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.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	3 (1)	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	5 (1)	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	7 (1)	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	GS	25	4.2	0	0	0	0	0
5	10 (2)	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-8	GS	23	3.1	0	1	0	1	0
6	13 (2)	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	GS	37	9.1	1	1	0	2	0
7	17 (3)	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	21 (3)	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
9	25 (3)	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	GS	29	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
10	31 (5)	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	24	5.2	0	1	0	1	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	36 (4)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	GS	42	11.0	1	4	0	5	0
12	41 (4)	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	GS	19	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
13	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	GF	3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
14	45 (2)	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	47 (1)	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	51 (3)	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	56 (4)	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
18	61 (4)	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	65 (3)	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
20	67 (1)	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7		5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0
21	69 (1)	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
22	72 (2)	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
23	76 (3)	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	GS	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	79 (2)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	GS	23	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
25	84 (4)	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS	26	5.0	0	3	0	3	0
26	86 (1)	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
27	88 (1)	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
28	91 (2)	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	GS	28	5.2	0	5	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	96 (4)	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	GS	37	7.1	0	1	0	1	0
30	101 (4)	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	0	2	0	2	0
31	105 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	GF	10	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
32	108 (2)	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
33	114 (5)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS	27	5.1	0	1	0	1	0
34	119 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
35	123 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	126 (2)	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	131 (4)	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
38	133 (1)	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	138 (4)	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	GS	39	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
40	142 (3)	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
41	147 (4)	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
42	150 (2)	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
43	152 (1)	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	155 (2)	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	GS	14	2.1	1	0	0	1	0
							44gm		280.1	16	39	2	57	1