| Bob Feller Robert William Andrew Feller (Rapid Robert or Heater from Van Meter) Position: Pitcher |
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 | 385 | 3 | Apr 22 | CLE | @ | SLB | W,6-2 | CG | W(1-0) | 99 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 36 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .72 | 0.309 | 3.34 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a4 | ||||||
| 2 | 386 | 6 | Apr 28 | CLE | @ | DET | W,6-1 | CG | W(2-0) | 5 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 38 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.30 | 0.476 | 4.28 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a5 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 3 | 387 | 9 | May 3 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,2-7 | GS-6 | L(2-1) | 4 | 5.1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.47 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .95 | -0.203 | -3.27 | 1b start tie | 6b 12- 1 out d5 | ||||||
| 4 | 388 | 14 | May 8 | CLE | @ | WSH | L,2-4 | GS-6 | L(2-2) | 4 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.68 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .91 | -0.113 | -0.75 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d4 | ||||||
| 5 | 389 | 19 | May 13 | CLE | CHW | W,6-2 | GS-7 | 4 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.47 | 28 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.160 | 1.83 | 1t start tie | 7t 3 out d1 | ||||||||
| 6 | 390 | 23 | May 17 | CLE | PHA | L,5-7 | GS-6 | 3 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3.61 | 25 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .81 | -0.124 | -0.72 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d4 | ||||||||
| 7 | 391 | 28 | May 21(2) | CLE | NYY | L,4-12 | GS-6 | L(2-3) | 3 | 6.0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 29 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.13 | -0.163 | -0.72 | 1t start tie | 6t 3 out d2 | |||||||
| 8 | 392 | 32 | May 26 | CLE | @ | CHW | W,2-1 | CG | W(3-3) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.30 | 34 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.51 | 0.608 | 3.98 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 9 | 393 | 38 | Jun 2 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,5-11 | GS-1 | L(3-4) | 6 | 0.2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.39 | -0.365 | -5.88 | 1b start tie | 1b 12- 2 out d6 | ||||||
| 10 | 394 | 41 | Jun 5 | CLE | @ | NYY | W,3-2 | CG | W(4-4) | 2 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.49 | 36 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.46 | 0.628 | 2.98 | 1b start a 1 | 9b 3 out a1 | ||||||
| 11 | 395 | 45 | Jun 9 | CLE | @ | WSH | W,8-7 | GS-6 | W(5-4) | 3 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.70 | 27 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.02 | -0.155 | -0.75 | 1b start a 1 | 6b 3 out d2 | ||||||
| 12 | 396 | 49 | Jun 13 | CLE | BOS | L,1-8 | GS-8 | L(5-5) | 3 | 7.1 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 38 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .84 | -0.162 | -3.08 | 1t start tie | 8t -23 1 out d5 | |||||||
| 13 | 397 | 54 | Jun 18(1) | CLE | PHA | W,7-0 | SHO | W(6-5) | 4 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.83 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .59 | 0.279 | 4.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a7 | |||||||
| 14 | 398 | 58 | Jun 22 | CLE | NYY | W,6-2 | CG | W(7-5) | 3 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3.66 | 36 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.22 | 0.270 | 2.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a4 | |||||||
| 15 | 399 | 63 | Jun 27 | CLE | @ | SLB | L,3-4 | CG(8) | L(7-6) | 4 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3.72 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.09 | -0.130 | 0.75 | 1b start tie | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 16 | 400 | 69 | Jul 2(2) | CLE | DET | W,5-3 | GS-9 | W(8-6) | 4 | 8.1 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3.69 | 35 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .96 | 0.049 | 0.96 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 1 out a2 | |||||||
| 17 | 401 | 75 | Jul 7 | CLE | @ | DET | L,2-5 | GS-6 | L(8-7) | 4 | 6.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.88 | 29 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .74 | -0.178 | -1.48 | 1b start tie | 6b 3 out d3 | ||||||
| 18 | 402 | 80 | Jul 15 | CLE | @ | NYY | L,3-4 | GS-9 | 7 | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.82 | 42 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.48 | 0.357 | 1.98 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out tie | |||||||
| 19 | 403 | 86 | Jul 19 | CLE | @ | PHA | W,4-0 | SHO | W(9-7) | 3 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 32 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .95 | 0.516 | 5.03 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a4 | ||||||
| 20 | 404 | 91 | Jul 25 | CLE | PHA | W,7-6 | GS-9 | W(10-7) | 5 | 8.1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.73 | 40 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .99 | -0.014 | -1.04 | 1t start tie | 9t 12- 1 out a2 | |||||||
| 21 | 405 | 96 | Jul 30(1) | CLE | BOS | W,6-5 | GS-8 | 4 | 7.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.08 | -0.106 | -0.57 | 1t start tie | 8t 1-- 0 out a1 | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 22 | 406 | 100 | Aug 4 | CLE | NYY | L,0-1 | CG | L(10-8) | 4 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.70 | 37 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.366 | 3.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 23 | 407 | 103 | Aug 9(1) | CLE | @ | SLB | W,4-3 | GS-5 | 4 | 4.2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | -0.003 | 0.41 | 1b start a 2 | 5b 1-3 2 out tie | |||||||
| 24 | 408 | 108 | Aug 13(1) | CLE | @ | CHW | W,5-2 | GS-7 | W(11-8) | 3 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3.61 | 27 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .92 | 0.248 | 2.88 | 1b start tie | 7b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| 25 | 409 | 114 | Aug 17 | CLE | SLB | W,5-4 | GS-6 | 3 | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | -0.211 | -1.35 | 1t start tie | 6t 123 1 out tie | ||||||||
| 26 | 410 | 118 | Aug 22 | CLE | @ | WSH | W,5-1 | CG | W(12-8) | 4 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.57 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .92 | 0.298 | 3.87 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a4 | ||||||
| 27 | 411 | 123 | Aug 27 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,9-11 | GS-3 | 4 | 2.1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.76 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .88 | -0.185 | -3.75 | 1b start tie | 3b 1-- 1 out a2 | |||||||
| 28 | 412 | 124 | Aug 28 | CLE | @ | BOS | L,14-15 | 6-8 | BL(12-9) | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.36 | -0.262 | -0.75 | 6b 1-- 0 out a1 | 8b --3 1 out tie | |||||
| 29 | 413 | 126 | Aug 30(1) | CLE | @ | NYY | L,3-4 | CG(8) | L(12-10) | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.88 | 37 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.53 | -0.098 | 0.43 | 1b start a 2 | 8b 3 out d1 | ||||||
| September | 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 | ||||||
| 30 | 414 | 130 | Sep 3 | CLE | @ | SLB | W,8-1 | CG | W(13-10) | 3 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.72 | 35 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .38 | 0.206 | 4.34 | 1b start tie | 9b 3 out a7 | ||||||
| 31 | 415 | 135 | Sep 7 | CLE | @ | DET | T,13-13 | GS-1 | 3 | 0.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.88 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .53 | -0.165 | -3.42 | 1b start a 7 | 1b --3 1 out a4 | |||||||
| 32 | 416 | 139 | Sep 10 | CLE | SLB | L,1-2 | CG | L(13-11) | 2 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.76 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.01 | 0.237 | 2.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out d1 | |||||||
| 33 | 417 | 144 | Sep 16 | CLE | WSH | W,5-1 | CG | W(14-11) | 5 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .92 | 0.297 | 3.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a4 | |||||||
| 34 | 418 | 148 | Sep 22 | CLE | DET | W,4-3 | CG | W(15-11) | 5 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3.59 | 37 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | 0.136 | 1.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out tie | |||||||
| 35 | 419 | 152 | Sep 27 | CLE | CHW | W,7-0 | SHO | W(16-11) | 4 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3.46 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .51 | 0.322 | 4.92 | 1t start tie | 9t 3 out a7 | |||||||
| CLE | 247.0 | 230 | 105 | 94 | 103 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 3.43 | 1055 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DH | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Other (days rest listed) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 99 days |
| Avg | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Other Game Totals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.82 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 runs |
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