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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-10 / in Starts: 23-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	31 games
Most Games w/o RBI	19 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 99 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	85 (43-31-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 99 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (33-20-10)

Most Driven In
B McCosky	1
S Chapman	1
B Kennedy	1

Most Driven In By
R Boone	3
B Ãvila	2
L Easter	1
S Stirnweiss	1
L Doby	1
D Mitchell	1

1951 Batting Game Log

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1951 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	420	3 (2)	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	.250	9	.29	-0.018	.90	-0.03%	-1.02	P
2	421	7 (3)	Apr 24	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	9	.76	-0.022	2.67	-0.05%	-0.99	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	422	11 (3)	May 1	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.18	-0.020	.63	-0.04%	-0.85	P
4	423	21 (9)	May 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	.083	.214	.083	.298	9	.31	-0.022	.75	-0.03%	-0.87	P
5	424	27 (5)	May 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-9	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.067	.176	.067	.243	9	1.60	-0.227	2.98	-0.25%	-2.03	P
6	425	31 (3)	May 24	CLE	@	WSH	W,16-0	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.105	.190	.105	.296	9	.15	-0.020	.24	-0.02%	-1.11	P
7	426	36 (4)	May 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-0	CG	5	5	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.269	.250	.519	9	.52	0.205	.43	0.10%	1.73	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	427	42 (5)	Jun 3 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	CG	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.269	.555	9	1.30	0.164	2.35	0.18%	1.10	P
9	428	48 (5)	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.250	.233	.483	9	.25	-0.031	.44	-0.03%	-1.51	P
10	429	52 (3)	Jun 12	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-6	GS-9	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.206	.250	.235	.485	9	.71	-0.008	1.11	-0.01%	-0.16	P
11	430	57 (4)	Jun 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	GS-9	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.216	.256	.243	.500	9	.44	0.016	.61	0.01%	-0.45	P
12	431	61 (3)	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.205	.244	.231	.475	9	.41	-0.020	.84	-0.03%	-0.26	P
13	432	64 (2)	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.233	.220	.452	9	1.36	-0.068	1.33	-0.04%	-0.58	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	433	68 (3)	Jul 1 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.186	.239	.209	.448	9	1.30	-0.063	2.06	-0.06%	-0.38	P
15	434	74 (5)	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	.174	.224	.196	.420	9	1.58	-0.146	3.84	-0.21%	-1.74	P
16	435	78 (3)	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	GS-9	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.167	.216	.188	.403	9	1.16	-0.058	4.18	-0.13%	-0.46	P
17	436	84 (5)	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.218	.176	.395	9	.32	0.017	1.54	0.05%	-0.68	P
18	437	88 (3)	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.151	.211	.170	.380	9	.54	-0.034	2.41	-0.09%	-0.58	P
19	438	93 (4)	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.145	.203	.164	.367	9	1.08	0.046	6.63	0.17%	0.43	P
20	439	95 (1)	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	15-GF(16)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.203	.164	.367	9						P
21	440	97 (1)	Jul 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-3	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.155	.210	.172	.382	9	1.39	0.023	6.50	0.06%	0.12	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	441	102 (4)	Aug 4	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	GS-9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	.153	.219	.169	.388	9	1.45	-0.054	8.64	-0.19%	-0.38	P
23	442	106 (3)	Aug 8	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.148	.224	.164	.388	9	1.09	-0.032	7.24	-0.13%	-0.40	P
24	443	110 (3)	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.156	.229	.172	.400	9	.81	0.021	5.69	0.09%	0.22	P
25	444	114 (3)	Aug 17 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.152	.222	.167	.389	9	1.14	-0.062	8.20	-0.27%	-0.67	P
26	445	120 (5)	Aug 21	CLE		WSH	W,6-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.145	.213	.159	.373	9	.27	-0.014	2.09	-0.06%	-0.53	P
27	446	125 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.143	.211	.157	.368	9	1.08	-0.027	10.77	-0.16%	-0.23	P
28	447	129 (3)	Aug 30	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.143	.211	.157	.368	9						P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	448	133 (3)	Sep 3 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.139	.225	.153	.378	9	.80	0.022	6.76	0.11%	0.42	P
30	449	138 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.132	.214	.145	.359	9	.42	-0.043	4.27	-0.26%	-1.39	P
31	450	142 (3)	Sep 11 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.128	.209	.141	.350	9	1.24	-0.064	13.69	-0.42%	-0.49	P
32	451	146 (3)	Sep 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.125	.205	.138	.342	9	1.46	-0.075	36.77	-1.13%	-0.74	P
33	452	150 (3)	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.123	.202	.136	.338	9	1.56	0.075	26.13	0.75%	0.78	P
							23-10		99	81	10	10	1	0	0	3	8	0	36	0	10		2	1	0	0	.123	.202	.136	.338		.78	-0.539	4.17	-2.14%	-13.69

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