Robert William Andrew Feller (Rapid Robert)

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.
Born: November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, IA
High School: Van Meter (Van Meter, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1936.
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Debut: July 19, 1936
Final Game: September 30, 1956
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (150/160 ballots).
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Manders
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| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||
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| 1936 | 17 | CLE | AL | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.34 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 62.0 | 52 | 29 | 23 | 1 | 47 | 76 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 279 | 154 | 1.597 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 11.0 | 1.62 | ||
| 1937 | 18 | CLE | AL | 9 | 7 | .563 | 3.39 | 26 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 148.2 | 116 | 68 | 56 | 4 | 106 | 150 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 651 | 132 | 1.493 | 7.0 | 0.2 | 6.4 | 9.1 | 1.42 | ||
| 1938 | 19 | CLE | AL | 17 | 11 | .607 | 4.08 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 277.2 | 225 | 136 | 126 | 13 | 208 | 240 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1248 | 114 | 1.559 | 7.3 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 7.8 | 1.15 | AS | |
| 1939 | 20 | CLE | AL | 24 | 9 | .727 | 2.85 | 39 | 35 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 296.2 | 227 | 105 | 94 | 13 | 142 | 246 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 1243 | 154 | 1.244 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 4.3 | 7.5 | 1.73 | AS,MVP-3 | |
| 1940 | 21 | CLE | AL | 27 | 11 | .711 | 2.61 | 43 | 37 | 5 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 320.1 | 245 | 102 | 93 | 13 | 118 | 261 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1304 | 161 | 1.133 | 6.9 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 2.21 | AS,MVP-2 | |
| 1941 | 22 | CLE | AL | 25 | 13 | .658 | 3.15 | 44 | 40 | 4 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 343.0 | 284 | 129 | 120 | 15 | 194 | 260 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1466 | 125 | 1.394 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 6.8 | 1.34 | AS,MVP-3 | |
| 1945 | 26 | CLE | AL | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.50 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 50 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 35 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 300 | 131 | 1.181 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 1.69 | ||
| 1946 | 27 | CLE | AL | 26 | 15 | .634 | 2.18 | 48 | 42 | 5 | 36 | 10 | 4 | 371.1 | 277 | 101 | 90 | 11 | 153 | 348 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1512 | 153 | 1.158 | 6.7 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 2.27 | AS,MVP-6 | |
| 1947 | 28 | CLE | AL | 20 | 11 | .645 | 2.68 | 42 | 37 | 4 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 299.0 | 230 | 97 | 89 | 17 | 127 | 196 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1218 | 130 | 1.194 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 1.54 | AS,MVP-8 | |
| 1948 | 29 | CLE | AL | 19 | 15 | .559 | 3.56 | 44 | 38 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 280.1 | 255 | 123 | 111 | 20 | 116 | 164 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1186 | 114 | 1.323 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 5.3 | 1.41 | AS,MVP-23 | |
| 1949 | 30 | CLE | AL | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.75 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 211.0 | 198 | 104 | 88 | 18 | 84 | 108 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 894 | 106 | 1.336 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 1.29 | ||
| 1950 | 31 | CLE | AL | 16 | 11 | .593 | 3.43 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 247.0 | 230 | 105 | 94 | 20 | 103 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1055 | 127 | 1.348 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 1.16 | AS | |
| 1951 | 32 | CLE | AL | 22 | 8 | .733 | 3.50 | 33 | 32 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 249.2 | 239 | 105 | 97 | 22 | 95 | 111 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1061 | 108 | 1.338 | 8.6 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 1.17 | MVP-5 | |
| 1952 | 33 | CLE | AL | 9 | 13 | .409 | 4.74 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 191.2 | 219 | 124 | 101 | 13 | 83 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 869 | 71 | 1.576 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 0.98 | ||
| 1953 | 34 | CLE | AL | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.59 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 175.2 | 163 | 78 | 70 | 16 | 60 | 60 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 721 | 105 | 1.269 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.00 | ||
| 1954 | 35 | CLE | AL | 13 | 3 | .813 | 3.09 | 19 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 | 127 | 53 | 48 | 13 | 39 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 580 | 119 | 1.186 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 1.51 | ||
| 1955 | 36 | CLE | AL | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.47 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 83.0 | 71 | 43 | 32 | 7 | 31 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 340 | 115 | 1.229 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 0.81 | |
| 1956 | 37 | CLE | AL | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.97 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 58.0 | 63 | 34 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 253 | 85 | 1.483 | 9.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 0.78 | |
| 18 Seasons | 266 | 162 | .621 | 3.25 | 570 | 484 | 52 | 279 | 44 | 21 | 3827.0 | 3271 | 1557 | 1384 | 224 | 1764 | 6 | 2581 | 60 | 13 | 75 | 16180 | 122 | 1.316 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.46 | ||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 17 | 10 | .621 | 3.25 | 37 | 31 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 247 | 211 | 100 | 89 | 14 | 114 | 167 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1044 | 122 | 1.316 | 7.7 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 6.1 | 1.46 | |||||
| W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | Awards | |||||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | Pos | Awards | |||||
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| 1936 | 17 | CLE | AL | 14 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .136 | .136 | .136 | .273 | -33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1937 | 18 | CLE | AL | 26 | 56 | 53 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | .170 | .214 | .226 | .441 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1938 | 19 | CLE | AL | 39 | 114 | 94 | 6 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 32 | .181 | .267 | .234 | .501 | 27 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 1 | AS | |||
| 1939 | 20 | CLE | AL | 39 | 120 | 99 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 | .212 | .316 | .283 | .599 | 56 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | AS,MVP-3 | ||
| 1940 | 21 | CLE | AL | 43 | 129 | 115 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 45 | .157 | .211 | .270 | .481 | 25 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | AS,MVP-2 | ||
| 1941 | 22 | CLE | AL | 44 | 139 | 120 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 44 | .150 | .209 | .250 | .459 | 24 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | AS,MVP-3 | ||
| 1945 | 26 | CLE | AL | 9 | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | .160 | .250 | .160 | .410 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | /1 | |||
| 1946 | 27 | CLE | AL | 48 | 141 | 124 | 9 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 49 | .129 | .188 | .153 | .341 | -1 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | AS,MVP-6 | ||
| 1947 | 28 | CLE | AL | 42 | 114 | 98 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 38 | .184 | .245 | .255 | .500 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | AS,MVP-8 | ||
| 1948 | 29 | CLE | AL | 44 | 106 | 95 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39 | .095 | .113 | .116 | .229 | -38 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | AS,MVP-23 | ||
| 1949 | 30 | CLE | AL | 36 | 81 | 72 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | .236 | .257 | .375 | .632 | 68 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||
| 1950 | 31 | CLE | AL | 35 | 96 | 83 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 33 | .120 | .170 | .217 | .387 | -0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | AS | ||
| 1951 | 32 | CLE | AL | 33 | 99 | 81 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 36 | .123 | .202 | .136 | .338 | -5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | MVP-5 | ||
| 1952 | 33 | CLE | AL | 30 | 71 | 60 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 31 | .117 | .221 | .200 | .421 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1953 | 34 | CLE | AL | 25 | 70 | 56 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 23 | .107 | .194 | .125 | .319 | -12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||
| 1954 | 35 | CLE | AL | 19 | 55 | 48 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 | .188 | .250 | .208 | .458 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 1955 | 36 | CLE | AL | 25 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .048 | .091 | .048 | .139 | -62 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1956 | 37 | CLE | AL | 19 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .059 | .000 | .059 | -83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 18 Seasons | 570 | 1485 | 1282 | 99 | 193 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 99 | 1 | 2 | 100 | 505 | .151 | .214 | .211 | .425 | 15 | 271 | 15 | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 162 Game Avg. | 162 | 422 | 364 | 28 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 144 | .151 | .214 | .211 | .425 | 15 | 77 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||
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| Year | Tm | Lg | Age | Pos | G | GS | Inn | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | lgFld% | lgRF9 | lgRFG | Awards |
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| 1936 | CLE | AL | 17 | P | 14 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.36 | .960 | 1.04 | |||||
| 1937 | CLE | AL | 18 | P | 26 | 29 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 1 | .931 | 1.04 | .955 | 1.09 | |||||
| 1938 | CLE | AL | 19 | P | 39 | 48 | 8 | 37 | 3 | 1 | .938 | 1.15 | .952 | 1.12 | AS | ||||
| 1939 | CLE | AL | 20 | P | 39 | 55 | 8 | 44 | 3 | 2 | .945 | 1.33 | .951 | 0.98 | AS,MVP-3 | ||||
| 1940 | CLE | AL | 21 | P | 43 | 41 | 5 | 34 | 2 | 2 | .951 | 0.91 | .956 | 1.05 | AS,MVP-2 | ||||
| 1941 | CLE | AL | 22 | P | 44 | 63 | 12 | 50 | 1 | 1 | .984 | 1.41 | .959 | 1.16 | AS,MVP-3 | ||||
| 1945 | CLE | AL | 26 | P | 9 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.22 | .955 | 1.28 | |||||
| 1946 | CLE | AL | 27 | P | 48 | 61 | 13 | 47 | 1 | 2 | .984 | 1.25 | .949 | 1.01 | AS,MVP-6 | ||||
| 1947 | CLE | AL | 28 | P | 42 | 68 | 17 | 50 | 1 | 2 | .985 | 1.60 | .953 | 0.95 | AS,MVP-8 | ||||
| 1948 | CLE | AL | 29 | P | 44 | 57 | 16 | 39 | 2 | 1 | .965 | 1.25 | .963 | 0.91 | AS,MVP-23 | ||||
| 1949 | CLE | AL | 30 | P | 36 | 32 | 12 | 19 | 1 | 2 | .969 | 0.86 | .962 | 1.01 | |||||
| 1950 | CLE | AL | 31 | P | 35 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 0.89 | .948 | 0.96 | AS | ||||
| 1951 | CLE | AL | 32 | P | 33 | 40 | 6 | 32 | 2 | 2 | .950 | 1.15 | .952 | 0.99 | MVP-5 | ||||
| 1952 | CLE | AL | 33 | P | 30 | 50 | 13 | 34 | 3 | 1 | .940 | 1.57 | .966 | 1.03 | |||||
| 1953 | CLE | AL | 34 | P | 25 | 41 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 1.64 | .956 | 0.88 | |||||
| 1954 | CLE | AL | 35 | P | 19 | 19 | 140.0 | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.41 | 1.16 | .959 | 2.01 | 0.93 | |
| 1955 | CLE | AL | 36 | P | 25 | 11 | 83.0 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 2 | .813 | 1.41 | 0.52 | .962 | 2.00 | 0.83 | |
| 1956 | CLE | AL | 37 | P | 19 | 4 | 58.0 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 1.55 | 0.53 | .955 | 1.92 | 0.82 | |
| 18 Seasons | P | 570 | 34 | 281.0 | 681 | 146 | 510 | 25 | 28 | .963 | 21.01 | 1.15 | .956 | 1.99 | 1.00 | ||||
| 18 Seasons | TOT | 570 | 34 | 281.0 | 681 | 146 | 510 | 25 | 28 | .963 | 21.01 | 1.15 | .919 | 1.99 | 1.00 | ||||
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| Black Ink | Pitching - 98 (8), Average HOFer ≈ 40 |
| Gray Ink | Pitching - 232 (28), Average HOFer ≈ 185 |
| Hall of Fame Monitor | Pitching - 180 (27), Likely HOFer ≈ 100 |
| Hall of Fame Standards | Pitching - 51 (34), Average HOFer ≈ 50 |
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Before 1936 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.
January 9, 1957: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
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