Bob Feller | Major Leaguer 1936-1956

Full Name: Robert William Andrew Feller
Born: November 3,1918 in Van Meter, Iowa
Height: 6-0 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
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Transactions: [Jan 1,1936] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Indians. [Jan 9,1957] - Released by Indians.

Signed by: Cy Slapnicka

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1936	Cleveland	AL	17	Cle	MLB	5	3	3.34	14	8	5	0	5	1	62.0	52	29	23	1	47	76	8	3	7.55	0.15	6.82	11.03	1.60	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	9	7	3.39	26	19	9	0	4	1	148.2	116	68	56	4	106	150	5	2	7.02	0.24	6.42	9.08	1.49	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	17	11	4.08	39	36	20	2	3	1	277.2	225	136	126	13	208	240	5	1	7.29	0.42	6.74	7.78	1.56	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	24	9	2.85	39	35	24	4	3	1	296.2	227	105	94	13	142	246	14	1	6.89	0.39	4.31	7.46	1.24	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	27	11	2.61	43	37	31	4	5	4	320.1	245	102	93	13	118	261	8	0	6.88	0.37	3.32	7.33	1.13	--
1941	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	25	13	3.15	44	40	28	6	4	2	343.0	284	129	120	15	194	260	6	0	7.45	0.39	5.09	6.82	1.39	--
1945	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	5	3	2.50	9	9	7	1	0	0	72.0	50	21	20	1	35	59	1	0	6.25	0.13	4.38	7.38	1.18	--
1946	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	26	15	2.18	48	42	36	10	5	4	371.1	277	101	90	11	153	348	3	0	6.71	0.27	3.71	8.43	1.16	--
1947	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	20	11	2.68	42	37	20	5	4	3	299.0	230	97	89	17	127	196	7	2	6.92	0.51	3.82	5.90	1.19	--
1948	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	19	15	3.56	44	38	18	2	3	3	280.1	255	123	111	20	116	164	2	0	8.19	0.64	3.72	5.27	1.32	--
1949	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	15	14	3.75	36	28	15	0	6	0	211.0	198	104	88	18	84	108	9	1	8.45	0.77	3.58	4.61	1.34	--
1950	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	16	11	3.43	35	34	16	3	0	0	247.0	230	105	94	20	103	119	3	0	8.38	0.73	3.75	4.34	1.35	--
1951	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	22	8	3.50	33	32	16	4	1	0	249.2	239	105	97	22	95	111	2	0	8.62	0.79	3.42	4.00	1.34	--
1952	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	9	13	4.74	30	30	11	0	0	0	191.2	219	124	101	13	83	81	1	1	10.28	0.61	3.90	3.80	1.58	--
1953	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	10	7	3.59	25	25	10	1	0	0	175.2	163	78	70	16	60	60	1	1	8.35	0.82	3.07	3.07	1.27	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	13	3	3.09	19	19	9	1	0	0	140.0	127	53	48	13	39	59	0	0	8.16	0.84	2.51	3.79	1.19	--
1955	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	4	4	3.47	25	11	2	1	4	0	83.0	71	43	32	7	31	25	0	0	7.70	0.76	3.36	2.71	1.23	--
1956	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	0	4	4.97	19	4	2	0	5	1	58.0	63	34	32	7	23	18	0	1	9.78	1.09	3.57	2.79	1.48	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)						266	162	3.25	570	484	279	44	52	21	3,827.0	3271	1557	1384	224	1764	2581	75	13	7.69	0.53	4.15	6.07	1.32	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1936	Cleveland	AL	17	Cle	MLB	p		14	22	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0		1			.136	*.145	.136	*281	--
1937	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	p		26	53	1	9	1	1	0	9	0	0	3	17	0		0			.170	*.221	.226	*447	--
1938	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	p		39	94	6	17	3	1	0	13	0	1	11	32	0		9			.181	*.272	.234	*506	--
1939	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	p		39	99	14	21	5	1	0	7	0	0	14	35	1		6		3	.212	*.314	.283	*597	--
1940	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	p		43	115	7	18	5	1	2	12	0	0	8	45	0		6		1	.157	*.218	.270	*488	--
1941	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	p		44	120	11	18	1	4	1	12	0	0	8	44	1		10		1	.150	*.210	.250	*460	--
1945	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	p		9	25	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12	0		1		0	.160	*.256	.160	*416	--
1946	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	p		48	124	9	16	1	1	0	7	0	0	9	49	0		8		4	.129	*.195	.153	*348	--
1947	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	p		42	98	8	18	3	2	0	7	0	1	8	38	0		8		3	.184	*.252	.255	*507	--
1948	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	p		44	95	1	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	39	1		9		1	.095	*.114	.116	*230	--
1949	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	p		36	72	7	17	2	1	2	10	0	0	2	23	0		7		0	.236	*.263	.375	*638	--
1950	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	p		35	83	7	10	0	1	2	5	1	0	5	33	0		8		0	.120	*.178	.217	*395	--
1951	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	p		33	81	10	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	8	36	0		10		1	.123	*.209	.136	*345	--
1952	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	p		30	60	5	7	2	0	1	8	0	0	8	31	0		3		0	.117	*.227	.200	*427	--
1953	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	p		25	56	3	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	23	0		8		0	.107	*.201	.125	*326	--
1954	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	p		19	48	6	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	0		3	0	1	.188	.250	.208	458	--
1955	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	p		25	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	0	3	0	0	.048	.091	.048	139	--
1956	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	p		19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.059	.000	059	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								570	1282	99	193	28	13	8	99	1	2	100	505	3		100			.151		.211	---	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1948	Cleveland	AL	29		Ws	0	2	5.02	2		1			0	14.1	10		8		5	7			6.28	---	3.14	4.40	1.05	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						0	2	5.02	2		1			0	14.1	10		8		5	7			6.28	---	3.14	4.40	1.05	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1948	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	Ws	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1936	Cleveland	AL	17	Cle	MLB	P	14		62	0	5	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	.73

1937	Cleveland	AL	18	Cle	MLB	P	26		148.2	0	27	2	29	1	-	-	-	.931	1.63

1938	Cleveland	AL	19	Cle	MLB	P	39		277.2	8	37	3	48	1	-	-	-	.938	1.46

1939	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	P	39		296.2	8	44	3	55	2	-	-	-	.945	1.58

1940	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	P	43		320.1	5	34	2	41	2	-	-	-	.951	1.10

1941	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	P	44		343	12	50	1	63	1	-	-	-	.984	1.63

1945	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	P	9		72	7	4	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.38

1946	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	P	48		371.1	13	47	1	61	2	-	-	-	.984	1.45

1947	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	P	42		299	17	50	1	68	2	-	-	-	.985	2.02

1948	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	P	44		280.1	16	39	2	57	1	-	-	-	.965	1.77

1949	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	P	36		211	12	19	1	32	2	-	-	-	.969	1.32

1950	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	P	35		247	8	23	0	31	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.13

1951	Cleveland	AL	32	Cle	MLB	P	33		249.2	6	32	2	40	2	-	-	-	.950	1.37

1952	Cleveland	AL	33	Cle	MLB	P	30		191.2	13	34	3	50	1	-	-	-	.940	2.21

1953	Cleveland	AL	34	Cle	MLB	P	25		175.2	10	31	0	41	5	-	-	-	1.000	2.10

1954	Cleveland	AL	35	Cle	MLB	P	19		140	7	15	0	22	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.41

1955	Cleveland	AL	36	Cle	MLB	P	25		83	2	11	3	16	2	-	-	-	.813	1.41

1956	Cleveland	AL	37	Cle	MLB	P	19		58	2	8	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	1.55

Awards

[1938] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1939] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3) [1940] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1941] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1946] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1947] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #8), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1948] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #23) [1950] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [1951] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #5) [1962] - Elected to Hall of Fame (150 votes - 93.75%)

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Cleveland Indians in 1948.

Notes: Played in 8 All-Star games during his career (1938-1941, 1946-1948, 1950)....Feller had his #19 retired by the Cleveland Indians in 1957.

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