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	16-20 / in Starts: 13-15
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	6 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 81 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	62 (32-19-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 81 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	54 (28-17-8)

Most Driven In
B Kennedy	2
Self	2
L Boudreau	1
L Doby	1
H Peck	1
K Keltner	1
J Berardino	1
J Hegan	1

Most Driven In By
L Boudreau	2
L Doby	2
Self	2
J Gordon	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 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	349	1	Apr 19	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-5	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						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
2	350	12 (10)	May 5	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.26	0.020	.78	0.04%	0.04	P
3	351	19 (6)	May 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-10	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.93	-0.027	2.73	-0.05%	-0.33	P
4	352	22 (2)	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.96	-0.050	2.25	-0.07%	-0.42	P
5	353	32 (9)	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9						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
6	354	36 (3)	Jun 1	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	9	1.88	-0.157	3.58	-0.18%	-1.26	P
7	355	40 (3)	Jun 5 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	1.19	-0.047	1.64	-0.04%	-0.14	P
8	356	46 (5)	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	L,7-12	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9						P
9	357	49 (2)	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-5	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	.30	0.052	.43	0.05%	1.82	P
10	358	54 (4)	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476	9	1.55	-0.226	4.33	-0.38%	-1.09	P
11	359	59 (4)	Jun 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	.47	0.031	1.00	0.04%	1.10	P
12	360	64 (4)	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.269	.346	.615	9	.58	-0.016	1.35	-0.02%	-0.11	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
13	361	70 (5)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.321	.571	9	.86	-0.044	2.02	-0.06%	-0.36	P
14	362	76 (5)	Jul 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG(6)	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.233	.300	.533	9	.91	-0.062	2.57	-0.11%	-0.73	P
15	363	78 (1)	Jul 15	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.219	.219	.281	.500	9	1.29	-0.106	4.77	-0.24%	-1.05	P
16	364	81 (2)	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.219	.281	.500	9						P
17	365	84 (2)	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.212	.212	.273	.485	9	1.84	-0.052	13.16	-0.22%	-0.51	P
18	366	87 (2)	Jul 23	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.189	.243	.432	9	2.05	-0.211	6.27	-0.39%	-1.92	P
19	367	93 (5)	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-3	1-GF	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.250	.450	9	.47	0.014	1.89	0.04%	0.39	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
20	368	99 (5)	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,14-1	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.233	.250	.279	.529	9	.19	0.005	.84	0.01%	0.72	P
21	369	104 (4)	Aug 9	CLE		SLB	W,9-2	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.261	.277	.326	.603	9	.44	-0.006	1.45	-0.01%	1.63	P
22	370	106 (1)	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	11-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.261	.277	.326	.603	9						P
23	371	110 (3)	Aug 15	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.275	.320	.595	9	1.07	-0.002	3.42	0.00%	-0.39	P
24	372	112 (1)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-10	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.320	.595	9						P
25	373	116 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.260	.275	.320	.595	9						P
26	374	120 (3)	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.283	.385	.668	9	1.03	0.094	4.35	0.24%	0.83	P
27	375	124 (3)	Aug 29 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.268	.281	.375	.656	9	.46	0.019	.63	0.02%	-0.62	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
28	376	129 (4)	Sep 3	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.259	.271	.362	.633	9	1.50	-0.092	3.20	-0.12%	-0.82	P
29	377	134 (4)	Sep 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.274	.410	.684	9	.88	0.065	.83	0.04%	0.51	P
30	378	138 (3)	Sep 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.262	.391	.652	9	1.42	-0.114	.78	-0.04%	-0.73	P
31	379	140 (1)	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.262	.391	.652	9						P
32	380	143 (2)	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.254	.379	.633	9	2.51	-0.140	.01	0.00%	-1.27	P
33	381	145 (1)	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-9	5-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.242	.254	.379	.633	9						P
34	382	147 (1)	Sep 24	CLE		DET	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.246	.368	.614	9	.71	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.57	P
35	383	152 (4)	Sep 30	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.247	.375	.622	9	.91	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.04	P
36	384	154 (1)	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	6-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.236	.257	.375	.632	9	1.78	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.34	P
							16-20		81	72	7	17	2	1	2	10	2	0	23	0	7		0	0	0	0	.236	.257	.375	.632		.96	-1.054	2.11	-1.46%	-4.89

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