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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Team Record in Appearances: 8-17 / in Starts: 5-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 21, Entered with runners on base: 5

1955 Pitching Game Log

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1955 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	527	4	Apr 16	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.0	8	6	5	1	1	0	0	11.25	2.62	21	4	7	0	0	8	24			1	1	0	20	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.13	-0.318	3.74	-0.63%	-2.81	1b start a 1	5b 123 0 out a1
2	528	7	Apr 18	CLE	@	KCA	W,11-9	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	2.17	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.091	3.51	0.16%	0.50	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	529	16	May 1(1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-1)	12	9.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	3.21	2.44	29	4	20	2	0	1	86			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.08	0.597	3.59	1.19%	4.66	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	530	23	May 8(1)	CLE		KCA	W,9-6	GS-2		6	1.2	5	5	4	1	1	0	0	5.17	2.49	11	2	2	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	-0.332	4.05	-0.80%	-4.20	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d5
5	531	42	May 31	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	GS-7		22	7.0	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	3.97	2.94	26	5	11	0	0	4	67			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.260	3.37	0.58%	2.63	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	532	47	Jun 5(1)	CLE		WSH	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.2	5	6	3	4	1	0	0	4.28	3.21	21	5	6	1	0	5	33			0	2	0	16	0	0	0	1	1	1	1.06	-0.403	3.60	-0.82%	-3.65	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d4
7	533	58	Jun 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-7	GS-4	L(1-3)	9	3.0	5	5	5	3	0	2	0	5.34	4.28	16	8	0	0	0	5	26			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	.98	-0.238	3.35	-0.49%	-3.57	1b start tie	4b --- 0 out d5
8	534	63	Jun 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-11	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	6.03	4.63	7	3	0	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.34	-0.121	1.22	-0.26%	-2.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 4
9	535	66	Jun 23	CLE	@	BAL	W,9-2	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	4	2	1	3	1	0	0	4.91	4.30	33	11	14	3	0	4	71			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	2	.14	0.079	.46	0.16%	2.12	1b start a 3	9b 3 out a7
10	536	72	Jun 29	CLE		KCA	L,4-12	GS-5	L(2-4)	5	4.2	6	6	1	1	1	2	0	4.60	4.70	21	3	10	0	0	6	38			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.13	-0.435	3.31	-0.76%	-3.52	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	537	76	Jul 4(1)	CLE		DET	W,6-5	7-7		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.57	4.68	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.029	2.95	0.05%	0.78	7t 123 2 out d3	7t 3 out d3
12	538	82	Jul 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	5-6		4	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.40	4.60	5	4	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.14	-0.005	.69	-0.02%	0.43	5b 12- 1 out d5	6b 3 out d6
13	539	88	Jul 17(1)	CLE		BOS	L,0-6	4-6		7	2.1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.20	4.52	8	3	3	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.023	.54	0.07%	1.65	4t -23 2 out d6	6t 3 out d6
14	540	90	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-8	4-5		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.09	4.46	4	2	2	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.009	.35	0.02%	0.85	4t -2- 2 out d7	5t 3 out d7
15	541	95	Jul 24(1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-1	GS-7	W(3-4)	4	6.0	5	1	1	5	0	0	0	3.81	4.50	27	8	9	1	0	5	53			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.30	0.243	6.02	0.68%	1.72	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a3
16	542	98	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	5-6		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	4.42	4	0	2	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.026	1.54	0.09%	1.07	5b 1-3 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
17	543	102	Jul 31(1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-8		3	7.1	3	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.58	4.34	29	10	11	3	0	3	61			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.98	0.273	5.98	1.00%	2.80	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out a3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	544	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	5-6		4	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.48	4.25	6	2	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.15	0.01%	0.96	5b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d7
19	545	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	4-5		0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.38	4.26	9	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.026	2.22	0.10%	0.96	4b --- 0 out d4	5b 3 out d4
20	546	116	Aug 14	CLE	@	KCA	L,3-7	3-4		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.28	4.25	9	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.37	0.032	2.79	0.15%	1.00	3b --- 0 out d4	4b 3 out d4
21	547	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	4-5		2	2.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.44	4.32	8	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.080	3.61	-0.32%	-1.03	4b --- 0 out d2	5b 3 out d2
22	548	123	Aug 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	9-GF		5	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.51	4.33	6	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	.05	-0.007	.40	-0.03%	-0.48	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
23	549	127	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-6	7-8	W(4-4)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.42	4.25	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.25	0.038	3.27	0.30%	1.04	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d3
24	550	128	Aug 28(1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-8	8-GF		0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.33	4.15	6	1	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.003	.17	0.01%	1.04	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	551	136	Sep 5(1)	CLE		KCA	L,4-5	GS-5		7	4.2	9	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.47	4.02	23	5	5	0	0	9	36			0	1	0	22	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.11	-0.145	12.47	-0.98%	-0.92	1t start tie	5t 1-3 2 out d2
							8-17		W-L:4-4,Sv:1	3.8	83.0	71	43	32	31	25	7	1	3.47	4.02	340	0.79		5%	0%	70	47	10	10%	1	8	0	302	11	1	2	11	4	9	.79	-0.352	3.80	-0.57%	1.54

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