Felton holds some of the most dubious pitching records in Major League Baseball (MLB) history, including the most consecutive losses to start a career, most career losses without a win (16)[1][2]: 32  and most innings pitched without a win (138.1).

[3] He was released by the Twins after the 1982 season in which he went 0–13, the last time an MLB pitcher had zero wins and at least twelve losses.

Felton was also the Minor League Baseball record holder for the most career wins (33) with the Toledo Mud Hens, until broken by Shane Loux in 2004.

[6] Felton became a detective and later a captain in the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office.

He made minor headlines in July 2004, when his two-year-old daughter was attacked by the family Rottweiler.