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.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,9-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
2	6 (3)	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
3	10 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	15 (4)	May 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	GS	40	10.0	2	1	1	4	0
5	19 (3)	May 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS	19	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	22 (2)	May 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
7	26 (3)	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	30 (3)	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-3	GS	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
9	35 (4)	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	40 (4)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,11-4	GS	19	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
11	44 (3)	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-7	GS	29	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
12	47 (2)	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-7	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
13	50 (2)	Jun 16	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
14	54 (3)	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,10-5	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
15	59 (4)	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	62 (2)	Jun 30	CLE		DET	W,10-9	GS	36	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	65 (2)	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
18	68 (2)	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	GS	38	7.2	0	2	0	2	0
19	71 (2)	Jul 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
20	75 (3)	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
21	77 (1)	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
22	80 (2)	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	84 (3)	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,8-11	GS	29	5.1	0	0	0	0	0
24	87 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,8-6	GF	10	2.2	0	0	0	0	0
25	88	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	91 (2)	Aug 9 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	GS	31	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	94 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,7-8	GF	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	98 (3)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-4	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
29	103 (4)	Aug 18	CLE		SLB	L,1-9	GS	26	4.0	0	2	0	2	0
30	108 (4)	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	114 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,9-15	GS	44	7.0	1	1	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	122 (7)	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
33	128 (5)	Sep 6	CLE	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
34	133 (4)	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
35	137 (3)	Sep 15 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS	0	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
36	141 (3)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,3-14	GS	21	4.1	0	1	0	1	0
37	144 (2)	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
38	148 (3)	Sep 27	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
39	152 (3)	Oct 2 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
							39gm		278.0	8	37	3	48	1