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	31-12 / in Starts: 26-11
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	7 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 128 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	110 (51-32-27)
Avg. MLBer w/ 128 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	83 (42-26-13)

Most Driven In
B Chapman	4
R Mack	4
Self	2
R Peters	1
K Keltner	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
R Weatherly	2
L Boudreau	1
B Bell	1

1940 Batting Game Log

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1940 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	119	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.30	-0.139	3.56	-0.23%	-1.36	P
2	120	3 (1)	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.70	-0.045	5.32	-0.08%	-0.46	P
3	121	6 (2)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.333	.619	9	.71	0.025	2.43	0.05%	0.43	P
4	122	10 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.125	.300	.250	.550	9	1.59	-0.104	6.41	-0.25%	-1.02	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
5	123	14 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.273	.385	.545	.930	9	.52	-0.015	2.28	-0.04%	0.35	P
6	124	18 (3)	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	9	.93	-0.110	3.52	-0.25%	-1.95	P
7	125	22 (3)	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	GS-4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.333	.400	.733	9	.79	0.033	3.21	0.08%	0.40	P
8	126	25 (2)	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.368	.687	9	.44	-0.025	1.62	-0.06%	-0.03	P
9	127	29 (3)	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.217	.308	.478	.786	9	.69	0.041	2.91	0.10%	0.20	P
10	128	34 (4)	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.300	.444	.744	9	.26	-0.004	1.20	-0.01%	-1.11	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	129	38 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	9	.87	-0.090	3.53	-0.22%	-0.76	P
12	130	42 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.400	.694	9						P
13	131	45 (2)	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.263	.353	.616	9	1.07	-0.142	5.28	-0.42%	-1.78	P
14	132	48 (2)	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.333	.583	9	.80	-0.045	4.65	-0.16%	-0.51	P
15	133	53 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.233	.308	.540	9	1.00	-0.078	3.93	-0.18%	-0.61	P
16	134	57 (3)	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.163	.234	.326	.560	9	.16	-0.005	.72	-0.01%	0.90	P
17	135	62 (4)	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.170	.235	.319	.554	9	.70	0.097	3.86	0.32%	1.82	P
18	136	65 (2)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.236	.333	.570	9	.94	0.114	5.19	0.38%	0.09	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
19	137	70 (4)	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.224	.315	.539	9	1.07	-0.157	5.72	-0.50%	-2.07	P
20	138	74 (3)	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.217	.304	.520	9	1.03	-0.053	5.58	-0.17%	-0.44	P
21	139	76 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.203	.283	.486	9	1.10	-0.115	5.94	-0.37%	-1.15	P
22	140	81 (4)	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.203	.277	.480	9	1.37	-0.179	8.18	-0.64%	-1.04	P
23	141	85 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.192	.261	.453	9	1.67	-0.176	11.07	-0.70%	-1.14	P
24	142	90 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	5	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		1	0	0	0	.164	.208	.301	.509	9	.19	0.000	1.02	0.00%	0.26	P
25	143	94 (3)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.210	.299	.509	9	1.10	-0.104	7.30	-0.41%	-1.28	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
26	144	99 (4)	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.175	.214	.300	.514	9	1.16	0.085	6.93	0.30%	0.64	P
27	145	102 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.175	.214	.300	.514	9						P
28	146	104 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.181	.218	.301	.520	9	.56	0.015	3.54	0.06%	-0.30	P
29	147	109 (4)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.209	.287	.496	9	.40	-0.044	4.92	-0.32%	-1.58	P
30	148	113 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.202	.278	.480	9	.75	-0.048	4.87	-0.19%	-0.85	P
31	149	117 (3)	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.161	.196	.269	.465	9	.60	-0.047	4.61	-0.22%	-0.57	P
32	150	121 (3)	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.198	.260	.458	9	.83	-0.095	5.21	-0.36%	-1.62	P
33	151	123 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.156	.198	.260	.458	9						P
34	152	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.190	.250	.440	9	.50	-0.053	3.80	-0.24%	-1.03	P
Sept		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
35	153	126 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.150	.190	.250	.440	9						P
36	154	129 (2)	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.146	.185	.243	.428	9	1.69	-0.187	18.58	-1.24%	-1.73	P
37	155	133 (3)	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	9-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.146	.185	.243	.428	9						P
38	156	135 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.182	.238	.420	9	1.55	-0.086	20.99	-0.70%	-0.79	P
39	157	140 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.186	.234	.419	9	.43	-0.027	4.60	-0.17%	-0.81	P
40	158	146 (5)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.198	.245	.444	9	1.62	0.074	18.63	0.51%	0.80	P
41	159	148 (1)	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	8-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.155	.198	.245	.444	9						P
42	160	150 (1)	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.158	.200	.272	.472	9	.32	-0.009	7.21	-0.13%	0.05	P
43	161	153 (2)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	GS-9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.157	.205	.270	.474	9	2.30	-0.029	55.78	-0.42%	-0.39	P
							31-12		128	115	7	18	5	1	2	12	7	0	45	0	6		2	1	0	0	.157	.205	.270	.474		.89	-1.727	6.66	-6.89%	-20.41

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