Career highlights (through 2015)

• Selected by the Texas Rangers in the 30th round of the 2003 draft (886th overall)
• Struck out 2 of the 3 batters he faced in his MLB debut, with the Texas Rangers (2005)
• Tied major-league record for most road victories in a season, with 12 (2009)
• Suspended 6 games for a fight with Los Angeles Angels second baseman Adam Kennedy (2006)

Career bests, by statistic (full seasons)

• ERA: 3.74 (2014)
• Wins: 17 (2009)
• Quality starts: 20 (2014)
• Holds: 7 (2006) — Fangraphs
• Strikeouts: 113 (2009)
• K/9 innings: 7.0 (2012)
• K/BB ratio: 3.00 (2006, 2012)
• BB/9 innings: 2.8 (2011)
• Opponent AVG: .216 (2011) — ESPN.com
• Opponent OBP: .287 (2011) — ESPN.com

2015 highlights

• Struck out 10 batters in 6.2 innings (5/16/2015)

2014 highlights

• Recorded career-best 3.74 ERA
• Of 29 games started, 20 were quality starts, meaning he completed at least six innings while allowing no more than 3 earned runs
• Earned the second complete-game shutout of his career, a three-hitter over his former Texas Rangers teammates (8/30/2014)
• Pitched in same game as teammate Josh Zeid four times (6/18, 6/24, 7/5, and 7/24)
• Had 18 putouts, tied for fourth in the A.L.

2013 highlights

• Of 30 games started, 17 were quality starts
• Held hitters to a career-best 3.86 ERA
• Held opposing teams to a .234 batting average, second-lowest figure of his career
• Led the Baltimore Orioles to a 4-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox in a complete-game shutout, the first shutout of his career (9/6/2013)
• Struck out a career-best 12 batters in the first complete game of his career, the Chicago Cubs’ 6-2 win over the San Diego Padres (5/1/2013)

2012 highlights

• Hit career high in strikeouts per nine innings, and matched career high in walks vs. strikeouts
• Gave up fewest walks per nine innings (2.3) since 2006, when he yielded 2.2
• Was traded to Chicago Cubs after season ended

2011 highlights

• Didn’t play until 7/22/2011 due to off-season surgery on his right knee
• In two starts and nine relief outings, went 2-1 with a 3.94 ERA
• Shut out the Tampa Bay Rays 2-0 on 8/30/2011, scattering two hits and one walk across 6 innings while striking out four batters

2010 highlights

• Was Texas Rangers’ opening-day starter in home game against Toronto Blue Jays. He gave up 5 hits, 3 earned runs,  no walks, and struck out three in a 5-4 victory

2009 highlights

• Began the year in the Texas Rangers’ bullpen before becoming a starter
• Went 5-and-0 in August with a 2.89 ERA
• Had a won-loss record of 17-and-8, versus 6-and-8 in 2008
• 2nd in road wins, AL (12)
• 4th in overall wins, AL (17)
• 6th in won-loss record, AL (.680)
• 7th in home runs allowed per nine innings, AL (0.854)
• Texas Rangers Pitcher of the Year

On being Jewish

• Jewish Major Leaguers’ Pitcher of the Year (Jewish Daily Forward; 12-30-09)
• In 2009, Feldman won more games (17) than any Jewish pitcher had since 1980, when Steve Stone of the Baltimore Orioles went 25-and-7

For more information

• Baseball-Reference page
• Jewish Baseball Museum bio
• Baseball cards