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: 26-17 / in Starts: 23-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 4

1948 Pitching Game Log

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1948 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	305	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.00	2.76	31	11	13	2	0	2	84			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	0.349	1.63	0.50%	4.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	306	3	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	0	0.50	2.26	33	5	17	4	0	4	78			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.535	2.79	0.93%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	307	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	14-GF(14)	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.47	2.07	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.64	0.523	22.78	1.08%	1.51	14b 12- 0 out a1	14b end a 1
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
4	308	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GS-5	L(2-1)	4	4.2	7	5	5	2	2	0	1	2.28	2.42	25	5	8	0	0	7	30			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.14	-0.177	4.26	-0.40%	-1.86	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d4
5	309	10	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-8	GS-4	L(2-2)	4	3.1	8	8	5	5	0	0	0	3.67	3.02	23	6	4	0	0	8	13			0	0	0	17	3	0	1	2	0	2	1.37	-0.511	4.57	-1.02%	-6.30	1b start tie	4b -23 1 out d3
6	310	13	May 9(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS-10	W(3-2)	2	9.1	8	1	1	3	4	1	0	2.97	3.34	37	7	15	2	0	8	69			0	1	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.42	0.589	5.46	1.36%	3.87	1b start tie	10b -2- 1 out a3
7	311	17	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(4-2)	5	9.0	6	1	1	4	3	0	0	2.58	3.35	34	9	12	2	0	6	70			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.286	2.48	0.61%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
8	312	21	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(5-2)	3	9.0	3	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.32	3.16	30	8	14	0	0	3	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.49	0.321	2.47	0.96%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
9	313	25	May 23(1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	GS-7	L(5-3)	3	7.0	7	5	5	2	3	2	0	2.79	3.54	29	4	13	0	0	7	44			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.03	-0.233	5.14	-0.70%	-1.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
10	314	31	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	6	5.2	5	4	4	5	1	0	0	3.09	3.67	24	3	10	1	0	5	39			1	1	1	19	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.70	-0.309	6.98	-0.76%	-1.54	1b start tie	6b -23 2 out d2
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
11	315	36	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	GS-11		4	11.0	4	0	0	6	5	0	0	2.65	3.64	42	13	14	2	0	4	88			1	0	0	35	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.54	0.980	6.99	2.67%	5.69	1b start tie	11b 3 out tie
12	316	41	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	GS-3	L(5-5)	5	2.2	4	9	8	6	3	1	0	3.46	3.92	19	6	0	0	0	4	13			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.307	4.28	-0.92%	-5.86	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 out d7
13	317	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.44	3.93	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.17	0.044	27.61	0.18%	-0.55	9b 12- 2 out a3	9b end a 2
14	318	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	L(5-6)	1	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.41	3.98	26	4	10	0	0	6	54			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.011	6.44	0.04%	1.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
15	319	47	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	GS-7	L(5-7)	2	7.0	12	7	7	4	6	2	0	3.83	4.16	35	9	4	0	0	12	27			1	1	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	.69	-0.228	3.68	-0.73%	-3.38	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
16	320	51	Jun 20(1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(6-7)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	6	2	0	3.76	4.23	35	7	13	1	0	7	65			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.253	8.30	1.10%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
17	321	56	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	L(6-8)	3	9.0	5	4	4	2	8	3	0	3.78	4.37	34	5	14	0	0	5	67			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.042	3.95	-0.18%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
18	322	61	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	W(7-8)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	8	0	0	3.64	4.17	36	6	12	0	0	8	69			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	0	0	0	.68	0.302	3.29	0.88%	2.93	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
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
19	323	65	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	W(8-8)	3	9.0	9	2	2	2	1	0	0	3.53	4.10	35	10	13	2	0	9	60			0	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.67	0.298	3.29	0.88%	2.89	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
20	324	67	Jul 5(2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	8-8	BL(8-9)	1	0.2	1	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.72	4.24	5	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	-0.632	9.40	-1.98%	-2.73	8t --- 1 out a1	8t 3 out d2
21	325	69	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	W(9-9)	1	9.0	8	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.61	4.17	38	11	8	0	0	8	64			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	.67	-0.004	3.27	-0.01%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
22	326	72	Jul 11(1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	L(9-10)	3	9.0	5	3	3	5	8	2	0	3.57	4.25	37	9	10	0	0	5	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.20	-0.075	6.11	-0.23%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
23	327	76	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS-1	L(9-11)	4	0.1	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	3.81	4.25	6	0	1	0	0	5	23			2	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.303	10.03	-1.46%	-3.41	1b start a 1	1b 12- 1 out d2
24	328	79	Jul 18(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS-5		1	5.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.86	4.19	23	2	9	1	0	6	45			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	1	.89	-0.104	4.94	-0.35%	-0.42	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
25	329	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-5	L(9-12)	3	5.0	7	6	6	4	3	2	0	4.08	4.34	26	5	7	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	-0.444	8.36	-2.03%	-3.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
26	330	86	Jul 24(2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	7-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.07	4.40	4	0	1	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.91	-0.171	20.52	-0.72%	-1.09	7b -2- 1 out tie	7b 123 2 out d1
27	331	88	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	GS-6	W(10-12)	2	6.0	7	5	5	5	7	1	0	4.19	4.42	28	3	6	0	0	7	40			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.144	6.73	-0.54%	-1.90	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
28	332	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	GS-6		3	5.2	7	4	4	5	1	0	1	4.26	4.46	28	7	7	1	0	7	35			0	0	1	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	-0.252	9.51	-0.89%	-1.51	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out d2
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
29	333	96	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	GS-8	W(11-12)	5	7.1	10	7	7	5	1	0	0	4.44	4.46	37	9	12	1	0	10	26			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.013	6.32	0.05%	-2.29	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out a4
30	334	101	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GS-6	L(11-13)	3	6.0	8	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.54	4.46	27	6	9	1	0	8	38			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.321	7.68	-1.25%	-1.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
31	335	105	Aug 12(2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	8-GF	S(3)	1	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.59	4.46	10	3	3	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.91	8b --- 0 out a25	9b end a23
32	336	108	Aug 15(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	W(12-13)	2	9.0	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.47	4.38	39	14	11	1	0	11	58			0	1	0	38	2	1	0	0	0	1	.82	0.238	6.11	1.07%	2.60	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a4
33	337	114	Aug 22(1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS-6	L(12-14)	6	5.1	8	5	3	4	5	0	0	4.49	4.34	27	2	8	1	0	8	37			0	0	1	23	3	1	0	0	0	2	1.12	-0.185	8.79	-0.87%	-1.44	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d3
34	338	119	Aug 27(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	W(13-14)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	4.34	4.28	35	7	20	1	0	6	71			0	0	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.360	11.97	2.29%	3.74	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
35	339	123	Aug 29(2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	6-6	BS(2)	1	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.33	4.28	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.91	-0.388	20.92	-1.68%	-2.22	6b 123 2 out a2	6b 3 out d1
Sep/Oct				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
36	340	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	W(14-14)	2	9.0	6	1	1	6	9	0	0	4.19	4.21	39	7	11	1	0	6	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	.44	0.159	3.53	0.77%	3.84	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a7
37	341	131	Sep 6(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO(7)	W(15-14)	4	7.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.06	4.17	25	9	10	0	0	3	72			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.502	5.28	1.22%	3.58	1b start tie	7b 3 out a1
38	342	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS-7		2	7.0	7	1	1	1	7	0	0	3.98	4.08	28	9	4	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.257	3.87	0.67%	2.62	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
39	343	138	Sep 12(2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	GS-9		2	9.0	10	3	2	2	6	1	0	3.90	4.06	39	10	11	3	0	10	61			1	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.334	10.50	1.53%	1.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
40	344	142	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(16-14)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.80	3.95	33	5	10	2	0	5	82			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.376	6.03	1.65%	3.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
41	345	147	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	W(17-14)	4	9.0	3	2	1	2	6	0	0	3.70	3.88	32	7	14	1	0	3	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.326	14.33	4.10%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
42	346	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	W(18-14)	3	9.0	5	1	1	0	9	0	0	3.61	3.78	32	11	7	0	0	5	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	0.445	17.66	4.90%	3.93	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
43	347	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(19-14)	2	9.0	10	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.56	3.75	38	6	16	0	0	10	59			0	1	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.03	0.225	15.70	2.05%	2.65	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
44	348	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	GS-3	L(19-15)	3	2.1	5	4	4	3	0	0	0	3.66	3.78	14	4	2	0	0	5	28			0	1	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	-0.245	28.92	-3.31%	-2.87	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d3
							26-17		W-L:19-15,Sv:3,BSv:2	2.9	280.1	255	123	114	116	164	20	2	3.66	3.78	1186	0.69		5%	0%	254	55	8	63%	6	9	3	1057	42	5	7	15	0	12	1.02	2.651	6.96	11.46%	24.73

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