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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Team Record in Appearances: 14-11 / in Starts: 10-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 2

1937 Pitching Game Log

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1937 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	15	3	Apr 24	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	4	4	4	6	11	0	0	6.00	2.54	29	3	5	1	0	4	53			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.027	2.73	-0.04%	-0.51	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	16	18	May 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	9-9		23	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.00	3.04	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.054	3.05	-0.09%	-0.41	9b --- 0 out a3	9b 1-- 0 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	17	52	Jun 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-11	6-7		34	2.0	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	5.63	3.58	13	1	6	1	2	3		0	0	1	0	0	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	.09	-0.017	.15	-0.02%	-2.86	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d9
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	18	61	Jul 4	CLE		DET	L,2-3	GS-4	L(0-2)	11	4.0	1	3	0	4	4	0	0	3.75	3.79	19	4	6	0	2	1	54			2	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.20	-0.117	1.04	-0.06%	-0.68	1t start tie	4t 3 out d2
5	19	67	Jul 11	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	L(0-3)	6	8.2	2	3	3	6	4	0	0	3.48	4.02	33	11	10	1	5	2	66			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.020	.84	-0.01%	2.18	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out d1
6	20	73	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	L(0-4)	6	9.0	7	5	4	8	7	1	1	3.64	4.65	44	10	11	2	2	7	54			3	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.066	.72	-0.02%	0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
7	21	76	Jul 21(1)	CLE		PHA	W,9-8	9-GF	W(1-4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.52	4.54	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.153	.16	0.01%	0.58	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end tie
8	22	80	Jul 24	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-7		2	7.0	7	5	4	5	7	0	0	3.82	4.32	30	5	7	1	1	6	47			3	2	2	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.144	.10	-0.01%	-0.93	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
9	23	83	Jul 28	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-11	7-7		3	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.03	4.39	4	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.274	.11	-0.01%	-1.60	7b --3 2 out tie	7b 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	24	87	Aug 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-2	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	7	2	0	3	9	0	0	3.26	3.97	37	3	15	0	2	7	75			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	.52	0.220	.02	0.01%	3.13	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
11	25	92	Aug 6	CLE	@	NYY	T,6-7	GS-10		4	9.0	9	6	6	10	12	1	1	3.70	4.24	44	9	4	0	2	8	47			1	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.274	.01	0.00%	0.04	1b start tie	10b 1-- 0 out a1
12	26	95	Aug 11(1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	7	2	2	6	6	0	0	3.46	4.19	39	10	10	1	3	7	65			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.84	0.290	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	27	100	Aug 15(1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	GS-8		3	8.0	8	3	3	5	5	0	0	3.45	4.15	35	10	7	0	0	8	54			3	1	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.52	0.069	.01	0.00%	1.65	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	28	104	Aug 19	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	9-GF	S(1)	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.41	4.15	5	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.59	9b --- 0 out a8	9b end a 8
15	29	106	Aug 22(1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-5)	2	5.0	2	5	3	7	1	0	0	3.53	4.33	23	3	10	0	2	2	41			3	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-2.03	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
16	30	109	Aug 25(1)	CLE		BOS	W,8-1	CG	W(4-5)	2	9.0	4	1	0	4	16	0	0	3.17	3.99	32	3	5	1	2	4	89			2	1	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.00	0.283	.00	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
17	31	115	Aug 29(2)	CLE		WSH	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-6)	3	7.0	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	3.22	4.01	28	11	5	0	0	6	51			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.008	.00	0.00%	1.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	32	119	Sep 2	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	W(5-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	7	12	1	0	3.12	4.04	37	5	8	0	1	5	74			0	0	1	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	0.446	.00	0.00%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	33	126	Sep 6(2)	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	W(6-6)	3	9.0	4	1	1	2	9	0	0	2.95	3.87	33	11	7	0	2	4	82			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.47	0.680	.00	0.00%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	34	130	Sep 10	CLE	@	DET	W,6-5	GS-3		3	3.0	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	3.10	3.89	15	2	5	0	1	3	40			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.128	.00	0.00%	-1.18	1b start a 1	3b 3 out tie
21	35	136	Sep 15(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	8	4	4	5	8	0	0	3.22	3.84	32	4	7	0	0	8	48			2	2	1	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	-0.273	.00	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out tie
22	36	141	Sep 19(1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	GS-6	L(6-7)	3	6.0	12	7	7	3	7	1	0	3.56	3.88	31	5	7	0	2	9	24			0	1	0	26	5	0	1	1	0	0	.63	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
23	37	145	Sep 23	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.53	3.90	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.037	.00	0.00%	0.57	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
24	38	148	Sep 26(2)	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	W(7-7)	2	9.0	5	3	3	7	10	0	0	3.50	3.86	38	6	10	0	4	5	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.45	0.426	.00	0.00%	2.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	39	150	Sep 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	9-GF(10)	BW(8-7)	1	1.2	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.45	3.87	7	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.05	-0.034	.00	0.00%	0.20	9b 1-- 1 out a1	10b end a 1
26	40	154	Sep 30(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG(8)	W(9-7)	1	8.0	7	1	1	2	11	0	0	3.33	3.73	33	7	8	0	0	5	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.332	.00	0.00%	3.75	1b start a 4	8b 3 out a3
							14-11		W-L:9-7,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.0	148.2	116	68	55	106	149	4	2	3.33	3.73	650	0.82		3%	12%	108	58	2	100%	22	9	4	530	17	7	1	7	0	7	1.18	0.990	.26	-0.24%	17.04

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