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: 16-9 / in Starts: 16-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1953 Pitching Game Log

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1953 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	483	3	Apr 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	GS-9	L(0-1)	99	8.0	7	6	5	6	2	2	0	5.63	7.59	35	12	8	0	0	7	42			0	2	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.46	-0.732	4.26	-1.28%	-2.01	1b start tie	9b --3 0 out tie
2	484	8	Apr 26(1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(1-1)	8	9.0	5	1	1	4	5	0	0	3.18	5.06	35	15	6	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.592	3.69	1.02%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
3	485	13	May 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	GS-8	L(1-2)	5	8.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.24	4.31	32	8	13	0	0	9	52			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.16	0.059	3.82	0.12%	0.87	1t start tie	8t 3 out d3
4	486	19	May 10	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-3	GS-6		7	6.0	5	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.19	4.11	23	8	7	1	2	5	51			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.065	3.02	-0.14%	0.05	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
5	487	23	May 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-7		3	6.0	7	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.16	4.08	26	7	7	0	1	7	53			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.068	3.52	0.13%	0.73	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a2
6	488	27	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-8	GS-6	L(1-3)	5	6.0	10	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.14	3.92	29	7	9	0	2	9	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	0.004	2.58	0.01%	0.91	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
7	489	31	May 26	CLE		DET	W,9-8	GS-9		5	8.2	10	7	6	5	2	1	1	3.66	4.22	39	14	7	1	0	10	35			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.05	0.010	3.14	0.02%	-2.00	1t start tie	9t --3 2 out a2
8	490	35	May 30(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-2	GS-5		3	4.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.40	4.12	14	8	2	1	0	2	58			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	.87	0.156	3.06	0.33%	1.67	1b start tie	5b 1-- 0 out a4
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
9	491	43	Jun 7(1)	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	W(2-3)	7	9.0	6	4	3	3	2	2	0	3.34	4.39	36	9	16	0	3	6	60			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	1	0	1	.74	-0.026	2.31	-0.05%	0.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
10	492	49	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,4-9	GS-4	L(2-4)	5	3.0	5	5	5	1	1	0	0	3.86	4.32	15	4	4	0	2	5	29			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	-0.232	3.78	-0.52%	-2.89	1t start tie	4t 1-3 0 out d3
11	493	53	Jun 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-6	GS-4		3	3.1	6	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.31	4.56	19	4	4	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.222	1.44	-0.16%	-2.54	1b start a 2	4b 123 1 out a3
12	494	58	Jun 22(1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	4	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.05	4.31	37	15	10	1	0	8	61			0	0	0	36	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.43	0.343	1.75	0.25%	2.36	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
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
13	495	71	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	W(4-4)	11	9.0	3	1	1	0	7	1	0	3.74	4.12	30	9	11	2	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.346	1.90	0.65%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
14	496	79	Jul 10(1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	SHO(10)	W(5-4)	5	10.0	5	0	0	3	2	0	1	3.36	4.05	38	13	14	2	2	5	81			0	0	0	34	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.28	0.738	5.33	1.85%	5.13	1b start tie	10b 3 out a3
15	497	86	Jul 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-9	GS-2	L(5-5)	7	1.0	5	6	5	1	0	1	0	3.78	4.19	10	1	3	0	0	5	20			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.00	-0.448	1.68	-0.45%	-5.90	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d5
16	498	94	Jul 26(1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	GS-7		7	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	1	3.70	4.11	25	7	10	1	3	4	62			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.084	1.43	0.08%	1.39	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
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
17	499	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-2	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	8	2	2	1	4	1	0	3.57	4.06	34	13	8	0	0	8	66			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.341	.68	0.19%	2.62	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
18	500	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-6)	4	6.0	6	3	3	5	1	0	0	3.61	4.09	27	8	7	0	2	6	44			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	3	0	1	.81	-0.085	1.01	-0.06%	-0.09	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
19	501	112	Aug 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-7	GS-5		7	4.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.69	4.05	20	6	6	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.012	.21	0.00%	-0.90	1b start a 1	5b 12- 2 out a2
20	502	118	Aug 21(1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	W(7-6)	6	9.0	8	3	3	0	3	2	0	3.65	4.10	34	6	17	1	4	8	62			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	0.243	.01	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
21	503	128	Aug 30(1)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS-6		8	6.0	5	5	3	2	2	2	0	3.68	4.23	24	5	10	3	1	5	46			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.296	.08	-0.01%	-2.09	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
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
22	504	136	Sep 5(2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-1	CG	W(8-6)	5	9.0	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.52	4.20	33	11	11	3	2	6	68			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	.88	0.330	.01	0.00%	3.36	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
23	505	147	Sep 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	W(9-6)	10	9.0	8	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.38	4.13	36	13	9	1	2	8	65			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	.63	0.311	.00	0.00%	2.62	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
24	506	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	W(10-6)	5	9.0	9	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.36	4.15	39	8	12	1	1	9	57			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.206	.00	0.00%	1.62	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
25	507	155	Sep 27	CLE		DET	L,3-7	GS-7	L(10-7)	4	7.0	8	7	7	3	4	1	0	3.59	4.17	32	7	10	0	0	8	34			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.61	-0.415	.00	0.00%	-3.61	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
							16-9		W-L:10-7	5.4	175.2	163	78	70	60	60	16	3	3.59	4.17	722	0.99		4%	6%	160	53		---%	3	2	0	651	32	3	1	23	0	4	.97	1.322	1.95	1.98%	9.74

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