Terry Felton

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Terry Felton

|position=Pitcher

|image=

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1957|10|29}}

|birth_place=Texarkana, Arkansas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 28

|debutyear=1979

|debutteam=Minnesota Twins

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 28

|finalyear=1982

|finalteam=Minnesota Twins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=0–16

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.53

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=108

|teams=

Minnesota Twins ({{mlby|1979}}–{{mlby|1982}})

}}

Terry Lane Felton (born October 29, 1957) is a former pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. Felton holds some of the most dubious pitching records in Major League Baseball (MLB) history, including the most consecutive losses to start a career, most career losses without a win (16){{cite web|title=Player Pitching Season & Career Finder: Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, In the Regular Season, since 1871, requiring Wins = 0 and Losses >= 10, sorted by greatest Losses.|url=https://stathead.com/tiny/hldGt|website=Stathead|access-date=April 14, 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Aschburner |first1=Steve |title=The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly: Minnesota Twins: Heart-Pounding, Jaw-Dropping, and Gut-Wrenching Moments from Minnesota Twins History |date=1 May 2008 |publisher=Triumph Books |isbn=978-1-60078-076-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zMjqAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=en}}{{rp|32}} and most innings pitched without a win (138.1).{{cite web|title=Player Pitching Season & Career Finder: Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, In the Regular Season, since 1871, requiring Wins = 0 and Innings Pitched >= 100, sorted by greatest Outs Pitched.|url=https://stathead.com/tiny/4rAGb|website=Stathead|access-date=April 14, 2021}}

He was released by the Twins after the 1982 season in which he went 0–13, the last time an MLB pitcher had zero wins and at least twelve losses.[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/sports/baseball/clevelands-brantley-succeeds-at-the-plate-with-help-from-his-father.html?_r=0 Kepner, Tyler. "A Paternal Touch Yields a Smooth Swing," The New York Times, Sunday, August 10, 2014.] It’s also the single-season record for most losses without a win by an MLB pitcher. {{Cite web |date=2021-09-02 |title=MLB's undesirable record book: Looking at baseball's worst marks as Orioles avoid historic losing streak |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlbs-undesirable-record-book-looking-at-baseballs-worst-marks-as-orioles-avoid-historic-losing-streak/#:~:text=Let%20us%20continue%20hailing%20Terry,most%20losses%20without%20a%20win |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=CBSSports.com |language=en}} When added to his 0–3 record coming into the season, this gave him a combined lifetime record of 0–16.

Felton was also the Minor League Baseball record holder for the most career wins (33) with the Toledo Mud Hens, until broken by Shane Loux in 2004.{{rp|33}}

Felton married his wife, Jana, a former classmate at Baker High School, in 1981.{{cite news |title=A Record He Never Wanted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/17/sports/a-record-he-never-wanted.html |access-date=4 October 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=17 August 1982}} Felton became a detective and later a captain in the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office. He made minor headlines in July 2004, when his two-year-old daughter was attacked by the family Rottweiler. Felton shot and killed the dog. His daughter is said to have only suffered minor injuries.{{cite news |title=Dog Attack |url=https://www.kplctv.com/story/2112972/dog-attack/ |access-date=7 May 2023 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=KPLC |date=31 July 2004 |language=en}}