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	27-12 / in Starts: 24-11
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	36 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 119 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	77 (36-26-15)
Avg. MLBer w/ 119 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (41-25-13)

Most Driven In
K Keltner	4
O Grimes	2
J Shilling	1
S Webb	0
R Hemsley	0

Most Driven In By
B Chapman	3
B Campbell	3
J Heath	2
R Weatherly	2
H Trosky	1
E Averill	1
L Boudreau	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	80	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	9	.35	0.012	.90	0.02%	-0.27	P
2	81	5 (3)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	9	.53	0.059	1.29	0.09%	0.32	P
3	82	9 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.417	.222	.639	9	.46	-0.041	.94	-0.05%	-1.08	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	83	12 (2)	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	GS-10	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.563	.455	1.017	9	1.51	0.246	2.60	0.25%	2.42	P
5	84	15 (2)	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.529	.417	.946	9	3.36	-0.096	4.61	-0.08%	-0.39	P
6	85	17 (1)	May 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.286	.500	.357	.857	9	.58	0.012	.95	0.01%	-0.34	P
7	86	21 (3)	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.294	.478	.353	.831	9	.45	-0.026	.94	-0.03%	-0.40	P
8	87	25 (3)	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.278	.458	.333	.792	9	1.21	-0.047	2.25	-0.05%	-0.40	P
9	88	29 (3)	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.393	.273	.666	9	.59	-0.064	1.00	-0.07%	-1.89	P
10	89	33 (3)	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	.208	.387	.250	.637	9	.67	-0.036	.94	-0.03%	-0.48	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
11	90	38 (4)	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.371	.222	.594	9	.57	-0.040	.53	-0.02%	-0.76	P
12	91	45 (6)	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.351	.207	.558	9	1.16	-0.061	.77	-0.02%	-0.45	P
13	92	49 (3)	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.325	.188	.513	9	1.46	-0.116	2.10	-0.10%	-1.22	P
14	93	52 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.171	.326	.200	.526	9	1.49	-0.105	1.18	-0.05%	-0.76	P
15	94	55 (2)	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-8	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.171	.326	.200	.526	9						P
16	95	57 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.375	.282	.657	9	.73	0.116	.29	0.03%	1.51	P
17	96	62 (4)	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.214	.365	.262	.627	9	.33	-0.026	.12	-0.01%	-0.77	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
18	97	66 (3)	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.364	.267	.630	9	1.01	0.009	.25	0.00%	-0.13	P
19	98	70 (3)	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.373	.306	.679	9	1.03	0.150	.13	0.01%	0.76	P
20	99	75 (4)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.240	.367	.300	.667	9	1.54	-0.083	.77	-0.03%	-0.85	P
21	100	79 (3)	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.355	.288	.643	9	.82	-0.043	.11	0.00%	-0.39	P
22	101	84 (4)	Jul 23 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.364	.291	.655	9	.90	-0.067	.04	0.00%	0.28	P
23	102	88 (3)	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.353	.281	.634	9	.49	-0.026	.02	0.00%	-0.23	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
24	103	91 (2)	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.220	.343	.271	.614	9	.73	-0.060	.02	0.00%	-0.75	P
25	104	97 (5)	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.351	.274	.626	9	.84	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.36	P
26	105	102 (4)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.219	.342	.266	.608	9	.84	-0.048	.02	0.00%	-0.68	P
27	106	110 (7)	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.221	.338	.294	.632	9	1.46	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
28	107	113 (2)	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.337	.296	.633	9	1.33	0.024	.00	0.00%	0.22	P
29	108	118 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.337	.297	.635	9	1.33	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.13	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
30	109	123 (4)	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,8-11	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.333	.293	.627	9	.80	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.27	P
31	110	126 (2)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	GS-10	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.228	.330	.304	.633	9	2.13	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.08	P
32	111	130 (3)	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.217	.316	.289	.605	9	.52	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-2.35	P
33	112	133 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.316	.289	.605	9						P
34	113	135 (1)	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.303	.276	.579	9	.36	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-1.22	P
35	114	139 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.267	.561	9	1.35	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-0.87	P
36	115	145 (5)	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.302	.287	.589	9	1.70	0.009	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
37	116	150 (4)	Sep 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.312	.284	.596	9	.59	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.17	P
38	117	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.312	.284	.596	9						P
39	118	153 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.212	.310	.283	.593	9	.51	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.83	P
							27-12		119	99	14	21	5	1	0	7	13	0	36	1	6		1	3	0	0	.212	.310	.283	.593		.91	-0.629	.55	-0.14%	-11.68

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