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: 27-12 / in Starts: 24-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 2

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 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	80	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	3	1	1	2	10	1	0	1.00	2.48	34	15	4	0	0	3	85			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	.89	0.357	2.29	0.56%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
2	81	5	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	3	9	0	0	1.00	2.04	33	6	12	1	3	3	81			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.42	0.251	1.03	0.37%	4.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	82	9	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	W(3-0)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	13	0	0	1.00	1.48	38	8	7	0	0	8	78			0	0	0	36	3	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.192	1.20	0.23%	4.67	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a6
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
4	83	12	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	GS-10	L(3-1)	4	9.0	10	8	8	10	6	1	0	2.75	2.62	46	7	16	1	8	7	31			0	1	0	36	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.49	-0.358	2.56	-0.37%	-1.88	1t start tie	10t 12- 0 out tie
5	84	15	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	8-GF(10)	BW(4-1)	2	2.1	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.82	2.51	10	1	4	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.72	-0.245	3.73	-0.20%	-0.31	8t 1-3 2 out a1	10t end d 1
6	85	17	May 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	W(5-1)	2	9.0	12	4	3	4	8	1	0	2.85	2.72	42	5	13	0	0	12	53			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.16	0.156	1.92	0.16%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
7	86	21	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	W(6-1)	3	9.0	6	4	4	7	6	0	0	3.04	2.86	38	18	3	0	0	4	58			0	3	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	.95	0.154	1.98	0.19%	1.46	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
8	87	25	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS-6	L(6-2)	5	6.0	7	4	3	3	4	0	0	3.18	2.85	27	7	8	2	0	5	45			0	1	2	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.260	1.97	-0.29%	-0.74	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
9	88	29	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	SHO	W(7-2)	4	9.0	1	0	0	5	10	0	0	2.78	2.75	34	7	11	0	0	1	90			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	2	.40	0.216	.68	0.22%	5.51	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a11
10	89	33	May 30(1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	7	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.69	2.67	38	11	13	0	3	4	69			1	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.60	0.323	.86	0.28%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
11	90	38	Jun 4(1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	W(9-2)	4	9.0	6	2	2	6	4	0	0	2.62	2.77	37	8	13	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.77	0.268	.73	0.15%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
12	91	45	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	5	2	2	3	5	0	0	2.59	2.75	30	5	12	0	0	5	66			0	2	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.85	0.225	.56	0.09%	2.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
13	92	49	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-8	W(10-2)	4	8.0	4	2	0	6	5	0	0	2.39	2.81	32	2	15	1	0	4	69			0	1	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.70	0.035	2.45	0.03%	2.67	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	93	52	Jun 18(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-8	L(10-3)	3	7.1	9	5	5	5	5	0	0	2.64	2.84	35	9	9	1	0	7	40			1	0	0	27	2	0	1	1	1	0	1.18	-0.080	.93	-0.04%	0.28	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out tie
15	94	55	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-8	7-7		2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	2.84	3	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.64	-0.117	.72	-0.03%	-0.78	7b -2- 0 out tie	7b 12- 1 out d1
16	95	57	Jun 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	W(11-3)	1	9.0	10	5	5	5	6	0	0	2.80	2.85	42	6	15	1	0	10	48			0	1	0	36	4	0	0	0	0	1	.86	-0.195	.33	-0.05%	0.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
17	96	62	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-3)	3	9.0	1	0	0	6	13	0	0	2.61	2.77	35	5	10	0	0	1	92			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	0.278	.19	0.06%	5.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
18	97	66	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	W(13-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	4	2	2	0	2.57	3.00	34	6	18	1	7	4	67			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	0.487	.32	0.07%	3.67	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
19	98	70	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	W(14-3)	3	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.60	2.98	34	6	16	2	1	7	62			1	2	1	32	0	1	0	0	0	1	.87	0.090	.11	0.01%	2.46	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
20	99	75	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS-4		5	3.1	8	5	5	3	5	0	0	2.84	2.96	21	1	6	1	1	6	26			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.229	.56	-0.07%	-2.97	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d4
21	100	79	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(14-4)	3	8.0	6	3	3	4	9	0	1	2.86	2.92	34	9	5	0	0	6	63			1	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.15	0.059	.15	0.01%	1.57	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
22	101	84	Jul 23(1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	W(15-4)	5	9.0	9	2	2	3	8	0	0	2.82	2.86	37	9	8	0	1	9	66			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.98	0.318	.04	0.01%	3.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
23	102	88	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(15-5)	4	8.0	8	2	2	4	4	0	0	2.79	2.87	37	9	14	0	3	6	58			0	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	0	1	.87	0.083	.03	0.00%	2.34	1b start tie	8b 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
24	103	91	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-6	L(15-6)	3	6.0	5	6	6	3	8	2	0	2.99	2.97	25	4	9	0	0	1	43			0	1	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.335	.03	-0.01%	-2.33	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
25	104	97	Aug 6(1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	5	4	4	3	9	2	0	3.04	3.04	33	5	11	0	0	5	67			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.39	0.446	.00	0.00%	1.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
26	105	102	Aug 13(1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	SHO	W(17-6)	6	9.0	3	0	0	3	11	0	0	2.91	2.96	33	8	8	1	1	3	89			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.603	.02	0.01%	5.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
27	106	110	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(11)	L(17-7)	4	10.0	3	1	1	6	8	0	0	2.81	2.95	39	10	12	1	3	3	84			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.49	0.576	.00	0.00%	3.22	1b start tie	11b 123 0 out d1
28	107	113	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	W(18-7)	3	9.0	9	4	4	1	6	1	0	2.86	2.95	35	8	12	0	0	8	58			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	2	0	0	.94	0.106	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
29	108	118	Aug 27(1)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(19-7)	4	9.0	4	0	0	4	6	0	0	2.75	2.94	34	10	10	0	1	4	81			1	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.762	.00	0.00%	5.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Sep/Oct				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
30	109	123	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,8-11	GS-4		4	4.0	10	7	4	1	3	0	0	2.85	2.92	23	3	6	0	0	10	22			0	0	0	22	4	1	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.346	.00	0.00%	-4.71	1t start tie	4t 3 out d6
31	110	126	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	GS-10	L(19-8)	2	9.2	10	5	4	7	11	0	0	2.89	2.90	46	6	12	1	0	10	55			0	0	0	37	3	0	1	0	1	2	2.07	-0.173	.00	0.00%	0.24	1t start tie	10t 12- 2 out d3
32	111	130	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	W(20-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.82	2.87	34	6	17	3	1	4	76			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.189	.00	0.00%	4.41	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a11
33	112	133	Sep 10(2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	2.87	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.60	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
34	113	135	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	W(21-8)	2	9.0	7	4	4	4	6	0	0	2.85	2.86	37	5	15	0	0	7	59			0	0	1	32	2	0	0	0	1	0	.54	0.312	.00	0.00%	1.25	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
35	114	139	Sep 17(1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(21-9)	3	8.0	7	4	3	5	7	0	0	2.87	2.86	39	6	14	1	0	7	56			3	0	0	31	1	0	2	0	1	5	1.48	-0.165	.00	0.00%	0.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
36	115	145	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	W(22-9)	4	9.0	9	4	4	3	7	2	1	2.90	2.94	37	17	0	0	0	9	57			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.20	0.109	.00	0.00%	1.14	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
37	116	150	Sep 27(2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-7	W(23-9)	4	7.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	0	2.93	2.96	27	5	10	2	1	3	60			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.213	.00	0.00%	1.25	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a1
38	117	151	Sep 29(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3		S(1)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.91	2.95	6												5					0
39	118	153	Oct 1(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	W(24-9)	1	9.0	6	3	1	6	6	0	1	2.85	2.97	41	7	15	0	2	6	67			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.05	0.276	.00	0.00%	2.67	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
							27-12		W-L:24-9,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.3	296.2	228	105	94	142	246	13	3	2.85	2.97	1243	0.68		3%	6%	203	62	3	67%	10	17	4	1081	35	9	7	14	7	21	1.06	4.620	.64	1.37%	65.64

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