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: 22-17 / in Starts: 21-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 35, Entered with runners on base: 3

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 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	41	2	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	1	0	0	6	6	0	0	0.00	3.72	33	11	10	1	2	0	85			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.307	1.36	0.42%	5.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
2	42	6	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	8	4	4	3	11	0	1	2.00	2.83	39	5	13	1	3	6	63			0	0	0	35	0	2	0	0	0	0	.25	0.180	.75	0.33%	1.90	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
3	43	10	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	9	0	0	2.00	2.57	38	7	11	3	0	8	69			0	0	1	34	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	0.610	6.32	1.35%	3.45	1b start tie	9b 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
4	44	15	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS-10		4	10.0	3	0	0	9	8	0	1	1.46	3.08	40	9	10	0	2	3	85			1	2	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.78	0.880	8.07	2.40%	5.64	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
5	45	19	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-4	L(3-1)	3	4.0	3	4	2	3	2	1	0	1.76	3.51	19	6	5	1	1	3	43			1	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	2	.62	-0.170	2.89	-0.47%	-1.43	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
6	46	22	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	W(4-1)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	9	1	0	1.80	3.51	35	7	12	1	4	4	75			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.62	0.683	6.60	1.67%	3.51	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
7	47	26	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(5-1)	5	9.0	6	2	2	8	5	0	1	1.83	3.73	41	5	16	0	4	6	64			1	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.239	3.46	0.54%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
8	48	30	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	GS-3		3	3.0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1.74	3.81	13	1	7	0	2	1	55			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.166	5.64	0.52%	1.80	1t start tie	3t 3 out tie
9	49	35	May 30(1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	W(6-1)	7	9.0	5	2	2	8	3	0	0	1.77	3.97	38	10	12	1	1	5	64			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	2	0	0	.98	0.373	4.62	1.05%	3.40	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
10	50	40	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-4	GS-4		4	3.0	5	4	4	5	2	0	0	2.19	4.08	19	1	6	0	1	5	30			1	0	0	14	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.227	7.04	-0.82%	-3.16	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out a5
11	51	44	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-7		3	6.0	7	5	5	4	6	1	0	2.59	4.16	29	9	3	1	0	7	40			0	0	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.028	6.07	-0.10%	-0.18	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out a2
12	52	47	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	6-GF(8)	BL(6-2)	3	3.0	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.71	4.34	13	1	5	1	3	2		2	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.80	-0.112	18.52	-0.45%	0.87	6b 12- 0 out a1	8b end d 1
13	53	50	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	W(7-2)	3	9.0	8	1	1	4	7	0	0	2.54	4.19	38	9	10	0	2	8	70			0	1	1	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.31	0.483	6.99	1.54%	4.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	54	54	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	7	5	5	9	4	0	0	2.76	4.28	43	9	14	5	1	7	48			5	0	0	34	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.21	-0.212	8.01	-0.84%	0.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
15	55	59	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	W(9-2)	5	9.0	7	3	2	7	10	1	0	2.70	4.31	40	7	10	2	2	6	66			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.07	0.275	7.50	1.16%	2.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
16	56	62	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,10-9	GS-8		2	7.0	8	7	7	7	9	2	1	3.08	4.50	36	7	4	0	2	8	35			1	0	1	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.070	4.84	-0.24%	-1.83	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 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
17	57	65	Jul 4(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG(8)	L(9-3)	3	8.0	10	7	6	8	4	0	0	3.31	4.54	43	5	18	2	3	8	32			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.223	6.07	-0.75%	-1.75	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
18	58	68	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.2	7	4	3	7	6	0	0	3.32	4.52	38	8	10	0	3	7	50			4	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.064	5.90	-0.20%	-0.04	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out tie
19	59	71	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	L(9-4)	3	8.2	9	4	4	5	8	0	0	3.38	4.42	38	7	9	1	2	9	53			2	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.439	10.09	-1.57%	0.54	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out d1
20	60	75	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS-8	W(10-4)	3	7.0	6	6	6	6	5	1	0	3.58	4.50	30	3	10	0	2	6	40			0	0	2	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.063	3.87	-0.19%	-0.91	1b start a 4	8b 12- 0 out a3
21	61	77	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-3	L(10-5)	4	3.0	5	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.75	4.50	17	2	5	0	2	5	32			2	0	0	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.218	8.43	-0.91%	-2.07	1b start a 1	3b 3 out d2
22	62	80	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	10	0	0	3.65	4.35	37	6	11	1	0	7	72			3	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.415	7.27	1.38%	3.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
23	63	84	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	GS-6		5	5.1	8	6	6	6	6	1	0	3.86	4.43	29	7	5	0	2	5	28			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.292	7.33	-0.89%	-3.08	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a1
24	64	87	Aug 3(2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	7-GF	S(1)	1	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.80	4.40	10	2	4	1	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	0.298	11.52	1.13%	1.88	7t 123 1 out a3	9t end a 2
25	65	88	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	L(11-6)	1	7.0	3	6	6	11	8	1	1	3.95	4.53	35	2	10	0	2	3	44			5	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.191	9.08	-1.04%	-1.80	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
26	66	91	Aug 9(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.0	5	3	3	5	3	0	0	3.95	4.53	31	8	10	0	2	5	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.181	4.69	0.37%	2.21	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
27	67	94	Aug 11(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,7-8	9-GF		1	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.95	4.54	2	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.39	-0.270	9.71	-0.66%	-1.62	9b 1-- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
28	68	98	Aug 13(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	W(12-6)	1	9.0	7	4	2	9	5	0	0	3.86	4.56	44	13	10	3	2	7	57			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	1	.10	0.035	.31	0.07%	1.68	1b start a 9	9b 3 out a9
29	69	103	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	GS-5	L(12-7)	4	4.0	7	7	7	7	4	0	1	4.10	4.61	26	2	5	1	0	7	17			1	0	1	16	3	1	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.250	1.36	-0.26%	-3.63	1t start tie	5t 12- 0 out d5
30	70	108	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	L(12-8)	3	9.0	9	4	4	4	8	0	0	4.10	4.52	38	4	14	2	2	8	57			3	1	0	34	3	2	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.158	.71	-0.05%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
31	71	114	Aug 26(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-15	GS-7	L(12-9)	3	7.0	15	15	15	9	7	2	0	4.60	4.66	44	3	10	0	2	15	-15			1	0	1	35	4	1	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.553	.08	-0.03%	-10.72	1b start a 2	7b 3 out d8
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
32	72	122	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	W(13-9)	5	9.0	7	4	3	3	8	1	0	4.53	4.62	37	7	12	1	3	7	64			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.129	.00	0.00%	1.29	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
33	73	128	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	5	6	0	0	4.36	4.57	33	6	12	1	1	4	80			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.530	.01	0.01%	5.90	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
34	74	133	Sep 11(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	5	2	2	5	6	0	0	4.27	4.53	35						70						30	3	0			0
35	75	137	Sep 15(2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS-		3	8.0	3	2	2	6	8	0	0	4.20	4.49	31						70						24					0
36	76	141	Sep 18(2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-14	GS-5	L(15-10)	2	4.1	4	6	5	6	3	0	0	4.31	4.51	21	4	4	0	3	4	30			0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.191	.00	0.00%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 1-- 1 out d5
37	77	144	Sep 23(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	W(16-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	10	0	0	4.19	4.40	34						80						33	0	0			0
38	78	148	Sep 27	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(17-10)	3	9.0	5	1	1	5	10	0	0	4.09	4.33	36	16	1	0	0	4	78			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.92	0.350	.00	0.00%	4.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
39	79	152	Oct 2(1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	L(17-11)	4	9.0	7	4	4	7	18	0	1	4.08	4.25	42	4	5	0	0	7	68			2	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.041	.00	0.00%	1.40	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
							22-17		W-L:17-11,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	277.2	225	135	126	208	241	13	7	4.08	4.25	1245	0.68		6%	12%	199	54	6	33%	38	9	8	1019	36	12	2	14	0	12	1.09	2.444	4.63	4.47%	25.85

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