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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	22-17 / in Starts: 21-15
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	88 (45-27-16) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (39-24-13)

Most Driven In
H Trosky	5
R Hemsley	3
F Pytlak	2
K Keltner	2
E Averill	1

Most Driven In By
O Hale	3
B Campbell	2

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	41	2 (1)	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.74	-0.048	1.67	-0.07%	0.73	P
2	42	6 (3)	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.39	-0.061	1.17	-0.11%	-1.66	P
3	43	10 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.364	.727	9	.55	0.025	2.01	0.05%	0.25	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
4	44	15 (4)	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS-11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.31	-0.105	5.96	-0.28%	-0.77	P
5	45	19 (3)	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.267	.533	9	.64	-0.017	2.97	-0.05%	-0.21	P
6	46	22 (2)	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9	1.19	-0.114	4.85	-0.28%	-1.16	P
7	47	26 (3)	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	9	.57	-0.028	2.14	-0.06%	-0.44	P
8	48	30 (3)	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.200	.438	9						P
9	49	35 (4)	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.174	.208	.174	.382	9	.38	-0.037	1.78	-0.11%	-0.84	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
10	50	40 (4)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-4	GS-4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	9	1.66	0.085	10.06	0.31%	0.88	P
11	51	44 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS-7	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9	.84	0.064	5.04	0.23%	0.24	P
12	52	47 (2)	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	6-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.154	.368	9						P
13	53	50 (2)	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.219	.167	.385	9	.42	-0.024	2.21	-0.08%	0.03	P
14	54	54 (3)	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.147	.194	.147	.342	9	1.14	-0.148	7.51	-0.59%	-1.96	P
15	55	59 (4)	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2		0		0	0	.143	.211	.143	.353	9	1.03	-0.073	7.22	-0.31%	-0.55	P
16	56	62 (2)	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,10-9	GS-8	4	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.189	.268	.216	.485	9	.51	0.088	2.94	0.30%	1.49	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	57	65 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.225	.498	9	1.26	-0.078	7.05	-0.26%	-0.57	P
18	58	68 (2)	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GS-8	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0		0	0	.190	.277	.214	.491	9	1.62	0.036	8.62	0.12%	0.51	P
19	59	71 (2)	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.178	.260	.200	.460	9	1.34	-0.106	8.02	-0.38%	-0.70	P
20	60	75 (3)	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS-8	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.259	.224	.484	9	.55	0.015	2.75	0.05%	-0.57	P
21	61	77 (1)	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS-4	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.273	.260	.533	9	1.11	0.073	7.69	0.30%	0.91	P
22	62	80 (2)	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.212	.293	.269	.562	9	.82	0.117	4.55	0.39%	1.09	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	63	84 (3)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0		0	0	.208	.288	.264	.552	9	.92	-0.020	4.65	-0.06%	-0.39	P
24	64	87 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.300	.278	.578	9	.38	0.013	2.40	0.05%	0.29	P
25	65	88	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.214	.290	.268	.558	9	1.66	-0.095	15.01	-0.51%	-0.84	P
26	66	91 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.277	.254	.531	9	1.23	-0.023	4.21	-0.05%	-0.34	P
27	67	94 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,7-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.203	.277	.254	.531	9						P
28	68	98 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.188	.257	.234	.492	9	.15	-0.027	.50	-0.05%	-2.87	P
29	69	103 (4)	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.185	.254	.231	.484	9	.81	-0.022	1.40	-0.02%	-0.28	P
30	70	108 (4)	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.191	.257	.235	.492	9	1.00	-0.013	.47	0.00%	-0.19	P
31	71	114 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-15	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.244	.222	.466	9	.57	-0.061	.05	0.00%	-1.05	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
32	72	122 (7)	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	0		0		0	0	.184	.253	.250	.503	9	.56	0.040	.00	0.00%	1.17	P
33	73	128 (5)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.264	.263	.527	9	1.09	0.027	.02	0.00%	1.05	P
34	74	133 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0	1	.193	.264	.253	.517	9						P
35	75	137 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.188	.258	.247	.505	9						P
36	76	141 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-14	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.198	.266	.256	.522	9	.99	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.40	P
37	77	144 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2		1	0	0				0	0	.193	.276	.250	.526	9						P
38	78	148 (3)	Sep 27	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.187	.275	.242	.516	9	1.00	0.058	.00	0.00%	0.34	P
39	79	152 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.181	.267	.234	.501	9	1.07	-0.138	.00	0.00%	-1.35	P
							22-17		114	94	6	17	3	1	0	13	11	0	32	0	9		0		0	1	.181	.267	.234	.501		.85	-0.559	3.46	-1.48%	-7.35

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