Bob Feller

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1936	17	-11.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	3	.625	3.34	4.21	14	8	5	5	0	1	62.0	52	29	23	1	47	0	76	4	3	8	279	1.597	7.5	0.1	6.8	11.0	1.62
1937	18	-10.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	7	.563	3.39	4.12	26	19	4	9	0	1	148.2	116	68	56	4	106	1	150	2	2	5	651	1.493	7.0	0.2	6.4	9.1	1.42
1938	19	-9.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	17	11	.607	4.08	4.41	39	36	3	20	2	1	277.2	225	136	126	13	208	2	240	7	1	5	1248	1.559	7.3	0.4	6.7	7.8	1.15
1939	20	-8.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	24	9	.727	2.85	3.19	39	35	3	24	4	1	296.2	227	105	94	13	142	7	246	3	1	14	1243	1.244	6.9	0.4	4.3	7.5	1.73
1940	21	-7.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	27	11	.711	2.61	2.87	43	37	5	31	4	4	320.1	245	102	93	13	118	9	261	5	0	8	1304	1.133	6.9	0.4	3.3	7.3	2.21
1941	22	-7.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	25	13	.658	3.15	3.38	44	40	4	28	6	2	343.0	284	129	120	15	194	20	260	5	0	6	1466	1.394	7.5	0.4	5.1	6.8	1.34

1945	26	-3.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	5	3	.625	2.50	2.63	9	9	0	7	1	0	72.0	50	21	20	1	35	0	59	2	0	1	300	1.181	6.3	0.1	4.4	7.4	1.69
1946	27	-2.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	26	15	.634	2.18	2.45	48	42	5	36	10	4	371.1	277	101	90	11	153	4	348	3	0	3	1512	1.158	6.7	0.3	3.7	8.4	2.27
1947	28	-1.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	20	11	.645	2.68	2.92	42	37	4	20	5	3	299.0	230	97	89	17	127	7	196	4	2	7	1218	1.194	6.9	0.5	3.8	5.9	1.54
1948	29	0.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	19	15	.559	3.56	3.95	44	38	3	18	2	3	280.1	255	123	111	20	116	7	164	2	0	2	1186	1.323	8.2	0.6	3.7	5.3	1.41
1949	30	1.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	15	14	.517	3.75	4.44	36	28	6	15	0	0	211.0	198	104	88	18	84	9	108	1	1	3	894	1.336	8.4	0.8	3.6	4.6	1.29
1950	31	2.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	16	11	.593	3.43	3.83	35	34	0	16	3	0	247.0	230	105	94	20	103	4	119	5	0	3	1055	1.348	8.4	0.7	3.8	4.3	1.16
1951	32	2.8	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	22	8	.733	3.50	3.79	33	32	1	16	4	0	249.2	239	105	97	22	95	3	111	7	0	2	1061	1.338	8.6	0.8	3.4	4.0	1.17
1952	33	2.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	9	13	.409	4.74	5.82	30	30	0	11	0	0	191.2	219	124	101	13	83	8	81	3	1	1	869	1.576	10.3	0.6	3.9	3.8	0.98
1953	34	4.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	10	7	.588	3.59	4.00	25	25	0	10	1	0	175.2	163	78	70	16	60	1	60	3	1	1	721	1.269	8.4	0.8	3.1	3.1	1.00
1954	35	6.4	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	13	3	.813	3.09	3.41	19	19	0	9	1	0	140.0	127	53	48	13	39	1	59	3	0	0	580	1.186	8.2	0.8	2.5	3.8	1.51
1955	36	7.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	4	4	.500	3.47	4.66	25	11	4	2	1	1	83.0	71	43	32	7	31	2	25	1	0	0	340	1.229	7.7	0.8	3.4	2.7	0.81
1956	37	8.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	0	4	.000	4.97	5.28	19	4	5	2	0	1	58.0	63	34	32	7	23	4	18	0	1	0	253	1.483	9.8	1.1	3.6	2.8	0.78
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
All Levels (18 Seasons)							266	162	.621	3.25	3.66	570	484	52	279	44	22	3827.0	3271	1557	1384	224	1764	89	2581	60	13	69	16180	1.316	7.7	0.5	4.1	6.1	1.46