Felix Juan "Felo" Maldonado (May 24, 1938 – June 12, 2010)[1] was a scout and player development official for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball.
In 1956, he became the first Puerto Rican high school student to run the 800m in less than two minutos, and second only to Olympic medal-winner George Kerr.
[2] Maldonado's entry into professional baseball occurred in 1958 when Pedrin Zorrilla signed him with the Santurce Crabbers.
[4] From 1971 to 1988, Maldonado spent 18 years as an amateur scout for the Red Sox in his native Puerto Rico.
From 1996 to 2002, he was an instructor and Latin American coordinator of instruction for Boston's minor league system and became a player development consultant in 2003.