Félix José Fermín Minaya (born October 9, 1963) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1987–1988), Cleveland Indians (1989–1993), Seattle Mariners (1994–1995) and Chicago Cubs (1996).
On August 22, 1989, Fermin tied an 87-year-old MLB record with four sacrifice hits in one game against the Seattle Mariners.
[1] Along with Reggie Jefferson and cash, Fermín was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Omar Vizquel before the 1994 season.
On June 19, 2023, Fermín was named the manager of the Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, held in El Salvador.
[4] The Dominican Republic finished fourth, good enough to qualify for the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile.