Fehlandt Lentini

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Fehlandt Lentini
Runs batted in
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Career highlights and awards

Fehlandt A. Lentini (born August 12, 1977, in

rookie-level Appalachian League. He attended Sonoma State University and from there, was signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent. In the Astros organization, he played with six different teams from 2001 to 2003. During the 2004 season, Lentini began his tenure in the independent league circuit, signing with the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League
. That season, was named a league all-star.

From 2006 to 2008, Lentini was selected to play in the Northern League All-Star Game as a member of the Winnipeg Goldeyes. After joining the Golden Baseball League in 2009, he was chosen to play in the season's all-star game. Also in 2009 Lentini, as a member of the Calgary Vipers, was named the Golden Baseball League's Player of the Week for June 1 to 7. The Vipers won the league championship that season. In October 2010, his alma mater, Sonoma State University, will induct him into the Sonoma State Athletic Hall of Fame.

Aside from his time as a player, Lentini is notable for his tenure as manager of the Sonoma Stompers, chronicled in the book The Only Rule Is It Has To Work.[1]

Amateur career

While attending

Rohnert Park and the school will also be honoring Ed Beaulac, Patricia Carrillo and Tim Walsh.[5]

Professional career

Houston Astros organization (2001–2003)

After completing his 2001 season with

Class-A Lexington Legends of the South Atlantic League. In 29 games with the Legends, Lentini batted .295 with 27 runs scored, 36 hits, 11 doubles, two triples, one home run, 21 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. Combined between the three clubs that season, Lentini batted .305 with 48 runs scored, 67 hits, 15 doubles, four triples, two home runs, 33 RBIs and 29 stolen bases in 56 games played. On defense, played all of his 54 games in the outfield, committing no errors, seven assists and 78 putouts
.

Lentini spent the entire 2002 season with the

Salem Avalanche of the Carolina League, he batted .279 with 45 runs scored, 103 hits, 21 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 48 RBIs and 19 stolen bases in 100 games played. Lentini's second team that season were the Round Rock Express of the Double-A Texas League
. With Round Rock, he batted .217 with four runs scored, five hits, one double, one triple and one RBI in 17 games played. Combined between the two teams, he batted .276 with 108 hits, 22 doubles, five triples, three home runs and 49 RBIs in 117 games played. On defense between the two clubs, Lentini played 78 games in the outfield, committing two errors, eight assists and 151 putouts. The 2003 season would be his last in affiliated minor league baseball.

Kalamazoo Kings (2004)

In 2004, at the age of 26, Lentini began his career in

sacrifice flies (9).[8] During the next season, he signed with the Sioux Falls team, but was released before the start of the season.[9]

Calgary Vipers and Gary Southshore Railcats (2005)

Before the 2005 season, Lentini signed with the

at-bats (383).[13] Before the 2006 season, the Railcats re-signed Lentini.[14]

Winnipeg Goldeyes (2006–2008)

Before the 2006 season, the Gary Southshore Railcats traded Lentini to the

rain delay.[18] During the season, he batted .321 with 86 runs scored, 130 hits, 36 doubles, seven triples, 10 home runs, 54 RBIs and 42 stolen bases in 92 games played. He led the league in at-bats (405) and stolen bases, was second in runs scored and triples, fourth in total bases (210), and sixth in hits.[19]

Lentini started the 2008 season with the Potros de Tijuana of the Triple-A Mexican League. After just 10 games, he batted .268 with four runs scored, 11 hits, four doubles and five RBIs. Tijuana then released him.[20] Scheduled to return to Winnipeg for the start of the Northern League season, Lentini was forced to stay in Mexico until Potros de Tijuana paid him his salary.[20] He later returned to the Winnipeg Goldeyes in time for the start of the 2008 Northern League campaign. For the third straight season, Lentini was selected to play in the Northern League All-Star Game.[15] With the Goldeyes that season, Lentini batted .298 with 71 runs scored, 125 hits, 27 doubles, eight triples, nine home runs, 39 RBIs and 37 stolen bases in 96 games played. Between the two clubs he played for in 2007, Lentini batted .295 with 75 runs scored, 136 hits, 31 doubles, eight triples, nine home runs, 44 RBIs and 38 stolen bases 106 games played. In the field between the two teams, he played all 106 games as an outfielder, committing 11 errors, four assists and 224 putouts. Lentini led the league that season in at-bats (451), triples and stolen basesp; was second in plate appearances (451) and hits; third in runs scored; and tied for seventh in doubles.[21]

Calgary Vipers, second tenure (2009)

Lentini began the 2009 season with the

home run derby.[24] Lentini was the leadoff hitter in the all-star game.[24] During his first at-bat of that game, he hit a home run off of South pitcher José Lima.[24][25] On the season with the Vipers, Lentini batted .366 with 98 runs scored, 122 hits, 33 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 57 RBIs and 33 stolen bases in 74 games played.[4] The Vipers won the Golden Baseball League championship that season.[26]

Na Koa Ikaika Maui (2010)

On February 24, 2010, Lentini signed with the Na Koa Ikaika Maui, who like his last team were members of the Golden Baseball League.[22] On his 33rd birthday, Lentini hit his tenth home run of the season.[27] On the season, he batted .299 with 70 runs scored, 86 hits, 24 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs, 30 RBIs and 28 walks in 74 games played.[26] Lentini also pitched a game, giving-up two hits and no runs in one inning pitched.[26] During the Golden Baseball League playoffs, he batted .303 with 10 runs scored, 10 hits, four doubles, one triple and two RBIs in eight games played.[26]

Amarillo Sox and Winnipeg Goldeyes (2011)

Lentini signed with the

American Association for the 2011 season. Over 71 games for the Sox, Lentini hit .324 with four home runs, seven triples and 30 doubles while driving in 56 runs. Lentini finished the season with the Winnipeg Goldeyes
after signing with them in early August.

Lancaster Barnstomers (2012)

In 2012, Lentini made his

Lancaster Barnstormers. Lentini would log 136 games played with Barnstormers, where he placed among many of the Atlantic League league leaders. The Santa Rosa native led the Atlantic League in runs scored (98), at bats (539) and plate appearances (583). Lentini placed second in runs batted (92), third in doubles (36)and stolen bases (32). He also placed fifth in batting with a .319 average. With the Barnstormers, he also hit a career high 19 home runs. Lentini was also named 2012 Atlantic League All-Star game Most Valuable player after going two-for-threewith a walk and scoring the winning run when the Freedom Division ralied for six runs in the ninth inning to beat the Liberty Division 9–5.[28]

Winnipeg Goldeyes (2013)

Lentini would return to the Goldeyes in 2013 where he would play 97 games holding a .271 average while hitting seven home runs, 26 doubles and driving in 45 runs.

Long Island Ducks (2014)

In 2014, Lentini would make his Long Island Ducks debut where he would lead the Atlantic League in plate appearances (649) and at bats (593). The 36-year-old would place second in hits (172) and (46)stolen bases with a perfect 46-for-46 ratio. He also placed third in games played (137), runs scored (96) and fourth in doubles with (36).

Sonoma Stompers (2015)

On February 15, Lentini was named player manager of the Sonoma Stompers of the Pacific Association.[29] After winning the first half of the season, Lentini was let go. Lentini logged 32 games played with the Stompers and a .289 average while driving in 27 runs and scoring 26 of his own.

Return to Long Island Ducks (2015-2017)

In late July, Lentini signed with the Ducks for the remainder of the 2015 season. In 48 games played, Lentini batted .291 with 21 rbis in 213 at bats.

In 2016, Lentini led the Atlantic League with (630) plate appearances, (571) at bats, (179) hits, runs (108), (42) doubles and tied for first with (140) games played. He'd also place top five in total bases (260), runs batted in (85), stolen bases (51), hit by pitches (10) and triples (6). On July 13, Lentini would play for the Liberty Division for the 2016 ALPB All-Star game, and nearly winning the league’s MVP award

In the 2017 season, Lentini was inserted as the starting right fielder and remained so for the first half of the season but was unable to repeat last years success and struggled batting .234 with three home runs and 15 runs batted in with 28 steals in 69 games played before being benched for younger players. Accustomed to starting and playing everyday, Lentini immediately demanded a trade or release in order find a starting job elsewhere. The Ducks refused and instead placed him on the teams inactive list. Lentini then went to the ballpark before the Ducks next home game and handed out fliers to fans asking them to demand his release. This resulted in his immediate suspension from the Ducks and the Atlantic League. He has not played professionally in any league since.

Foreign Leagues

Lentini spent five seasons playing in the

Venezuelan Winter League
. Over 107 games in the combined three leagues, Lentini batted .279 with 51 runs batted in, 59 runs scored, 26 doubles, 10 triples, four home runs and 16 stolen bases.

Career milestones

Over 17 professional seasons, Lentini had 2,111 hits, 486 doubles, 97 triples, 134 home runs and 916 runs batted in. In 1,713 career games played, Lentini held a .303 average and had 576 stolen bases with a career stolen base percentage of 84.2%.

Coaching

From 2018 to 2021, Lentini was the hitting and bench coach for the

Medicine Hat Mavericks of the Western Canadian Baseball League
.

Personal life

Lentini was born on August 12, 1977, in

rap album.[26]

References

General references
  1. "Fehlandt Lentini Minor League Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
Inline citations
  1. ^ ""The Only Rule is It Has to Work" is Effectively Wild". 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ "41st Round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  3. ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Napa Valley JC (Napa, CA)"". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b c "Fehlandt Lentini Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i James, Marty (9 September 2010). "Gibson gets the start for Seahawks in NFL opener against 49ers". Napa Valley Register. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Fehlandt Lentini Awards". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  7. ^ "2004 Frontier League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  8. ^ "2004 Kalamazoo Kings". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  9. ^ a b c Wazny, Adam. "Lentini time for the Fish". Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  10. ^ a b Wazny, Adam. "'Cats pulls off major trade". Slam! Sports. Canoe, Inc. Archived from the original on January 15, 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ a b "RailCats Lentini Wins Northern League Player of the Week Award". OurSports Central. 30 August 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  12. ^ "Railcats finish season as second half co-champions of the Northern League". OurSports Central. 4 September 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  13. ^ "2005 Northern League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  14. ^ "RailCats Retain Rights to 23 Players; Samuels Becomes Free Agent". OurSports Central. 2 November 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
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  17. ^ a b "Top 10 Batting". Northern League. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  18. ^ Wazny, Adam (23 May 2007). "Lentini hobbled: Hoops horse play leads to twisted ankle for Goldeyes centre-fielder". Sun Media. Slam! Sports. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  19. ^ "2007 Northern League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  20. ^ a b Cariou, Chris (5 April 2008). "Lentini glad to trade Mexico for Fish". Winnipeg Free Press. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 15 September 2010. [dead link]
  21. ^ "2008 Northern League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  22. ^ a b "Transactions". Golden Baseball League. Archived from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  23. ^ "Fehlandt Lentini Named GBL Player of the Week". OurSports Central. 11 June 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  24. ^ a b c "North Wins GBL All-Star Game as Two Players are Signed by MLB Teams". OurSports Central. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  25. ^ Weiler, Ron (14 July 2009). "North wins GBL All-Star game, Scorps have good showing". YumaSun.com. Freedom Communications, Inc. Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  26. ^ a b c d e f "#24 Fehlandt Lentini – Player Profile". Na Koa Ikaika Maui. Na Koa Ikaika Maui. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  27. ^ Collias, Robert (13 August 2010). "Brandt picks up 10th win as Maui downs Yuma 6-1". The Maui News. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  28. ^ "Lentini Atlantic League All-Star MVP". lancasteronline.com. 12 July 2012.
  29. ^ "Stompers Sign Fehlandt Lentini as player-manager". stompersbaseball.com. 19 February 2015.

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