to the AAA Norfolk Tides several times in by|2003 and by|2004. In by|2005, he spent the season with the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League, but returned to the Mets as a left-handed specialist for the by|2006 and by|2007 seasons.

In 2007, he recorded his first career big-league save against the Philadelphia Phillies.

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