| Bob Feller Robert William Andrew Feller (Rapid Robert or Heater from Van Meter) Position: Pitcher
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Born: November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, IA
High School: Van Meter HS (Van Meter, IA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1936.
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Debut: July 19, 1936 (Age 17)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER
Team: Indians 1936-1956
Final Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 14 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1962 (150/160 ballots).
View Bob Feller Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: December 15, 2010 in Cleveland, OH
Buried: Gates Mills - North Cemetery, Gates Mills, OH
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Manders
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| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | |||
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| 1 | 349 | 1 | Apr 19 | CLE | @ | SLB | L,1-5 | GS-2 | L(0-1) | 99 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.28 | -0.003 | 0.11 | 1b start tie | 2b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 2 | 350 | 12 | May 5 | CLE | BOS | W,7-3 | CG | W(1-1) | 15 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.27 | 37 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .57 | 0.174 | 1.66 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a4 | |||||||
| 3 | 351 | 19 | May 15(1) | CLE | @ | CHW | L,0-10 | GS-2 | L(1-2) | 9 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .82 | -0.270 | -2.99 | 1b start tie | 2b 3 out d4 | ||||||
| 4 | 352 | 22 | May 18 | CLE | @ | NYY | L,0-6 | GS-7 | L(1-3) | 2 | 7.0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.30 | 34 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .49 | -0.133 | -2.30 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d6 | ||||||
| 5 | 353 | 32 | May 29(1) | CLE | CHW | L,2-4 | 8-GF | 10 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.82 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .50 | 0.068 | 1.45 | 8t 12- 1 out d2 | 9t end d 2 | |||||||
| June | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 6 | 354 | 36 | Jun 1 | CLE | BOS | L,1-3 | GS-8 | L(1-4) | 2 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.55 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.15 | 0.045 | 1.14 | 1t start tie | 8t 3 out d2 | |||||||
| 7 | 355 | 40 | Jun 5(1) | CLE | PHA | L,0-3 | CG | L(1-5) | 3 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4.19 | 40 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .98 | 0.135 | 1.66 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d3 | |||||||
| 8 | 356 | 46 | Jun 11 | CLE | NYY | L,7-12 | GS-1 | L(1-6) | 5 | 0.1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.08 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.03 | -0.401 | -5.68 | 1t start tie | 1t 1-3 1 out d5 | |||||||
| 9 | 357 | 49 | Jun 14 | CLE | @ | BOS | W,10-5 | CG | W(2-6) | 2 | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .27 | 0.090 | 0.13 | 1b start a 6 | 9b 3 out a5 | ||||||
| 10 | 358 | 54 | Jun 19 | CLE | @ | NYY | W,4-2 | CG(11) | W(3-6) | 4 | 11.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.42 | 39 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | 0.655 | 3.81 | 1b start tie | 11b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 11 | 359 | 59 | Jun 24 | CLE | @ | WSH | W,8-2 | CG | W(4-6) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.10 | 35 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .62 | 0.200 | 2.61 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a6 | ||||||
| 12 | 360 | 64 | Jun 29(2) | CLE | DET | W,8-7 | GS-5 | 4 | 4.2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.71 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.37 | -0.461 | -4.52 | 1t start tie | 5t --- 2 out d5 | ||||||||
| July | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 13 | 361 | 70 | Jul 4(1) | CLE | @ | DET | W,3-2 | GS-7 | W(5-6) | 4 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.52 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.06 | 0.061 | 1.70 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 14 | 362 | 76 | Jul 10 | CLE | @ | SLB | W,7-4 | CG(6) | W(6-6) | 5 | 6.0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4.31 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | -0.001 | -0.67 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out a3 | ||||||
| 15 | 363 | 78 | Jul 15 | CLE | PHA | L,0-8 | GS-6 | L(6-7) | 4 | 5.1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 | 29 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.23 | -0.171 | -2.10 | 1t start tie | 6t 1-3 1 out d4 | |||||||
| 16 | 364 | 81 | Jul 17(2) | CLE | BOS | L,1-2 | 9-GF | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .69 | 0.065 | 0.91 | 9t 1-- 0 out d1 | 9t end d 1 | |||||||
| 17 | 365 | 84 | Jul 20 | CLE | NYY | L,3-7 | GS-3 | L(6-8) | 2 | 2.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.66 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | -0.354 | -3.68 | 1t start tie | 3t 1-- 2 out d4 | |||||||
| 18 | 366 | 87 | Jul 23 | CLE | WSH | W,5-3 | CG | W(7-8) | 2 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.51 | 34 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.45 | 0.126 | 1.66 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a2 | |||||||
| 19 | 367 | 93 | Jul 29(2) | CLE | @ | BOS | W,9-3 | 1-GF | W(8-8) | 5 | 8.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.17 | 34 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .67 | 0.199 | 4.04 | 1b -23 1 out a3 | 9b end a 6 | |||||
| August | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 20 | 368 | 99 | Aug 4(2) | CLE | @ | WSH | W,14-1 | CG | W(9-8) | 5 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 32 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .45 | 0.190 | 3.61 | 1b start a 3 | 9b 3 out a13 | ||||||
| 21 | 369 | 104 | Aug 9 | CLE | SLB | W,9-2 | CG | W(10-8) | 4 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.73 | 35 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .44 | 0.228 | 2.66 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a7 | |||||||
| 22 | 370 | 106 | Aug 11 | CLE | CHW | W,6-5 | 11-GF(12) | W(11-8) | 1 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.67 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 0.282 | 1.04 | 11t --- 0 out tie | 12t end tie | ||||||
| 23 | 371 | 110 | Aug 15 | CLE | DET | W,4-3 | CG(10) | W(12-8) | 3 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 38 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 67 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.47 | -0.035 | 2.18 | 1t start tie | 10t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 24 | 372 | 112 | Aug 17(1) | CLE | @ | SLB | L,6-10 | 7-7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.24 | -0.145 | -0.47 | 7b 1-3 2 out tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 25 | 373 | 116 | Aug 21(1) | CLE | @ | CHW | L,4-5 | GS-1 | 3 | 0.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.84 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.31 | -0.295 | -3.69 | 1b start tie | 1b 1-3 1 out d3 | |||||||
| 26 | 374 | 120 | Aug 25 | CLE | NYY | L,3-6 | GS-7 | L(12-9) | 3 | 7.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.90 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .95 | -0.108 | -0.38 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d2 | |||||||
| 27 | 375 | 124 | Aug 29(1) | CLE | BOS | W,5-2 | CG | W(13-9) | 3 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.79 | 36 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .82 | 0.291 | 2.66 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a3 | |||||||
| September/October | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | Dec | DR | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | HBP | BF | Pit | Str | StL | StS | GB | FB | LD | PU | Unk | GSc | IR | IS | SB | CS | PO | AB | 2B | 3B | IBB | GDP | SF | ROE | WPA | RE24 | Entered | Exited | ||||||
| 28 | 376 | 129 | Sep 3 | CLE | SLB | L,3-4 | CG | L(13-10) | 4 | 9.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.80 | 36 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.48 | -0.353 | 0.66 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 29 | 377 | 134 | Sep 8(2) | CLE | @ | DET | L,1-4 | CG(8) | L(13-11) | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.63 | 30 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .80 | -0.183 | 0.22 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 30 | 378 | 138 | Sep 14 | CLE | @ | PHA | L,1-2 | CG(8) | L(13-12) | 5 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 35 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.14 | 0.143 | 2.10 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 31 | 379 | 140 | Sep 16 | CLE | @ | WSH | L,4-5 | 7-GF(8) | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.53 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.39 | 0.111 | 1.87 | 7b 123 0 out tie | 8b end d 1 | ||||||
| 32 | 380 | 143 | Sep 19 | CLE | @ | NYY | L,0-6 | GS-6 | L(13-13) | 2 | 6.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.56 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.01 | -0.029 | 0.17 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 33 | 381 | 145 | Sep 21 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,6-9 | 5-5 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.55 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.47 | -0.204 | -1.35 | 5b 123 1 out a2 | 5b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 34 | 382 | 147 | Sep 24 | CLE | DET | L,5-8 | GS-6 | L(13-14) | 2 | 5.1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.82 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | -0.363 | -3.82 | 1t start tie | 6t 12- 1 out d1 | |||||||
| 35 | 383 | 152 | Sep 30 | CLE | @ | DET | W,6-4 | CG | W(14-14) | 5 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.83 | 37 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.19 | 0.202 | 0.75 | 1b start a 2 | 9b 3 out a2 | ||||||
| 36 | 384 | 154 | Oct 2 | CLE | @ | DET | W,8-4 | 6-GF | BW(15-14) | 1 | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.75 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 0.253 | 2.46 | 6b 1-3 0 out a1 | 9b end a 4 | |||||
| CLE | 211.0 | 198 | 104 | 88 | 84 | 108 | 18 | 1 | 3.75 | 894 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 9, 10, 15 and 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.34 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 and 14 runs |
| Inn | <-4 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -1 | tie | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4- | 25 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 29 | |||||||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 10+ | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 7
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