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	24-18 / in Starts: 21-16
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	13 games
Grand Slams	0 in 8 bases loaded PA and 8 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	74 (33-22-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	74 (38-23-11)

Most Driven In
J Gordon	3
K Keltner	2
J Hegan	1
J Conway	1

Most Driven In By
H Edwards	2
H Peck	2
K Keltner	1
L Fleming	1
D Mitchell	1
G Metkovich	0

1947 Batting Game Log

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1947 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	263	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.59	-0.138	3.85	-0.20%	-0.92	P
2	264	4 (2)	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.78	-0.012	1.75	-0.02%	-0.16	P
3	265	8 (3)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.49	-0.051	1.30	-0.08%	-1.11	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	266	11 (2)	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.51	-0.028	1.26	-0.04%	-0.26	P
5	267	13 (1)	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	7-7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
6	268	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG(11)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.118	.167	.118	.284	9	1.40	-0.194	3.56	-0.30%	-2.18	P
7	269	17 (2)	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	9	.89	-0.067	2.54	-0.11%	-0.67	P
8	270	21 (3)	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.125	.160	.125	.285	9	1.58	-0.143	4.00	-0.22%	-1.89	P
9	271	24 (2)	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.120	.185	.120	.305	9	.95	-0.005	2.87	-0.01%	-0.03	P
10	272	26 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.111	.172	.111	.284	9	1.79	-0.124	5.71	-0.24%	-1.10	P
11	273	30 (3)	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	9	1.82	0.071	6.48	0.15%	0.60	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
12	274	33 (2)	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.281	.546	9	.30	0.075	.76	0.12%	0.78	P
13	275	37 (3)	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.243	.257	.500	9	.56	-0.045	1.40	-0.07%	-0.66	P
14	276	40 (2)	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.243	.257	.500	9						P
15	277	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.216	.256	.270	.527	9	.81	-0.017	1.65	-0.02%	-0.42	P
16	278	44 (2)	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.256	.317	.573	9	.56	0.109	1.21	0.14%	1.55	P
17	279	48 (3)	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.273	.317	.590	9	.44	0.019	1.45	0.04%	0.26	P
18	280	54 (5)	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.292	.356	.647	9	.48	0.065	.97	0.08%	1.28	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	281	57 (2)	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.286	.348	.634	9	1.11	-0.046	2.07	-0.05%	-0.57	P
20	282	66 (8)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.229	.275	.333	.608	9	.60	-0.030	.66	-0.02%	-0.19	P
21	283	74 (7)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.220	.264	.320	.584	9	1.47	-0.087	.80	-0.03%	-0.66	P
22	284	79 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.216	.273	.314	.586	9	.86	-0.008	.05	0.00%	-0.10	P
23	285	83 (3)	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	1	.241	.293	.333	.626	9	.41	0.074	.02	0.00%	1.22	P
24	286	86 (2)	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.288	.327	.615	9	.61	-0.015	.01	0.00%	-0.14	P
25	287	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS-9	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.220	.270	.305	.575	9	.68	-0.097	.02	0.00%	-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	288	91 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-13	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.265	.297	.562	9	1.63	-0.077	.22	-0.01%	-0.34	P
27	289	95 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.209	.254	.284	.537	9	.82	-0.098	.01	0.00%	-2.01	P
28	290	100 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	.203	.247	.275	.522	9	.97	-0.137	.03	0.00%	-1.95	P
29	291	105 (4)	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-9	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	.197	.240	.268	.508	9	.69	0.062	.01	0.00%	0.74	P
30	292	108 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.194	.237	.264	.501	9	2.76	-0.079	.04	0.00%	-0.79	P
31	293	116 (7)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.197	.238	.263	.501	9	.29	0.028	.01	0.00%	0.39	P
32	294	122 (5)	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.190	.229	.253	.482	9	.92	-0.071	.01	0.00%	-0.64	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
33	295	126 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.183	.221	.244	.465	9	.33	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.28	P
34	296	133 (6)	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.179	.225	.238	.463	9	1.24	0.050	.00	0.00%	0.10	P
35	297	135 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.225	.238	.463	9						P
36	298	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.176	.222	.235	.458	9	.41	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.10	P
37	299	140 (3)	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.172	.217	.230	.447	9	1.25	-0.081	.00	0.00%	-0.60	P
38	300	144 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.211	.222	.433	9	.64	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.42	P
39	301	148 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.232	.228	.461	9	1.56	0.165	.00	0.00%	1.19	P
40	302	151 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.232	.228	.461	9						P
41	303	153 (1)	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	4	3	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.252	.263	.516	9	.26	0.077	.00	0.00%	0.98	P
42	304	157 (3)	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.255	.500	9	1.87	-0.152	.00	0.00%	-0.85	P
							24-18		114	98	8	18	3	2	0	7	8	0	40	0	8		2	3	0	1	.184	.245	.255	.500		.91	-1.090	1.06	-0.88%	-11.20

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