Who is the baseball player nicknamed "King Felix"?

The baseball player nicknamed “King Felix” is Félix Hernández, the Venezuelan-American pitcher best known for his career with the Seattle Mariners.

Hernández signed with Seattle as an international prospect and reached the major leagues in 2005. His nickname reflected both his dominance on the mound and his unusually prominent status in Seattle, where he became the franchise’s defining player of the 2010s. He won the American League Cy Young Award in 2010 and was selected as an All-Star six times.

His signature achievement came on August 15, 2012, when he threw a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays. He struck out 12 batters in Seattle’s 1–0 victory, recording the first perfect game in Mariners history and the 23rd recognized perfect game in MLB history at the time.

A common mix-up is confusing Hernández with other famous pitchers named Félix, including Félix Rodríguez. “King Felix” specifically refers to Hernández, whose full name is Félix Abraham Hernández García.