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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,2-12	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (2)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
4	10 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	14 (3)	May 5	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
6	18 (3)	May 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
7	22 (3)	May 14	CLE		PHA	L,7-9	GS	24	3.2	0	0	0	0	0
8	25 (2)	May 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	29 (3)	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	34 (4)	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	38 (3)	Jun 2 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	42 (3)	Jun 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
13	45 (2)	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	0	1	0	1	0
14	48 (2)	Jun 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	GS	24	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	53 (4)	Jun 16 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
16	57 (3)	Jun 20	CLE		WSH	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
17	62 (4)	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	65 (2)	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	70 (4)	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	74 (3)	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	76 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	81 (4)	Jul 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	50	12.1	0	1	1	2	0
23	85 (3)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
24	90 (4)	Jul 26	CLE		WSH	W,13-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	94 (3)	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	99 (4)	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	102 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	104 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
29	109 (4)	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
30	113 (3)	Aug 16	CLE		SLB	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
31	117 (3)	Aug 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-6	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0
32	121 (3)	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	35	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
33	123 (1)	Aug 26	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-3	GF	11	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
34	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	126 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	129 (2)	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
37	133 (3)	Sep 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	135 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	140 (4)	Sep 15 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	28	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	146 (5)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	148 (1)	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	150 (1)	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	153 (2)	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							43gm		320.0	5	34	2	41	2