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: 31-12 / in Starts: 26-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 5

1940 Pitching Game Log

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1940 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	119	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	0.00	2.89	33	7	13	1	0	0	90			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.888	3.93	1.46%	5.10	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
2	120	3	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	GS-3	L(1-1)	4	3.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	1	4.50	3.50	18	1	7	0	0	6	22			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.379	3.50	-0.71%	-4.35	1t start tie	3t 3 out d5
3	121	6	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	W(2-1)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	3.00	2.81	36	5	13	1	0	8	73			0	1	0	34	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.598	4.60	1.22%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	122	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(2-2)	3	8.0	6	4	4	6	6	0	1	3.41	3.17	35	6	10	1	0	6	54			0	0	0	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.25	-0.099	5.03	-0.24%	0.89	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
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
5	123	14	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.84	2.79	34	9	10	1	0	6	76			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.260	2.61	0.69%	4.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
6	124	18	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	SHO	W(4-2)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	7	0	0	2.30	2.72	33	5	15	1	0	3	85			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.407	2.80	0.93%	4.85	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
7	125	22	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	GS-4		4	3.2	8	7	4	4	7	1	0	2.84	2.96	24	2	3	0	0	8	26			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.517	4.39	-1.26%	-5.44	1t start tie	4t -23 2 out d2
8	126	25	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.56	2.81	31	3	17	2	0	4	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.400	3.25	0.89%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
9	127	29	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(6-2)	4	9.0	7	2	1	2	9	0	0	2.36	2.66	36	7	11	0	0	7	74			0	1	0	34	4	0	1	0	0	1	1.65	0.600	6.97	1.52%	3.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	128	34	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	W(7-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	4	1	0	2.55	2.88	37	6	16	3	0	8	56			0	0	0	34	5	0	0	0	0	0	.50	0.187	2.28	0.51%	0.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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	129	38	Jun 2(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(8-2)	3	9.0	8	2	2	5	7	0	0	2.49	2.90	40	5	15	1	0	8	65			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	0.295	4.90	0.72%	2.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
12	130	42	Jun 4(2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	9-GF	S(1)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.48	2.91	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.56	0.101	14.95	0.26%	0.24	9b 1-- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
13	131	45	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	L(8-3)	2	8.2	9	5	5	4	5	0	0	2.73	2.93	38	8	13	1	0	8	47			2	1	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.84	-0.510	9.13	-1.52%	-0.61	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out d1
14	132	48	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-5	L(8-4)	3	5.0	7	5	4	2	5	1	0	2.95	3.03	24	1	9	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.237	6.03	-0.83%	-2.08	1b start a 1	5b 3 out d3
15	133	53	Jun 16(1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(9-4)	4	9.0	3	2	2	4	12	0	1	2.87	2.94	35	6	9	0	0	3	81			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	2	0	2	1.44	0.272	5.62	0.64%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
16	134	57	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	W(10-4)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	11	1	0	2.73	2.90	33	8	9	1	0	4	85			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.192	1.57	0.51%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
17	135	62	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	W(11-4)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	2.61	2.90	37	9	13	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	1	.75	0.277	4.11	0.92%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
18	136	65	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(12-4)	4	9.0	8	3	2	2	11	0	0	2.57	2.78	37	9	8	2	0	7	70			0	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	1	.78	0.201	4.30	0.67%	2.10	1b start tie	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	137	70	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(13-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	5	11	0	0	2.53	2.75	39	5	11	0	0	7	71			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.415	7.76	1.33%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
20	138	74	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	L(13-5)	3	9.0	8	3	1	3	7	0	0	2.44	2.73	39	11	10	1	0	8	67			2	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.050	8.10	0.16%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
21	139	76	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	SHO	W(14-5)	4	9.0	1	0	0	2	13	0	0	2.31	2.62	30	4	10	0	0	1	96			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.874	9.04	2.85%	4.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
22	140	81	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(13)	L(14-6)	4	12.1	6	4	3	6	10	0	0	2.30	2.64	50	13	15	0	0	6	81			0	0	0	41	0	0	3	1	0	2	1.58	0.418	9.41	1.50%	2.06	1b start tie	13b 12- 1 out d1
23	141	85	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(15-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	4	9	1	1	2.29	2.71	37	10	8	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	0.441	9.14	1.75%	3.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
24	142	90	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	4	0	0	2.27	2.68	34	11	11	1	0	8	67			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.137	1.86	0.45%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
25	143	94	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	W(17-6)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	8	0	0	2.22	2.65	35	8	9	2	0	8	73			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.652	12.17	2.60%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
26	144	99	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	W(18-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	5	1	0	0	2.17	2.72	35	12	14	1	0	3	69			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.501	7.90	1.80%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	145	102	Aug 6(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	S(2)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.16	2.72	2	0	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.76	0.059	17.78	0.23%	-1.35	9b -23 2 out a3	9b end a 1
28	146	104	Aug 8(1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	W(19-6)	1	9.0	10	4	4	2	7	1	0	2.24	2.76	38	6	16	2	4	7	56			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	1	0	0	.78	0.314	4.93	1.19%	1.15	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
29	147	109	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	W(20-6)	3	9.0	7	5	5	5	7	0	0	2.34	2.77	39	5	15	1	0	7	55			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	.88	0.229	10.72	1.68%	-0.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	148	113	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	W(21-6)	3	9.0	12	3	3	1	3	0	0	2.37	2.77	40	12	12	1	0	12	53			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	0.220	6.91	0.86%	1.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	149	117	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-7	W(22-6)	3	7.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	0	2.48	2.75	31	8	6	1	0	9	41			1	2	0	29	1	2	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.213	6.27	-0.99%	-0.92	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
32	150	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(22-7)	3	8.1	5	3	3	6	9	0	0	2.51	2.76	35	5	10	0	0	5	64			0	0	0	29	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.85	-0.221	11.65	-0.83%	0.24	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
33	151	123	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	S(3)	1	2.2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2.48	2.79	11	2	5	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.98	0.566	29.45	2.52%	2.00	7b --3 1 out a1	9b end a 1
34	152	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	W(23-7)	3	9.0	12	2	2	1	10	1	0	2.47	2.78	40	11	6	0	0	12	64			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.471	10.59	2.17%	3.10	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a2
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
35	153	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	9-GF	S(4)	1	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.46	2.78	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.049	6.89	0.21%	0.57	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
36	154	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-7	L(23-8)	2	7.0	11	7	4	1	3	3	0	2.53	2.92	31	7	9	0	0	11	35			1	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	2	.75	-0.209	8.23	-1.38%	-2.72	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
37	155	133	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	W(24-8)	3	2.0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.51	2.91	7	2	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.38	0.376	33.18	2.21%	1.50	9t 1-- 0 out tie	10t end tie
38	156	135	Sep 11(1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	L(24-9)	2	8.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	1	2.53	2.92	31	7	12	0	0	5	62			0	1	0	28	1	1	0	0	0	2	1.05	0.063	14.22	0.51%	1.40	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
39	157	140	Sep 15(1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	SHO	W(25-9)	3	9.0	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	2.45	2.87	28	5	14	0	0	2	90			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.51	0.363	5.47	2.33%	4.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
40	158	146	Sep 18(2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	W(26-9)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.41	2.86	33	5	13	0	0	5	77			0	2	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.649	18.11	4.49%	3.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
41	159	148	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	8-8	BL(26-10)	1	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.47	2.86	3	0	0	0	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.03	-0.677	77.26	-10.35%	-3.48	8b 1-3 1 out a3	8b -2- 1 out d1
42	160	150	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	W(27-10)	1	9.0	8	5	5	5	6	2	0	2.54	2.96	38	8	11	1	0	8	52			2	0	1	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	.55	0.150	12.65	2.06%	0.50	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
43	161	153	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	L(27-11)	4	9.0	3	2	2	8	4	1	0	2.53	3.05	33	8	10	0	0	3	69			1	2	0	25	1	0	0	3	0	0	.82	0.160	19.87	2.33%	2.95	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							31-12		W-L:27-11,Sv:4,BSv:1	2.9	320.1	245	102	90	118	261	13	5	2.53	3.05	1304	0.62		4%	1%	236	65	7	57%	11	16	2	1168	53	6	9	17	0	20	1.17	8.773	7.97	28.02%	72.49

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