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.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 21	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
2	5 (3)	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	9 (3)	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	12 (2)	May 4	CLE		NYY	L,6-10	GS	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
5	15 (2)	May 7	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0
6	17 (1)	May 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
7	21 (3)	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
8	25 (3)	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	GS	27	6.0	0	3	0	3	0
9	29 (3)	May 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	33 (3)	May 30 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	38 (4)	Jun 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	45 (6)	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	49 (3)	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	52 (2)	Jun 18 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	35	7.1	0	2	0	2	0
15	55 (2)	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
16	57 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	62 (4)	Jun 27	CLE		DET	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	66 (3)	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
19	70 (3)	Jul 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
20	75 (4)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	GS	21	3.1	0	0	0	0	0
21	79 (3)	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
22	84 (4)	Jul 23 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	88 (3)	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-2	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	91 (2)	Aug 1	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS	25	6.0	0	1	0	1	0
25	97 (5)	Aug 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	102 (4)	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
27	110 (7)	Aug 18	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	39	10.0	1	1	1	3	0
28	113 (2)	Aug 22	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	118 (4)	Aug 27 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	123 (4)	Sep 1	CLE		NYY	L,8-11	GS	23	4.0	0	1	0	1	1
31	126 (2)	Sep 4	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	GS	46	9.2	0	1	1	2	0
32	130 (3)	Sep 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
33	133 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	135 (1)	Sep 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
35	139 (3)	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
36	145 (5)	Sep 22	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
37	150 (4)	Sep 27 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
38	151	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	GF	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0
39	153 (1)	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							39gm		297.0	8	44	3	55	2