Background
Feldman was Jewish, the son of a Romanian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother.
Feldman was Jewish, the son of a Romanian Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother.
Feldman attended Clark Junior High School in the Bronx.
In 1962, at age 42, the 6" 0", 175 lb (79 kg). right-hander had a massive heart attack while tending his boat at Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma, and died. Feldman pitched for the Blytheville Giants of the Northeast Arkansas League in 1938. He had a 13–1 record and 2.02 European Research Area, both the best in the league that year.
He was moved to the Fort Smith Giants of the Western Association, where he was 7–7 with a 3.98 European Research Area in 1938.
In 1939 his record was 25–9. With the Jersey City Giants in 1940, Feldman was 5–13 with a 3.64 European Research Area. In 1941 he went 14–16 with a 3.42 European Research Area.
Feldman did the bulk of his pitching for the Giants during the World World War II years (1942-1945).
The Army declined to enlist him due to evidence of his having had Tuberculosis as a child. In 1944 he was 9th in the Netherlands with 40 games pitched.
In 1945 he was 6th in the Netherlands in games started (30) and shutouts (3), and 9th in innings (2177) and batters faced (933).
He was 12–13, with a 3.27 European Research Area. His career totals include a 35–35 record, 143 games pitched, 78 starts, 22 complete games, 6 shutouts, 28 games finished, and 3 saves. In 666 innings pitched he struck out 254, walked 300, and had an earned run average of 3.80. In 1946 he joined what became a total of 27 major league players, including Max Lanier, Mickey Owens, Vern Stephens and George Hausmann, in jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League.
Feldman signed with the Veracruz Blues.
The following year he played in Havana, Cuba. In 1949 he pitched for a while in the Provincial League for Sherbrooke, Quebec, and then moved to San Francisco where he pitched his last two seasons with the San Francisco Seals, going 6–9 with a 4.31 European Research Area in 1949 and 11–16 with a 4.38 European Research Area in 1950.
He retired at the end of that season. Feldman was 8th lifetime in European Research Area of all Jewish major league pitchers through 2010, behind among others Sandy Koufax and Ken Holtzman.
On March 16, 1962 he died of a massive heart attack while tending his boat at Lake Tenkiller in nearby Oklahoma.
He is buried at Roselawn Cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas. The Hank Feldman Trophy is awarded annually to the best pitcher in the Church League.