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.

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1947 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	GS	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	4 (2)	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	8 (3)	Apr 26	CLE		DET	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	11 (2)	May 2	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
5	13 (1)	May 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-6		7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	14	May 9	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	41	11.0	0	4	0	4	0
7	17 (2)	May 13	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1
8	21 (3)	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS	39	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
9	24 (2)	May 23	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
10	26 (1)	May 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	26	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
11	30 (3)	May 31	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	33 (2)	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	37 (3)	Jun 8 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	40 (2)	Jun 11	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	GS	30	7.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	44 (2)	Jun 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	48 (3)	Jun 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-9	GS	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
18	54 (5)	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	57 (2)	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-3	GS	7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0
20	66 (8)	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	GS	34	8.1	0	2	0	2	0
21	74 (7)	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	79 (4)	Jul 20 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,0-1	GS	33	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	83 (3)	Jul 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
24	86 (2)	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	GF	11	3.1	0	2	0	2	0
25	87	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	GS	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
26	91 (3)	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	47	12.0	0	0	0	0	0
27	95 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,6-13	GS	31	6.1	0	0	0	0	0
28	100 (4)	Aug 10 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
29	105 (4)	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	108 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,6-7	GS	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	116 (7)	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
32	122 (5)	Aug 27	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	126 (3)	Sep 1 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	133 (6)	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
35	135 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
36	136	Sep 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	GS	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
37	140 (3)	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	28	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	144 (3)	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	148 (3)	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	38	9.1	0	4	0	4	0
40	151 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	153 (1)	Sep 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
42	157 (3)	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
							42gm		299.0	17	50	1	68	2