Fehlandt Lentini

Fehlandt A. Lentini (born August 12, 1977, in Santa Rosa, California) is a former American professional baseball player who last played as an outfielder with the Long Island Ducks.

While attending Napa Valley College, Lentini was selected in the 41st round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign.

He was one of ten students of Napa Valley College to be selected in the history of the Major League Baseball Draft.

Lentini then transferred to Sonoma State University.

During his first season at Sonoma State in 1998, Lentini batted .309 with 15 stolen bases.

He did not attend the school in 1999 and 2000, returning for the 2001 season, compiling a .427 batting average with 117 hits, 23 doubles, 10 triples and 89 runs.

All of those numbers stand as a single-season Sonoma State records.

Lentini, an outfielder, has played with many different minor and independent league teams over his career, which began in 2001 with the Martinsville Astros of the 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.

The Napa Valley Register described his 2001 campaign with Sonoma State as "perhaps the greatest single season in school history".

Lentini was awarded first-team All-American honors in 2001, as well as being named West Region and California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year.

After completing his 2001 season with Sonoma State University, Lentini was signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent.

In 2001, he played at three different levels of the Astros minor league organization.

First with the rookie-level Martinsville Astros of the Appalachian League, he batted .283 with eight runs scored, 13 hits, one double, one triple, one home run, four runs batted in (RBIs) and 11 stolen bases in 12 games played.

Lentini was then promoted to the Pittsfield Astros, who were member of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League.

With Pittsfield, he batted .346 with 13 runs scored, 18 hits, three doubles, one triple, eight RBIs and eight stolen bases in 15 games played.

His final team in 2001 was the 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 Michigan Battle Cats of the Class-A Midwest League.

On the season, he batted .289 with 41 runs scored, 71 hits, 12 doubles, three triples, one home run, 35 RBIs, 25 stolen bases and 29 walks in 71 games played.

In the field, Lentini played all of his 64 games as an outfielder, committing four errors, eight assists and 93 putouts in 105.

In 2003, he played with two different teams in the Astros organization.

First, with the Class-A Advanced 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.

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.

In 2010, it was announced that Lentini will be inducted into the Sonoma State Athletic Hall of Fame on October 2.

The ceremony will take place in Rohnert Park and the school will also be honoring Ed Beaulac, Patricia Carrillo and Tim Walsh.