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	13-17 / in Starts: 13-17
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	18 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 71 PAs	8
Actual Runners on Base	46 (27-12-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 71 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	44 (23-14-7)

Most Driven In
M Combs	2
L Doby	1
J Fridley	1
J Tipton	1
B Glynn	1
J Hegan	1
Self	1
D Mitchell	0

Most Driven In By
A Rosen	2
H Simpson	2
Self	1

1952 Batting Game Log

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1952 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	453	4 (3)	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,5-0	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	.78	-0.032	2.39	-0.06%	0.21	P
2	454	9 (4)	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.75	-0.037	2.97	-0.09%	-0.25	P
3	455	13 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	PHA	W,21-9	CG	6	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.111	.273	.111	.384	9	.07	0.006	.21	0.01%	-0.98	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	456	17 (3)	May 3	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.091	.231	.091	.322	9	.75	-0.037	2.62	-0.08%	-0.31	P
5	457	22 (4)	May 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.077	.277	9	1.24	-0.063	5.12	-0.16%	-0.54	P
6	458	27 (4)	May 14	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	9	1.07	-0.051	5.01	-0.14%	-0.47	P
7	459	30 (2)	May 18 (1)	CLE		PHA	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.059	.158	.059	.217	9	.74	-0.038	3.47	-0.11%	-0.29	P
8	460	35 (4)	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.050	.136	.050	.186	9	.23	-0.022	1.10	-0.06%	-0.85	P
9	461	40 (4)	May 29	CLE	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.045	.192	.045	.238	9	.98	0.043	4.38	0.12%	1.14	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	462	45 (4)	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,11-13	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.192	.045	.238	9						P
11	463	50 (4)	Jun 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-11	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.045	.192	.045	.238	9						P
12	464	53 (2)	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-4	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.042	.207	.042	.249	9	.49	0.064	2.26	0.18%	0.84	P
13	465	58 (4)	Jun 17	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.074	.242	.074	.316	9	1.76	0.118	7.23	0.29%	0.14	P
14	466	62 (3)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.069	.229	.069	.298	9	.77	-0.037	2.83	-0.08%	-0.29	P
15	467	67 (4)	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	.063	.211	.063	.273	9	.95	0.004	3.96	0.01%	0.13	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
16	468	71 (3)	Jul 1	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.057	.195	.057	.252	9	1.44	-0.022	4.57	-0.04%	-0.33	P
17	469	75 (3)	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.200	.103	.303	9	1.39	0.054	6.88	0.16%	0.40	P
18	470	78 (2)	Jul 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-7	GS-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.077	.217	.103	.320	9	.39	0.015	1.30	0.03%	0.38	P
19	471	85 (6)	Jul 16 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.095	.224	.119	.344	9	2.13	0.037	14.17	0.15%	0.09	P
20	472	91 (5)	Jul 22 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.114	.235	.159	.394	9	2.08	0.084	11.51	0.28%	0.37	P
21	473	96 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	L,10-11	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.250	.178	.428	9	1.34	0.113	6.24	0.32%	0.91	P
22	474	100 (3)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.146	.255	.250	.505	9	1.26	0.096	8.14	0.37%	0.96	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	475	104 (3)	Aug 3 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.140	.246	.240	.486	9	.75	-0.030	4.46	-0.11%	-0.47	P
24	476	109 (4)	Aug 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-9	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.140	.246	.240	.486	9						P
25	477	112 (2)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.135	.237	.231	.468	9	.77	-0.037	4.83	-0.14%	-0.28	P
26	478	116 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.127	.238	.218	.456	9	.65	-0.035	4.53	-0.15%	-0.44	P
27	479	123 (6)	Aug 24	CLE	@	WSH	L,8-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.127	.238	.218	.456	9						P
28	480	125 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.121	.227	.207	.434	9	.72	-0.054	6.63	-0.30%	-0.49	P
29	481	130 (4)	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-11	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.119	.224	.203	.427	9	2.21	-0.049	21.69	-0.29%	-0.46	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
30	482	134 (3)	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,8-11	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.117	.221	.200	.421	9	.86	-0.023	6.84	-0.11%	-0.20	P
							13-17		71	60	5	7	2	0	1	8	8	0	31	0	3		1	0	0	0	.117	.221	.200	.421		.95	0.067	4.96	-0.01%	-1.08

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