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: 24-18 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 39, Entered with runners on base: 2

1947 Pitching Game Log

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1947 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	263	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	8.0	9	2	1	0	3	0	0	1.13	1.93	32	11	9	0	0	9	61			0	1	0	32	0	2	0	1	0	1	.89	0.073	2.15	0.11%	1.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
2	264	4	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	0.53	1.32	29	8	9	0	0	1	94			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.347	1.18	0.47%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
3	265	8	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	SHO	W(2-1)	3	9.0	3	0	0	5	7	0	0	0.35	1.83	32	8	9	0	0	3	83			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.408	2.09	0.65%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 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	266	11	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-1)	5	9.0	1	0	0	6	10	0	0	0.26	1.99	32	8	7	1	0	1	89			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.536	2.98	0.80%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
5	267	13	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	7-7	BL(3-2)	1	1.0	2	4	4	2	1	1	0	1.25	2.48	7	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.09	-0.600	5.88	-1.01%	-3.55	7t --- 0 out a1	7t 3 out d3
6	268	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG(11)	W(4-2)	4	11.0	4	3	3	6	6	0	0	1.53	2.65	41	15	10	0	0	4	77			1	0	0	34	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.63	0.594	4.14	0.91%	2.22	1b start a 1	11b 3 out a1
7	269	17	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG(8)	L(4-3)	3	8.0	4	7	7	10	7	2	0	2.45	3.42	37	9	8	2	0	3	43			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	-0.547	3.83	-0.93%	-3.24	1b start a 4	8b 3 out d1
8	270	21	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-9	W(5-3)	4	8.1	7	3	2	6	6	0	0	2.42	3.42	39	7	13	0	0	7	59			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	0.128	3.77	0.19%	0.62	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out a3
9	271	24	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS-8		4	8.0	6	3	2	5	7	1	0	2.40	3.53	34	9	7	0	0	6	62			1	0	0	28	0	1	0	1	0	1	.63	-0.086	1.92	-0.16%	0.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
10	272	26	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	6.0	8	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.56	3.46	26	3	10	0	0	8	45			0	1	1	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.075	2.64	-0.15%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
11	273	30	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	GS-5	L(5-5)	3	5.0	8	6	4	0	3	2	0	2.84	3.66	23	5	7	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	.88	-0.499	3.13	-1.07%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
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
12	274	33	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	8	2	2	1	7	0	0	2.76	3.44	37	6	15	1	0	8	69			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	1	.87	0.214	2.24	0.33%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	275	37	Jun 8(2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-5)	3	9.0	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.51	3.36	34	7	16	0	0	3	83			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.512	3.27	0.77%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	276	40	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	8-GF		2	2.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	2.64	3.38	10	2	4	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.070	1.88	-0.10%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 3
15	277	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS-8	W(8-5)	1	7.0	6	4	4	4	12	0	0	2.80	3.22	30	5	4	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.48	-0.247	3.03	-0.30%	-0.69	1b start tie	8b 12- 0 out a2
16	278	44	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	W(9-5)	3	9.0	8	3	3	0	9	1	0	2.81	3.14	35	7	11	0	0	8	68			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	0.296	2.25	0.39%	1.06	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
17	279	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS-4	L(9-6)	3	4.0	7	8	8	5	2	2	0	3.31	3.43	24	3	7	0	0	7	13			0	0	0	18	2	0	2	0	0	0	.70	-0.337	2.29	-0.67%	-6.01	1b start tie	4b 3 out d8
18	280	54	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	W(10-6)	5	9.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	3.29	3.38	34	9	14	1	0	6	64			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	2	0	1	.43	0.180	.88	0.22%	1.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
19	281	57	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS-2		3	1.1	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.32	3.32	7	0	1	0	0	3	47			1	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.049	2.63	-0.05%	-0.43	1b start a 1	2b -23 1 out a2
20	282	66	Jul 10(2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	GS-9	W(11-6)	8	8.1	6	1	1	3	8	1	0	3.19	3.33	34	9	8	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.143	1.34	0.10%	2.15	1t start tie	9t --3 1 out a1
21	283	74	Jul 15(2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	L(11-7)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	1	3.12	3.26	34	10	8	0	0	9	65			0	1	0	32	0	2	0	3	0	0	1.45	0.063	.80	0.02%	2.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	284	79	Jul 20(1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	GS-8	L(11-8)	4	8.0	6	1	1	4	7	0	0	3.02	3.22	33	2	14	2	0	6	69			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	0.263	.06	0.01%	2.61	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	285	83	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	W(12-8)	3	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.91	3.17	34	10	12	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	0	0	.65	0.251	.02	0.01%	3.23	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
24	286	86	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	6-GF	S(1)	2	3.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.85	3.17	11	5	4	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.59	0.495	.03	0.00%	1.76	6b 12- 2 out a1	9b end a 1
25	287	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS-9	W(13-8)	1	8.0	7	1	1	7	4	0	0	2.78	3.22	38	4	16	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.52	0.346	.04	0.01%	2.60	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a4
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
26	288	91	Aug 2(1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS-12		3	12.0	7	2	2	4	6	0	0	2.70	3.19	47	11	19	3	0	7	82			0	0	0	43	0	2	1	1	0	0	1.60	0.719	.21	0.06%	3.53	1b start tie	12b 3 out tie
27	289	95	Aug 6(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	GS-7		3	6.1	9	4	4	4	5	2	0	2.79	3.32	31	4	9	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	-0.050	.01	0.00%	-1.12	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a2
28	290	100	Aug 10(1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-8)	3	9.0	5	0	0	4	3	0	0	2.67	3.32	33	9	12	3	0	5	76			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.371	.02	0.01%	4.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
29	291	105	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG(8)	L(14-9)	2	8.0	12	8	8	0	2	2	1	2.91	3.41	37	12	10	0	0	12	28			2	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.00	-0.695	.02	-0.01%	-4.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
30	292	108	Aug 17(1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS-2		3	1.0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.02	3.45	9	2	1	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.265	.02	0.00%	-3.36	1b start tie	2b 123 0 out d2
31	293	116	Aug 22(2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	4	1	0	7	5	0	0	2.90	3.47	36	8	12	0	0	4	75			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	2	0	1	.96	0.254	.02	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
32	294	122	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	6	1	0	2.82	3.48	31	6	10	0	0	6	74			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.29	0.502	.01	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
33	295	126	Sep 1(1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	W(17-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	8	1	0	2.76	3.45	32	10	8	0	0	5	80			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.64	0.611	.00	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	296	133	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS-9	W(18-9)	4	8.0	7	4	3	5	5	0	2	2.78	3.47	36	5	12	2	0	7	54			0	0	1	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.43	1b start tie	9b 12- 0 out a3
35	297	135	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.76	3.46	3	1	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.17	0.505	.00	0.00%	1.43	9b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
36	298	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS-4		1	4.0	5	3	3	1	2	0	0	2.83	3.44	18	5	5	0	0	5	41			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.154	.00	0.00%	-1.16	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
37	299	140	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS-7		2	7.0	5	2	2	5	3	0	0	2.82	3.45	28	10	5	0	0	5	57			0	0	0	22	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.27	0.058	.00	0.00%	1.49	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
38	300	144	Sep 16(1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	W(19-9)	2	9.0	11	3	3	3	9	0	0	2.83	3.40	40	7	10	0	0	11	59			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.26	0.159	.00	0.00%	1.23	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
39	301	148	Sep 20(1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(19-10)	3	9.1	8	3	2	6	1	1	0	2.80	3.48	38	13	10	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	2	0	1	1.54	-0.144	.00	0.00%	0.29	1b start tie	10b 123 1 out d1
40	302	151	Sep 22(2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.79	3.47	4	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.81	0.195	.00	0.00%	0.48	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
41	303	153	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	W(20-10)	1	9.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.73	3.43	35	13	10	2	0	5	76			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	1	.36	0.204	.00	0.00%	3.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a8
42	304	157	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	L(20-11)	3	9.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.68	3.42	33	13	11	2	0	6	70			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	.88	0.296	.00	0.00%	3.06	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
							24-18		W-L:20-11,Sv:3,BSv:1	3.0	299.0	230	97	89	127	196	17	4	2.68	3.42	1218	0.79		3%	0%	228	62	4	0%	6	6	3	1072	24	14	7	30	0	13	1.14	4.797	1.27	0.60%	38.46

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