Bob Feller

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: November 3, 1918 in Van Meter, IA us

Died: December 15, 2010 in Cleveland, OH

Buried: Gates Mills - North Cemetery, Gates Mills, OH

High School: Van Meter HS (Van Meter, IA)

Debut: July 19, 1936 (Age 17-259d, 8,035th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1956 (Age 37-332d)
vs. DET 9.0 IP, 14 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1962. (Voted by BBWAA on 150/160 ballots)
View Bob Feller's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1936 season

Full Name: Robert William Andrew Feller

Nicknames: Rapid Robert or Heater from Van Meter

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Relatives: Cousin of Hal Manders

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

63.4

266

162

ERA

3.25

570

484

3827.0

2581

WHIP

1.316

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Team Record in Appearances: 28-15 / in Starts: 26-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 40, Entered with runners on base: 2

1941 Pitching Game Log

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1941 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	162	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	5	4	4	7	5	0	2	6.00	5.62	30	4	7	1	0	5	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.19	-0.223	2.97	-0.33%	-0.97	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	163	5	Apr 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	3	9.0	6	1	1	6	3	1	0	3.00	5.58	36	7	14	1	4	6	68			0	0	1	29	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.69	0.712	4.49	1.14%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
3	164	8	Apr 23	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	8	2	1	7	8	0	0	2.25	4.74	41	5	13	0	4	8	66			0	0	1	34	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	0.264	2.96	0.43%	2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
4	165	10	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.16	4.58	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.097	3.64	0.17%	0.53	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
5	166	12	Apr 27	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(3-1)	1	9.0	6	1	1	3	5	0	0	1.85	4.08	36	13	9	1	6	6	73			1	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.534	4.34	1.03%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	167	16	May 1	CLE		PHA	W,13-8	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	8	8	8	10	7	2	0	3.14	4.78	43	9	9	1	4	8	36			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.45	0.252	1.64	0.55%	-3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
7	168	20	May 5	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(5-1)	3	9.0	3	1	0	7	12	0	0	2.60	4.38	37	4	11	2	3	3	84			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	0.495	5.62	1.34%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
8	169	24	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-9	GS-4	L(5-2)	3	3.1	8	7	7	4	1	0	0	3.58	4.46	21	2	6	0	0	8	13			0	0	1	17	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.11	-0.567	4.47	-1.37%	-6.04	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d3
9	170	28	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(6-2)	3	10.0	6	1	0	2	9	0	0	3.03	4.02	38	14	8	0	0	5	85			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	1	1.67	0.759	7.72	2.11%	4.27	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
10	171	30	May 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-4	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98	4.00	2	1	1	1	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.00	0.340	27.83	1.14%	1.56	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
11	172	32	May 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-9	GS-7	W(7-2)	1	6.0	10	6	6	7	6	0	0	3.48	4.03	33	5	5	0	2	10	27			1	0	1	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.88	-0.011	5.01	-0.04%	-1.75	1b start a 3	7b 12- 0 out a5
12	173	36	May 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	SHO(11)	W(8-2)	3	11.0	4	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.02	3.83	40	13	14	1	1	4	92			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.847	5.72	2.38%	5.56	1b start tie	11b 3 out a4
13	174	40	May 25	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	13	0	0	2.73	3.51	36	9	5	0	2	7	84			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.73	0.302	3.60	0.89%	4.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
14	175	44	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	SHO	W(10-2)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.49	3.32	32	5	11	0	2	7	80			1	0	1	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.61	0.308	3.42	1.03%	5.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	176	49	Jun 2	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	W(11-2)	3	9.0	7	5	5	4	6	2	0	2.69	3.51	38	7	15	2	2	6	55			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.103	5.15	0.32%	-0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	177	51	Jun 6	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(12-2)	3	9.0	4	0	0	0	11	0	0	2.49	3.27	31	6	10	1	3	4	90			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.653	6.15	1.98%	4.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
17	178	55	Jun 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(13-2)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	6	0	0	2.38	3.21	34	10	11	0	2	4	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.315	4.44	0.94%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	179	57	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-3)	3	7.0	6	4	4	3	5	1	0	2.53	3.28	30	9	7	0	2	6	51			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.152	4.73	-0.62%	-0.31	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
19	180	61	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-2	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	4	2	2	2	8	0	0	2.49	3.18	33	11	9	1	0	3	77			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	.23	0.064	1.20	0.20%	2.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
20	181	65	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	SHO	W(15-3)	3	9.0	7	0	0	1	6	0	0	2.35	3.10	33	6	13	1	2	7	78			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.256	3.01	0.78%	4.55	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
21	182	68	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-8	GS-8	W(16-3)	3	7.2	11	8	8	5	8	2	0	2.68	3.24	38	7	7	0	3	11	28			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.217	6.04	-0.83%	-3.99	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out a2
22	183	72	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-12	GS-7	L(16-4)	3	6.1	6	8	8	6	4	1	0	3.01	3.36	32	4	14	2	6	4	27			0	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.42	-0.370	6.74	-1.06%	-2.79	1b start a 3	7b 123 1 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	184	74	Jul 4(1)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	GS-7		3	6.1	9	6	5	8	10	0	0	3.16	3.36	37	3	8	1	1	8	35			0	0	0	29	1	2	1	0	0	1	1.48	-0.431	6.44	-1.12%	-3.38	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
24	185	78	Jul 10	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	W(17-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	6	3	0	0	3.10	3.40	35	10	10	0	0	6	64			0	0	2	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.56	0.448	6.90	1.19%	2.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
25	186	82	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(18-4)	3	9.0	5	1	1	6	7	0	0	3.01	3.39	37	9	11	0	3	4	74			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.314	3.66	0.72%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
26	187	86	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG(8)	W(19-4)	3	8.0	6	1	1	3	9	0	0	2.93	3.32	33	8	8	1	2	5	72			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.58	0.410	7.32	1.14%	3.05	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
27	188	90	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(19-5)	3	8.0	7	4	4	6	4	1	0	2.99	3.41	36	6	13	2	1	7	50			1	1	0	29	2	0	2	0	0	0	.87	-0.092	3.99	-0.25%	0.22	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	189	94	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(19-6)	3	8.0	11	4	3	6	6	0	0	3.00	3.41	40	8	10	1	3	10	46			1	0	0	33	1	0	1	2	0	1	1.46	-0.171	1.28	-0.09%	0.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
29	190	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-8		3	8.0	9	5	5	3	4	0	1	3.10	3.41	35	11	7	0	1	9	45			0	0	0	31	3	0	2	1	0	0	.95	-0.209	.82	-0.11%	-0.96	1b start a 2	8b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	191	99	Aug 3(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	W(20-6)	3	9.0	3	3	2	7	3	0	0	3.06	3.45	36	8	15	1	5	3	67			0	0	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.23	0.226	.54	0.06%	1.65	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
31	192	103	Aug 7	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG(13)	L(20-7)	3	13.0	13	4	2	11	13	0	0	2.97	3.44	60	11	12	1	5	13	71			3	0	0	48	0	0	4	3	0	2	1.64	0.234	.83	0.07%	2.57	1t start tie	13t 3 out d1
32	193	104	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	10-GF(10)	L(20-8)	1	1.0	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	3.03	3.51	7	1	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.14	-0.408	.72	-0.16%	-1.49	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end d 2
33	194	107	Aug 12(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(20-9)	2	8.0	8	2	2	7	7	0	0	3.00	3.51	36	10	4	0	1	8	58			2	1	0	28	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.01	0.134	.15	0.01%	2.69	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
34	195	110	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	6-GF(10)		1	4.1	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	2.95	3.49	18	7	2	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.68	0.334	.11	0.01%	1.66	6b 12- 2 out tie	10b end tie
35	196	113	Aug 17(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	GS-7	L(20-10)	2	7.0	10	6	6	3	1	0	1	3.08	3.51	31	15	3	0	2	8	31			0	0	1	26	0	1	1	2	0	0	1.16	-0.300	.03	-0.01%	-2.31	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d4
36	197	118	Aug 21	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(21-10)	3	9.0	7	0	0	2	9	0	1	2.98	3.46	37	5	13	0	5	7	80			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	0.553	.00	0.00%	4.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	198	123	Aug 25	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	L(21-11)	3	9.0	4	1	1	4	4	0	0	2.92	3.45	33	11	10	2	2	4	75			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.309	.00	0.00%	3.55	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
38	199	128	Aug 31(1)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	GS-8		5	8.0	13	5	5	8	6	0	0	2.99	3.47	44	4	13	1	3	13	34			1	0	0	36	1	3	1	0	0	0	1.06	-0.121	.00	0.00%	-0.96	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
39	200	132	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	W(22-11)	3	10.0	10	6	5	7	5	1	0	3.04	3.53	46						48						38	4	0			0
40	201	136	Sep 9	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-7	CG	W(23-11)	4	9.0	9	7	7	4	6	1	0	3.15	3.55	40	8	13	1	0	9	43			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.194	.00	0.00%	-2.35	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
41	202	142	Sep 14(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	L(23-12)	4	7.0	7	3	3	5	2	0	0	3.17	3.57	29	6	9	1	0	7	48			1	1	0	24	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.61	-0.137	.00	0.00%	0.69	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d1
42	203	146	Sep 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(24-12)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.11	3.52	37	18	2	0	0	8	72			0	0	0	35	0	1	0	0	0	0	.76	0.301	.00	0.00%	3.89	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
43	204	150	Sep 22	CLE		SLB	L,0-5	GS-7	L(24-13)	3	7.0	6	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.18	3.53	27	9	5	1	0	6	48			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	.45	-0.276	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
44	205	153	Sep 26(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(25-13)	3	9.0	1	2	2	7	6	0	0	3.15	3.54	34	18	3	0	0	0	76			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.576	.00	0.00%	2.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
							28-15		W-L:25-13,Sv:2	2.8	343.0	284	129	120	194	260	14	5	3.15	3.54	1465	0.91		4%	12%	262	59	4	25%	14	6	8	1254	57	12	19	27	0	11	1.10	6.649	3.03	13.66%	52.19

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