Terry Felton
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Terry Lane Felton was a pitcher
Pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throwsthe baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the...

 for the Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins
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 from . Felton holds two of the most dubious pitching records in Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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 history: the most consecutive losses to start a career and most career losses without ever being credited with a victory. He was released by the Twins after the 1982 season in which he went 0-13; when added to his 0-3 record coming into the season, this gave him a combined lifetime record of 0-16. However his team did win six of the 55 games in which he played.

Felton was also the Minor League Baseball
Minor league baseball
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 record holder for the most career wins (33) with the Toledo Mud Hens
Toledo Mud Hens
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 until broken by Shane Loux
Shane Loux
Shane A. Loux is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants organization.Loux graduated from Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona after a great prep career....

 in 2004. "He has outstanding stuff, and there is just no way that he is as bad as his 1982 record indicates. Don't give up on him yet." - Brooks Robinson
Brooks Robinson
Brooks Calbert Robinson, Jr. is a former American professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles . Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he is generally acclaimed as the greatest defensive third-basemen in major league history...

. Tony Armas was hitless in nine at bats against Felton.

Felton became a Detective
Detective
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 and later a Captain
Police captain
- France :France uses the rank of capitaine for management duties in both uniformed and plain-clothed policing. The rank comes senior to lieutenant and junior to commandant....

 in the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office (Louisiana). Felton again made minor headlines in July, 2004 when his two year old daughter was attacked by the family rottweiler
Rottweiler
The Rottweiler is a medium to large size breed of domestic dog that originated in Rottweil, Germany. The dogs were known as "Rottweil butchers' dogs" because they were used to herd livestock and pull carts laden with butchered meat and other products to market...

. Her father shot the dog to get the dog off her. The dog died and his daughter is said to have only suffered minor injuries.

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